6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and U as the 4th letter

The pattern is _A_U__, with the second and fourth positions fixed and four letters still open. NATURE and MATURE show how readily it forms familiar words, while YAKUZA and VACUUM take less predictable routes. Only 11 matches rank among common English words, so expect plenty of specialist or less familiar entries as you scan the full set.

At a glance at the A-U pattern

• 102 tournament-dictionary words fit the six-letter pattern.
• Only 11 matches count as common English words.
• M leads the first-letter group with 16 entries.
• A is the most frequent ending, with 25 words; S follows with 24.
• YAKUZA leads the scoring examples at 22 Scrabble points.

Which endings are most common?

A and S dominate the final position: 25 words end in A and 24 end in S. Together, those endings account for 49 of the 102 matches, so check them early when your last tile is known.

Other useful endings are E, with 14 matches, and I, with 9. Familiar examples include NATURE, VALUES, and SALUTE. The leading first letter is M, but the list also has 10 T-words and 8 each starting with L or V, so the opening tile does not point to one narrow family.

What scores best in Scrabble?

YAKUZA is the top scoring example at 22 points, followed by GAZUMP at 20 and MAZUMA at 19. Those results come from valuable letters, especially Z, so the pattern can reward a rare-letter play more than a familiar word such as NATURE.

The main limitation is familiarity: just 11 entries are common, and the 102-word total combines words accepted by at least one tournament dictionary. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure match; Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE do not contain identical sets.