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

This pattern is narrower than many U-fourth searches: only 13 tournament-dictionary words match it. Eight have definitions, but just 3 rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words. Expect familiar choices such as ABSURD alongside much rarer entries like OBJURE and YBOUND.

The pattern at a glance

• 13 six-letter words have B in position 2 and U in position 4.
• ABSURD, ABRUPT and ABOUND are recognizable matches.
• Only 3 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• A and O start 12 of the 13 words; Y starts the remaining one.
• ABJURE and OBJURE lead the listed Scrabble scores at 15 points each.

Which words fit B second and U fourth?

The most familiar matches begin AB: ABSURD, ABRUPT and ABOUND. The same opening also gives you ABDUCT and ABOUTS, while ABJURE is the top scorer. Four entries instead begin OB: OBTUSE, OBDURE, OBJURE and OBTUND.

YBOUND is the only match that starts with Y.

Endings narrow the pattern further. Five words finish with E, including ABJURE, ABJURE’s less familiar counterpart OBJURE, and OBTUSE; four finish with D, including ABSURD and ABOUND. The remaining four end in T, H or S.

That E-or-D cluster accounts for 9 of the 13 matches, so check the final tile before settling on a guess.

Scoring favors the less obvious entries: ABJURE and OBJURE score 15, while YBOUND scores 12. ABDUCT, ABLUSH and ABDUCE each score 11. By comparison, ABSURD and ABOUND score 9 apiece, despite being easier to recognize.

How rare is this letter pattern?

Only 13 words match B-second and U-fourth, compared with 149 when E takes the second position and 102 when A does. That makes B a particularly tight constraint in this six-letter pattern. Collins includes all 13 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 include 9 each.

The average score is 10.5, but the top two scores belong to the obscure pair ABJURE and OBJURE. Check your game's word list before playing a rare entry: dictionary coverage differs even within this small group. For a broader search, keep the B and U fixed while changing one position.