6-letter words with H as the 4th letter and U as the 5th letter
18 six-letter words with H as the 4th letter and U as the 5th letter fit this pattern, from MASHUP and TYPHUS to ZYTHUM.
With H in 4th place, E is the most common 5th letter (290 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
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Best words to play first
- MASHUP13
- TYPHUS14
- PUSHUP13
- SADHUS10
- MOGHUL12
- WASHUP14
- TUCHUS11
- TUCHUN11
- FICHUS14
- UNSHUT9
- HUMHUM16
- BUCHUS13
- MASHUA11
- MYTHUS14
- PRAHUS11
- TOPHUS11
- WUSHUS12
- ZYTHUM23
All valid words 18
- BUCHUS13
- FICHUS14
- HUMHUM16
- MASHUA11
- MASHUP13
- MOGHUL12
- MYTHUS14
- PRAHUS11
- PUSHUP13
- SADHUS10
- TOPHUS11
- TUCHUN11
- TUCHUS11
- TYPHUS14
- UNSHUT9
- WASHUP14
- WUSHUS12
- ZYTHUM23
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZYTHUM | 23 | 23 | Collins only |
| HUMHUM | 16 | 18 | Collins only |
| TYPHUS | 14 | 14 | All three |
| WASHUP | 14 | 15 | All three |
| FICHUS | 14 | 15 | All three |
| MYTHUS | 14 | 14 | Collins only |
| MASHUP | 13 | 15 | Collins only |
| PUSHUP | 13 | 16 | All three |
| BUCHUS | 13 | 16 | Collins only |
| MOGHUL | 12 | 15 | Collins · NWL |
| WUSHUS | 12 | 13 | Collins · NWL |
| TUCHUS | 11 | 13 | NWL only |
The fixed pattern is _ _ _ H U _, but the small set is not evenly spread across endings. Nine of the 18 entries end in S, while MASHUP, PUSHUP and WASHUP finish with P. Familiar-looking choices sit beside specialist forms, so check your game’s dictionary before playing an unfamiliar word.
At a glance at the H-U pattern
- Exactly 18 tournament-dictionary words put H fourth and U fifth.
- Nine end in S; three end in P, and two end in M.
- Collins includes 17, NWL2023 includes 12, and ENABLE includes 9.
- ZYTHUM tops the Scrabble scores at 23; HUMHUM follows at 16.
- None of these entries counts among the common English words.
6-letter words with H as the 4th letter and U as the 5th letter
The final S is the standout clue: it appears in half of the 18 words. P comes next with three entries, followed by M with two; A, L, N and T each appear once. TYPHUS, FICHUS and MYTHUS all share that S ending, so the final letter alone will not distinguish them.
The opening letters split in a different way. M and T each start four words, while P and W each start two.
MASHUP and MOGHUL are recognizable examples, but the set also includes specialist forms such as TUCHUN and ZYTHUM. When your clue fixes the middle letters, check the ending and starting letter together.
Which words score most, and what should you check?
ZYTHUM scores 23 points, seven more than HUMHUM at 16. TYPHUS, WASHUP, FICHUS and MYTHUS each score 14. ZYTHUM is the clear scoring outlier, but a high tile score does not make it an everyday word: none of these entries is classified as common, and only 11 have definitions.
Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins accepts 17 entries, compared with 12 in NWL2023 and 9 in ENABLE. A word can match the letter slots and still be absent from your game’s list, so check that list before committing.
For contrast, the H-fourth, E-fifth pattern has 290 words, making this U pattern unusually narrow. That sharp difference makes the fifth letter a strong filter when you browse related patterns.
Questions people ask
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