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6-letter words with N as the 1st letter and U as the 3rd letter

6-letter words with N as the 1st letter and U as the 3rd letter: 18 tournament-dictionary matches, including NEURAL, NAUSEA, and NOUGHT.

18 wordsTop pick NEURALHighest score NDUJAS 14

3 of 18 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With N in 1st place, T is the most common 3rd letter (48 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 18 · most-used first

  • NEURAL6
  • NAUSEA6
  • NEURON6
  • NAUGHT10
  • NEUTER6
  • NOUGAT7
  • NOUGHT10
  • NAUTCH11
  • NEUMES8
  • NAUTIC8
  • NAUNTS6
  • NDUJAS14
  • NEUMIC10
  • NOULDE7
  • NOULES6
  • NOUNAL6
  • NOUSES6
  • NOUSLE6
All valid words 18

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • NAUGHT10
  • NAUNTS6
  • NAUSEA6
  • NAUTCH11
  • NAUTIC8
  • NDUJAS14
  • NEUMES8
  • NEUMIC10
  • NEURAL6
  • NEURON6
  • NEUTER6
  • NOUGAT7
  • NOUGHT10
  • NOULDE7
  • NOULES6
  • NOUNAL6
  • NOUSES6
  • NOUSLE6
Letters by positionIn 39% of these words the 2nd letter is O.
2nd letter
  1. O39%
  2. A28%
  3. E28%
4th letter
  1. G17%
  2. S17%
  3. T17%
5th letter
  1. E28%
  2. A22%
  3. H11%
6th letter
  1. S28%
  2. T17%
  3. C11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
NDUJAS1418NWL only
NAUTCH1113All three
NAUGHT1012All three
NOUGHT1012All three
NEUMIC1014All three
NEUMES811All three
NAUTIC811Collins only
NOUGAT710All three
NOULDE710Collins only
NEURAL69All three
NAUSEA68All three
NEURON69All three

The pattern is N?U???: N and U are fixed, while the other four positions vary. Only three of these 18 entries are common, making NEURAL, NAUSEA, and NEURON the familiar footholds; several others are specialist vocabulary. The matches appear across ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, but not every word is accepted in every game dictionary.

How many 6-letter words have N first and U third?

  • 18 words fit N?U???, with N fixed in slot one and U in slot three.
  • NEURAL, NAUSEA, and NEURON are the three common entries.
  • Collins includes 17 matches; NWL2023 has 13 and ENABLE has 12.
  • Five entries end in S, more than any other final letter; T follows with three.

Which N-and-U words are easiest to recognize?

Start with NEURAL, NAUSEA, NEURON, and NEUTER: each is a familiar form, and all four make the fixed pattern easy to verify. NOUGAT is another everyday noun.

NAUGHT and NOUGHT differ in their second letter, while both keep U in the third position. That near-pair is easy to mix up when testing letters.

Only three words meet the common-word cutoff, despite 18 total matches. The less familiar entries include NAUTIC and NEUMES, so a pattern match is not the same as a word you will see in ordinary play. Check your game's accepted dictionary: coverage ranges from 12 entries in ENABLE to 17 in Collins.

Scoring for 6-letter words with U third

NDUJAS leads the Scrabble scoring examples at 14 points, ahead of NAUTCH at 11. NAUGHT, NOUGHT, and NEUMIC each score 10, making them stronger rack plays than the average entry.

NDUJAS is the standout score, but a premium board square matters more than memorizing an unusual word. The average score across this set is 7.7.

Final letters offer a sorting clue: five words finish in S, three in T, and one each in A, H, and N. An S ending is the likeliest last-letter branch, but it still covers fewer than a third of the 18 matches. Keep N and U fixed first; use the final letter to narrow candidates after other tiles rule words out.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words start with N and have U as the third letter?
There are 18 six-letter matches with N first and U third. NEURAL, NAUSEA, and NEURON are among the familiar options, while the full set includes less common entries. Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 17 matches, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 12 in ENABLE.
Which N-and-U word has the highest Scrabble score?
NDUJAS is the highest-scoring word in this group at 14 points. NAUTCH follows at 11, while NAUGHT, NOUGHT, and NEUMIC each score 10. Board bonuses can change the result, so check open premium squares before choosing a play.
Are all 18 N?U??? Words common English words?
No, only three of the 18 matches are classed as common. NEURAL, NAUSEA, and NEURON are familiar examples; other entries, such as NEUMES, are less likely to appear in everyday writing. The fixed-letter pattern identifies candidates, but it does not make every candidate familiar.

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