6-letter words with R as the 1st letter and U as the 4th letter

The fourth-position clue leaves three ending letters in play, with E and S the most frequent finishes. Eleven entries qualify as common, including return, result, reduce, refuse, and resume. The broader set also contains specialist vocabulary, so the pattern is productive for solving but its score leaders need a quick dictionary check.

At a glance for the pattern

• There are 60 matches, all included in Collins; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 43.
• E is the most frequent ending with 16, followed by S with 12.
• A and T each finish six entries; F appears only twice.
• Roques, requin, roquet, requit, and razure each score 15.
• Return and result are common examples with very different final letters.

Which final letters narrow the fourth-position U pattern?

E closes 16 candidates and S closes 12. A and T each account for six, while D appears four times and F only twice. When the puzzle gives both the fourth and final positions, those counts cut the search space quickly.

Return and refuse end in N and E; result and rebuff end in T and F. Resume and repute close with E, giving recognizable anchors when U is known but the tail still needs testing.

What to know before using the top scores

Five entries tie at 15 points: roques, requin, roquet, requit, and razure. Rebuff follows at 14. Collins accepts all 60, but the other two named tournament lists each accept 43, so check your game’s word list before trying one of the less familiar scorers.

When U is confirmed in slot four, do not treat every E ending as the same family: return, refuse, and resume have different middle sequences. A second crossing tile can quickly distinguish those familiar options from the specialist scorers.

A fixed fourth letter does not predict the last one here: eight endings appear, from E and S down to F. Use the last clue as a second filter, then compare return or result against the other candidates rather than guessing from the R-U outline alone.