6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter

The fixed pattern is _UL___, so a known U and L narrow the search without deciding the first or last letters. PULLED and BULLET show familiar routes through the pattern, while SULTAN and EULOGY show how differently the remaining slots can fill. Only 14 matches rank among common English words, so expect many less familiar options in a game list.

6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter at a glance

• The pattern contains 159 words across the tournament dictionaries.
• PULLED, BULLET, RULING, and SULFUR are recognizable examples.
• P is the most frequent first letter, with 27 matches.
• S is the most frequent ending, with 38 matches; R follows with 34.
• The average tile score is 9.5 points.

Which letters start and end these words?

P leads the first-letter group with 27 words, ahead of B at 19 and M at 17. That makes PULLED, PULSES, and PULPIT strong candidates when the opening tile is known; the pattern is not dominated by a single starter.

The ending is more concentrated: S closes 38 words and R closes 34, while D appears at the end of 25. Try plural or inflected forms such as RULERS and CULLED when your final tile points that way. Only 9 matches end in L, so that ending is much less common.

How should you use this pattern in a word game?

For a board score, PULQUE leads the high-scoring examples at 17 points; FULHAM scores 14. The average is 9.5, so the top result is not typical. Keep the Q in PULQUE in mind if you have a premium square, but confirm the word is accepted by your game's dictionary.

The 159-word total is a union across ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, not a promise that every game accepts every entry. Their separate counts are 113, 152, and 128. Just 14 matches are common, so this pattern is better for narrowing a rack or clue than for guessing an everyday word.