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

The fixed pattern is _U_L__, leaving four positions to narrow down once U and L are known. PUBLIC, BULLET and OUTLET are familiar matches; QULLIQ is the surprise at the top of the scoring examples. U in the second spot produces fewer matches than A, O or E, but edges past I. Just 16 of these words rank among the most common English vocabulary, so expect plenty of specialist entries.

Quick facts about the U–L pattern

• The combined tournament-dictionary list has 152 matches.
• G starts the largest initial group, with 20 words.
• D is the leading final letter, appearing in 28 words.
• QULLIQ scores 24 Scrabble points before board bonuses.
• U has 152 matches here, compared with 250 for A and 149 for I in the same positions.

Which letters start and finish these words?

G opens 20 matches, ahead of B with 17; M and P each begin 14. When the first letter is still unknown, checking G and B first follows the strongest groups rather than guessing across all initials.

D ends 28 matches, just one more than S at 27, while R closes 24. Familiar examples make the split easy to see: PULLED ends in D, BUILDS in S and GUILTY in Y. The final-letter distribution is concentrated, not evenly spread.

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

QULLIQ tops the scoring examples at 24 Scrabble points before premiums on the board. QUELCH and QUALMY each score 20, while QUALMS earns 17; DUPLEX and MUKLUK each reach 16. QULLIQ is the biggest raw score, but its unusual spelling makes it a risky play if you have not checked your game’s dictionary.

Collins includes 149 matches, NWL2023 includes 117, and ENABLE includes 107; the dictionary sets overlap, so those counts should not be added together. Only 16 matches rank among common English words, and no matches appear in the Wordle answer list. The same pattern has 72 five-letter matches and 279 seven-letter matches.