6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and O as the 5th letter

The fixed pattern is _U__O_: U sits second and O sits fifth, leaving four positions to narrow down. BUTTON, CUSTOM, JUNIOR, and FUSION are recognizable examples, but only 9 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff. The full group also includes rarer tournament plays, so a match on the pattern does not guarantee a word will feel familiar.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 106 matching six-letter words across the tournament dictionaries.
• B leads as the starting letter, with 16 entries; S follows with 10.
• S is the most common ending: 43 words finish with it.
• Only 9 matches count as common words, so expect plenty of unfamiliar options.
• QUAHOG, MUSKOX, and QUOHOG each score 19 points.

Which words fit U second and O fifth?

BUTTON, CUSTOM, JUNIOR, and FUSION make the pattern easy to spot in ordinary vocabulary. Other examples include SUMMON, BURROW, CURSOR, and MUTTON. Check each letter in order: in JUNIOR, U is second and O is fifth, while the final two letters complete the word.

The first-letter spread offers another way to work through a clue. B supplies 16 options, followed by S with 10 and G with 9. Endings are even more lopsided: S appears 43 times, compared with 17 N endings and 9 R endings, which makes a final S a strong candidate, not a certainty.

How should you use this pattern in a word game?

For 6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and O as the 5th letter, separate familiar solves from score-driven plays. QUAHOG and MUSKOX reach 19 points, while HUZOOR scores 18. Those high values come with a catch: several top scorers are less familiar than BUTTON or CUSTOM.

Dictionary coverage differs by game: the group includes 63 ENABLE words, 99 Collins words, and 81 NWL2023 words. The total counts words accepted by at least one of those lists, not words accepted by every list. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.