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

Lock in the middle as _US___, then use the first and final letters to narrow your search. M and B lead the opening-letter counts, while S is the most common ending. The 198 matches include 17 common words, so familiar options sit alongside entries you may meet only in a challenge.

The pattern at a glance

• 198 entries match the six-letter pattern _US___.
• MUSEUM, MUSCLE, CUSTOM, FUSION, and HUSTLE are recognizable examples.
• M begins 36 matches; B is next with 29.
• S ends 50 matches, ahead of D with 35.

How many 6-letter words have U second and S third?

There are 198 matches across the tournament dictionaries. Collins includes 197, NWL2023 includes 151, and ENABLE includes 142; those totals overlap, so they should not be added together. The different coverage matters in play: a word accepted in one list may not appear in another.

The pattern is almost as large as U-T in the same two positions, which has 197 matches, but smaller than U-R, with 311. That makes _US___ a substantial clue rather than a narrow one. Try a familiar candidate such as RUSHED or BUSTED before testing less familiar entries.

Which words stand out for play?

MUSKOX leads the scoring results at 19 points, with JUSTLY and MUSJID at 16 each. Those are striking scores, but the less familiar high scorers are not always safe choices across word lists. Check the game’s dictionary before spending a turn on one.

For a more ordinary solve, work from the ending: 50 matches finish in S, and 35 finish in D. The exact phrase 6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and S as the 3rd letter covers both groups, including PUSHES and PUSHED. Only 157 matches have definitions, so some valid entries may offer little help if you need a meaning.