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

The fixed pattern leaves room for a surprisingly varied set, from familiar words such as CUTEST and PUREST to less common entries like FUCose and RUGOSA. Only five matches rank among the 25,000 most common English words. Check the final letter next: nearly half the matches end in T, a useful narrowing clue when the board gives you one more letter.

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

• There are 55 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• KUVASZ leads the scoring examples at 22 points; QUEASY scores 18.
• T is the most common final letter, appearing in 24 matches.
• Only five matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The pattern has 49 Collins and NWL2023 entries, compared with 40 in ENABLE.

Which final letters narrow the choices?

T is the clear front-runner at the end of this pattern: AUGUST, CUTEST, PUREST, and NUDIST all finish there. The next most frequent ending is M, with seven words; E and H each account for six. If your crossing letter is T, start with familiar candidates such as AUGUST or CUTEST before testing rarer options.

The remaining endings are scattered: five words end in Y, three in A, two in S, and one in K. A known final T points to a sizeable group, while a final K leaves just one match. Among the examples, QUEASY and CUTESY offer Y endings; MUCOSA supplies an A.

What should you know before playing a match?

For 6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter, a large score does not mean a familiar word. KUVASZ tops the scoring examples at 22, while QUEASY, QUINSY, and QURUSH each score 18. Those Q-heavy options are worth checking when your rack supports them, but they are less everyday choices than PUNISH or AUGUST.

The average score is 10.1, and most matches are not among the commonest English words. Dictionary coverage also differs: 40 entries appear in ENABLE, while Collins and NWL2023 each include 49. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar candidate; a shared letter pattern does not guarantee that every word is accepted everywhere.