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

This pattern is less common than several neighboring vowel slots: A in the second position has 314 matches, O has 284, and E has 281. Recognizable entries include BUTTON, GUITAR, BUTTER and HUNTER, alongside less familiar forms such as QUATCH and QUETCH. Just 27 entries are common by English word frequency, so expect a mix of everyday vocabulary and specialist game words.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 159 six-letter entries with U second and T fourth.
• Collins includes 158 matches, NWL2023 includes 113, and ENABLE includes 105.
• S is the most frequent first letter, with 17 words; B, C and Q each start 15.
• D is the most frequent final letter at 30, followed by R at 29, S at 26 and E at 25.
• BUTTON, GUITAR, CUSTOM and BUTTER are among the more recognizable examples.

Which U-and-T words score highest?

QUATCH, QUETCH and QUITCH lead the scoring examples at 20 points each. QUYTED scores 19, while QUETHE, QUOTHA and QUYTES each score 18. Those Q-heavy options stand out from everyday picks such as BUTTON and GUITAR.

The average score across the pattern is 9.2. QUOTED reaches 16 points, as does JUSTLY, so a strong play does not always begin with Q. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar high scorer; dictionary coverage differs across the three tournament lists.

How to narrow the letter pattern

For 6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and T as the 4th letter, write the fixed slots as _ U _ T _ _. Then use any known first or last letter to cut down the options. If the word ends in D, for example, that is the most common ending in this group, with 30 matches.

The spread of endings can also guide a guess: R, S and E are frequent alternatives, with 29, 26 and 25 entries respectively. BUTTON and HUNTER show how different the final letters can be while the middle pattern stays fixed. Only 27 words are common by frequency, and 124 have definitions, so obscure entries are part of the search.