6-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and E as the 5th letter

6-letter words with U third and E fifth: 324 matches, including CAUSED, HOUSES, and ROUTES.

324 wordsTop pick CAUSEDHighest score JAUKED 18

25 of 324 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
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5th letter
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With U in 3rd place, E is the most common 5th letter (324 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 25 · most-used first

CAUSED₉
HOUSES₉
CAUSES₈
ROUTES₆
ABUSED₉
LOUDER₇
POURED₉
ABUSES₈
HOUSED₁₀
UNUSED₇
LAUREL₆
GLUTEN₇
NAUSEA₆
AMUSED₉
ROUTER₆
HAULED₁₀
TOURED₇
PAUSED₉
ROUTED₇
PAUSES₈
SAUCES₈
TOUTED₇
LAUDED₈
ABUSER₈
GAUGES₈

All valid words 324

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ABUSED₉
ABUSER₈
ABUSES₈
ACULEI₈
ACUMEN₁₀
ACUTER₈
ACUTES₈
ALUDEL₇
ALURES₆
AMULET₈
AMUSED₉
AMUSER₈
AMUSES₈
ANUSES₆
AZURES₁₅
BAUBEE₁₀
BAUKED₁₃
BLUDES₉
BLUIER₈
BLUMED₁₁
BLUMES₁₀
BOUGED₁₀
BOUGES₉
BOUGET₉
BOUJEE₁₅
BOULES₈
BOUNED₉
BOUSED₉
BOUSES₈
BRULES₈
BRUMES₁₀
BRUNET₈
BRUTED₉
BRUTER₈
BRUTES₈
BRUXED₁₆
BRUXES₁₅
CAUDEX₁₆
CAUKER₁₂
CAULES₈
CAUMED₁₁
CAUSED₉
CAUSEN₈
CAUSER₈
CAUSES₈
CAUSEY₁₁
CAUTEL₈
CAUTER₈
CAUVES₁₁
CHUSED₁₂
CHUSES₁₁
CHUTED₁₂
CHUTES₁₁
COUDES₉
COULEE₈
COUPED₁₁
COUPEE₁₀
COUPER₁₀
COUPES₁₀
COURED₉
COURES₈
COUTER₈
CRUCES₁₀
CRUDER₉
CRUDES₉
CRUMEN₁₀
CRUSES₈
CRUSET₈
CRUVES₁₁
CRUXES₁₅
DAUBED₁₀
DAUBER₉
DAUBES₉
DAUDED₉
DAUNER₇
DAURED₈
DAUTED₈
DEUCED₁₀
DEUCES₉
DOUCER₉
DOUCET₉
DOUKED₁₂
DOURER₇
DOUSED₈
DOUSER₇
DOUSES₇
DOUTED₈
DOUTER₇
DRUPEL₉
DRUPES₉
DRUSES₇
EDUCED₁₀
EDUCES₉
ELUDED₈
ELUDER₇
ELUDES₇
ELUTED₇
ELUTES₆
EMULED₉
EMULES₈
EMURED₉
EMURES₈
ENURED₇
ENURES₆
ETUDES₇
EXUDED₁₅
EXUDES₁₄
FAUCES₁₁
FAUCET₁₁
FAURER₉
FAUTED₁₀
FAUVES₁₂
FEUDED₁₁
FLUGEL₁₀
FLUIER₉
FLUKED₁₄
FLUKES₁₃
FLUKEY₁₆
FLUMED₁₂
FLUMES₁₁
FLUTED₁₀
FLUTER₉
FLUTES₉
FLUTEY₁₂
FLUXED₁₇
FLUXES₁₆
FOULED₁₀
FOULER₉
FOULES₉
FOUTER₉
FRUTEX₁₆
GAUDED₉
GAUFER₁₀
GAUGED₉
GAUGER₈
GAUGES₈
GAUJES₁₄
GAUMED₁₀
GAUPED₁₀
GAUPER₉
GAUZES₁₆
GLUIER₇
GLUMES₉
GLUTEI₇
GLUTEN₇
GLUTES₇
GOUGED₉
GOUGER₈
GOUGES₈
GRUFES₁₀
GRUMES₉
HAULED₁₀
HAULER₉
HAUSED₁₀
HAUSEN₉
HAUSES₉
HAUTER₉
HOUFED₁₃
HOUSED₁₀
HOUSEL₉
HOUSER₉
HOUSES₉
HOUSEY₁₂
HOUTED₁₀
INURED₇
INURES₆
JAUKED₁₈
JAUPED₁₆
JOUKED₁₈
JOULED₁₄
JOULES₁₃
KLUGED₁₂
KLUGES₁₁
LAUDED₈
LAUDER₇
LAUREL₆
LEUDES₇
LOUDEN₇
LOUDER₇
LOUIES₆
LOUNED₇
LOUPED₉
LOUPEN₈
LOUPES₈
LOURED₇
LOURES₆
LOUSED₇
LOUSER₆
LOUSES₆
LOUTED₇
LOUVER₉
MAUGER₉
MAULED₉
MAULER₈
MAUMET₁₀
MAUVER₁₁
MAUVES₁₁
MEUSED₉
MEUSES₈
MOUPED₁₁
MOUSED₉
MOUSER₈
MOUSES₈
MOUSEY₁₁
MOUTER₈
MVULES₁₁
NAUSEA₆
NEUMES₈
NEUTER₆
NOULES₆
NOUSES₆
ONUSES₆
OPUSES₈
OVULES₉
PAUPER₁₀
PAUSED₉
PAUSER₈
PAUSES₈
PLUMED₁₁
PLUMES₁₀
PLUSED₉
PLUSES₈
PLUTEI₈
POUDER₉
POUFED₁₂
POUKES₁₂
POULES₈
POUPED₁₁
POUPES₁₀
POURED₉
POURER₈
POUTED₉
POUTER₈
PRUDES₉
PRUNED₉
PRUNER₈
PRUNES₈
PRUNEY₁₁
REUSED₇
REUSES₆
RHUSES₉
ROUGED₈
ROUGES₇
ROULES₆
ROUPED₉
ROUPET₈
ROUSED₇
ROUSER₆
ROUSES₆
ROUTED₇
ROUTER₆
ROUTES₆
ROUXES₁₃
SAUCED₉
SAUCER₈
SAUCES₈
SAUGER₇
SAUREL₆
SAUTED₇
SAUTES₆
SCUSED₉
SCUSES₈
SCUTES₈
SHULED₁₀
SHULES₉
SHUTED₁₀
SHUTES₉
SLUSES₆
SOUCED₉
SOUCES₈
SOUKED₁₁
SOULED₇
SOUMED₉
SOUPED₉
SOUPER₈
SOURED₇
SOURER₆
SOUSED₇
SOUSER₆
SOUSES₆
SOUTER₆
SPULES₈
SPUMED₁₁
SPUMES₁₀
SQUIER₁₅
STUMER₈
STUPED₉
STUPES₈
TAUBES₈
TAUPES₈
TAUTED₇
TAUTEN₆
TAUTER₆
THUSES₉
TOUKED₁₁
TOUPEE₈
TOUPET₈
TOURED₇
TOURER₆
TOUSED₇
TOUSER₆
TOUSES₆
TOUTED₇
TOUTER₆
TOUZED₁₆
TOUZES₁₅
TRUCED₉
TRUCES₈
UNUSED₇
URUSES₆
USURED₇
USURER₆
USURES₆
VAUTED₁₀
VAUTES₉
VOUGES₁₀
WAUKED₁₄
WAUKER₁₃
WAULED₁₀
WAURED₁₀
YAUPED₁₂
YAUPER₁₁
YEUKED₁₄
YOUKED₁₄

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 2nd letter is O.

1st letter

S11%
C10%
F7%

2nd letter

O35%
A24%
L11%

4th letter

S20%
T15%
L8%

6th letter

S35%
D33%
R20%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; JAUKED tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 37 words
7 points: 40 words
88 points: 72 words
9 points: 71 words
1010 points: 36 words
11 points: 25 words
1212 points: 12 words
13 points: 6 words
1414 points: 7 words
15 points: 7 words
1616 points: 8 words
17 points: 1 words
1818 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JAUKED	18	21	All three
JOUKED	18	21	All three
FLUXED	17	19	All three
FLUXES	16	18	All three
FLUKEY	16	17	All three
CAUDEX	16	18	All three
GAUZES	16	18	All three
FRUTEX	16	17	Collins only
JAUPED	16	20	All three
BRUXED	16	18	Collins · NWL
TOUZED	16	17	Collins only
SQUIER	15	16	Collins only

The pattern is _ _ U _ E _, but its matches range from everyday words to less familiar forms. CAUSED, HOUSES, ROUTES, and PAUSED fit; LAUREL and GLUTEN show that the fixed letters do not force a plural or past-tense ending. Of 324 matches, 25 are classed as common, and 248 have definitions.

6-letter words with U third and E fifth

A total of 324 words fit U in the third position and E in the fifth.
The common-word count is 25; 248 matches have definitions.
CAUSED, HOUSES, CAUSES, ROUTES, and ABUSED are familiar examples.
S is the leading final letter at 113 words, followed by D at 106 and R at 64.

Which endings appear most often?

S, D, and R account for the leading final-letter groups: 113 words end in S, 106 in D, and 64 in R. The next ending, T, appears in 9 matches, so the list leans heavily toward three finishes. Together those three cover 283 of the 324 matches, about 87%.

The examples make those endings easy to recognize. HOUSES, CAUSES, and ROUTES finish with S, while CAUSED, ABUSED, and PAUSED finish with D. LAUREL and GLUTEN are reminders that the fixed U and E positions also allow other word shapes.

Which matches score well, and where are they accepted?

JAUKED and JOUKED lead the score rankings at 18 points each; FLUXED follows at 17. Those high scores come from unusual, high-value letters rather than from the pattern itself, so check your rack before choosing a play. The average match scores 9.1 points, so the top two sit at almost twice that.

The 324 matches are a combined count, not a promise that every game accepts every word. Collins includes 317, NWL2023 includes 229, and ENABLE includes 212; the lists overlap. Check your game's dictionary when a less familiar answer such as JAUKED matters.

Questions people ask

How many common six-letter words have U third and E fifth?

There are 25 common matches with U third and E fifth. The full pattern has 324 words, including familiar examples such as CAUSED, HOUSES, ROUTES, and PAUSED, alongside many less common entries.

Which final letter is most common in this pattern?

S is the most common ending, with 113 matches. D follows with 106, then R with 64. HOUSES and ROUTES show the S ending, while CAUSED and PAUSED illustrate the D group.

Are all 324 words accepted in every word game?

No, acceptance depends on the game's dictionary. The combined count draws from Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, which contain 317, 229, and 212 matching words respectively. Those counts overlap, so they should not be added together.

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