6-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and S as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is __US__, so the first two letters and final pair do the work of separating one answer from another. Only 15 of the 104 entries rank among the most common English words. Endings cluster around S, D, and Y, while CAUSED, CAUSES, and CAUSAL show how a shared root can fill several slots.

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

• The pattern __US__ matches 104 tournament-dictionary words.
• Collins includes 102 matches, compared with 73 in NWL2023 and 68 in ENABLE.
• Only 15 matches are among the most common English words.
• S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 37 matches; D follows with 19.
• C leads the first-letter group with 17 words, ahead of M with 11.

Which words fit the __US__ pattern?

Start with recognizable words if you have no letters beyond U and S: HOUSES, CAUSES, COUSIN, and NAUSEA all fit. Then test endings against the crossing letters. The final letter is S in 37 matches, but D appears in 19, so a plural-looking answer is common, not guaranteed.

The CAUS- group is especially revealing: CAUSED, CAUSES, and CAUSAL share the first four letters but finish differently. Other familiar entries include ABUSED, AMUSED, PAUSED, and REUSED. Those examples make the pattern easier to scan without assuming every match is a common everyday word.

Length changes the pool sharply. The same U-third, S-fourth frame has 52 five-letter matches and 154 seven-letter ones, while six-letter words with U third and R fourth number 126.

Which __US__ words score well?

• FLUSHY leads the scoring results at 15 points.
• BRUSHY and PLUSHY each score 14; JOUSTS scores 13.
• HOUSES and COUSIN are more familiar candidates, but they do not top the score ranking.
• The average match scores 8.4 points, and 77 of the 104 words have definitions.