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

6-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and S as the 6th letter number 378, including familiar picks like sounds, houses, and causes.

378 wordsTop pick SOUNDSHighest score AZUKIS 19

45 of 378 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With U in 3rd place, S is the most common 6th letter (378 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 45 · most-used first

SOUNDS₇
HOUSES₉
CAUSES₈
ADULTS₇
POUNDS₉
COURTS₈
ROUNDS₇
COUNTS₈
TRUCKS₁₂
ROUTES₆
LAUGHS₁₀
FRUITS₉
WOUNDS₁₀
DOUBTS₉
TRUSTS₆
EQUALS₁₅
FLUIDS₁₀
MOUTHS₁₁
ABUSES₈
THUMBS₁₃
TRUTHS₉
BOUNDS₉
FAULTS₉
YOUTHS₁₂
CAUCUS₁₀
BRUINS₈
SQUADS₁₆
MOUNTS₈
CHUNKS₁₅
TRUMPS₁₀
TRUNKS₁₀
SKULLS₁₀
STUNTS₆
CRUMBS₁₂
SQUATS₁₅
HAUNTS₉
MOUNDS₉
PAUSES₈
VAULTS₉
HOUNDS₁₀
OCULUS₈
SAUCES₈
STUFFS₁₂
GAUGES₈
STUMPS₁₀

All valid words 378

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

ABUNAS₈
ABUSES₈
ACUTES₈
ADUKIS₁₁
ADULTS₇
ADUSTS₇
AGUTIS₇
AJUGAS₁₄
ALURES₆
AMUCKS₁₄
AMUSES₈
ANUSES₆
ASURAS₆
AZUKIS₁₉
AZURES₁₅
BAULKS₁₂
BHUNAS₁₁
BLUDES₉
BLUETS₈
BLUEYS₁₁
BLUFFS₁₄
BLUIDS₉
BLUMES₁₀
BLUNKS₁₂
BLUNTS₈
BLURBS₁₀
BLURTS₈
BOUGES₉
BOUGHS₁₂
BOULES₈
BOULTS₈
BOUNDS₉
BOURDS₉
BOURGS₉
BOURNS₈
BOUSES₈
BRUGHS₁₂
BRUINS₈
BRUITS₈
BRULES₈
BRUMES₁₀
BRUNTS₈
BRUSTS₈
BRUTES₈
BRUXES₁₅
CAUCUS₁₀
CAULDS₉
CAULES₈
CAULIS₈
CAULKS₁₂
CAURIS₈
CAUSES₈
CAUVES₁₁
CHUCKS₁₇
CHUFAS₁₄
CHUFFS₁₇
CHUMPS₁₅
CHUNKS₁₅
CHURLS₁₁
CHURNS₁₁
CHURRS₁₁
CHUSES₁₁
CHUTES₁₁
CLUCKS₁₄
CLUMPS₁₂
CLUNKS₁₂
COUDES₉
COUGHS₁₂
COULIS₈
COUNTS₈
COUPES₁₀
COURBS₁₀
COURES₈
COURTS₈
COUTHS₁₁
CRUCES₁₀
CRUCKS₁₄
CRUDES₉
CRUDOS₉
CRUELS₈
CRUETS₈
CRUFTS₁₁
CRUMBS₁₂
CRUMPS₁₂
CRUNKS₁₂
CRUORS₈
CRUSES₈
CRUSTS₈
CRUVES₁₁
CRUXES₁₅
DAUBES₉
DAULTS₇
DAUNTS₇
DEUCES₉
DHUTIS₁₀
DOUARS₇
DOUBTS₉
DOUGHS₁₁
DOULAS₇
DOUMAS₉
DOURAS₇
DOUSES₇
DRUIDS₈
DRUNKS₁₁
DRUPES₉
DRUSES₇
EDUCES₉
EDUCTS₉
ELUDES₇
ELUTES₆
EMULES₈
EMURES₈
ENURES₆
EPULIS₈
EQUALS₁₅
EQUIDS₁₆
EQUIPS₁₇
ERUCTS₈
ERUGOS₇
ERUPTS₈
ETUDES₇
EXUDES₁₄
EXULTS₁₃
EXURBS₁₅
FAUCES₁₁
FAULDS₁₀
FAULTS₉
FAUNAS₉
FAUVES₁₂
FEUARS₉
FLUFFS₁₅
FLUIDS₁₀
FLUKES₁₃
FLUMES₁₁
FLUMPS₁₃
FLUNKS₁₃
FLUORS₉
FLURRS₉
FLUTES₉
FLUXES₁₆
FLUYTS₁₂
FOUATS₉
FOUETS₉
FOULES₉
FOUNDS₁₀
FOUNTS₉
FOUTHS₁₂
FRUITS₉
FRUMPS₁₃
FRUSTS₉
GAUGES₈
GAUJES₁₄
GAULTS₇
GAUNTS₇
GAUPUS₉
GAUZES₁₆
GIUSTS₇
GLUERS₇
GLUMES₉
GLUMPS₁₁
GLUONS₇
GLUTES₇
GOUGES₈
GOURAS₇
GOURDS₈
GRUELS₇
GRUFES₁₀
GRUFFS₁₃
GRUMES₉
GRUMPS₁₁
GRUNTS₇
HAUGHS₁₃
HAULDS₁₀
HAULMS₁₁
HAUNTS₉
HAUSES₉
HEUCHS₁₄
HEUGHS₁₃
HOUFFS₁₅
HOUGHS₁₃
HOUMUS₁₁
HOUNDS₁₀
HOURIS₉
HOUSES₉
INULAS₆
INURES₆
INURNS₆
JAUNTS₁₃
JOUALS₁₃
JOULES₁₃
JOUSTS₁₃
KAUGHS₁₄
KAURIS₁₀
KLUGES₁₁
KNURLS₁₀
KNURRS₁₀
KOUMIS₁₂
KOUMYS₁₅
KOUROS₁₀
KRUBIS₁₂
LAUANS₆
LAUCHS₁₁
LAUGHS₁₀
LAUNDS₇
LAURAS₆
LEUDES₇
LOUGHS₁₀
LOUIES₆
LOUMAS₈
LOUNDS₇
LOUPES₈
LOURES₆
LOUSES₆
MAUNDS₉
MAURIS₈
MAUVES₁₁
MEUSES₈
MIURUS₈
MOULDS₉
MOULTS₈
MOUNDS₉
MOUNTS₈
MOURNS₈
MOUSES₈
MOUSTS₈
MOUTHS₁₁
MVULES₁₁
NAUNTS₆
NDUJAS₁₄
NEUMES₈
NOULES₆
NOUSES₆
OCULUS₈
ONUSES₆
OPULUS₈
OPUSES₈
OVULES₉
PAUSES₈
PLUCKS₁₄
PLUFFS₁₄
PLUMBS₁₂
PLUMES₁₀
PLUMPS₁₂
PLUNKS₁₂
PLUOTS₈
PLUSES₈
POUFFS₁₄
POUKES₁₂
POULES₈
POULPS₁₀
POULTS₈
POUNDS₉
POUPES₁₀
PRUDES₉
PRUNES₈
PRUNTS₈
PRUNUS₈
REUSES₆
RHUMBS₁₃
RHUSES₉
ROUENS₆
ROUGES₇
ROUGHS₁₀
ROULES₆
ROUNDS₇
ROUSES₆
ROUSTS₆
ROUTES₆
ROUTHS₉
ROUXES₁₃
SAUBAS₈
SAUCES₈
SAUCHS₁₁
SAUGHS₁₀
SAULTS₆
SAUNAS₆
SAUNTS₆
SAUTES₆
SCUBAS₁₀
SCUFFS₁₄
SCUFTS₁₁
SCULKS₁₂
SCULLS₈
SCULPS₁₀
SCURFS₁₁
SCUSES₈
SCUTES₈
SHUCKS₁₅
SHULES₉
SHUNTS₉
SHURAS₉
SHUTES₉
SKULKS₁₄
SKULLS₁₀
SKUNKS₁₄
SLUBBS₁₀
SLUFFS₁₂
SLUITS₆
SLUMPS₁₀
SLURBS₈
SLURPS₈
SLUSES₆
SNUFFS₁₂
SOUCES₈
SOUGHS₁₀
SOUNDS₇
SOUSES₆
SOUTHS₉
SPUERS₈
SPULES₈
SPUMES₁₀
SPUNKS₁₂
SPURNS₈
SPURTS₈
SQUABS₁₇
SQUADS₁₆
SQUATS₁₅
SQUAWS₁₈
SQUEGS₁₆
SQUIBS₁₇
SQUIDS₁₆
SQUITS₁₅
STUCKS₁₂
STUFFS₁₂
STULLS₆
STULMS₈
STUMPS₁₀
STUNTS₆
STUPAS₈
STUPES₈
STURTS₆
TAUBES₈
TAUNTS₆
TAUONS₆
TAUPES₈
THUJAS₁₆
THUMBS₁₃
THUMPS₁₃
THUNKS₁₃
THURLS₉
THUSES₉
THUYAS₁₂
TOUGHS₁₀
TOUSES₆
TOUZES₁₅
TRUCES₈
TRUCKS₁₂
TRUGOS₇
TRULLS₆
TRUMPS₁₀
TRUNKS₁₀
TRUSTS₆
TRUTHS₉
TSUBAS₈
TSUBOS₈
TSURIS₆
TZURIS₁₅
UHURUS₉
URUBUS₈
URUSES₆
USUALS₆
USURES₆
USURPS₈
UVULAS₉
VAULTS₉
VAUNTS₉
VAUTES₉
VOUGES₁₀
WAUFFS₁₅
WAUGHS₁₃
WAULKS₁₃
WHUMPS₁₆
WOULDS₁₀
WOUNDS₁₀
YOUNGS₁₀
YOURTS₉
YOUTHS₁₂
ZOUNDS₁₆

Letters by positionIn 30% of these words the 5th letter is E.

1st letter

S16%
C12%
B8%

2nd letter

O25%
A16%
R15%

4th letter

L13%
R13%
N12%

5th letter

E30%
T15%
H7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; AZUKIS tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 42 words
7 points: 29 words
88 points: 83 words
9 points: 58 words
1010 points: 40 words
11 points: 28 words
1212 points: 29 words
13 points: 20 words
1414 points: 17 words
15 points: 16 words
1616 points: 9 words
17 points: 5 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
AZUKIS	19	20	Collins · NWL
CHUCKS	17	19	All three
EQUIPS	17	19	All three
SQUIBS	17	19	All three
SQUABS	17	19	All three
CHUFFS	17	18	All three
SQUADS	16	17	All three
FLUXES	16	18	All three
SQUIDS	16	17	All three
ZOUNDS	16	18	All three
EQUIDS	16	17	All three
GAUZES	16	18	All three

Think of the pattern as two unknown letters, U, two more unknown letters, then S. That fixed ending and middle U leave plenty of room for different openings: S begins 61 matches, while C begins 45. The group is smaller than the A-third, S-sixth set, which has 666 matches.

Quick facts about this letter pattern

All 378 matches place U third and finish with S.
Sounds, houses, causes, adults, and pounds are familiar examples.
S leads the first-letter count at 61; C is next at 45.
Just 45 matches count among common English words, so expect many obscure entries.

Which letters start the U-third, S-sixth words?

Start with S if you have a choice: 61 matches begin there. C gives you 45 candidates, while B accounts for 30. F and T tie at 26 apiece, a useful split when the opening tile is still uncertain.

The examples make those first-letter groups easy to picture. Sounds and suits start with S; causes and courts start with C; adults and abuses start with A. After the opening, compare the remaining tiles against the two blanks on either side of U. That is more reliable than treating every final S as a plural clue.

Does a final S mean every match is a plural?

No: houses and trucks are plurals, but laughs and trusts can be verb forms. The last tile tells you where a word ends, not what grammatical job it does. Keeping that distinction in mind prevents a familiar plural from becoming your only candidate.

Scores add another surprise: azukis tops the scoring examples at 19 points, even though it is far less familiar than sounds or houses. The average score across the group is 9.8. Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins has 368 matches, NWL2023 has 287, and ENABLE has 267. The overall set contains tournament-dictionary entries, not a guarantee of acceptance in every game; check your game's word list.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have U third and S last?

There are 378 six-letter words with U in position three and S in position six. Sounds, houses, causes, and adults are familiar examples. The two fixed letters still leave four positions open, so candidates vary in both their starting letters and their endings before the final S.

What are some common words with U third and S at the end?

Sounds, houses, causes, adults, and pounds are familiar matches. Only 45 words in this group fall among common English words, so these recognizable examples sit alongside many less familiar entries. Check the first letter and the two blank positions to narrow your choices.

Which U-third, S-ending word scores the most?

Azukis is the top scoring example, at 19 points. That is a striking contrast with everyday matches such as sounds and houses: a less familiar word leads the scoring examples, while the group's average score is 9.8.

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