6-letter words with U as the 4th letter and T as the 5th letter

The fixed pattern is _ _ _ U T _: only the first three letters and final letter vary. Most matches are not everyday vocabulary: just 12 are common by frequency. Use familiar examples such as minute and beauty to check the pattern, then scan the less familiar entries if your puzzle allows them.

6-letter words with U fourth and T fifth at a glance

• 80 tournament-dictionary entries match the pattern; 12 rank among the commonest English words.
• Collins includes 78 matches, NWL2023 includes 58, and ENABLE includes 53; dictionary counts overlap.
• 32 entries end in S, compared with 18 ending in E.
• S starts 16 entries, the largest first-letter group; A follows with 10.
• Halutz scores 18 and mazuts scores 17 in Scrabble.

Which endings and starting letters appear most?

The final letter is often S: scouts, shouts, inputs, and donuts all fit, and 32 matches end that way. E is the next most common ending, with 18 words, including minute, salute, dilute, and refute. Together, those two endings account for most of the list.

S also leads among first letters, with 16 matches; examples include scouts, shouts, and struts. A is second with 10, including astute and abouts, while G contributes nine. That makes the opening letters less predictable than the repeated _UT_ center.

Which matches are practical for a word game?

Start with recognizable words when solving a clue: minute, beauty, deputy, and salute are among the more familiar options. The list has 70 defined entries, but only 12 are common, so obscure tournament words make up much of the remaining pool. Check your game's word list before relying on a rare entry.

For Scrabble scoring, halutz leads at 18, followed by mazuts at 17. Those stand apart from familiar choices such as beauty at 11 and deputy at 12. The counterintuitive point: the highest scores come from less familiar words, not the easiest pattern matches.