7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and U as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is _L_U___: L occupies the second slot and U the fourth. You have 69 tournament-dictionary matches to work with, but only 2 rank among the most common English words. Familiar options such as clauses and clouded sit alongside less everyday entries like claucht and cleuchs.

At a glance: the pattern’s strongest clues

• F starts 15 matches, ahead of A (13), C (12), and P (10).
• S is the leading final letter, appearing 24 times; D follows with 15.
• Only 2 matches are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The average tile score is 10.6; slouchy leads the scores at 15.
• Collins has 69 matches, compared with 51 in NWL2023 and 47 in ENABLE.

How many 7-letter words have L second and U fourth?

There are 69 matches for this pattern. Clauses, alluded, clouded, alludes, and blouses are among the recognizable examples; the rest include a mix of inflections, specialist terms, and rarer forms. The narrow letter placement makes the opening and ending clues especially valuable.

Final letters divide the set sharply: 24 words end in S, while 15 end in D. That makes a known final S a strong filter, but don’t treat it as a requirement. Six end in N, and the remaining words finish with T, E, R, Y, or A.

How to use 7-letter words with L second and U fourth

For a score-minded play, start with slouchy, flouncy, blaubok, fla(u)nch—correction: fla(u)nch is not the listed spelling; use flaunch—or bloubok: each listed leader scores 15. Claucht, flaught, cleuchs, pleuchs, and sloughy score 14. These are less familiar than clauses or clouded, so check your game’s word list before committing.

The opening letter narrows guesses too: F leads with 15 matches, while G starts only 2. This pattern has 69 matches, far fewer than the 232 with E second and U fourth. Remember that dictionary totals differ: Collins includes more matches than NWL2023 or ENABLE, and 55 of the 69 have definitions.