7-letter words with R as the 1st letter and U as the 4th letter

The pattern is R _ _ U _ _ _: the first letter is fixed, and U sits in slot four; Eighteen entries rank among common English words, including results, regular, require, request, and reduced; Dictionary totals differ sharply: Collins lists 99, NWL2023 lists 71, and ENABLE lists 69, so a tournament game's accepted list matters.

The pattern at a glance

• 100 entries match the R-first, U-fourth pattern.
• 18 are common by word-frequency ranking; regular and request are recognizable picks.
• 43 entries end in S, far more than any other final letter.
• REQUIEM tops the Scrabble scores at 18 points; REQUIRE and REQUEST each score 16.

How many 7-letter words have R first and U fourth?

There are 100, but their endings cluster heavily: 43 finish with S, while 16 end in D and 14 in E. Just 10 finish with R; T accounts for 5, A for 4, L for 3, and C for 1. That skew makes a final-letter clue a quick filter: S covers almost half the set.

The same pattern with S in the first slot has 142 entries, compared with 100 here. Changing only the first letter therefore expands the options substantially while leaving U fixed in the fourth position.

Which words score highest, and which lists accept them?

REQUIEM scores 18 points, the highest figure among these words. REQUIRE, REQUEST, REQUITE, REQUOTE, REJUDGE, ROQUETS, REQUINS, RAZURES, and REQUERE each reach 16. REQUIEM stands alone at the top; the crowded 16-point group gives you several alternatives when a premium square changes the board.

Coverage isn't uniform: Collins includes 99 words, NWL2023 71, and ENABLE 69. An entry accepted in Collins can fail in a North American game, so check the active word list before committing an unfamiliar option. The common set of 18 leans toward everyday forms, but high scorers such as REQUERE and RAZURES are less familiar.