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

This pattern fixes two positions but still leaves a sharply mixed set; The leading starts are A and T, with 14 words apiece; G follows with 13; Only 13 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so familiar examples sit beside specialist vocabulary; The endings show an even clearer pattern: S dominates.

Quick facts about the R-and-U pattern

• There are 71 matches with R second and U fourth.
• A and T tie as the most common first letters, with 14 words each.
• S is the most common ending: 26 words finish with that letter.
• BROUGHT, TROUBLE, and GROUNDS are recognizable examples.
• KREUZER leads the scoring list at 20 points.

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

There are 71 tournament-dictionary matches for this exact pattern. Their first letters cluster around A, T, and G: those groups contain 14, 14, and 13 words. That near-tie makes the opening letter a poor shortcut; check the remaining tiles before narrowing your guess.

The final letter gives a stronger clue. S closes 26 matches, more than R, the next most common ending with 11. BROUGHT and TROUBLE show how different the words can look while sharing the fixed R and U; GROUNDS adds another familiar S-ending option.

Among the named examples, BROUGHT, TROUBLE, and GROUNDS are easier to recognize than ARCUATE or WROUGHT. The frequency count backs up that split: just 13 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words.

Which matches work across word-game dictionaries?

Collins contains all 71 matches, compared with 52 in NWL2023 and 51 in ENABLE. That gap matters if you are playing a North American tournament game: a Collins entry is not automatically accepted there, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar answer.

For scoring, KREUZER tops the group at 20 points, followed by BROUZES at 18 and FROUGHY at 17. GROUCHY scores 16, while TRIUMPH, WROUGHT, and FRAUGHT each score 14. The high scorers are not the everyday choices; learn the short, familiar candidates first, then keep unusual words in reserve.