7-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and U as the 6th letter

This pattern fixes R in the second spot and U in the sixth, leaving five positions to narrow your search; The 72 matches range from familiar picks such as PREMIUM and URANIUM to less common entries like ARCANUM and FRUSTUM; Just five rank among the most common English words, so the pattern is more useful for solving a precise clue than for building an everyday vocabulary list.

The pattern at a glance

• The tournament-dictionary lists contain 72 seven-letter matches with R second and U sixth.
• Only five matches count as common by frequency; PREMIUM and URANIUM are familiar examples.
• T leads as the first letter with 12 words; P follows with 10.
• M and S are the most frequent final letters, ending 22 and 21 words respectively.

Which matching words score highest?

GRE CQUE is the top scorer at 19 points, with BRUSQUE close behind at 18. Both keep the required R and U while adding a Q, whose high tile value drives much of the total.

CRACKUP scores 17, while BREWPUB and FRANKUM each reach 16. BREAKUP scores 15. These examples show why checking the fixed letters first matters: the remaining tiles can still make a large scoring difference.

For a rack decision, compare the full word rather than judging by its opening. BREWPUB and FRANKUM share a score, but their letter mix and placement options differ.

Which dictionaries include these words?

Collins includes 70 matches, compared with 53 in NWL2023 and 48 in ENABLE. No single one of those lists contains the full 72-word set, so check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar candidate.

The pattern also has a lopsided finish: 43 matches end in M or S, while every other final letter appears less often. PREMIUM, DROPOUT, and GROWNUP illustrate how varied the first and last letters can be without changing the R-and-U clue.