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

The pattern is _T_U___: T sits second and U fourth in every match. The opening letters cluster heavily around S, with A a distant second. Familiar examples like staunch and strudel sit alongside less recognizable entries, so use the fixed letters to narrow the search before judging a candidate by familiarity.

How many words fit T second and U fourth?

• There are 17 matches across the tournament dictionaries represented here.
• Collins includes 17; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 13.
• Twelve matches begin with S, four with A, and one with E.
• S is the most frequent ending, with six words; E follows with three.
• The average score is 8.1 points, and staunch scores 12.

7-letter words with T second and U fourth

The opening-letter split gives you a fast filter: check S first, since 12 matches begin there. A comes next with four, and E accounts for the single remaining start. That narrow distribution is more useful than guessing an obscure interior sequence.

Recognizable choices include staunch, attuned, strudel, stoutly and stouter. Entries such as etourdi, attuent and stourie are less familiar. Use the known words as anchors, then scan the full pattern, _T_U___, instead of assuming every match will look everyday.

S leads the recorded ending counts at six words, followed by E at three. D, H, I, L, N and R each appear once in the ending breakdown. Those endings give you another way to check crossing letters without changing the fixed T and U.

For a quick solve, test the first letter before spending time on unfamiliar candidates: S covers most of the matches, while A and E cover the rest. The average score is 8.1 points; staunch leads at 12, with stoutly and stouths at 10 each.

Collins has 17 entries, compared with 13 in each of ENABLE and NWL2023. The counts differ by four, so an unfamiliar Collins entry might not be accepted in your game; check its word list before playing.