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

USH is the heart of this list, with nearly half the words built on it. BUSH-, PUSH- and CUSH- supply the openers, and -ING, -ER and -ERS finish off many of them, with 12 words ending -ING alone. The rest scatter across UTH, UCH and UGH words such as AUTHORS, DUCHESS and JUGHEAD.

Facts about the ?U?H??? words

• Coverage drops from 119 in Collins to 92 in NWL2023 and 83 in ENABLE.
• Five words are common: AUTHORS, PUSHING, RUSHING, DUCHESS and CUSHION.
• A typical play scores 13.4, and MUZHIKS leads at 25.
• S ends 39 words, R ends 15, G ends 14 and Y ends 10.
• B starts 17 words, M starts 13, and O and F start 9 each.

Why is S the third letter of so many words?

UCH, UTH and UGH exist, but USH is far more productive, giving 58 of the 122 words. BUSH- opens 15, PUSH- opens 8 and CUSH- opens 6.

BUSHELS, BUSHING, BUSHMAN, BUSHMEN, BUSHIDO and BUSHWAH show the biggest family. PUSHERS, PUSHUPS and PUSHROD show the second, and CUSHION is the best-known of the third.

What do the T, C and G words add?

T is the third letter of 16 words, such as AUTHORS and LUTHIER. C follows with 15, among them DUCHESS, DUCHIES and FUCHSIA, and G has 8, led by JUGHEAD.

OUTH- is the other notable opener with 7 words, and TUSH- has 5. BUSH-, PUSH-, CUSH-, OUTH- and TUSH- together cover 41 of the 122 words, one in three. That makes a four-letter opener the quickest filter on this page.

Which words score best, and which are risky?

MUZHIKS scores 25 and JUBHAHS 22, and both pass in every list. KUCHCHA makes 21 and is Collins-only, while QUAHAUG, QUAHOGS and QUOHOGS make 20 and pass everywhere. JUGHEAD adds 19 and BUSHWAH 18.

Thirty of the 122 fail in NWL2023, so a North American player drops about one word in four. Examples include CUBHOOD, LUCHOTH, MUDHOOK and TUGHRAS.