7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and R as the 6th letter

R in sixth place leaves a single slot, and S fills it 61 times. Add the 20 words ending in Y and 7 ending in E, and three letters explain almost the whole frame. The -ERS tail alone covers just over half of the 94.

The U third, R sixth list in brief

• Collins takes 93 of the 94, NWL2023 takes 58 and ENABLE takes 56.
• Seven words are common: COUNTRY, LAUNDRY, POULTRY, COUTURE, FOUNDRY, ABUSERS and COUGARS.
• Endings: S 61, Y 20, E 7, D 2 and T 2.
• C opens 13 words, S 12, P 11, G 8 and F 7.
• A typical word scores 10.5.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and R 6th end in -ERS?

Forty-nine do, such as ABUSERS, ROUTERS, SAUCERS, HAULERS, PAUPERS, LOUVERS and MAULERS. The cleanest subgroup is -USERS: ABUSERS, AMUSERS, CAUSERS, HOUSERS, MOUSERS and ROUSERS all hang off a verb ending in -USE.

-ARS gives seven more (COUGARS, CHUKARS, OCULARS, UVULARS), and -ORS gives four, including STUPORS. Together with -ERS, that is 60 words from three three-letter endings.

What about the Y and E endings?

Seven end in -ERY: CAUTERY, PRUDERY, PLUMERY, MOUSERY, DAUBERY, GAUDERY and JOUKERY. Three end in -TRY, namely COUNTRY, POULTRY and GAUNTRY, and LAUNDRY and FOUNDRY complete the everyday Y words.

JOUKERY is the top scorer at 21, but only Collins accepts it. EQUERRY at 19 is valid in all three dictionaries, and so is HAUBERK at 16.

A guess at the -ERY ending costs seven candidates, while -ERS costs 49, so the Y side is the cheaper one to confirm.

Spotting the S