3 letter words with U and R

Our dictionary holds 24 3 letter words with u and r, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is FUR, worth 6 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with R than any other letter — 8 of them, about 33% of the list.

12 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (50%), including our, run, sur, fur, rug; the remaining 12 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.