3 letter words with U and T

Our dictionary holds 23 3 letter words with u and t, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is JUT, worth 10 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with T than any other letter — 9 of them, about 39% of the list.

9 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (39%), including but, out, put, cut, tub; the remaining 14 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.