5-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter

The pattern is _C__E: C sits in the second slot, and E closes every answer. Eleven of the 15 words begin with S; only two begin with A, while I and O contribute one each. Six are common by frequency, so familiar options such as SCENE, SCALE, SCORE, SCOPE and SCARE sit beside less everyday entries, leaving nine less-common matches that push the full set beyond everyday guesses.

How many words match C second and E fifth?

• There are 15 valid five-letter matches for the fixed C-and-E positions.
• All 15 end in E; 11 start with S, making S the clear opening-letter leader.
• SCENE, SCALE, SCORE, SCOPE and SCARE are among the six common words.
• Collins lists 15 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 12.
• Eight are Wordle answers, and all 15 are allowed guesses.

Which of these words can be Wordle guesses?

Eight words in the pattern are Wordle answers, while all 15 are allowed guesses. That distinction matters: an answer list is narrower than a legal-guess list, so a word can test the pattern without being a possible solution. SCENE, SCALE, SCORE, SCOPE and SCARE are recognizable candidates, but the answer count is eight and the specific answer words are not identified here.

Pattern-solving tip: once C is fixed second and E fifth, test a familiar first letter before spending a guess on rarer options. S accounts for 11 entries, whereas A has two and I and O one apiece. The skew makes S a strong pattern probe, not a guaranteed answer.

Which matches score most, and where are they accepted?

ACKEE and ICKLE tie for the highest listed Scrabble score at 11 points; OCHRE follows at 10. SCENE, SCALE, SCORE and SCARE each score 7, so the most familiar cluster is not the scoring leader. Board premiums and crosswords change the result, so these are base-word comparisons rather than a promise of a final rack total.

One limitation is dictionary coverage: Collins has 15 entries, but ENABLE and NWL2023 have 12 each. Check the word list used in your game before relying on the three-entry gap; an uncommon entry can be accepted in one lexicon and rejected in another. For a quick familiar-word scan, start with SCENE, SCALE, SCORE, SCOPE and SCARE.