5-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

The pattern is _P_E_: P sits in the second spot and E in the fourth, leaving three positions open. The set is small beside other patterns with P in the second position. Familiar options such as SPEED and UPPER sit alongside less common entries, so the useful first move is to narrow by known letters, then check whether a candidate fits your game.

At a glance: the _P_E_ pattern

• The fixed pattern is _P_E_; only the first, third and fifth letters vary.
• S starts 16 matches, ahead of U with eight and A with seven.
• D is the most common final letter, appearing at the end of nine words.
• UPJET leads the score list at 14 points; APEEK follows at 11.
• Only six matches count as common in the frequency measure.

Which Wordle answers fit the pattern?

Seven words matching this pattern are Wordle answers, and all seven also appear in tournament dictionaries. The full set of 35 qualifies as allowed guesses, so the answer pool is much narrower than the guess pool.

The available examples do not identify which seven words are answers. SPEED, UPSET and SPIES are examples, not confirmed answers just because they fit. The pattern can narrow a board, but it cannot confirm a guess by itself.

5-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

Among five-letter patterns with P second and E fourth, this one is unusually small: the A version has 505 matches and the O version has 436. Start with the likely first letters: S, U and A account for most of this set, while O and M appear only three times combined.

For familiar candidates, try SPEED, UPPER, UPSET and OPTED. Then use the endings to narrow your options: D appears nine times, R eight and S six. That ending split gives you a better shortlist than testing first letters at random.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins accepts all 35 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 23. Only six entries count as common, so some candidates will look unfamiliar; check your game's word list before playing an obscure form.