5-letter words with P as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

The fixed middle letters leave just two slots to solve: one before P and one after E. Familiar options include SUPER, PAPER, HOPES, and TAPED, but the endings are far from evenly spread. S closes 32 matches, while D closes 30 and R closes 26, giving you a strong place to start when the final tile is known.

At a glance: the ??PE? pattern

• There are 115 tournament-dictionary words with P third and E fourth.
• S, D, and R are the leading final letters, with 32, 30, and 26 words.
• R and T tie as the most common first letters, with 15 matches each.
• The list contains 18 Wordle answers and 23 common English words.
• KOPEK and JAPED lead the scoring examples at 15 points apiece.

How many 5-letter words have P third and E fourth?

There are 115 matches for the pattern ??PE?, and 18 are Wordle answers that also appear in a tournament dictionary. That makes the pattern a useful filter after P and E are confirmed, but it still leaves many possible first and last letters.

For a Wordle solve, use the known middle letters to test a candidate ending rather than guessing another word with the same ending. HOPES, TAPED, and SUPER show how much the first and fifth positions can change while P and E stay fixed. The 23 common words are a smaller, more familiar subset of the full list.

Which endings and high scores stand out?

S is the most frequent ending, followed closely by D and R. That distribution is a practical clue: if your final letter is still open, test those endings before less common choices such as K, which closes just 3 matches. The leading first letters are R and T, each appearing 15 times.

For Scrabble, KOPEK and JAPED score 15 points in the scoring results; HYPED and EXPEL score 14. The less familiar high scorers can beat everyday choices such as PAPER on face value, but the board matters more than a word’s base score.

Dictionary coverage varies: 112 matches are in Collins, 99 in NWL2023, and 93 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap, so check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.