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

The fixed pattern is _ _ S E _, so the first two and final letters still do the work. BASED, CASES, UPSET, ASSET, LASER, and RESET show how familiar the set can feel; other matches are less common. There are 27 common entries and 106 with definitions, and the count includes words accepted by at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023.

At a glance: the pattern and its strongest clues

• 137 matches fit the five-letter pattern, with S third and E fourth.
• M and R tie as first letters, with 14 words apiece.
• Words ending in S dominate at 48; D comes next at 24.
• Only 15 matching entries are Wordle answers, while all 137 are allowed guesses.

How many 5-letter words with S third and E fourth are common?

Twenty-seven matches count as common. Familiar options include BASED, CASES, UPSET, ASSET, LASER, and RESET.

They span several endings: S is most common, followed by D, R, and T, so a revealed final tile quickly narrows the search. The first letter is less decisive: M and R each lead with 14, and L follows with 12.

Wordle has a narrower answer set. Fifteen words in this pattern are answer-list entries, and all 15 also appear in tournament dictionaries; every one of the 137 matches is an allowed guess.

That makes the pattern much broader for testing letters than for naming a possible solution. Try RESET or LASER when its known letters fit, rather than spending a guess on a familiar word blindly.

How to narrow the remaining letters

Start with the two unknown opening letters, then use the final tile to cut down the candidates. An S at the end points to the largest group, but it does not prove a word is plural: ASSET and LASER end differently and still match the same middle. R and T endings offer smaller groups, so test those when the board supports them.

A practical limitation: tournament acceptance is not identical across word games. The total counts a word if it appears in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, so a match may not work in your game's dictionary.

The 5-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter are also not all everyday choices; use the familiar examples first, then check your game's word list before relying on an obscure candidate.