6-letter words with A as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter

The pattern fixes A at the opening and E in the fifth slot, leaving four positions open within the six-letter word. That still produces 223 tournament-dictionary matches, but familiar entries are a small slice: 27 meet the common-word cutoff. ANSWER, ASLEEP and AGREED show the range, from an everyday noun to a verb form and an adjective.

At a glance: A first, E fifth

• The A-and-E pattern has 223 matches across tournament dictionaries.
• ANSWER, AGREED, ARGUED and ASLEEP are recognizable examples.
• The most frequent final letters are S, D and R, with 90, 47 and 39 matches.
• Only 27 matches fall within the common-word frequency cutoff.

6-letter words with A as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter

The last letter narrows this pattern sharply: S finishes 90 matches, D finishes 47, and R finishes 39. Those three endings account for most of the obvious routes through the list, so test them early when your final tile is unknown.

Examples reveal more than one word shape. ALLIES and ARMIES end in S, while AGREED and ARGUED end in D; ANSWER ends in R. ASLEEP and ANTHEM show why the pattern is not just a collection of plural nouns and past-tense verbs.

A frequent mistake is to treat E in the fifth slot as the final vowel clue. It is fixed one place before the end, so the sixth letter remains a separate constraint; use the final-letter counts rather than assuming every match ends in E.

Which matches score well, and which are familiar?

AVYZED scores 22 points, AVYZES 21 and AZYMES 20, well above the 9.6-point average. Those are specialized plays, not everyday vocabulary; for a more familiar word, AMAZED scores 18 and still fits the pattern.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins includes 222 matches, NWL2023 has 161, and ENABLE has 154. Only 27 are common by the frequency cutoff, so many matches are obscure. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.