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6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter

The 106 6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter include CANCER, FALCON, and MASCOT; 32 end in S.

106 wordsTop pick CANCERHighest score KACCHA 17

14 of 106 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With A in 2nd place, I is the most common 4th letter (510 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 14 · most-used first

All valid words 106

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • BACCAE12
  • BACCAS12
  • BACCOS12
  • BANCOS10
  • BARCAS10
  • CAECAL10
  • CAECUM12
  • CALCAR10
  • CALCED11
  • CALCES10
  • CALCIC12
  • CANCAN10
  • CANCEL10
  • CANCER10
  • CANCHA13
  • CAPCOM14
  • CARCEL10
  • CASCOS10
  • CATCHT13
  • CATCHY16
  • CAUCUS10
  • DANCED10
  • DANCER9
  • DANCES9
  • DANCEY12
  • DARCYS12
  • DATCHA12
  • EARCON8
  • EATCHE11
  • FAECAL11
  • FAECES11
  • FALCES11
  • FALCON11
  • FARCED12
  • FARCER11
  • FARCES11
  • FARCIE11
  • FARCIN11
  • FASCES11
  • FASCIA11
  • FASCIO11
  • FASCIS11
  • FAUCAL11
  • FAUCES11
  • FAUCET11
  • GARCON9
  • GASCON9
  • GAUCHE12
  • GAUCHO12
  • GAUCIE9
  • HAICKS15
  • HANCES11
  • KACCHA17
  • LAICAL8
  • LAICHS11
  • LANCED9
  • LANCER8
  • LANCES8
  • LANCET8
  • LASCAR8
  • LAUCHS11
  • MADCAP13
  • MANCHE13
  • MANCUS10
  • MARCEL10
  • MASCLE10
  • MASCON10
  • MASCOT10
  • MATCHA13
  • NANCES8
  • NARCOS8
  • PANCES10
  • PARCEL10
  • PASCAL10
  • PATCHY16
  • PAUCAL10
  • RAMCAT10
  • RANCED9
  • RANCEL8
  • RANCES8
  • RANCHO11
  • RANCID9
  • RANCOR8
  • RASCAL8
  • RAUCID9
  • RAUCLE8
  • SACCOI10
  • SACCOS10
  • SAICES8
  • SAICKS12
  • SANCAI8
  • SANCHO11
  • SANCTA8
  • SATCOM10
  • SAUCED9
  • SAUCER8
  • SAUCES8
  • SAUCHS11
  • TALCED9
  • TALCKY15
  • TALCUM10
  • TARCEL8
  • WATCHA14
  • WAUCHT14
  • YACCAS13
  • YARCOS11
Letters by positionIn 33% of these words the 5th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. C15%
  2. F15%
  3. S11%
3rd letter
  1. N25%
  2. U15%
  3. R14%
5th letter
  1. E33%
  2. H17%
  3. A16%
6th letter
  1. S30%
  2. L12%
  3. D8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; KACCHA tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 19 words
  2. 9 points: 11 words
  3. 1010 points: 26 words
  4. 11 points: 24 words
  5. 1212 points: 12 words
  6. 13 points: 6 words
  7. 1414 points: 3 words
  8. 15 points: 2 words
  9. 1616 points: 2 words
  10. 17 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
KACCHA1718Collins only
CATCHY1616All three
PATCHY1616All three
HAICKS1515Collins · NWL
TALCKY1516All three
CAPCOM1418NWL only
WATCHA1414NWL only
WAUCHT1415All three
MATCHA1314NWL only
MADCAP1316All three
MANCHE1315All three
CANCHA1315All three

Read the pattern as _A_C__: A is fixed in slot two and C in slot four, while the other four positions vary. The 106 matches split unevenly across game dictionaries: 102 are in Collins, 74 in NWL2023, and 68 in ENABLE. Only 14 rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq, so many results are specialist or uncommon.

At a glance: the A-and-C pattern

  • 106 six-letter matches put A second and C fourth, giving the pattern _A_C__.
  • Collins includes 102 matches, NWL2023 has 74, and ENABLE has 68.
  • S ends 32 matches; L is next at 13, followed by D at 9.
  • C and F each start 16 matches; S starts 12 and R starts 10.
  • KACCHA scores 17 points, ahead of CATCHY and PATCHY at 16.

6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter

Among endings, S is the clear leader: 32 matches finish with that letter, against 13 ending in L and 9 in D. DANCES, SAUCES, and CAUCUS show how varied the pattern can be even when the final S is fixed.

Starts are more spread out. C and F tie at 16 each, then S appears in 12 and R in 10; a known opening letter narrows the search, but C is not uniquely likely. CANCER and CANCEL are familiar C-openers, while FALCON supplies the other leading start.

Which matches are common or score well?

Only 14 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq, despite 81 having a definition. Familiar entries include CANCER, CANCEL, DANCER, FALCON, and FAUCET; less familiar spellings sit beside them, so not every dictionary result will feel playable.

For 6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter, scoring favors less obvious choices: KACCHA is 17, CATCHY and PATCHY are 16, and HAICKS and TALCKY each reach 15. Those leaders are not interchangeable across games: the 106-word total combines tournament dictionaries, but their coverage differs. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar entry.

For a partial-board solve, lock A into slot two and C into slot four before testing the remaining letters. Then try common endings such as S, L, or D: S accounts for 32 matches, far ahead of L at 13.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have A second and C fourth?
There are 106 six-letter matches in at least one tournament dictionary. Collins contains 102, NWL2023 contains 74, and ENABLE contains 68; dictionary counts overlap, so adding those figures does not give the number of distinct matches.
Which words with A second and C fourth end in S?
Thirty-two of the 106 matches end in S, making it the leading final letter. L is next with 13 and D follows with 9. DANCES, SAUCES, and CAUCUS are examples that keep the fixed A and C positions while ending in S.
Are these six-letter matches valid in every Scrabble dictionary?
No. The matches appear in different numbers across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE: 102, 74, and 68 respectively. Since the dictionaries overlap, their individual counts do not equal the distinct total; check the word list your game uses before playing an unfamiliar entry.

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