6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and C as the 5th letter

The pattern is _A__C_: the first, third, fourth, and final letters remain open. PALACE and LAUNCH make recognizable anchors, but only 4 matches rank among the most frequent English words. Expect a mix of familiar vocabulary and specialist forms rather than a bank of everyday guesses; the fixed letters narrow the search, but the open positions still leave plenty to sort through.

At a glance: the pattern's strongest clues

• 46 tournament-dictionary entries match the A-second, C-fifth pattern.
• Collins includes 44 matches, compared with 30 in NWL2023 and 26 in ENABLE.
• Only 4 matches meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
• P leads as a first letter with 11 words; M follows with 7.
• H is the most frequent final letter, ending 12 matches; S ends 10.

How many 6-letter words have A second and C fifth?

Exactly 46 words fit. P starts 11 of them, while M starts 7; B and C tie at 5 each. If your clue gives the opening letter, checking P first is a strong narrowing move, not a guess that every match begins with P.

The ending offers another useful split: 12 words finish in H, 10 in S, and 7 in E. Examples include LAUNCH and HAUNCH for the H ending, plus BASICS and PANICS for S. Those four endings account for most of the pattern's shape.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has 44 matches, NWL2023 has 30, and ENABLE has 26. A word accepted in one game may fail in another, so check your game's word list before committing an unfamiliar entry. Of the matches, 33 have definitions.

Which matching words score the most?

PAJOCK tops the score list at 21 points, followed by YAPOCK at 17. PAPACY and JAUNCE each score 15, while HAUNCH, PANICK, and HAVOCS reach 14. The average score for the group is 12, so the leading entries stand well above the pack.

The score leaders are not necessarily the easiest words to play: PAJOCK and YAPOCK are much less familiar than PALACE or LAUNCH. For a real board, weigh the word's validity and available squares alongside its raw score; a rare high scorer is no help if your game's dictionary rejects it.