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

The fixed pattern is _A_G__, with A in the second slot and G in the fourth. CAUGHT, TARGET, DANGER and GADGET show how much the other letters can vary. Only 28 of the 189 matches rank among common English words, so this pattern reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary.

What stands out in this letter pattern?

• The pattern contains 189 six-letter entries accepted by at least one tournament dictionary.
• Only 28 matches count as common English words by frequency.
• Final S is the most frequent ending, appearing in 49 words; R, E and D follow.
• M begins 21 matches, more than any other starting letter.
• ZAGGED leads the high-score examples with a Scrabble score of 18.

How do these words vary at the other positions?

The second and fourth letters stay fixed, but the first letter has a clear leader: M starts 21 matches, while T starts 18 and L starts 17. G and S each begin 16. Examples such as MARGIN, TARGET, LARGER and GADGET make the changing first slot easy to spot.

The final letter narrows the search even more. S ends 49 words, while R ends 33, E ends 32 and D ends 31.

That makes a known ending a strong filter: try _A_G_S for LAUGHS or RANGES, and _A_G_R for DANGER or RANGER. These are useful anchors when crossing letters are uncertain.

Which 6-letter words with A 2nd and G 4th score highest?

ZAGGED scores 18, ahead of JANGly and JAYGEE at 17 each; JAGGED scores 16. The high values come from J and Z, not from the repeated A-and-G pattern. When the board offers a premium letter square, check those letters before settling for a familiar word such as CAUGHT.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins accepts 185 matches, NWL2023 144, and ENABLE 133. Those totals overlap rather than add up to 189, so a word accepted in one list may not work in another.

Most matches are not common vocabulary; check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry. The pattern has no common-answer shortcut, so use your known ending and crossing letters to narrow candidates.