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

That pattern leaves 113 entries across tournament dictionaries. Only 11 are common by frequency, while 83 have definitions, and familiar anchors include latest, parish, vanish, radish, and samosa. Dictionary coverage ranges from 67 ENABLE matches to 106 in Collins and 75 in NWL2023, so the same pattern can behave differently across games.

The pattern at a glance

• 113 words match _A__S_ across at least one of the three tournament lists.
• Only 11 qualify as common by frequency, against 83 entries with definitions.
• L begins 14 matches, ahead of C at 11 and P or R at 10 each.
• Final T appears 38 times and H 30, while S ends 10 words.

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

There are 113, but counts shift sharply with the second letter: the same S-fifth pattern has 91 words with E second and 86 with O second. A is the largest of those listed second-letter groups, so test it early when your known positions match.

At the first position, L leads with 14, followed by C with 11; P and R each start 10. That makes LA...S... a productive search shape, with latest among familiar examples. Not every L-starting fit is common: the 11 common entries form only a small slice.

Which words fit this six-letter pattern?

Start with everyday candidates such as parish, vanish, safest, lavish, radish, and samosa; each fits _A__S_. The examples span endings in T, H, and A, while the overall ending counts are led by T at 38 and H at 30. That contrast is a better memory cue than treating S as a final letter.

Score is a different question: jacksy leads the listed tile values at 22, followed by jadish and jakest at 17 apiece. The top scorer is not a familiar everyday choice, and only 11 entries are common, so treat this pattern as a recall aid, not a guarantee of an easy play. Check your game's word list: Collins has 106 matches, compared with 67 in ENABLE and 75 in NWL2023.