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6-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

6-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter total 11, from HYAENA to ZOAEAS.

11 wordsTop pick HYAENAHighest score QUAERE 15

With A in 3rd place, R is the most common 4th letter (229 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 11 · most-used first

  • HYAENA12
  • URAEUS6
  • BLAEST8
  • CHAETA11
  • FRAENA9
  • OZAENA15
  • PHAEIC13
  • QUAERE15
  • SPAERS8
  • ZOAEAE15
  • ZOAEAS15
All valid words 11

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

  • BLAEST8
  • CHAETA11
  • FRAENA9
  • HYAENA12
  • OZAENA15
  • PHAEIC13
  • QUAERE15
  • SPAERS8
  • URAEUS6
  • ZOAEAE15
  • ZOAEAS15

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QUAERE1516All three
OZAENA1516Collins only
ZOAEAE1515Collins only
ZOAEAS1515Collins only
PHAEIC1314Collins only
HYAENA1211All three
CHAETA1111All three
FRAENA910All three
BLAEST810Collins only
SPAERS89Collins only
URAEUS68All three

The fixed A-E pair leaves just 11 six-letter matches, and none meets the common-word frequency cutoff. HYAENA and URAEUS are among the entries, alongside specialist spellings such as ZOAEAE and SPAERS. Collins accepts all 11; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include five, so the same pattern does not guarantee the same game coverage.

At a glance: the A-E pattern

  • Exactly 11 entries place A third and E fourth in a six-letter word.
  • Z is the only repeated opening letter: ZOAEAE and ZOAEAS both begin with it.
  • Four words end in A, three in S, two in E, and one each in C and T.
  • QUAERE, OZAENA, ZOAEAE and ZOAEAS each score 15 points.
  • Eight entries have definitions available; three do not.

6-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

The complete set is HYAENA, URAEUS, BLAEST, CHAETA, FRAENA, OZAENA, PHAEIC, QUAERE, SPAERS, ZOAEAE and ZOAEAS.

Zero qualify as common words, and only eight have definitions available. HYAENA, URAEUS and CHAETA sit beside forms such as ZOAEAE and SPAERS, so a familiar-looking spelling is not a reliable test of whether a game accepts it.

Collins includes all 11 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include five. Check the dictionary used by your game before challenging an unfamiliar entry; the shorter source counts do not tell you which individual words overlap.

Which matches score the most points?

Four words tie for the highest score at 15 points: QUAERE, OZAENA, ZOAEAE and ZOAEAS. PHAEIC scores 13, and HYAENA scores 12. QUAERE is not the sole high scorer, despite being the only one of the top four that starts with Q.

For a clue with the final letter still unknown, sort by ending first: A occurs four times, S three times and E twice; C and T occur once each. That split narrows the choices without disturbing the fixed A-E pair.

When the ending is known, use the opening letter to separate the two Z words from the single-entry starts. The pattern is unusually tight: eleven candidates cover eight different first letters, and only Z repeats.

Questions people ask

Are these six-letter A-E words common?
No. The common-word count is zero, so none of the 11 reaches the common-frequency category. HYAENA and URAEUS may look more familiar than ZOAEAE, but frequency classification does not decide whether a tournament dictionary accepts a word.
Which A-E match scores highest?
QUAERE, OZAENA, ZOAEAE and ZOAEAS tie at 15 points apiece. PHAEIC follows at 13, then HYAENA at 12; the four-way tie means QUAERE is not the lone top scorer in this group.
Are all 11 accepted in every word game?
No. Collins accepts all 11, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include five. Those totals do not tell you which individual words overlap, so verify an unfamiliar entry against the dictionary selected by your game.

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