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

The pattern is _ _ A _ _ E: A stays in the third slot, and E closes every answer. You’ll find familiar words such as CHANCE, LEAGUE, and STABLE alongside unusual options like PIAZZE. Of the 157 matches, 34 count as common, so a fixed pair of letters still leaves plenty of less familiar choices.

At a glance: the pattern’s standouts

• All 157 matches end in E, with A fixed in the third position.
• 34 matches are common by the site’s frequency measure.
• CHANGE, CHANCE, LEAGUE, and ORANGE are recognizable examples.
• PIAZZE leads the listed Scrabble scores at 26; PLAQUE and OPAQUE each score 17.

Which first letters appear most often?

S begins 31 matches, nearly twice C’s 17; examples include STABLE, STANCE, STAPLE, CHANGE, CHANCE, and CHARGE. G accounts for 14 and B for 13, making those the next strongest opening clusters. Start with S or C when the first tile is unknown.

Only 7 matches start with A, while 11 start with P. For comparison, the pattern with R in the third slot and E last has 268 matches, 111 more than this A pattern. That difference shows how much a single known middle letter can reshape a clue.

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

PIAZZE is the standout Scrabble play at 26 points; BHAJEE scores 18, while PLAQUE, OPAQUE, BLAIZE, and CLAQUE each score 17. These premiums come from high-value letters, not word length: every candidate has six tiles, so a bonus square can matter more than adding another letter.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 156 matches, compared with 102 in NWL2023 and 98 in ENABLE. Those sets overlap; the combined tournament-dictionary count is 157, not their sum. Check your game’s word list before committing to a rare scorer such as PIAZZE.