6-letter words with B as the 4th letter and C as the 6th letter

Ten of the fifteen finish in -BIC, which is why PHOBIC, IAMBIC, LIMBIC and SORBIC read like describing words rather than things. ARABIC is the only match that counts as common English, so the rest belongs to tournament play. Collins lists all 15, while NWL2023 and ENABLE each carry 11.

A tiny C-final family at a glance

• Fifteen six-letter words take B in the fourth slot and C in the sixth.
• Every match closes in C, and ten of the fifteen end in -BIC.
• T opens five matches, four of them from the TOMB- or TAMB- stem.
• ARABIC is the only common word in the whole set.
• PHOBIC and CHEBEC share the top score at 15 points.

How many 6-letter words have B fourth and C sixth?

Just 15. The same frame with P in the fourth slot is far friendlier at 60 matches, and N gives 46, R gives 34 and M gives 30, so a B before the final C is close to the rarest option.

Ten matches end in -BIC, which turns a scarce C ending into a small bank of adjectives: PHOBIC, IAMBIC, LIMBIC, SORBIC and AMEBIC all share that tail.

T opens five matches, and four of them grow from the TOMB- or TAMB- stem, leaving TERBIC as the only T word outside those two families.

Which of these words scores best?

PHOBIC and CHEBEC share the top score at 15 points. LIMBIC, IAMBIC, AMEBIC, TOMBAC, LIMBEC, TAMBAC, TOMBIC and TOMBOC all follow on 12.

The value sits in the rare tiles: PHOBIC puts four points on its H, and CHEBEC stacks two Cs. ARABIC, the one entry most players already know, manages only 10.

Dictionary coverage is where this frame bites hardest. Collins carries all 15, NWL2023 and ENABLE each carry 11, and LESBIC and TOMBOC appear in Collins alone.