6-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and G as the 5th letter

The fixed letters leave room for a varied set: design, refuge, sewage, and beluga all place E second and G fifth, but their other letters make very different shapes. R begins 11 of the matches, while S closes 13, giving you two strong ways to narrow a rack or pattern clue. Only 6 entries are common by frequency, so familiarity falls off quickly.

At a glance: the pattern’s strongest clues

• 35 tournament-dictionary words match the fixed positions: E second and G fifth.
• R is the leading first letter with 11 matches, ahead of D with 7 and B with 6.
• S is the most frequent final letter at 13 words; E follows at 10.
• REJIGS leads the Scrabble scores at 14 points, while the average score is 9.

Which words fit the E-second, G-fifth pattern?

Try familiar R-starting options first: resign, refuge, and reorgs all fit, while design and beings show the same fixed letters from D and B. R accounts for 11 of the 35 entries, more than any other first letter; that makes it the strongest first-position branch when the clue gives no other tiles.

The ending split narrows the scan further. S closes 13 words, including beings and reorgs; E closes 10, as in refuge, sewage, and deluge. The other endings are N, A, H, I, O, and Y, so check those when neither S nor E fits.

6-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and G as the 5th letter

For Scrabble, REJIGS tops the scores at 14 points. PEROGY, BEFOGS, BESIGH, and BEWIGS each score 12, so less familiar forms can beat everyday picks such as DESIGN or REFUGE. The high scorer is a useful reminder to weigh the J, not just the word’s familiarity.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 32 of these words, NWL2023 includes 30, and ENABLE includes 25. Those sets overlap, so their counts do not add up to a larger total. Only 27 entries have definitions, and just 6 are common by frequency; check your game’s lexicon before relying on an obscure form.