6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and G as the 5th letter

ENERGY, PLEDGE, and EMERGE show how different these matches can look while sharing the same two fixed positions. Only 5 of the 34 are common by the frequency measure, so familiar examples sit alongside much rarer entries. The final letter offers another clue: E and H are the most frequent endings, accounting for 12 and 10 words respectively.

At a glance: the E-third, G-fifth pattern

• There are 34 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted for this pattern.
• Collins includes 33 matches, compared with 18 in NWL2023 and 17 in ENABLE; these sets overlap.
• WHEUGH leads the score list at 16 points; FLEDGY and SKEIGH each score 14.
• The most frequent final letters are E (12), H (10), and Y (6).

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

ENERGY and EMERGE are familiar words beginning with E, while PLEDGE offers a different start and the same E-at-third, G-at-fifth structure. CLERGY, AVENGE, and SLEDGE are other recognizable options among the examples.

Starting letters narrow the group quickly: S leads with 7 words, A has 5, and C and P have 4 each. If your clue already fixes the first letter, try those groups before testing less frequent starts.

Ending letters also split the matches sharply. Twelve finish in E and 10 in H, while 6 end in Y; checking the last tile can cut down the remaining choices.

How should you use the pattern and score clues?

For 6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and G as the 5th letter, lock those positions first, then compare the starting and ending letters. The total of 34 counts words appearing in at least one of the listed tournament dictionaries, not words accepted by every game.

Fewer than half of the matches have a definition: 23 are defined, and only 5 meet the common-word frequency threshold. WHEUGH is the top scorer at 16, but its unusual spelling is less likely to solve an everyday clue than ENERGY or PLEDGE.