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

The pattern is _ _ E _ S _, fixing two positions while leaving four letters open. Eight of the 55 are common by our frequency measure; familiar examples include PLEASE, CHEESE, GREASE and UNEASY. Dictionary counts vary sharply, so a game's accepted list matters, especially for less familiar answers.

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

• 55 six-letter entries match this pattern across tournament word lists.
• PLEASE, CHEESE, GREASE and CREASE are among its recognizable words.
• Only 8 qualify as common under our English-frequency measure.
• QUEASY scores 18 points, the highest score among the examples.

Which starting and ending letters are most common?

The first letter offers a quick filter: S begins 9 matches, C begins 8, and T begins 7. For C, try CHEESE, CHEESY or CREASE; for T, THEISM and THEIST fit. SHEESH is one recognizable S starter.

The final letter narrows the choices further. E is the leading ending, followed by T and Y. PLEASE, GREASE and UNEASE end in E, while BREAST and THEIST end in T and CHEESY ends in Y.

Those patterns are more practical than memorizing every entry. When several letters are already known, check the fixed third and fifth slots first, then use the starting or ending letter to cut down the possibilities.

How do dictionary coverage and scores compare?

Collins accepts 54 matches, compared with 37 in NWL2023 and 32 in ENABLE. Those are overlapping dictionary sets, not separate groups to add together: 55 words match overall. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry such as TSETSE or GNEISS.

QUEASY leads the scoring examples at 18 points. WHEESH, QUEEST and TZETSE each score 15, while CHEESY scores 14. The familiar words are not automatically the high scorers; QUEASY is the standout when points matter.

For 6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and S as the 5th letter, remember the trade-off: the pattern has familiar choices, but only 8 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff.