6-letter words with G as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter

Two clusters do most of the work here. Words opening GRE- account for 27 of the 62 matches, and GLE- adds another 15, so a third tile of R or L already narrows the field by more than half. The final letter skews just as hard: S closes 24 matches, and only 10 of the 62 rank among everyday English words.

The G-E pattern at a glance

• 62 six-letter spellings fit G?E???.
• GRE- opens 27 of them and GLE- another 15, so 42 share those starts.
• S closes 24 matches; E follows on 10 and Y on 8.
• Collins holds 59, NWL2023 44 and ENABLE 40.
• GEEZAH sets the high score at 19, then GEEZER on 16.

6-letter words with G as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter

Start from the frame G?E???. An R in the second slot leaves the 27 GRE- matches, among them greens, greedy and greasy; an L leaves the 15 GLE- matches, such as gleams, gleans and gleeks. Fix the last tile to S and 24 candidates remain, most of them plurals like greets, grebes and guests.

Two matches open with a silent G: GNEISS and GNETUM. Sounding the word out will not help there, so trust the crossing letters instead.

Which G-E six-letter words score best?

Rare tiles decide it. GEEZAH scores 19, GEEZER 16 and GREXES 14, the only three matches holding a Z or an X. GREEDY and GREEKS follow at 11, which is already above the list's 9.5 average.

The 9.5 average leaves little room for big plays. GREYLY and GWEDUC reach 13 on ordinary letters, and that is about the realistic ceiling once the Z and X words are gone.

Will your game accept every G-E spelling?

ENABLE lists only 40 of the 62 matches, so a spelling that plays in Collins can be refused in a North American game. The 6-letter words with G as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter simply do not all sit in one list, so confirm the word list before building a play on an unfamiliar entry.