6-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and P as the 5th letter

An N in position two and a P in position five leave a narrow six-letter frame, _N__P_, where U begins most of the matches and UNZIPS tops the scores. None falls in the common-word frequency band, so familiar-looking patterns still produce uncommon entries. Fourteen have definitions.

6-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and P as the 5th letter

• Exactly 18 six-letter entries fit the N-second, P-fifth pattern across the tournament dictionaries.
• U leads the first-letter split with 10 words; S follows with five.
• Final letters cluster at S (six), E (five), T (four), and Y (three).
• UNZIPS scores 17, ahead of SNAPPY and SNIPPY at 13 apiece.
• Collins lists 18 matches, compared with 15 in NWL2023 and 14 in ENABLE.

Which matching words score the most?

UNZIPS is the clear scoring outlier: its 17 points beat SNAPPY and SNIPPY, both at 13. The unusual Z supplies much of the lift, while the remaining letters keep the word playable. Treat it as a score candidate, not the most familiar answer.

SNAPPY and SNIPPY tie for second at 13, while UNKEPT and KNOSPS each score 12. SNOOPY and UNWEPT sit at 11; INCEPT, UNCAPS, and UNCAPE each reach 10. The average is 10.4 points, so UNZIPS stands well above the typical entry.

How do the endings narrow the search?

S endings appear six times, more than any other final letter; E appears five times, T four, and Y three. When the final tile is uncertain, check S before testing the smaller E, T, or Y groups. Starting letters are even less balanced: 10 entries begin U, five begin S, and E, I, and K occur once each.

Among the 18 6-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and P as the 5th letter, only 14 have definitions, and none reaches the common-word frequency band. Collins includes all 18, while NWL2023 has 15 and ENABLE has 14. Treat less familiar matches as dictionary-dependent, rather than assuming every game accepts the same set.