6-letter words with P as the 1st letter and S as the 4th letter

The fixed frame P _ _ S _ _ includes familiar forms such as PERSON, PASSED, and PLASMA. Sixteen entries fall in the common-word group, and the ending spread is unusually broad: S leads, but D and R also contribute. That gives solvers more than one useful route through the final two tiles.

At a glance key pattern details

• 127 matches; 125 appear in Collins and 94 in NWL2023.
• PERSON, PRISON, and POISON anchor the familiar group.
• PHYSIC scores 16; PHYSED and PLISKY score 15.
• Final S and D lead the endings at 36 and 19.

How do the endings split?

Final S closes 36 words, while D finishes 19 and R finishes 14. PASSES and PHASES show the repeated S ending; PASSED gives the D route, and PERSON closes with N. A fixed fourth S therefore does not force one ending family.

The high-score list is led by PHYSIC at 16 points, followed by PHYSED and PLISKY at 15. PHYSIC is recognizable, but the next two choices are less familiar. Face-value score is only one part of a move, especially when a rare option needs dictionary confirmation.

PURSUE, PHASES, and POISED share the fixed fourth tile despite very different vowels. The list also contains PLUSHY and PHYSIO, which underline how much the first three letters can vary. Start from a known word only when its S is genuinely in position four.

Which examples are most familiar?

PERSON, PRISON, POISON, and PLASMA are straightforward anchors from the common group of 16. In contrast, the full tournament set is more than seven times as large as that common slice, at 127 matches. Keep the familiar examples separate from the longer game-valid list.

A practical clue-solving note