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6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter

6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter total 24 matches, led by S-starting forms such as SPACES and SPECKY.

24 wordsTop pick SPACESHighest score SPECKY 17

4 of 24 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With P in 2nd place, I is the most common 4th letter (62 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 24 · most-used first

  • SPACES10
  • APACHE13
  • SPACED11
  • SPICER10
  • SPACEY13
  • APICAL10
  • SPACER10
  • SPECKS14
  • SPECIE10
  • EPOCHS13
  • IPECAC12
  • SPICEY13
  • APICES10
  • SPECCY15
  • SPECKY17
  • SPECTS10
  • EPICAL10
  • EPACTS10
  • EPOCHA13
  • SPICAE10
  • SPICAS10

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A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • APACHE13
  • APICAL10
  • APICES10
  • EPACTS10
  • EPICAL10
  • EPOCHA13
  • EPOCHS13
  • IPECAC12
  • SPACED11
  • SPACER10
  • SPACES10
  • SPACEY13
  • SPECCY15
  • SPECIE10
  • SPECKS14
  • SPECKY17
  • SPECTS10
  • SPICAE10
  • SPICAS10
  • SPICED11
  • SPICER10
  • SPICES10
  • SPICEY13
  • SPICKS14
Letters by positionIn 67% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S67%
  2. E17%
  3. A13%
3rd letter
  1. I42%
  2. A25%
  3. E25%
5th letter
  1. E38%
  2. A21%
  3. H13%
6th letter
  1. S38%
  2. Y17%
  3. E13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; SPECKY tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 12 words
  2. 11 points: 2 words
  3. 1212 points: 1 words
  4. 13 points: 5 words
  5. 1414 points: 2 words
  6. 15 points: 1 words
  7. 1616 points: 0 words
  8. 17 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SPECKY1718Collins · NWL
SPECCY1517Collins only
SPECKS1416All three
APACHE1314All three
SPACEY1314All three
EPOCHS1314All three
SPICEY1314All three
EPOCHA1314Collins only
IPECAC1215All three
SPACED1113All three
SPACES1012All three
SPICER1012All three

A fixed P at position two and C at position four leaves 24 tournament-dictionary entries, but the shape is lopsided: 16 start with S. SPACES, SPACED, and SPACER make the pattern easy to scan, while SPECKY stands out on the score list. Four matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency, so most are less familiar.

At a glance: openings, endings, and score

  • Exactly 24 six-letter entries place P second and C fourth.
  • Sixteen start with S; four start with E, three with A, and one with I.
  • Nine end in S, while Y is the next common ending with four.
  • SPECKY leads at 17 points; SPECCY scores 15 and SPECKS scores 14.
  • Only four land in the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency.

6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter

Sixteen of the 24 matches begin with S, including SPACES, SPACED, SPACER, SPACEY, SPICER, and SPECKS. That repeated opening makes the first letter a strong sorting clue: when the board supplies only the internal P and C, check S-first candidates before the smaller E, A, and I groups.

Openings and endings offer different cuts through the same set. Nine words finish in S, compared with four ending in Y; SPACES and SPECKS sit in the S group, while SPACEY and SPECKY show the Y ending. Just four entries meet the common-word cutoff, so many matches will look unfamiliar.

Which matches score highest?

SPECKY reaches 17 points, with the K and Y lifting its total; SPECCY follows at 15, then SPECKS at 14. The next top score is 13, shared by APACHE, SPACEY, EPOCHS, SPICEY, and EPOCHA. A rack containing K is worth checking against SPECKY before settling for a lower-scoring arrangement.

Dictionary coverage also differs: ENABLE has 20 matches, NWL2023 has 21, and Collins has 23, so the combined set spans more than any one of those lists. For 6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter, treat 24 as a combined tournament-list count and check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have P second and C fourth?
A total of 24 tournament-dictionary entries match the pattern. The count combines ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, which accept different subsets: Collins covers 23 matches and ENABLE covers 20. The fixed letters still leave plenty of variation in the first and last positions.
What is the highest-scoring word matching this pattern?
SPECKY is the highest scorer at 17 points. SPECCY follows at 15, and SPECKS scores 14. Those leading options all use the fixed C in position four, but their other letters create different scoring totals.
Are these six-letter matches common English words?
Only four entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency. SPACES and SPACED are recognizable examples from the matches, but the popularity threshold applies to the full set. Many of the remaining tournament entries are less familiar.

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