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

With P fixed second and E fifth, the pattern is _P__E_. The matches span tournament dictionaries rather than every English word: 89 appear in Collins, 74 in NWL2023, and 68 in ENABLE, with overlap between those lists. Just 16 meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so familiar examples and game-legal entries are not the same thing.

At a glance: the shape of the pattern

• The pattern has 92 matches in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins contains 89 matches; NWL2023 has 74, while ENABLE has 68.
• Six starting letters appear, but S leads with 58 entries.
• Final S is most common, appearing in 37 words; D follows with 20.
• Only 16 matches meet the common-word cutoff of the top 25,000 English words.

Why do so many matches start with S?

The S-P-E opening dominates this pattern. Familiar examples include spoken, spaces, spider, and spines. S accounts for 58 of the 92 matches; U and A trail with 11 and 10.

Endings narrow the choices further. Final S appears 37 times, D 20, and R 13; examples include spaces, opened, and opener. Treat those endings as clues, not separate rules: keep P and E in their fixed positions while you test the final letter.

Using 6-letter words with P as 2nd and E as 5th

Scoring can favor less familiar choices. Spikey and apexes each score 15 points, while upkeep scores 14. For a recognizable option, opened or spoken is easier to spot, though those examples are not the top scorers.

The 6-letter words with P as 2nd and E as 5th form a much smaller group than the same pattern with A in slot two, which has 1,299 matches. Don’t assume every entry is common: only 16 meet the frequency cutoff, so check your game’s word list before relying on an unfamiliar form. The dictionary totals overlap, so they should not be added together.