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

The pattern is _ _ _ P _ S: P holds the fourth slot, and S closes every match. C starts 23 words, narrowly ahead of S with 22. Just 8 matches meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so familiar choices such as CAMPUS and GRAPES make up a small slice of the results.

The pattern at a glance

• All 130 matches put P fourth and finish with S.
• Collins lists 127; NWL2023 has 93, and ENABLE has 83.
• CAMPUS, SHAPES, SLOPES, and GRAPES are recognizable examples.
• ZIPPOS and ZUPPAS top the scores at 19 points each.
• The average score across the matches is 11.

Which P-and-S words are easiest to recognize?

CAMPUS, GRAPES, SHAPES, SLOPES, and CORPUS are among the more familiar matches. Each locks P into the fourth position and S at the end, while the first three letters make distinct openings.

Other recognizable options include GRAPHS, ADOPTS, ADAPTS, SCOPES, and SWIPES. Still, only 8 matches meet the common-word cutoff, so a word that looks plausible may be unfamiliar or absent from your game’s dictionary.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 127 matches, compared with 93 in NWL2023 and 83 in ENABLE. The total counts words accepted by at least one of those lists, not words shared by all three. Check your game’s word list before playing a less familiar entry.

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

Treat 6-letter words with P as the 4th letter and S as the 6th letter as a focused pattern filter. For a rack game, ZIPPOS and ZUPPAS lead at 19 points; the average match scores 11, so those leaders stand well above the pack.

Compare nearby patterns when a clue is uncertain: keeping P fourth but ending in D gives 175 matches, while changing the fourth letter to E and keeping final S gives 907. That difference makes the fixed letters valuable constraints: don’t waste a guess testing the final S, which every candidate already contains.