6-letter words with S as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter

6-letter words with S as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter have 277 matches, including familiar choices such as seeing, speech, and steady.

277 wordsTop pick SEEINGHighest score SKEEZY 22

45 of 277 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

1st letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With S in 1st place, A is the most common 3rd letter (409 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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15

Common words 45 · most-used first

SEEING₇
SPEECH₁₃
SEEMED₉
SCENES₈
SPEAKS₁₂
STEADY₁₀
STEVEN₉
SHEETS₉
SIERRA₆
SPEEDS₉
SKETCH₁₅
SMELLS₈
SPENDS₉
SHELLS₉
SLEEVE₉
SPELLS₈
STEREO₆
STEALS₆
SLEEPS₈
STELLA₆
SLEEPY₁₁
SCENIC₁₀
SPEARS₈
SPEEDY₁₂
SWEETS₉
SHEIKH₁₆
SEEDED₈
SHEILA₉
SWEATY₁₂
SNEAKY₁₃
SEEKER₁₀
SHERRY₁₂
SPENCE₁₀
SWEEPS₁₁
SHELLY₁₂
STEAKS₁₀
SMELLY₁₁
SWEDES₁₀
SKEWED₁₄
SNEEZE₁₅
SWEARS₉
SHEATH₁₂
SCENTS₈
STENCH₁₁
SWEATS₉

All valid words 277

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

SAETER₆
SCEATT₈
SCENAS₈
SCENDS₉
SCENED₉
SCENES₈
SCENIC₁₀
SCENTS₈
SCERNE₈
SDEIGN₈
SDEINS₇
SEEDED₈
SEEDER₇
SEEING₇
SEEKER₁₀
SEELED₇
SEELIE₆
SEEMED₉
SEEMER₈
SEEMLY₁₁
SEEPED₉
SEESAW₉
SEETHE₉
SHEAFS₁₂
SHEAFY₁₅
SHEALS₉
SHEARS₉
SHEATH₁₂
SHEAVE₁₂
SHEELS₉
SHEENS₉
SHEENY₁₂
SHEEPO₁₁
SHEEPY₁₄
SHEERS₉
SHEESH₁₂
SHEETS₉
SHEETY₁₂
SHEEVE₁₂
SHEIKH₁₆
SHEIKS₁₃
SHEILA₉
SHEKEL₁₃
SHELFS₁₂
SHELFY₁₅
SHELLS₉
SHELLY₁₂
SHELTA₉
SHELTY₁₂
SHELVE₁₂
SHELVY₁₅
SHENAI₉
SHENDS₁₀
SHEOLS₉
SHEQEL₁₈
SHERDS₁₀
SHERIA₉
SHERIF₁₂
SHERPA₁₁
SHERRY₁₂
SHEUCH₁₄
SHEUGH₁₃
SHEVAS₁₂
SHEWED₁₃
SHEWEL₁₂
SHEWER₁₂
SIECLE₈
SIEGED₈
SIEGER₇
SIEGES₇
SIENNA₆
SIENTS₆
SIERRA₆
SIESTA₆
SIETHS₉
SIEURS₆
SIEVED₁₀
SIEVES₉
SKEANE₁₀
SKEANS₁₀
SKEARS₁₀
SKEARY₁₃
SKEELY₁₃
SKEENS₁₀
SKEERS₁₀
SKEERY₁₃
SKEETS₁₀
SKEEVY₁₆
SKEEZY₂₂
SKEGGS₁₂
SKEIGH₁₄
SKEINS₁₀
SKELFS₁₃
SKELLS₁₀
SKELLY₁₃
SKELMS₁₂
SKELPS₁₂
SKELUM₁₂
SKENES₁₀
SKERRY₁₃
SKETCH₁₅
SKEWED₁₄
SKEWER₁₃
SLEAVE₉
SLEAZE₁₅
SLEAZO₁₅
SLEAZY₁₈
SLEDED₈
SLEDGE₈
SLEECH₁₁
SLEEKS₁₀
SLEEKY₁₃
SLEEPS₈
SLEEPY₁₁
SLEEST₆
SLEETS₆
SLEETY₉
SLEEVE₉
SLEEZY₁₈
SLEIGH₁₀
SLEUTH₉
SLEWED₁₀
SMEARS₈
SMEARY₁₁
SMEATH₁₁
SMEECH₁₃
SMEEKS₁₂
SMEETH₁₁
SMEGMA₁₁
SMELLS₈
SMELLY₁₁
SMELTS₈
SMERKS₁₂
SMEUSE₈
SNEADS₇
SNEAKS₁₀
SNEAKY₁₃
SNEAPS₈
SNEATH₉
SNEBBE₁₀
SNECKS₁₂
SNEERS₆
SNEERY₉
SNEESH₉
SNEEZE₁₅
SNEEZY₁₈
SNELLS₆
SNELLY₉
SOEVER₉
SPEAKS₁₂
SPEALS₈
SPEANS₈
SPEARS₈
SPEARY₁₁
SPEATS₈
SPECCY₁₅
SPECIE₁₀
SPECKS₁₄
SPECKY₁₇
SPECTS₁₀
SPEECH₁₃
SPEEDO₉
SPEEDS₉
SPEEDY₁₂
SPEELS₈
SPEERS₈
SPEILS₈
SPEIRS₈
SPEISE₈
SPEISS₈
SPELDS₉
SPELKS₁₂
SPELLS₈
SPELTS₈
SPELTZ₁₇
SPENCE₁₀
SPENDS₉
SPENDY₁₂
SPENSE₈
SPERMS₁₀
SPERRE₈
SPERSE₈
SPERST₈
SPETCH₁₃
SPEUGS₉
SPEWED₁₂
SPEWER₁₁
STEADS₇
STEADY₁₀
STEAKS₁₀
STEALE₆
STEALS₆
STEALT₆
STEAMS₈
STEAMY₁₁
STEANE₆
STEANS₆
STEARD₇
STEARE₆
STEARS₆
STEDDE₈
STEDDS₈
STEDDY₁₁
STEDED₈
STEDES₇
STEEDS₇
STEEDY₁₀
STEEKS₁₀
STEELD₇
STEELS₆
STEELY₉
STEEMS₈
STEENS₆
STEEPS₈
STEEPY₁₁
STEERS₆
STEERY₉
STEEVE₉
STEILS₆
STEINS₆
STELAE₆
STELAI₆
STELAR₆
STELES₆
STELIC₈
STELLA₆
STELLS₆
STEMED₉
STEMES₈
STEMMA₁₀
STEMME₁₀
STEMMY₁₃
STENCH₁₁
STENDS₇
STENOS₆
STENTS₆
STEPPE₁₀
STEREO₆
STERES₆
STERIC₈
STERNA₆
STERNS₆
STEROL₆
STERVE₉
STEVEN₉
STEVIA₉
STEWED₁₀
STEWER₉
STEYER₉
SUEDED₈
SUEDES₇
SUETES₆
SUETTY₉
SVELTE₉
SWEALS₉
SWEARD₁₀
SWEARS₉
SWEATS₉
SWEATY₁₂
SWEDES₁₀
SWEELS₉
SWEENY₁₂
SWEEPS₁₁
SWEEPY₁₄
SWEERS₉
SWEERT₉
SWEETS₉
SWEETY₁₂
SWEIRS₉
SWEIRT₉
SWELLS₉
SWELTS₉
SWERFS₁₂
SWERVE₁₂
SWEVEN₁₂
SWEYED₁₃
SYEING₁₀

Letters by positionIn 39% of these words the 6th letter is S.

2nd letter

T22%
H16%
P14%

4th letter

E22%
A17%
L13%

5th letter

E16%
L11%
R11%

6th letter

S39%
Y17%
E12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; SKEEZY tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 37 words
7 points: 14 words
88 points: 44 words
9 points: 56 words
1010 points: 34 words
11 points: 17 words
1212 points: 34 words
13 points: 18 words
1414 points: 6 words
15 points: 8 words
1616 points: 2 words
17 points: 2 words
1818 points: 4 words
19 points: 0 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SKEEZY	22	21	NWL only
SLEAZY	18	18	All three
SNEEZY	18	18	All three
SLEEZY	18	18	Collins only
SHEQEL	18	18	All three
SPECKY	17	18	Collins · NWL
SPELTZ	17	19	All three
SHEIKH	16	14	All three
SKEEVY	16	16	NWL only
SKETCH	15	15	All three
SNEEZE	15	16	All three
SLEAZE	15	16	All three

The fixed pattern is S _ E _ _ _, leaving the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth letters open. The matches range from ordinary words such as seemed and scenes to less familiar entries. Of the 277 tournament-dictionary words, 45 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the full pool is much broader than everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: the S-E pattern

Exactly 277 tournament-dictionary words fit S _ E _ _ _.
A total of 45 matches are common by word frequency.
The list includes 206 entries with a definition.
Collins includes 271 matches; ENABLE includes 171 and NWL2023 includes 183.
Seeing, speech, seemed, and steady are recognizable examples.

Which endings are most common?

Words ending in S lead, with 109 matches; scenes, sheets, smells, and shells show how often the pattern produces a plural-looking finish. Y is next with 46, including sleepy and speedy, while 32 words end in E, such as sleeve.

That spread gives you a practical way to narrow a clue: if the final letter is known, an S ending is the strongest branch to check first. The counts also warn against assuming every match ends in S; the Y and E groups are substantial, and the list has other endings too.

How do you narrow the pattern in a puzzle?

Keep the known letters fixed and test the open slots against familiar examples. Seeing places E in both the second and third positions, while speech puts P second and E fourth. Steady offers a different shape, with T second and Y last. These examples help separate plausible letter arrangements without changing the required S and E.

A useful check is to avoid treating one example as a template for every answer: the letters after S-E vary widely. The full pool includes common everyday words and obscure tournament entries, so a valid dictionary match may still be an unlikely answer in a general puzzle.

Dictionary coverage differs sharply: 271 matches appear in Collins, compared with 171 in ENABLE and 183 in NWL2023. A word found in the broad pool is not guaranteed in your game’s lexicon, so check the list your game uses before challenging a play.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have S first and E third?

There are 277 tournament-dictionary matches for the pattern S _ E _ _ _. Familiar examples include seeing, speech, seemed, and steady. The count covers words present in at least one of the supported tournament dictionaries, rather than every string found in a general word list.

Which common words fit S _ E _ _ _?

Seeing, speech, seemed, scenes, and steady are recognizable matches. In total, 45 entries in this pattern fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Many of the remaining matches are less familiar, so the common examples represent only a portion of the full set.

Do all S-first, E-third words appear in every game dictionary?

No, dictionary coverage varies. Collins contains 271 of the matches, while ENABLE contains 171 and NWL2023 contains 183. A word accepted in one game may be rejected in another, so check the dictionary used for your specific word game.

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