7-letter words with A as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter

With A locked at the start and E in the fifth slot, the pattern is A _ _ _ E _ _. It leaves 157 entries across the tournament lists, though only 18 count as common by frequency. Familiar fits include ADDRESS, ANCIENT, and ANSWERS; AZULEJO stands out when points matter.

At a glance: the fixed-letter pattern

• The pattern fixes A in slot one and E in slot five across 157 words.
• ADDRESS, ANCIENT, and ANSWERS are familiar examples that fit both positions.
• Collins includes 155 matches; NWL2023 includes 119, and ENABLE includes 112.
• Only 18 entries rank among the commonest words by our frequency measure.
• AZULEJO leads the Scrabble scores at 23 points, ahead of APOZEMS at 20.

Which final letters are most common?

S is the most common ending: 78 matches finish with it, compared with 30 ending in T. That makes S more than twice as frequent as T here, a useful clue when the board fixes both ends.

Only 11 end in E, even though E already fills the fifth slot. ADDRESS and ANCIENT show the common S ending; ACHIEVE gives you an E-final option.

How do tournament dictionaries differ?

The three tournament lists do not contain identical sets: Collins has 155 matches, NWL2023 has 119, and ENABLE has 112. Those counts overlap, so they should not be added together to estimate the total.

A word accepted in one list may not work in another game's dictionary. AZULEJO and APOZEMS top the score examples, but unfamiliar entries deserve a quick check against your game's word list.

Use the 7-letter words with A first and E fifth

Start by placing the known letters in A _ _ _ E _ _, then use the final-letter split to test S before T. ADDRESS, ANSWERS, and ANCIENT show how much the last letter can vary while the fixed positions stay unchanged.

The neighboring lengths have different-sized pools: the five-letter pattern has 112 matches, the six-letter pattern has 223, and this seven-letter set has 157. Browse the length hub when a clue changes the number of tiles.