7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

315 7-letter words with A as 2nd and E as 4th fit this pattern, including parents, careful, talents, and layered.

315 wordsTop pick PARENTSHighest score CAKEBOX 22

24 of 315 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd 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

4th 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 A in 2nd place, T is the most common 4th letter (550 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 24 · most-used first

PARENTS₉
CAREFUL₁₂
CAMERAS₁₁
CAREERS₉
MAJESTY₁₉
TALENTS₇
LABELED₁₀
GATEWAY₁₄
PATENTS₉
LATERAL₇
PALETTE₉
VANESSA₁₀
GAZETTE₁₇
HATEFUL₁₃
PAGEANT₁₀
EAGERLY₁₁
LAYERED₁₁
TAKEOFF₁₇
WATERED₁₁
LATENCY₁₂
BASEMAN₁₁
TAPERED₁₀
CADENCE₁₂
CATERED₁₀

All valid words 315

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

BABESIA₁₁
BALEENS₉
BALEFUL₁₂
BANEFUL₁₂
BAREFIT₁₂
BAREGES₁₀
BASEMAN₁₁
BASEMEN₁₁
BASENJI₁₆
BATEAUX₁₆
BAUERAS₉
CABEZON₂₀
CADEAUX₁₇
CADELLE₁₀
CADENCE₁₂
CADENCY₁₅
CADENZA₁₉
CAGEFUL₁₃
CAJEPUT₁₈
CAKEBOX₂₂
CALECHE₁₄
CALENDS₁₀
CALESAS₉
CAMELIA₁₁
CAMELID₁₂
CAMELOT₁₁
CAMELRY₁₄
CAMEOED₁₂
CAMERAE₁₁
CAMERAL₁₁
CAMERAS₁₁
CAMESES₁₁
CANELLA₉
CAPEESH₁₄
CAPELAN₁₁
CAPELET₁₁
CAPELIN₁₁
CAPERED₁₂
CAPERER₁₁
CAREENS₉
CAREERS₉
CAREFUL₁₂
CAREMES₁₁
CASEASE₉
CASEATE₉
CASEINS₉
CASELAW₁₂
CASEMAN₁₁
CASEMEN₁₁
CASEOSE₉
CASEOUS₉
CASERNE₉
CASERNS₉
CASETTE₉
CATECHU₁₄
CATELOG₁₀
CATENAE₉
CATENAS₉
CATERAN₉
CATERED₁₀
CATERER₉
CAVEATS₁₂
CAVEMAN₁₄
CAVEMEN₁₄
CAVEOLA₁₂
CAVERNS₁₂
CAVETTI₁₂
CAVETTO₁₂
CAYENNE₁₂
DAKERED₁₃
DALEDHS₁₂
DALETHS₁₁
DANELAW₁₁
DAREFUL₁₁
DARESAY₁₁
DATEDLY₁₂
DAVENED₁₂
DAZEDLY₂₁
EAGERER₈
EAGERLY₁₁
EASEFUL₁₀
EASELED₈
EATERIE₇
FACEBAR₁₄
FACEMAN₁₄
FACEMEN₁₄
FACEOFF₁₈
FACETED₁₃
FADEDLY₁₅
FADEINS₁₁
FADEOUT₁₁
FADEURS₁₁
FAIENCE₁₂
FAKEERS₁₄
FANEGAS₁₁
FAREBOX₁₉
FATEFUL₁₃
FAVELAS₁₃
FAVELLA₁₃
FAYENCE₁₅
FAZENDA₂₀
GABELLE₁₀
GALEATE₈
GALENAS₈
GALENIC₁₀
GALERES₈
GALETTE₈
GAMELAN₁₀
GAMETAL₁₀
GAMETES₁₀
GAMETIC₁₂
GASEITY₁₁
GASEOUS₈
GATEAUS₈
GATEAUX₁₅
GATELEG₉
GATEMAN₁₀
GATEMEN₁₀
GATEWAY₁₄
GAVELED₁₂
GAZEBOS₁₉
GAZEFUL₂₀
GAZELLE₁₇
GAZETTE₁₇
HADEDAH₁₅
HAKEEMS₁₆
HAREEMS₁₂
HARELDS₁₁
HARELIP₁₂
HATEFUL₁₃
HAVENED₁₄
HAVEOUR₁₃
HAVERED₁₄
HAVEREL₁₃
HAZELLY₂₂
JADEDLY₁₉
JADEITE₁₅
JAKESES₁₈
JAMESES₁₆
JAVELIN₁₇
KABELES₁₃
KAJEPUT₂₀
KALENDS₁₂
KAMELAS₁₃
KAMERAD₁₄
KAPEYKA₂₀
KARENGO₁₂
LABELED₁₀
LABELER₉
LABELLA₉
LADENED₉
LADETTE₈
LAGENAS₈
LAGENDS₉
LAGERED₉
LAKEBED₁₄
LAKELET₁₁
LAMEDHS₁₃
LAMELLA₉
LAMENTS₉
LAMETER₉
LANEWAY₁₃
LAPELED₁₀
LASERED₈
LATEENS₇
LATENCE₉
LATENCY₁₂
LATENED₈
LATENTS₇
LATERAD₈
LATERAL₇
LATESTS₇
LATEXES₁₄
LAVEERS₁₀
LAYERED₁₁
LAYETTE₁₀
MABELAS₁₁
MACERAL₁₁
MADEIRA₁₀
MAGENTA₁₀
MAHEWUS₁₅
MAJESTY₁₉
MAKEUPS₁₅
MALEATE₉
MALEFIC₁₄
MAMELON₁₁
MAMEYES₁₄
MANEGED₁₁
MANEGES₁₀
MAREMMA₁₃
MAREMME₁₃
MARENGO₁₀
MATELOT₉
MAZEDLY₂₂
MAZEFUL₂₁
NACELLE₉
NAKEDER₁₂
NAKEDLY₁₅
NAMETAG₁₀
NAVETTE₁₀
PACEWAY₁₇
PADELLA₁₀
PAGEANT₁₀
PAGEBOY₁₅
PAGEFUL₁₃
PAKEHAS₁₆
PALEATE₉
PALETOT₉
PALETTE₉
PANEERS₉
PANEITY₁₂
PANELED₁₀
PAPERED₁₂
PAPERER₁₁
PAREIRA₉
PARELLA₉
PARELLE₉
PARENTS₉
PARERGA₁₀
PARESES₉
PARESIS₉
PARETIC₁₁
PASEARS₉
PASELAS₉
PATELLA₉
PATENCY₁₄
PATENTS₉
PATERAE₉
RACEMED₁₂
RACEMES₁₁
RACEMIC₁₃
RACEWAY₁₅
RAGEFUL₁₁
RAKEOFF₁₇
RAMEKIN₁₃
RAMENTA₉
RAMEOUS₉
RAREBIT₉
RATEENS₇
RAVELED₁₁
RAVELER₁₀
RAVELIN₁₀
RAVELLY₁₃
RAVENED₁₁
RAVENER₁₀
SABEING₁₀
SABELLA₉
SABERED₁₀
SACELLA₉
SAGENES₈
SAKERET₁₁
SAMECHS₁₄
SAMEKHS₁₆
SAPELES₉
SATEENS₇
SAVELOY₁₃
SAVEYED₁₄
SAZERAC₁₈
TABERDS₁₀
TABERED₁₀
TABESES₉
TABETIC₁₁
TAGETES₈
TAKEOFF₁₇
TAKEOUT₁₁
TAKEUPS₁₃
TALEFUL₁₀
TALENTS₇
TAMEINS₉
TAPERED₁₀
TAPERER₉
TAPETAL₉
TAPETIS₉
TAPETUM₁₁
TASERED₈
TAVERED₁₁
TAVERNA₁₀
TAVERNS₁₀
TAXEMES₁₆
TAXEMIC₁₈
VAKEELS₁₄
VALENCE₁₂
VALENCY₁₅
VALERIC₁₂
VALETAS₁₀
VALETED₁₁
VALETES₁₀
VANESSA₁₀
VARECHS₁₅
VAREUSE₁₀
VASEFUL₁₃
WAFERED₁₄
WAGERED₁₂
WAGERER₁₁
WAKEFUL₁₇
WAKEMAN₁₆
WAKEMEN₁₆
WAKENED₁₅
WAKENER₁₄
WAMEFOU₁₅
WAMEFUL₁₅
WAREHOU₁₃
WAREZES₁₉
WATERED₁₁
WATERER₁₀
WAVELET₁₃
WAVEOFF₁₉
WAVERED₁₄
WAVERER₁₃
WAVESON₁₃
WAXEYES₂₀
ZABETAS₁₈
ZANELLA₁₆
ZAREBAS₁₈
ZAREEBA₁₈

Letters by positionIn 27% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

C18%
L9%
P9%

3rd letter

T11%
V11%
M10%

5th letter

L17%
R16%
N12%

6th letter

E26%
A14%
U10%

7th letter

S27%
D12%
E10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

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

77 points: 8 words
8 points: 16 words
99 points: 57 words
10 points: 43 words
1111 points: 47 words
12 points: 33 words
1313 points: 26 words
14 points: 25 words
1515 points: 16 words
16 points: 10 words
1717 points: 8 words
18 points: 8 words
1919 points: 7 words
20 points: 6 words
2121 points: 2 words
22 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
CAKEBOX	22	24	NWL only
HAZELLY	22	22	All three
MAZEDLY	22	23	All three
DAZEDLY	21	21	All three
MAZEFUL	21	24	Collins only
FAZENDA	20	21	All three
CABEZON	20	23	All three
KAJEPUT	20	24	All three
KAPEYKA	20	20	NWL only
WAXEYES	20	19	Collins only
GAZEFUL	20	23	Collins only
MAJESTY	19	21	All three

The fixed pattern is _A_E___, leaving the first, fifth, sixth, and seventh letters to distinguish each match. Familiar finds include parents, careful, cameras, talents, and lateral; rarer entries sit beside everyday plurals and verb forms. Only 24 words meet the common-word cutoff, so the full set reaches well beyond ordinary conversation.

At a glance: the _A_E___ pattern

The combined tournament dictionaries contain 315 matches for _A_E___.
Parents, careful, cameras, and lateral are recognizable examples.
C leads as a first letter with 58 matches; L follows at 29, then P at 28.
S is the most common final letter, appearing at the end of 84 entries.
Just 24 entries meet the common-word cutoff, so many matches are specialist vocabulary.

Which words fit the _A_E___ pattern?

Parents and talents show a familiar plural route, while careful and lateral are easy-to-recognize words with the same fixed letters. Cameras, careers, patents, and watered also fit; their endings vary even though A stays second and E stays fourth.

C dominates the opening slot: its 58 matches outnumber L and P, which have 29 and 28. That makes C a strong branch to check first when you know only the two fixed letters. Still, the low common-word count means a pattern match is not automatically a familiar answer.

Many entries are uncommon or specialized. For a word game, check the accepted list once: the combined total covers ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, whose individual counts differ.

7-letter words with A as 2nd and E as 4th: scoring

Cakebox, hazelly, and mazedly each score 22 points, putting them at the top of the scoring examples. Those are less familiar plays than parents or careful, so a high value does not guarantee that a word will come to mind quickly.

The average score is 12. The contrast is useful: this pattern has approachable words, but the strongest scores come from less everyday vocabulary. Check your game's word list before building a move around an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have A second and E fourth?

There are 315 matching words across the combined tournament dictionaries. The pattern is _A_E___, with the first and final three letters still open. Only 24 matches meet the common-word cutoff, so expect many less familiar options among the full set.

Which first letter is most common in this pattern?

C is the leading first letter, with 58 matching words. L comes next with 29, followed by P with 28. If your clue leaves the first position open, checking C-starting candidates gives you the largest single group.

What are the highest-scoring words in the list?

Cakebox, hazelly, and mazedly each score 22 points. Their high values make them notable, but they are less familiar than examples such as careful or parents. Confirm an unfamiliar word against the dictionary used in your game.

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