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

There are 514 7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and E as the 7th letter, from MACHINE to BALANCE.

514 wordsTop pick MACHINEHighest score CAZIQUE 27

57 of 514 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With A in 2nd place, S is the most common 7th letter (2,136 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 57 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 57 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 514

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

  • BABICHE16
  • BABUCHE16
  • BACCARE13
  • BACCATE13
  • BACKARE15
  • BACKHOE18
  • BAGARRE10
  • BAGASSE10
  • BAGGAGE12
  • BAGLIKE14
  • BAGPIPE14
  • BAILLIE9
  • BAINITE9
  • BALANCE11
  • BALLADE10
  • BALLUTE9
  • BANDAGE11
  • BANDORE10
  • BANSHEE12
  • BANSHIE12
  • BAPTISE11
  • BAPTIZE20
  • BARBATE11
  • BARBULE11
  • BARCODE12
  • BARONNE9
  • BAROQUE18
  • BARRACE11
  • BARRAGE10
  • BARWARE12
  • BASCULE11
  • BASOCHE14
  • BASTIDE10
  • BASTILE9
  • BATABLE11
  • BATISTE9
  • BATLIKE13
  • BAUCHLE14
  • BAUXITE16
  • BAYSIDE13
  • CABBAGE14
  • CABOOSE11
  • CACIQUE20
  • CADDICE13
  • CADELLE10
  • CADENCE12
  • CAERULE9
  • CAGOULE10
  • CAITIVE12
  • CALCINE11
  • CALCITE11
  • CALECHE14
  • CALIBRE11
  • CALICHE14
  • CALICLE11
  • CALIPEE11
  • CALLOSE9
  • CALORIE9
  • CALOTTE9
  • CALYCLE14
  • CALZONE18
  • CAMBOGE14
  • CAMERAE11
  • CAMOGIE12
  • CANTATE9
  • CANULAE9
  • CANZONE18
  • CAPABLE13
  • CAPICHE16
  • CAPISCE13
  • CAPRATE11
  • CAPRESE11
  • CAPRICE13
  • CAPRINE11
  • CAPSIZE20
  • CAPSULE11
  • CAPTIVE14
  • CAPTURE11
  • CAPUCHE16
  • CARBENE11
  • CARBIDE12
  • CARBINE11
  • CARCAKE15
  • CARCASE11
  • CARDIAE10
  • CARFARE12
  • CARIERE9
  • CARINAE9
  • CARIOLE9
  • CARIOSE9
  • CARLINE9
  • CARMINE11
  • CARNAGE10
  • CARNOSE9
  • CAROCHE14
  • CAROUSE9
  • CARPALE11
  • CARTAGE10
  • CASCADE12
  • CASEASE9
  • CASEATE9
  • CASEOSE9
  • CASERNE9
  • CASETTE9
  • CASSENE9
  • CASSINE9
  • CASSONE9
  • CATENAE9
  • CATFACE14
  • CATHODE13
  • CATHOLE12
  • CATLIKE13
  • CAUDATE10
  • CAULINE9
  • CAULOME11
  • CAVIARE12
  • CAYENNE12
  • CAZIQUE27
  • DALGYTE12
  • DAPSONE10
  • DARIOLE8
  • DASYURE11
  • DATABLE10
  • DAWBAKE17
  • DAYCARE13
  • DAYMARE13
  • DAYSIDE12
  • DAYTALE11
  • DAYTIME13
  • EARACHE12
  • EARHOLE10
  • EARLIKE11
  • EARLOBE9
  • EATABLE9
  • EATERIE7
  • FACONNE12
  • FACTICE14
  • FACTIVE15
  • FACTURE12
  • FACULAE12
  • FADABLE13
  • FADAISE11
  • FADLIKE15
  • FAHLORE13
  • FAIENCE12
  • FAILURE10
  • FALCADE13
  • FALCATE12
  • FALDAGE12
  • FAMILLE12
  • FANBASE12
  • FANFARE13
  • FANLIKE14
  • FANWISE13
  • FANZINE19
  • FARDAGE12
  • FARSIDE11
  • FASCIAE12
  • FASCINE12
  • FATIGUE11
  • FATLIKE14
  • FAUNULE10
  • FAVRILE13
  • FAXABLE19
  • FAYENCE15
  • GABELLE10
  • GAHNITE11
  • GALEATE8
  • GALETTE8
  • GALILEE8
  • GALLATE8
  • GALLISE8
  • GALLIZE17
  • GALOCHE13
  • GALOSHE11
  • GAMBADE13
  • GAMBOGE13
  • GANACHE13
  • GANOINE8
  • GARBAGE11
  • GARBURE10
  • GARIGUE9
  • GAROTTE8
  • GARPIKE14
  • GARROTE8
  • GAUDGIE10
  • GAVOTTE11
  • GAWMOGE14
  • GAYSOME13
  • GAZELLE17
  • GAZETTE17
  • HABITUE12
  • HACHURE15
  • HADROME13
  • HAGLIKE15
  • HAGRIDE12
  • HAGRODE12
  • HALTERE10
  • HAMBONE14
  • HAPLITE12
  • HAPTENE12
  • HARDOKE15
  • HARMINE12
  • HASTATE10
  • HATABLE12
  • HATLIKE14
  • HAULAGE11
  • HAYLAGE14
  • HAYRIDE14
  • HAYWIRE16
  • JACKSIE20
  • JADEITE15
  • JAGHIRE18
  • JALOUSE14
  • JAMBONE18
  • JAMLIKE20
  • JASMINE16
  • JAUNTEE14
  • JAUNTIE14
  • JAWBONE19
  • JAWHOLE20
  • JAWLIKE21
  • JAWLINE17
  • KAGOULE12
  • KAINITE11
  • KANTELE11
  • KAOLINE11
  • KARAOKE15
  • KATHODE15
  • KAYFABE19
  • LABIATE9
  • LABROSE9
  • LACTASE9
  • LACTATE9
  • LACTONE9
  • LACTOSE9
  • LACUNAE9
  • LADETTE8
  • LADRONE8
  • LAETARE7
  • LAICISE9
  • LAICIZE18
  • LAIRAGE8
  • LAIRISE7
  • LAIRIZE16
  • LALIQUE16
  • LAMINAE9
  • LARVATE10
  • LASAGNE8
  • LASTAGE8
  • LATENCE9
  • LATRINE7
  • LATTICE9
  • LAUWINE10
  • LAWLIKE14
  • LAYETTE10
  • LAYTIME12
  • MACABRE13
  • MACAQUE20
  • MACCHIE16
  • MACHETE14
  • MACHINE14
  • MACHREE14
  • MACRAME13
  • MACULAE11
  • MADRONE10
  • MAGNATE10
  • MAITAKE13
  • MAKABLE15
  • MALAISE9
  • MALEATE9
  • MALTASE9
  • MALTOSE9
  • MALWARE12
  • MAMMATE13
  • MANACLE11
  • MANATEE9
  • MANDATE10
  • MANHOLE12
  • MANILLE9
  • MANIPLE11
  • MANLIKE13
  • MANMADE12
  • MANNITE9
  • MANNOSE9
  • MANROPE11
  • MANWISE12
  • MAPLIKE15
  • MAPWISE14
  • MAREMME13
  • MARGATE10
  • MARLINE9
  • MARLITE9
  • MARMITE11
  • MARMOSE11
  • MARQUEE18
  • MASSAGE10
  • MASSIVE12
  • MATINEE9
  • MATOOKE13
  • MATRICE11
  • MAULGRE10
  • MAUVINE12
  • MAYPOLE14
  • NAARTJE14
  • NACELLE9
  • NACRITE9
  • NAGAPIE10
  • NAGWARE11
  • NAIVETE10
  • NAMABLE11
  • NAMASTE9
  • NANDINE8
  • NARCOSE9
  • NARDINE8
  • NARGILE8
  • NARRATE7
  • NARTJIE14
  • NATURAE7
  • NAVETTE10
  • OAKLIKE15
  • OARLIKE11
  • OATCAKE13
  • OATLIKE11
  • PACABLE13
  • PACKAGE16
  • PADRONE10
  • PAIOCKE15
  • PAJOCKE22
  • PALAMAE11
  • PALEATE9
  • PALETTE9
  • PALLONE9
  • PALMATE11
  • PALPATE11
  • PANACHE14
  • PANCAKE15
  • PANDORE10
  • PANGENE10
  • PANICLE11
  • PANLIKE13
  • PANNAGE10
  • PANNOSE9
  • PANOCHE14
  • PANPIPE13
  • PANTILE9
  • PANTINE9
  • PAPABLE13
  • PAPOOSE11
  • PAPPOSE13
  • PAPULAE11
  • PARABLE11
  • PARACME13
  • PARAFLE12
  • PARBAKE15
  • PARDALE10
  • PARDINE10
  • PARELLE9
  • PARKADE14
  • PAROLEE9
  • PARPANE11
  • PARTAKE13
  • PARTITE9
  • PARTURE9
  • PARVISE12
  • PASSADE10
  • PASSAGE10
  • PASSIVE12
  • PASTIME11
  • PASTURE9
  • PATERAE9
  • PATIBLE11
  • PATINAE9
  • PATONCE11
  • PAVISSE12
  • PAWNAGE13
  • PAYABLE14
  • PAYFONE15
  • PAYSAGE13
  • RABATTE9
  • RADIALE8
  • RADIATE8
  • RADICLE10
  • RADULAE8
  • RAGTIME10
  • RALLINE7
  • RAMILIE9
  • RAMPAGE12
  • RAMPIKE15
  • RAMPIRE11
  • RAMPOLE11
  • RANPIKE13
  • RAPHIDE13
  • RAPTURE9
  • RATABLE9
  • RATAFEE10
  • RATBITE9
  • RATHOLE10
  • RATLIKE11
  • RATLINE7
  • RAWBONE12
  • RAWHIDE14
  • RAYLIKE14
  • SACCADE12
  • SACCATE11
  • SACCULE11
  • SACKAGE14
  • SACLIKE13
  • SAFROLE10
  • SALABLE9
  • SALTATE7
  • SALTINE7
  • SALTIRE7
  • SALVAGE11
  • SALVETE10
  • SAMBUKE15
  • SAMPIRE11
  • SANICLE9
  • SAPROBE11
  • SARCODE10
  • SARDINE8
  • SATIATE7
  • SAUSAGE8
  • SAVABLE12
  • SAVANTE10
  • SAWLIKE14
  • SAYABLE12
  • TABRERE9
  • TABULAE9
  • TACNODE10
  • TACRINE9
  • TACTILE9
  • TADPOLE10
  • TAENIAE7
  • TAENITE7
  • TAGLIKE12
  • TAGLINE8
  • TAGMEME12
  • TAILLIE7
  • TAILZIE16
  • TAKABLE13
  • TALCOSE9
  • TALLAGE8
  • TAMABLE11
  • TANKAGE12
  • TANNAGE8
  • TANNATE7
  • TAPHOLE12
  • TAPPICE13
  • TARAIRE7
  • TARDIVE11
  • TARTANE7
  • TARTARE7
  • TARTINE7
  • TARTUFE10
  • TAURINE7
  • TAXABLE16
  • TAXWISE17
  • VACANCE14
  • VACCINE14
  • VACUATE12
  • VACUOLE12
  • VAGINAE11
  • VAIVODE14
  • VALANCE12
  • VALENCE12
  • VALLATE10
  • VALUATE10
  • VALVATE13
  • VALVULE13
  • VAMOOSE12
  • VAMPIRE14
  • VANDYKE18
  • VANTAGE11
  • VAREUSE10
  • VARIATE10
  • VARIOLE10
  • VATABLE12
  • VAUNTIE10
  • VAWNTIE13
  • WADABLE13
  • WAESOME12
  • WAFTAGE14
  • WAFTURE13
  • WAGSOME13
  • WAINAGE11
  • WAIVODE14
  • WAIWODE14
  • WALLEYE13
  • WANHOPE15
  • WANNABE12
  • WANTAGE11
  • WARFARE13
  • WARGAME13
  • WARLIKE14
  • WARPAGE13
  • WARSTLE10
  • WARTIME12
  • WARZONE19
  • WASTAGE11
  • WASTRIE10
  • WATTAGE11
  • WATTAPE12
  • WAVICLE15
  • WAXABLE19
  • WAXLIKE21
  • WAYFARE16
  • WAYGONE14
  • WAYSIDE14
  • WAYWODE17
  • YACHTIE15
  • YARDAGE12
  • ZAMOUSE18
  • ZAMPONE20
Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 5th letter is I.
1st letter
  1. C15%
  2. P11%
  3. M9%
3rd letter
  1. R18%
  2. L11%
  3. N10%
4th letter
  1. T11%
  2. L11%
  3. A9%
5th letter
  1. I26%
  2. A22%
  3. O15%
6th letter
  1. L15%
  2. T13%
  3. N12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; CAZIQUE tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 21 words
  2. 8 points: 25 words
  3. 99 points: 83 words
  4. 10 points: 61 words
  5. 1111 points: 78 words
  6. 12 points: 67 words
  7. 1313 points: 57 words
  8. 14 points: 50 words
  9. 1515 points: 23 words
  10. 16 points: 14 words
  11. 1717 points: 7 words
  12. 18 points: 10 words
  13. 1919 points: 6 words
  14. 20 points: 8 words
  15. 2121 points: 2 words
  16. 22 points: 1 words
  17. 2323 points: 0 words
  18. 24 points: 0 words
  19. 2525 points: 0 words
  20. 26 points: 0 words
  21. 2727 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
CAZIQUE2729All three
PAJOCKE2226Collins only
JAWLIKE2124All three
WAXLIKE2122All three
BAPTIZE2022All three
MACAQUE2023All three
CAPSIZE2022All three
CACIQUE2023All three
JACKSIE2023Collins only
ZAMPONE2023Collins only
JAMLIKE2024Collins · NWL
JAWHOLE2022Collins only

Read the slots as _A____E: A stays second, and E closes every match. Familiar fits include MACHINE, BALANCE, FAILURE, and PACKAGE. But the pool stretches well beyond everyday vocabulary: only 57 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. That split matters when a word game accepts specialist terms that you would not reach for unaided.

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

  • The pattern has 514 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here, and each one ends in E.
  • MACHINE, BALANCE, and FAILURE are recognizable examples with A in the second slot.
  • C leads the starting-letter counts with 78 matches; P is next with 55.
  • Just 57 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • CAZIQUE scores 27 points, the highest score among the examples.

Which letters start these seven-letter matches?

C is the biggest opening-letter group, with 78 words. P follows at 55, then M at 47; BALANCE, PACKAGE, and MACHINE give you familiar representatives of those leading clusters. B contributes 40 matches, while T contributes 31.

Those counts offer a practical first guess when the opening tile is unknown: test C before P or M, but do not treat the ranking as a word list. The difference between C and P is 23 matches, while the drop from P to M is only 8. That tight spacing makes all three worth checking against your remaining letters.

The pattern is also more common than several nearby alternatives. Changing the second letter to E while keeping the final E produces 528 matches, only 14 more. Changing the final letter while keeping A second can produce much larger pools: the same-length list with S last has 2,136.

How do scores and dictionary coverage compare?

  • CAZIQUE leads the scoring examples at 27 points; PAJOCKE reaches 22, while JAWLIKE and WAXLIKE each score 21.
  • For more familiar plays, PACKAGE, CAPTURE, and PASSAGE all match the letter positions.
  • Collins includes 499 matches, compared with 380 in NWL2023 and 339 in ENABLE.
  • The 514 total combines tournament-dictionary entries, so it does not guarantee that every word is accepted by your game.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have A second and E last?
There are 514 seven-letter matches with A in position two and E in position seven. That figure counts words found in at least one of the tournament dictionaries, rather than words accepted by every individual game.
What is the highest-scoring word with this pattern?
CAZIQUE is the highest scorer at 27 points. PAJOCKE follows at 22, with JAWLIKE and WAXLIKE each at 21. The top-scoring options are less familiar than everyday fits such as MACHINE or PACKAGE.
Which starting letter appears most often?
C starts the largest group, with 78 matches. P is second at 55, and M comes next at 47. Try those openings first when the first tile is unknown, then use your other known letters to narrow the choices.

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