7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and S as the 5th letter

An A in slot three and an S in slot five narrow seven-letter play to 86 entries, but the endings split sharply: 31 finish in S and 16 in D. Familiar options include classes, classic, glasses, and transit; tougher racks may turn up khamsin or quassia. Just 13 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words, so pattern fit matters more than familiarity.

Quick facts about this letter pattern

• The pattern has 86 tournament-dictionary matches, and 79 have a definition.
• Collins includes 84 matches, NWL2023 has 69, and ENABLE has 63; the dictionaries overlap.
• Classes, classic, glasses, and transit are familiar examples; only 13 entries are common.
• Khamsin, quassia, klatsch, quasses, and quassin each score 16 points.

Which letters begin and end these words?

Starting letters have a clear leader: C begins 18 of these words, twice the count for B, which starts nine. Classes, classic, clauses, and chassis make the C cluster easy to recognize, while braised and praised show how the fixed letters accommodate familiar endings.

The ending pattern is just as concentrated. Transit and transom end in neither, so checking the final tile can narrow a candidate without assuming every match is plural.

7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and S as the 5th letter

Scores reward rare letters, not just the pattern. Khamsin, quassia, klatsch, quasses, and quassin lead at 16 points each; dhansak follows at 15, and hearsay and whatsit score 13. The group averages 10.2 points, so those top scorers sit well above a routine play.

Coverage varies by game: Collins lists 84 matches, NWL2023 has 69, and ENABLE has 63, with overlapping word sets. The total counts entries accepted by at least one tournament dictionary, not a guarantee that every opponent's list accepts each option. Only 79 entries have definitions.

Keep the letter positions fixed when checking a clue: this A-third, S-fifth pattern is much smaller than the A-third, I-fifth group, which has 631 matches. If one square is uncertain, test that position first; changing a letter can reshape the candidate pool.