7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and P as the 5th letter

The fixed A-P pair sits in the middle, leaving the first three and last two letters to narrow your pattern. Only seven matches rank among common English words, so start with recognizable options like CHEAPER, ESCAPED, and RELAPSE. S opens 14 words and C opens 10, so the first letter is an early filter.

The A-P pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 65 seven-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• CHEAPER, ESCAPED, and UNHAPPY are recognizable examples.
• S is the most frequent first letter, appearing in 14 matches.
• S is also the most frequent final letter, ending 17 matches.
• HEXAPOD tops the Scrabble scores at 20 points.

How many 7-letter words have A fourth and P fifth?

There are 65 7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and P as the 5th letter in Collins. The pattern has 50 entries in NWL2023 and 46 in ENABLE, so a word accepted in one game may not appear in another dictionary.

Nearby patterns are much larger: A fourth with N fifth has 291 matches, while A fourth with R fifth has 259. P makes this a tighter filter. When solving, test the first and final letters against examples such as SCRAPED, ESCAPES, or PARAPET before reaching for less familiar entries.

Which matching words score the most?

HEXAPOD scores 20 points, ahead of HEXAPLA at 19. CAJAPUT, CARAPAX, JALAPIC, and ZARAPES each score 18, while UNHAPPY and CHEAPLY score 17. Those top values come from less everyday vocabulary or valuable letters, so check your game's word list before building a play around one.

The vocabulary is uneven: 57 entries have definitions, but only seven fall within the common-word group. CHEAPER and ESCAPED are easy to spot; SCRAPPY and SYNAPSE are also familiar to many players. Treat 7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and P as the 5th letter as a pattern-search pool, not a set of likely everyday answers.