7-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and N as the 7th letter

This fixed pattern produces a compact, dictionary-dependent set rather than a broad everyday vocabulary list. S begins 7 matches and R begins 6, but no starting letter dominates the way the final N does. CABEZON and SUBJOIN stand out as scoring plays; the remaining words reward careful rack checks.

At a glance: counts, starts, and top score

• Exactly 31 tournament-dictionary words fit the B-third, N-seventh pattern.
• Every match ends in N; S starts 7 matches and R starts 6.
• Collins lists 31 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 23.
• CABEZON scores 20, ahead of SUBJOIN at 16.
• No match falls within the top 25,000 common English words.

7-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and N as the 7th letter

The pattern locks B into the third square and N into the seventh, leaving the opening four letters to do most of the work. RUBICON, ALBUMIN, TUBULIN, and ALBUMEN show how different the middle can be under those fixed endpoints. With 31 accepted entries, exact-position filtering cuts away many tempting near-matches.

For a high-value play, CABEZON scores 20, a four-point lead over SUBJOIN at 16. EMBRYON, EMBROWN, IMBROWN, and UPBLOWN each score 14; RUBDOWN and MOBSMAN reach 13. Those figures make the letter mix matter more than familiar meaning when you are weighing a rack.

The first-letter spread offers another clue: S accounts for 7 entries and R for 6, while U has 3. A, E, H, M, and T each contribute 2. No word in the set is common by our frequency cutoff, so recognizing the pattern is more realistic than expecting a familiar answer to surface.

This is narrow beside nearby patterns: R in the third slot with N last has 177 matches, while A in the third slot has 121. Those larger sibling counts make B's 31 stand out. The scarcity belongs to this particular combination of positions, not to seven-letter words ending in N as a whole.

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