7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and C as the 6th letter

This pattern is unusually concentrated: almost every match starts with S, and many have the familiar opening SC. The set ranges from common words such as SCIENCE to less familiar entries such as SCHLICH and SCRAUCH. Dictionary coverage varies too: Collins lists all 24 matches, while NWL2023 and ENABLE include smaller subsets.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 24 matches, each with C in the second and sixth positions.
• Twenty-three begin with S; ICEPACK is the sole match beginning with I.
• Thirteen end in H, eight in K, two in S, and one in E.
• Collins includes 24 words, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 9 in ENABLE.
• Only 2 matches count as common by our frequency measure.

Why do nearly all the matches start with S?

The strongest clue is the opening: 23 of the 24 words start with S, so an S in the first position narrows the pattern sharply. SCIENCE, SCRATCH, SCREECH, and SCRUNCH show how often the letters form an SC start.

The odd-one-out is ICEPACK, which still puts C in both required positions. Endings offer another useful filter: H leads with 13 matches, while K accounts for 8. If your final letter is H, examples include SCRATCH and SCREECH; for K, try ICEPACK or SCHTUCK.

Not every match is everyday vocabulary. SCHLICH, SCRITCH, and SCRAICH are among the less familiar entries, so recognizing the fixed letters may be easier than recalling every word.

How to use 7-letter words with C in positions 2 and 6

For a word game, check the exact dictionary before relying on a rare match: Collins has 24 entries here, but NWL2023 has 13 and ENABLE has 9. A word accepted in one list may not work in another.

For Scrabble scoring, the top of the table is 20 points, and SCHTICK, SCHLOCK, and SCHTUCK follow at 18, while ICEPACK scores 17. The average score across the pattern is 15.4, making the unusual high-value entries stand out.

A practical solve order is to test the dominant S-start first, then use the final letter to divide the candidates. Don’t assume every answer begins with S: ICEPACK is the reminder that the two fixed C positions matter more than the usual opening.