7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter

With C fixed in slot two and E in slot five, the matches range from familiar academy and achieve to specialist entries such as schmear. The pattern is notably narrow: only 8 qualify as common English words, while 43 have definitions in the word database. That gap matters when a board clue looks easy but the playable answer is not.

The pattern at a glance

• All 51 matches appear in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE.
• Collins lists 48 matches, compared with 38 in NWL2023 and 34 in ENABLE.
• Only 8 matches fall among the most common English words; academy and achieve are familiar examples.
• SCHMELZ leads the scores at 23 points before any board bonuses.

Which letters start these seven-letter matches?

S leads by a wide margin: 26 matches begin with that letter, while A starts 15. Screens, scenery, and screech show the S group; academy, achieve, and acutely are examples beginning with A.

When the first tile is unknown, scan S entries before A. Together, those two initials account for 41 of the 51 matches, so they cover most of the pattern without checking every option.

The final letter has its own strong cluster. Nineteen words end in S, compared with 10 ending in E and 6 in T; screens and scorers illustrate the S ending, while achieve closes with E.

Dictionary totals overlap, so they do not add up to the number of distinct matches. An unfamiliar entry may appear in Collins but not NWL2023 or ENABLE; check your game's word list before playing it.

Which match has the highest letter score?

SCHMELZ scores 23 points before premium squares, ahead of SCHMECK at 20 and ACQUEST at 18. The top two are specialist plays, not everyday vocabulary, so their value depends on both your rack and your game's accepted dictionary.

More familiar options still carry solid values: ACADEMY and ACHIEVE each score 15, while SCREECH scores 14. A high raw score is not automatically a strong move; a crowded board can make a lower-value word the safer placement.

For a clue, use the fixed C and E positions first, then check the initial-letter split and likely ending. The 7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter are a focused pattern list, not a promise that every match suits every game.