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

The fixed pattern is _C___P_, with five open positions around its C and P. Only 19 tournament-list words fit, and the results are lopsided: 13 start with S, while none qualifies as common by our frequency cutoff. Treat it as a constraint search, not a bank of familiar guesses.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 19 seven-letter entries match _C___P_.
• Thirteen begin with S; only two each begin with A or E.
• Nine end in S, while four end in E.
• Six entries tie at 16 points: SCRAPPY, SCRUMPY, SCHLEPP, SCRIMPY, ECHAPPE, and SCHAPPE.

How many 7-letter words have C second and P sixth?

Starting-letter counts make this pattern unusually concentrated: 13 of the 19 entries begin with S. SCRAPPY, SCRUMPY, SCHLEPP, SCHNAPS, and SCRIMPS show how often that cluster appears, while ICECAPS and ECOTYPE prove the pattern is not limited to S.

Ending letters reinforce the same skew. Nine matches finish in S, including ICECAPS, SCHNAPS, and SCHLEPS; four finish in E, including ECOTYPE and ECHAPPE. Only one ends in H, one in P, and one in T, so the final letter narrows the search sharply.

How to search this C-and-P pattern

Dictionary coverage is broad but not universal: Collins accepts 18 of the 19, NWL2023 accepts 14, and ENABLE accepts 11. That gap matters in a tournament game; check your game's word list before committing an unfamiliar entry.

Most entries are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses: only 13 have definitions, and none qualifies as common. SCRAPPY is recognizable, but SCHTUPS, SCROOPS, and YCLEEPE are less likely to come to mind unaided.

Build the shape before hunting for a familiar word: lock C into slot two and P into slot six, then test the five open tiles against possible starts and endings. Do not assume the first letter must be S; six matches start with A, E, I, or Y.

The contrast is sharp beside nearby patterns: 46 words have A second and P sixth, while the C-second, P-sixth combination has just 19. For 7-letter words with C second and P sixth, that narrow count makes each confirmed letter valuable.