7-letter words with C as the 3rd letter and A as the 7th letter

Pattern __C___A fixes C in position three and A at the end. Examples range from ARCADIA and FUCHSIA to less familiar KACHINA and MYCELIA. None meets our common-word cutoff, so use the opening letter as your next filter; these entries lean toward specialist vocabulary.

The fixed pattern and standout words

• All 48 matches share the pattern __C___A, with C fixed third and A fixed seventh.
• ARCADIA, FUCHSIA, and RICOTTA offer recognizable anchors among the examples.
• KACHCHA and KUCHCHA lead the Scrabble scores at 21 points apiece.
• None falls inside the common-word top 25,000.

Which letters start these seven-letter words?

A leads the opening letters, with 10 matches; M follows with 7, and B contributes 5. That spread gives you a practical filter when the first tile is known: test A- and M-starting forms before reaching for rarer initials. Only 2 matches begin with C, despite C being the fixed third letter.

The memorable anchors make the pattern easier to scan: ARCADIA, FUCHSIA, RICOTTA, and TOCCATA all fit without changing either fixed tile. Less familiar examples such as DICAMBA and SECRETA show why a blank or crossing letter matters more than a guess based on sound. Treat the opening letter as your next narrowing clue, not a signal that the rest will be common.

Scores and dictionaries for C-third, A-seventh words

These matches are not evenly represented across game dictionaries. Collins contains 44, compared with 34 in NWL2023 and 27 in ENABLE. Those totals describe overlapping lists, not separate piles, so do not add them together as a unique-word count.

Score hunting favors the repeated C-and-H pattern: KACHCHA and KUCHCHA each score 21, while HECKUVA and BACHCHA score 19. EXCRETA and KACHINA still score 16. A high tile score does not guarantee acceptance in your game; check its word list when an unfamiliar play matters.

For a rack search, keep the ending A in place and test the third-position C before spending time on other arrangements. The pattern narrows the field, but it does not make every entry familiar or equally portable between dictionaries.