7-letter words with C as the 3rd letter and G as the 6th letter

The pattern is _ _ C _ _ G _, with both fixed tiles doing more work than a starting-letter clue. Only one entry meets the common-word cutoff, though 14 have definitions. PACKAGE is the familiar anchor; ACCINGE and ESCUAGE show how quickly the remaining choices shift into specialist vocabulary.

Counts, endings and top scores at a glance

• Exactly 17 tournament-dictionary words place C third and G sixth.
• Collins covers 16 matches; NWL2023 has 12 and ENABLE has 10.
• PACKAGE and MOCKAGE tie at 16 Scrabble points; DOCKAGE scores 15.
• Nine end in S, while eight end in E; only one meets the common-word cutoff.

Which matches score highest?

PACKAGE and MOCKAGE share the top raw score at 16; DOCKAGE follows at 15. LOCKAGE and SACKAGE are next at 14, so the K-heavy endings carry the strongest scores in the leading group. FACINGS reaches 13, despite looking less like a familiar base word.

For a rack or board search, try PACKAGE first when its letters fit, then compare MOCKAGE and DOCKAGE rather than assuming every -AGE form scores alike. Their starts differ, but their shared C-third, G-sixth frame makes them easy to confuse in a pattern search.

Endings are almost evenly split: S appears nine times and E eight. That makes the final tile a poor shortcut for choosing between candidates; use the fixed G as your anchor, then let board crossings settle the ending. The three P-starting words are PACKAGE, PACINGS, and PICONGS.

How tight is the C third, G sixth pattern?

The fixed sixth letter is restrictive: keeping C third but changing G to E produces 374 seven-letter matches. If a crossing tile leaves that position uncertain, test another sixth-letter pattern before cycling through first letters. Changing C to R while keeping G sixth gives 100 matches, also far more than this set.

For 7-letter words with C 3rd and G 6th, Collins is the broadest of the three named tournament lists, but it still does not include every match. The dictionary counts overlap. PACKAGE offers a familiar test case, while ACCINGE, PICONGS, and SOCCAGE deserve a check against your game's word list before play.

First letters are scattered: P leads with three entries, while A, D, L, and S each start two. When a clue fixes both interior tiles, scan the full pattern before guessing the first letter; the small set does not cluster around one obvious beginning.