7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with E second and A third total 458, including familiar choices such as READING, WEATHER, and TEACHER.

458 wordsTop pick READINGHighest score REAFFIX 20

86 of 458 are everyday words (19%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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R
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3rd letter
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H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
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Z

With E in 2nd place, R is the most common 3rd letter (564 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 86 · most-used first

READING₉
LEADING₉
LEAVING₁₁
REASONS₇
REALITY₁₀
TEACHER₁₂
MEANING₁₀
WEATHER₁₃
LEARNED₈
REACHED₁₃
WEARING₁₁
REALIZE₁₆
FEATURE₁₀
HEARING₁₁
LEADERS₈
HEALTHY₁₆
WEAPONS₁₂
MEASURE₉
DEALING₉
HEAVILY₁₆
SEASONS₇
HEADING₁₂
BEATING₁₀
READERS₈
LEATHER₁₀
REALISE₇
JEALOUS₁₄
HEALING₁₁
BEARING₁₀
WEALTHY₁₆
HEATING₁₁
REACHES₁₂
NEAREST₇
DEALERS₈
BEACHES₁₄
TEACHES₁₂
READILY₁₁
LEAGUES₈
LEANING₈
HEATHER₁₃
HEAVIER₁₃
REACTOR₉
TEARING₈
HEARTED₁₁
SEATING₈
HEAVENS₁₃
LEAKING₁₂
FEATHER₁₃

Showing the top 48 of 86 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 458

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

BEACHED₁₅
BEACHES₁₄
BEACONS₁₁
BEADERS₁₀
BEADIER₁₀
BEADILY₁₃
BEADING₁₁
BEADLES₁₀
BEADMAN₁₂
BEADMEN₁₂
BEAGLED₁₁
BEAGLER₁₀
BEAGLES₁₀
BEAKERS₁₃
BEAKIER₁₃
BEALING₁₀
BEAMERS₁₁
BEAMIER₁₁
BEAMILY₁₄
BEAMING₁₂
BEAMISH₁₄
BEAMLET₁₁
BEANBAG₁₂
BEANERY₁₂
BEANIES₉
BEANING₁₀
BEARCAT₁₁
BEARDED₁₁
BEARDIE₁₀
BEARERS₉
BEARHUG₁₃
BEARING₁₀
BEARISH₁₂
BEARPAW₁₄
BEASTIE₉
BEASTLY₁₂
BEATBOX₁₈
BEATERS₉
BEATHED₁₃
BEATIER₉
BEATIFY₁₅
BEATING₁₀
BEATNIK₁₃
BEAUFET₁₂
BEAUFIN₁₂
BEAUISH₁₂
BEAUTER₉
BEAVERS₁₂
BEAVERY₁₅
CEASING₁₀
CEAZING₁₉
DEACONS₁₀
DEADASS₉
DEADBOY₁₄
DEADENS₉
DEADERS₉
DEADEST₉
DEADEYE₁₂
DEADING₁₀
DEADMAN₁₁
DEADMEN₁₁
DEADPAN₁₁
DEAFENS₁₁
DEAFEST₁₁
DEAFISH₁₄
DEAIRED₉
DEALATE₈
DEALERS₈
DEALIGN₉
DEALING₉
DEANERS₈
DEANERY₁₁
DEANING₉
DEAREST₈
DEARIES₈
DEARING₉
DEARNLY₁₁
DEARTHS₁₁
DEASHED₁₂
DEASHES₁₁
DEASILS₈
DEASIUL₈
DEASOIL₈
DEATHLY₁₄
DEAVING₁₂
FEAGUED₁₂
FEAGUES₁₁
FEALING₁₁
FEARERS₁₀
FEARFUL₁₃
FEARING₁₁
FEASING₁₁
FEASTED₁₁
FEASTER₁₀
FEATEST₁₀
FEATHER₁₃
FEATING₁₁
FEATOUS₁₀
FEATURE₁₀
FEAZING₂₀
GEALING₉
GEALOUS₈
GEARBOX₁₇
GEARING₉
HEADAGE₁₂
HEADEND₁₂
HEADERS₁₁
HEADFUL₁₄
HEADIER₁₁
HEADILY₁₄
HEADING₁₂
HEADMAN₁₃
HEADMEN₁₃
HEADPIN₁₃
HEADRIG₁₂
HEADSET₁₁
HEADWAY₁₇
HEALDED₁₂
HEALEES₁₀
HEALERS₁₀
HEALING₁₁
HEALTHS₁₃
HEALTHY₁₆
HEAPERS₁₂
HEAPIER₁₂
HEAPING₁₃
HEARERS₁₀
HEARING₁₁
HEARKEN₁₄
HEARSAY₁₃
HEARSED₁₁
HEARSES₁₀
HEARTED₁₁
HEARTEN₁₀
HEARTHS₁₃
HEARTLY₁₃
HEASTES₁₀
HEATERS₁₀
HEATHEN₁₃
HEATHER₁₃
HEATING₁₁
HEAUMES₁₂
HEAVENS₁₃
HEAVERS₁₃
HEAVIER₁₃
HEAVIES₁₃
HEAVILY₁₆
HEAVING₁₄
JEALOUS₁₄
KEASARS₁₁
KEAVIES₁₄
LEACHED₁₃
LEACHER₁₂
LEACHES₁₂
LEADENS₈
LEADERS₈
LEADIER₈
LEADING₉
LEADMAN₁₀
LEADMEN₁₀
LEADOFF₁₄
LEAFAGE₁₁
LEAFBUD₁₃
LEAFERS₁₀
LEAFERY₁₃
LEAFIER₁₀
LEAFING₁₁
LEAFLET₁₀
LEAGUED₉
LEAGUER₈
LEAGUES₈
LEAKAGE₁₂
LEAKERS₁₁
LEAKIER₁₁
LEAKILY₁₄
LEAKING₁₂
LEALEST₇
LEAMING₁₀
LEANERS₇
LEANEST₇
LEANING₈
LEAPERS₉
LEAPING₁₀
LEARIER₇
LEARING₈
LEARNED₈
LEARNER₇
LEASERS₇
LEASHED₁₁
LEASHES₁₀
LEASING₈
LEASOWE₁₀
LEASOWS₁₀
LEASURE₇
LEATHER₁₀
LEAVENS₁₀
LEAVERS₁₀
LEAVIER₁₀
LEAVING₁₁
MEACOCK₁₇
MEADERY₁₃
MEADOWS₁₃
MEADOWY₁₆
MEAGRER₁₀
MEAGRES₁₀
MEALERS₉
MEALIER₉
MEALIES₉
MEALING₁₀
MEANDER₁₀
MEANERS₉
MEANEST₉
MEANIES₉
MEANING₁₀
MEARING₁₀
MEASING₁₀
MEASLED₁₀
MEASLES₉
MEASURE₉
MEATAXE₁₆
MEATHES₁₂
MEATIER₉
MEATILY₁₂
MEATMAN₁₁
MEATMEN₁₁
MEAZELS₁₈
NEAFFES₁₃
NEALING₈
NEAPING₁₀
NEAREST₇
NEARING₈
NEARISH₁₀
NEATENS₇
NEATEST₇
NEATNIK₁₁
PEACHED₁₅
PEACHER₁₄
PEACHES₁₄
PEACING₁₂
PEACOAT₁₁
PEACOCK₁₇
PEACODS₁₂
PEAFOWL₁₅
PEAHENS₁₂
PEAKIER₁₃
PEAKING₁₄
PEAKISH₁₆
PEALIKE₁₃
PEALING₁₀
PEANING₁₀
PEANUTS₉
PEAPODS₁₂
PEARCED₁₂
PEARCES₁₁
PEARLED₁₀
PEARLER₉
PEARLIN₉
PEARTER₉
PEARTLY₁₂
PEASANT₉
PEASCOD₁₂
PEASING₁₀
PEATARY₁₂
PEATERY₁₂
PEATIER₉
PEATMAN₁₁
PEATMEN₁₁
PEAVEYS₁₅
PEAVIES₁₂
PEAZING₁₉
REACHED₁₃
REACHER₁₂
REACHES₁₂
REACTED₁₀
REACTOR₉
READAPT₁₀
READDED₁₀
READERS₈
READIED₉
READIER₈
READIES₈
READILY₁₁
READING₉
READMIT₁₀
READOPT₁₀
READORN₈
READOUT₈
REAFFIX₂₀
REAGENT₈
REAGINS₈
REAKING₁₂
REALEST₇
REALGAR₈
REALIAS₇
REALIGN₈
REALISE₇
REALISM₉
REALIST₇
REALITY₁₀
REALIZE₁₆
REALLIE₇
REALLOT₇
REALTER₇
REALTIE₇
REALTOR₇
REAMEND₁₀
REAMERS₉
REAMIER₉
REAMING₁₀
REANNEX₁₄
REAPERS₉
REAPING₁₀
REAPPLY₁₄
REARERS₇
REARGUE₈
REARING₈
REARISE₇
REARMED₁₀
REAROSE₇
REASONS₇
REASTED₈
REAVAIL₁₀
REAVERS₁₀
REAVING₁₁
REAVOWS₁₃
REAWAKE₁₄
REAWOKE₁₄
SEABAGS₁₀
SEABANK₁₃
SEABEDS₁₀
SEABIRD₁₀
SEABOOT₉
SEACOCK₁₅
SEADOGS₉
SEAFOAM₁₂
SEAFOLK₁₄
SEAFOOD₁₁
SEAFOWL₁₃
SEAGIRT₈
SEAGULL₈
SEAHAWK₁₇
SEAHOGS₁₁
SEAKALE₁₁
SEALANT₇
SEALCHS₁₂
SEALERS₇
SEALERY₁₀
SEALGHS₁₁
SEALIFT₁₀
SEALINE₇
SEALING₈
SEALWAX₁₇
SEAMAID₁₀
SEAMARK₁₃
SEAMERS₉
SEAMIER₉
SEAMING₁₀
SEAMSET₉
SEANCES₉
SEANING₈
SEAPORT₉
SEARATS₇
SEARCED₁₀
SEARCES₉
SEAREST₇
SEARING₈
SEASICK₁₃
SEASIDE₈
SEASING₈
SEASONS₇
SEASURE₇
SEATERS₇
SEATING₈
SEAWALL₁₀
SEAWANS₁₀
SEAWANT₁₀
SEAWARD₁₁
SEAWARE₁₀
SEAWAYS₁₃
SEAWEED₁₁
SEAWIFE₁₃
SEAWORM₁₂
SEAZING₁₇
TEABOWL₁₂
TEACAKE₁₃
TEACART₉
TEACHER₁₂
TEACHES₁₂
TEACHIE₁₂
TEACUPS₁₁
TEAGLED₉
TEAGLES₈
TEALIKE₁₁
TEAMERS₉
TEAMING₁₀
TEAPOTS₉
TEAPOYS₁₂
TEARERS₇
TEARFUL₁₀
TEARGAS₈
TEARIER₇
TEARILY₁₀
TEARING₈
TEAROOM₉
TEASELS₇
TEASERS₇
TEASHOP₁₂
TEASING₈
TEATIME₉
TEAWARE₁₀
TEAZELS₁₆
TEAZING₁₇
TEAZLED₁₇
TEAZLES₁₆
VEALERS₁₀
VEALIER₁₀
VEALING₁₁
WEAKENS₁₄
WEAKEST₁₄
WEAKISH₁₇
WEAKONS₁₄
WEALTHS₁₃
WEALTHY₁₆
WEANELS₁₀
WEANERS₁₀
WEANING₁₁
WEAPONS₁₂
WEARERS₁₀
WEARIED₁₁
WEARIER₁₀
WEARIES₁₀
WEARILY₁₃
WEARING₁₁
WEARISH₁₃
WEASAND₁₁
WEASELS₁₀
WEASELY₁₃
WEASONS₁₀
WEATHER₁₃
WEAVERS₁₃
WEAVING₁₄
WEAZAND₂₀
WEAZENS₁₉
YEADING₁₂
YEALDON₁₁
YEALING₁₁
YEALMED₁₃
YEANING₁₁
YEARDED₁₂
YEAREND₁₁
YEARNED₁₁
YEARNER₁₀
YEASTED₁₁
ZEALANT₁₆
ZEALFUL₁₉
ZEALOTS₁₆
ZEALOUS₁₆
ZEATINS₁₆

Letters by positionIn 32% of these words the 5th letter is I.

1st letter

R12%
S12%
B11%

4th letter

R16%
L13%
D12%

5th letter

I32%
E18%
O10%

6th letter

E27%
N22%
R14%

7th letter

S28%
G16%
D10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; REAFFIX tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 35 words
8 points: 44 words
99 points: 56 words
10 points: 91 words
1111 points: 66 words
12 points: 54 words
1313 points: 46 words
14 points: 27 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 13 words
1717 points: 10 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 4 words
20 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
REAFFIX	20	20	All three
FEAZING	20	22	All three
WEAZAND	20	21	All three
CEAZING	19	22	Collins only
PEAZING	19	22	Collins only
WEAZENS	19	20	Collins only
ZEALFUL	19	22	Collins only
BEATBOX	18	20	Collins · NWL
MEAZELS	18	20	Collins only
PEACOCK	17	20	All three
GEARBOX	17	19	All three
HEADWAY	17	15	All three

That fixed E-A pattern yields 458 entries across tournament dictionaries; 388 have definitions, while 86 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. READING, LEADING, and LEAVING are recognizable starting points, with WEATHER and TEACHER close behind. No matching word is a Wordle answer or allowed guess, so use this pattern for other word games. Check your game's dictionary before playing, because lists differ.

7-letter words with E second and A third

The fixed E-A slots yield 458 tournament-dictionary words.
Among them, 86 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
Collins lists 448 matches, NWL2023 lists 352, and ENABLE lists 326; those sets overlap.
R leads 57 words and S leads 56, while B starts 49.
S is the leading ending, appearing on 129 words; G is next with 75.

Which first and last letters narrow the list?

R starts 57 matches, just one more than S at 56; B follows at 49 and L at 48. READING, REASONS, REALITY, and REALIZE show how many familiar options begin with R. Those close counts mean an opening R or S narrows the candidates about equally.

Endings give a stronger filter: 129 words finish in S, compared with 75 in G and 45 in D. REASONS and LEADERS use the dominant S ending; READING and HEADING take G. SEASONS and WEAPONS add more S-ending examples.

When the last letter is known, use it before choosing among the tied R- and S-starting candidates.

Top scores and the Wordle limit

REAFFIX, FEAZING, and WEAZAND each score 20 points. CEAZING, PEAZING, WEAZENS, and ZEALFUL score 19, while BEATBOX scores 18. Those top values belong to less familiar entries, not necessarily the words easiest to spot under a clock.

For 7-letter words with E second and A third, the average score is 11. READING, WEATHER, and TEACHER offer recognizable alternatives, while the score leaders reward checking your rack for unusual combinations. No matching word is a Wordle answer or allowed guess; this pattern is for other word games.

Questions people ask

Are any 7-letter words with E second and A third Wordle answers?

No matching words appear among the Wordle answers or allowed guesses. READING and WEATHER fit the letter pattern, but neither is a Wordle answer in this set. Use the pattern to narrow searches for other word games instead.

Which starting letter is most common in this pattern?

R is the most common starting letter, with 57 words, narrowly ahead of S with 56. B starts 49 and L starts 48. READING, REASONS, and REALITY are recognizable examples of the R group.

What is the highest-scoring word with E second and A third?

REAFFIX, FEAZING, and WEAZAND tie for the highest score at 20 points. CEAZING, PEAZING, WEAZENS, and ZEALFUL score 19. Check the word list used by your game before playing an unfamiliar scorer.

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