7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and F as the 6th letter

Both fixed letters make a tight search: 35 seven-letter entries match E in slot two and F in slot six. The set is skewed toward R at the start and Y or S at the end. Just 3 entries are common by wordfreq, so recognizable words sit beside specialist forms such as JELLIFY and BEPUFFS.

At a glance: the E-and-F pattern

• Exactly 35 entries match both fixed positions; only 3 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• R leads as the first letter, appearing in 12 entries; B and S each start 5.
• Y ends 14 entries and S ends 11; just 6 finish with F.
• JELLIFY tops the score list at 20 points, followed by VERBIFY at 18.

How many 7-letter words have E second and F sixth?

The answer is 35, and the starting-letter spread is unusually lopsided: R accounts for 12, while B and S contribute 5 apiece. If the first letter is unknown, testing R gives you more candidates than either of those next options.

The last letter narrows the pattern in a different way. Y closes 14 words and S closes 11, while F closes 6. BELIEFS and RELIEFS show the final-S route; TESTIFY, RECTIFY, and CERTIFY demonstrate the much larger final-Y group.

How to narrow the E-and-F pattern

• Write the known slots as _E___F_ and test the final letter before guessing the first.
• For familiar vocabulary, try BELIEFS, RELIEFS, TESTIFY, RECTIFY, or CERTIFY; only 3 matches are common by frequency.
• JELLIFY scores 20 Scrabble points and VERBIFY scores 18 before board bonuses, so keep both in mind when scoring matters.
• The closest comparison is the pattern with E in both slots two and six: it has 1,238 matches, far more than this F-ending-slot constraint. Check your game's word list because dictionary coverage varies.