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

264 7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter fit this pattern, from familiar CERTAIN to top-scoring MEZQUIT.

264 wordsTop pick CERTAINHighest score MEZQUIT 27

24 of 264 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With E in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (1,238 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 24 · most-used first

CERTAIN₉
BENEFIT₁₂
GENETIC₁₀
DEPOSIT₁₀
GENERIC₁₀
DEFICIT₁₃
TERRAIN₇
RECRUIT₉
GENESIS₈
DESPAIR₁₀
PENGUIN₁₀
CERAMIC₁₃
REFRAIN₁₀
SEISMIC₁₁
MERMAID₁₂
RECLAIM₁₁
CENTRIC₁₁
REVISIT₁₀
NEMESIS₉
DEMONIC₁₂
GERMAIN₁₀
MELODIC₁₂
AEROBIC₁₁
GENOMIC₁₂

All valid words 264

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

AECIDIA₁₀
AERADIO₈
AEROBIA₉
AEROBIC₁₁
AETATIS₇
BEARDIE₁₀
BEASTIE₉
BEATNIK₁₃
BEAUFIN₁₂
BEDAWIN₁₃
BEDEVIL₁₃
BEDOUIN₁₀
BEDRAIL₁₀
BEGONIA₁₀
BENEFIC₁₄
BENEFIT₁₂
BENTHIC₁₄
BENZOIC₂₀
BENZOIN₁₈
BESTAIN₉
BESTRID₁₀
BEVOMIT₁₄
CECITIS₁₁
CELOMIC₁₃
CELOSIA₉
CENTRIC₁₁
CEPHEID₁₅
CERAMIC₁₃
CERASIN₉
CERATIN₉
CERESIN₉
CEROTIC₁₁
CERTAIN₉
CESSPIT₁₁
CESTOID₁₀
CESTUIS₉
DEASOIL₈
DECLAIM₁₂
DECURIA₁₀
DEFICIT₁₃
DEGAMIS₁₁
DEICTIC₁₂
DEISTIC₁₀
DELIMIT₁₀
DELIRIA₈
DELPHIC₁₅
DELPHIN₁₃
DELTAIC₁₀
DELTOID₉
DEMERIT₁₀
DEMONIC₁₂
DEMOTIC₁₂
DENARII₈
DENTOID₉
DEONTIC₁₀
DEORBIT₁₀
DEPOSIT₁₀
DERMOID₁₁
DESMOID₁₁
DESPAIR₁₀
DESPOIL₁₀
DESTAIN₈
DETRAIN₈
DEUTZIA₁₇
DEWANIS₁₁
DEXTRIN₁₅
FEDARIE₁₁
FELICIA₁₂
FEMINIE₁₂
GELATIN₈
GELATIS₈
GEMCLIP₁₄
GENERIC₁₀
GENESIS₈
GENETIC₁₀
GENOMIC₁₂
GEORGIC₁₁
GEOSMIN₁₀
GERMAIN₁₀
HEADPIN₁₃
HEADRIG₁₂
HEBETIC₁₄
HEDARIM₁₃
HEDONIC₁₃
HEGARIS₁₁
HEISHIS₁₃
HELCOID₁₃
HEMATIC₁₄
HEMATIN₁₂
HENOTIC₁₂
HEPARIN₁₂
HEPATIC₁₄
HERETIC₁₂
HERSHIP₁₅
HEXADIC₂₀
HEXYLIC₂₂
JEHADIS₁₈
JEOFAIL₁₇
JETFOIL₁₇
KENOSIS₁₁
KENOTIC₁₃
KERAMIC₁₅
KERATIN₁₁
KETONIC₁₃
KETOSIS₁₁
KETOTIC₁₃
LECHAIM₁₄
LEGITIM₁₀
LEGUMIN₁₀
LEHAYIM₁₅
LENTOID₈
LEPORID₁₀
LEVITIC₁₂
LEVULIN₁₀
LEWISIA₁₀
LEXEMIC₁₈
MECONIC₁₃
MECONIN₁₁
MEGABIT₁₂
MEGAHIT₁₃
MEHNDIS₁₃
MEIOSIS₉
MEIOTIC₁₁
MEISHIS₁₂
MELANIC₁₁
MELANIN₉
MELODIA₁₀
MELODIC₁₂
MEMETIC₁₃
MERISIS₉
MERMAID₁₂
MEROPIA₁₁
MEROPIC₁₃
MESONIC₁₁
MESQUIN₁₈
MESQUIT₁₈
METOPIC₁₃
MEZQUIT₂₇
NEATNIK₁₁
NECKTIE₁₃
NEGROID₉
NEINEIS₇
NEMATIC₁₁
NEMESIA₉
NEMESIS₉
NEPHRIC₁₄
NEPOTIC₁₁
NERITIC₉
NEROLIS₇
NEUROID₈
NEUSTIC₉
OESTRIN₇
PEARLIN₉
PECULIA₁₁
PEDESIS₁₀
PEDETIC₁₂
PEDRAIL₁₀
PELAGIC₁₂
PELITIC₁₁
PELORIA₉
PELORIC₁₁
PEMPHIX₂₃
PENGUIN₁₀
PENICIL₁₁
PENTHIA₁₂
PERACID₁₂
PERCOID₁₂
PERIDIA₁₀
PERIWIG₁₃
PEROGIE₁₀
PEROGIS₁₀
PEROXID₁₇
PERTAIN₉
PETSAIS₉
PETUNIA₉
READMIT₁₀
REAFFIX₂₀
REALLIE₇
REALTIE₇
REAVAIL₁₀
REBEGIN₁₀
RECLAIM₁₁
RECRUIT₉
RECTRIX₁₆
REDBAIT₁₀
REDSKIN₁₂
REDTAIL₈
REECHIE₁₂
REEQUIP₁₈
REFRAIN₁₀
REFUGIA₁₁
REGALIA₈
REISHIS₁₀
RELAXIN₁₄
REMANIE₉
REMORID₁₀
RENVOIS₁₀
REPOSIT₉
REPUNIT₉
RESILIN₇
RESPLIT₉
RETRAIN₇
RETRAIT₇
REVERIE₁₀
REVISIT₁₀
SEAMAID₁₀
SEBACIC₁₃
SEBASIC₁₁
SEBIFIC₁₄
SEDARIM₁₀
SEDILIA₈
SEEDLIP₁₀
SEISMIC₁₁
SELENIC₉
SEMATIC₁₁
SEMEMIC₁₃
SEMIFIT₁₂
SENARII₇
SENECIO₉
SENITIS₇
SENOPIA₉
SENSEIS₇
SEQUOIA₁₆
SERAFIN₁₀
SERICIN₉
SESELIS₇
SEXFOIL₁₇
SEXTAIN₁₄
TEACHIE₁₂
TECHNIC₁₄
TECTRIX₁₆
TELESIS₇
TELOMIC₁₁
TENDRIL₈
TENIOID₈
TEREBIC₁₁
TERRAIN₇
TERROIR₇
TESTRIL₇
TETANIC₉
VEDALIA₁₁
VEGANIC₁₃
VELARIA₁₀
VELARIC₁₂
VENATIC₁₂
VENEFIC₁₅
VENTAIL₁₀
VERIDIC₁₃
VERMEIL₁₂
VERVAIN₁₃
VESPOID₁₃
VESSAIL₁₀
WEBMAIL₁₄
WEIRDIE₁₁
WESTLIN₁₀
WETSUIT₁₀
XERAFIN₁₇
XERASIA₁₄
XEROSIS₁₄
XEROTIC₁₆
ZEBRAIC₂₀
ZEBROID₁₉
ZECCHIN₂₃
ZETETIC₁₈

Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 7th letter is C.

1st letter

R11%
D11%
P9%

3rd letter

R16%
N11%
L10%

4th letter

A18%
O16%
T10%

5th letter

T14%
A11%
R11%

7th letter

C26%
N16%
S11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; MEZQUIT tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 17 words
8 points: 16 words
99 points: 34 words
10 points: 52 words
1111 points: 36 words
12 points: 31 words
1313 points: 29 words
14 points: 16 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 4 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 7 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 4 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 2 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
MEZQUIT	27	29	All three
ZECCHIN	23	25	All three
PEMPHIX	23	25	All three
HEXYLIC	22	22	Collins · NWL
BENZOIC	20	23	All three
REAFFIX	20	20	All three
ZEBRAIC	20	22	All three
HEXADIC	20	20	All three
ZEBROID	19	20	All three
BENZOIN	18	21	All three
JEHADIS	18	19	Collins · NWL
REEQUIP	18	20	All three

The pattern fixes two of seven slots: _ E _ _ _ I _. The remaining letters make everyday choices such as BENEFIT, DEPOSIT and TERRAIN possible alongside specialist entries such as MEZQUIT and ZECCHIN. Only 24 matches rank among the most common English words, so many entries are less familiar.

The pattern and its standouts at a glance

264 tournament-dictionary words have E in slot two and I in slot six.
CERTAIN, BENEFIT and DEPOSIT are recognizable examples.
MEZQUIT leads the scoring list with 27 points.
C is the most common final letter, with 69 matches.
Collins includes 254 matches, compared with 204 in NWL2023 and 181 in ENABLE.

Which 7-letter words fit E second and I sixth?

The recognizable matches include CERTAIN, BENEFIT, GENETIC, DEPOSIT and TERRAIN; each keeps E and I in the required slots while using a different mix of letters. GENESIS, PENGUIN, CERAMIC and RECRUIT show how widely the other positions can vary. GENETIC closes with C, the pattern’s most frequent final letter.

Final-letter counts offer a useful filter when you know the last square. C endings lead with 69 words, followed by N with 43; S and A have 29 and 25 respectively. Test C first when the final letter is unknown, then branch to N.

That ranking narrows the search without ruling out the less common endings.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

MEZQUIT tops the scoring list at 27 points, ahead of ZECCHIN and PEMPHIX at 23 each. HEXYLIC scores 22, while BENZOIC and REAFFIX reach 20. Those tile totals make the specialist words stand out, but premium squares and cross-words change a board score.

The full pool is not equally familiar or accepted in every game: Collins has 254 matches, while ENABLE has 181. Check your game’s word list before committing to a less familiar entry. For a more recognizable starting point, try CERTAIN, BENEFIT or DEPOSIT; all preserve the same two fixed letters.

Questions people ask

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

There are 264 matches in the tournament-dictionary lists. Familiar examples include CERTAIN, BENEFIT and DEPOSIT, while MEZQUIT and ZECCHIN are less familiar entries. The pattern leaves five positions open, so the words vary widely beyond their shared E and I.

Which final letter appears most often in these words?

C is the most common final letter, with 69 matching words. N comes next with 43, followed by S with 29 and A with 25. If you know the word ends in C, that ending gives you the largest group to check first.

What is the highest-scoring word matching this pattern?

MEZQUIT is the highest scorer at 27 points. ZECCHIN and PEMPHIX each score 23, with HEXYLIC at 22. These are tile scores before board bonuses, so a premium square or a crossing word can change the total in play.

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