7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and N as the 4th letter

The pattern is _E_N___: E is fixed in slot two, N in slot four, and five letters remain open. MEANING, REUNION, LEANING and PEANUTS show how options start with different consonants. Only 11 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect the full set to include specialist and uncommon forms.

At a glance for the E-N pattern

• 186 entries match this seven-letter pattern in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins includes 182 matches; NWL2023 has 134 and ENABLE has 122.
• 72 matches end in S, while G is the next most common final letter with 33.
• R leads the starting letters with 25 words; P follows with 23.
• Just 11 matches fall among the most frequent English words, making familiar examples a minority.

7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and N as the 4th letter

The dictionary totals overlap, so they are not additive: the same word can appear in more than one source. Collins covers 182 matches, compared with 134 in NWL2023 and 122 in ENABLE. A tournament player's accepted list depends on the game's chosen lexicon; check it when an entry matters.

Examples range from MEANING, TEENAGE, REUNION and LEANING to REENTRY, REMNANT and KENNELS. R leads the starting-letter spread with 25 words, followed by P at 23 and T at 18. Once E and N are fixed, test likely opening letters rather than cycling randomly through all seven slots.

Which words score highest?

For 7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and N as the 4th letter, the ending is a strong filter: 72 finish in S and 33 in G. PEANUTS and PENNIES show the S ending; LEANING and WEANING end in G. If your rack or crossing tiles leave the final slot open, try those common endings before searching rarer forms.

Scrabble score leaders include REENJOY at 17 points, while BEKNOWN, DEINDEX and BEKNAVE each score 16. Those totals reward the J, K and X tiles, not word familiarity.

MEANING is more recognizable, and KEYNOTE scores 14. If your clue length changes, the same letter pattern has 134 six-letter matches and 87 five-letter matches.