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

The pattern is _EP____: E occupies the second slot, P the third, and the other five letters can vary. Reports, replace, and deposit show familiar possibilities. Only 20 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so the pattern includes many less everyday entries too.

A quick look at the E-P pattern

• The pattern _EP____ has 161 tournament-dictionary matches.
• R starts 71 matches, nearly three times D’s 25.
• S ends 61 words; E is the next most common final letter, with 37.
• Reports, replace, depends, replied, and deposit illustrate the range of familiar matches.

Which 7-letter words have E second and P third?

R dominates the first slot, appearing in 71 matches. Reports, replace, replied, replies, and reprint all begin with R; depends, deposit, depicts, and deprive show the D group. Check R-first candidates early, but do not assume every match starts that way: P begins 17 words.

The ending offers another useful clue. S closes 61 words, including reports, repairs, replies, and replays; E ends 37, as in replace, peptide, and replete. Many S-ending examples look like plurals, but the pattern alone cannot tell you which word fits your clue.

Scoring 7-letter words with E second and P third

Zephyrs tops the scoring examples at 24 points. Zeppole, zeppoli, and peptize each score 20, while repique and reprize score 18. Those high totals come from valuable letters; premium board squares can raise a Scrabble play further.

The average score is 11.4, but most matches are not everyday vocabulary: only 20 are common by frequency. Dictionary coverage differs too: Collins has 159 matches, NWL2023 has 133, and ENABLE has 119. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.