7-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and S as the 6th letter

Fixing E in position three and S in position six leaves 93 seven-letter choices, but only 7 rank among common English words. Recognizable options include PRECISE, PREMISE, CHEMIST, and CLEANSE; QUERIST and CHEMISM are less familiar. The set is selective: changing the sixth letter from S to E yields 752 matches.

At a glance: the E-and-S pattern

• The tournament-dictionary union contains 93 matches; only 7 rank as common English words.
• P is the most common opening, beginning 21 matches.
• T ends 31 entries, more than any other final letter.
• Collins includes 91 matches, compared with 73 in NWL2023 and 70 in ENABLE.

7-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and S as the 6th letter

The examples span several familiar word families. The set includes USELESS, DEEPEST, OVERUSE, ONENESS, and EYELESS, alongside PRECISE and CHEMIST. Many have a recognizable ending, but their first letters vary: P leads with 21 entries, while A and C each start 9.

Keep the fixed E and S in place, then test P in the first square before spending turns on rarer initials. The endings cluster around T, S, and E: 31 words finish in T, 20 in S, and 19 in E. H follows at 13.

One common slip is treating the sixth-position S as the final letter. A seventh tile still follows it: PRECISE ends in E, while CHEMIST ends in T.

Which matches score highest?

WHEYISH leads the scoring list at 19 points in Scrabble. The average score across the pattern is 10.7, so this standout sits well above the typical entry.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins has 91 matches, NWL2023 has 73, and ENABLE has 70. A word in the combined set can still be absent from your game's lexicon, so check its accepted list before playing.