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

The fixed letters leave four open slots, yet the word list is led by recognizable forms: officer, offered, offices and refused. Collins includes all 164 matches, while NWL2023 includes 133 and ENABLE includes 124. Only 15 count among the commonest English words, so expect plenty of specialist entries alongside familiar vocabulary.

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

• There are 164 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• R starts 36 words, ahead of D with 22 and E with 17.
• S ends 67 words; D ends 53 and R ends 35.
• The average tile score is 13.5, with zaffres and hafizes topping the list at 22.

Which starting and ending letters dominate?

R leads the opening letters, with examples such as refused, refuses, refuge and referee. D is the next strongest start at 22, while E accounts for 17. That makes R a sharper first-letter filter than guessing from the fixed F and E alone.

The endings are even more concentrated: 67 words finish in S, 53 in D and 35 in R. Familiar examples include offices and refuses for S, offered and defined for D, and officer and referee for R. Just three matches end in E, so an E-ending guess is a narrow branch.

How should you use the high scorers?

For 7-letter words with F as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter, zaffres and hafizes are the top scores at 22. Affixed scores 21, while unfazed, affixes and jiffies each score 20. These are score targets, not the most familiar answers; officer and offered are easier words to recognize.

The set contains 142 defined entries but only 15 common words, a useful warning when a rack seems to have no natural solution. Dictionary coverage differs: all 164 appear in Collins, compared with 133 in NWL2023 and 124 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.