7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter

The pattern is G?E????: the first letter is fixed at G, the third at E, and five positions remain open. GREATER, GREATLY, GUESSED and GRENADE are recognizable matches, but just seven of the 91 entries rank among the 25,000 most common English words. Expect a mix of everyday forms and specialist vocabulary.

The G-and-E pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 91 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Collins includes 86; NWL2023 includes 60; ENABLE includes 53.
• Only seven entries fall within the top 25,000 English words.
• Final S is most common at 22, followed by D at 17.
• GEEZAHS scores 20, the top score among these entries.

Which endings are most common in G-first, E-third words?

S closes 22 words, while D closes 17; E and N each close 10. An S ending is more than twice as common as either E or N in this set. But a final S does not guarantee a plural, so use crossing letters to check each candidate.

GREATER and GREATLY show familiar G-R-E openings, while GRENADE and GREENER take different routes through the remaining slots. The fixed letters do not dictate the fourth position: GLEEFUL and GUESSED fit too. Use known crossings to narrow candidates instead of treating GRE- as the only possible opening.

Compare nearby patterns with the same fixed first letter: changing the third letter to A gives 187 matches, while O gives 144. E produces only 91, making this clue narrower than those alternatives. The six-letter G-and-E pattern has 62 matches.

Which 7-letter words with G first and E third score highest?

GEEZAHS leads the Scrabble scores at 20, with GRECQUE and GRECIZE tied at 19; GWEDUCK follows at 18. GEEZERS and GUEREZA score 17 each, while GHERKIN, GEEKDOM, GEEKISH and GJETOST reach 15. The top scores belong to less familiar spellings, not the common GREATER-type words.

That gap matters at the board: check an unfamiliar entry against your game's dictionary before building around it. The pool has 91 tournament-list words, yet only seven are common by the frequency cutoff. For a practical solve, start with GREATER, GUESSED, GREETED or GRENADE; save high scorers for racks and premium squares that suit them.