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

17 7-letter words with G as the 2nd letter and E as the 3rd letter qualify across tournament dictionaries; 15 begin with A.

17 wordsTop pick AGENDASHighest score AGENIZE 17

1 of 17 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

  • 3rd letter
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

With G in 2nd place, N is the most common 3rd letter (24 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 17 · most-used first

  • AGENDAS9
  • AGELESS8
  • AGENDER9
  • AGEUSIA8
  • AGENDUM11
  • AGENTRY11
  • AGEISTS8
  • AGEINGS9
  • AGEISMS10
  • AGELAST8
  • AGELONG9
  • AGEMATE10
  • AGENISE8
  • AGENIZE17
  • AGENTED9
  • EGENCES10
  • EGESTED9
All valid words 17

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • AGEINGS9
  • AGEISMS10
  • AGEISTS8
  • AGELAST8
  • AGELESS8
  • AGELONG9
  • AGEMATE10
  • AGENDAS9
  • AGENDER9
  • AGENDUM11
  • AGENISE8
  • AGENIZE17
  • AGENTED9
  • AGENTRY11
  • AGEUSIA8
  • EGENCES10
  • EGESTED9
Letters by positionIn 88% of these words the 1st letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A88%
  2. E12%
4th letter
  1. N47%
  2. I18%
  3. L18%
5th letter
  1. S18%
  2. D18%
  3. T18%
6th letter
  1. E24%
  2. S18%
  3. T12%
7th letter
  1. S35%
  2. E18%
  3. D12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
AGENIZE1719All three
AGENDUM1115All three
AGENTRY1112All three
AGEISMS1012All three
AGEMATE1012Collins · NWL
EGENCES1013Collins only
AGENDAS911All three
AGENDER911NWL only
AGEINGS912All three
AGELONG913All three
EGESTED910All three
AGENTED911Collins · NWL

That fixed pattern leaves just 17 entries, and the opening-letter split is striking: 15 start with A, while only two start with E. The list ranges from familiar AGENDAS to specialist forms such as AGEUSIA and AGELAST. Only one entry meets the common-word cutoff, so expect a clue-solving pool rather than a bank of everyday vocabulary. Thirteen entries have definitions available, but many forms remain unfamiliar.

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

  • All 17 matches place G and E in positions two and three.
  • 15 begin with A; the other two begin with E.
  • Six end in S, the largest ending group; three end in E.
  • AGENIZE leads the Scrabble scores at 17 points; AGENDAS scores 9.
  • The average score is 9.6, well below AGENIZE’s 17.

How do the dictionary counts compare?

The tournament lists do not agree on every entry: Collins has 16, NWL2023 has 13, and ENABLE has 10. AGENIZE and AGENDAS are approachable examples to scan first, while AGENDER, AGEISMS, and AGELONG show how a shared AGE opening branches into less familiar vocabulary. Only one entry falls among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so a valid tournament entry is not necessarily an everyday answer.

Thirteen of the 17 entries have definitions available, but the pattern is still vocabulary-heavy: AGEUSIA, AGELAST, and AGELONG are less likely to surface in ordinary play than AGENDAS.

How can you narrow the pattern?

Lock G and E into slots two and three before testing endings: S accounts for six matches, compared with E at three, while D appears twice. An S-ending trial is a stronger first branch than checking a single-use ending such as G, M, R, or T. The 7-letter words with G as the 2nd letter and E as the 3rd letter vary by dictionary: Collins includes 16, versus 13 in NWL2023 and 10 in ENABLE.

Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar form.

For perspective, keeping E third but changing G to R yields 462 seven-letter matches; the G/E pairing is a much narrower filter.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have G second and E third?
There are 17 tournament-dictionary matches with G in the second position and E in the third. Fifteen start with A, and the remaining two start with E, making the opening letter a quick way to narrow the pattern.
Which word scores highest in this pattern?
AGENIZE is the top scorer at 17 Scrabble points. AGENDUM and AGENTRY follow at 11 points each, while AGENDAS scores 9. Those are base word scores; a board premium can change the points in an actual play.
Do all dictionaries accept the same words?
No. Collins includes 16 matches, NWL2023 includes 13, and ENABLE includes 10. Since those totals differ, check the word list used in your game before relying on an unfamiliar match such as AGEUSIA or EGENCES.

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