7-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and S as the 5th letter

Read the pattern as two unknown letters, G, one unknown, S, then two unknowns: 30 seven-letter entries fit. The set leans strongly toward an S ending, while familiar-looking examples include Pegasus and digests. Only 2 matches rank among the most common English words, so expect plenty of specialist vocabulary alongside recognizable choices.

7-letter words with G third and S fifth at a glance

• Collins accepts all 30 matches; NWL2023 accepts 21, and ENABLE accepts 18.
• Only 2 entries rank among common English words by frequency.
• A total of 22 matches end in S; the remaining 8 finish with other letters.
• Zygoses and zygosis tie for the highest listed Scrabble score at 20 points.

Which words fit the G-and-S pattern?

Pegasus, auguste, digests, and ingests all place G third and S fifth. Their different openings make them good pattern checks: P, A, D, and I each lead at least one match, while A is the most frequent first letter, with 9 entries.

The final-letter split is more striking. Twenty-two words finish in S, including digests, ingests, and augusts; just 8 end in something else. That makes a final S a strong clue, but not a requirement: auguste ends in E, bogusly in Y, and algesic in C.

The vocabulary is uneven in familiarity. Pegasus and digests are recognizable, but the low common-word count warns against treating the whole set as everyday English. Check your game’s chosen dictionary before building a play around a less familiar entry.

Which matches score most in Scrabble?

Zygoses and zygosis lead at 20 points each, well ahead of bogusly and yogisms at 13. The Z gives both leaders their edge; magisms follows at 12, while avgases scores 11. Pegasus and bagasse each score 10, close to the group’s 9.9-point average.

The scoring leaders are not the most familiar words, and dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 30 matches, compared with 21 in NWL2023 and 18 in ENABLE. A word accepted in one list can be absent from another, so confirm the rules used in your game before playing an obscure scorer.