7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and C as the 6th letter

Lock in the pattern as _ _ N _ _ C _: the third tile is N, and the sixth is C. CONTACT, FINANCE, CONDUCT, and CONNECT give you recognizable starting points, but only a small share of the full group are common words. Check the first and last letters next; those positions narrow the candidates quickly.

At a glance: the N-third, C-sixth pattern

• Exactly 70 tournament-dictionary words match the seven-letter pattern _ _ N _ _ C _.
• CONTACT, FINANCE, CONDUCT, and CONNECT are familiar examples that fit both fixed positions.
• The most common starting letter is C, with M close behind; P and F follow.
• K is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 27 matches; S and T are the next most common endings.
• Collins has 67 matches, NWL2023 has 45, and ENABLE has 40.

Which 7-letter words have N third and C sixth?

CONTACT, FINANCE, CONDUCT, and CONNECT are the clearest familiar anchors: each places N third and C sixth. The pattern is not limited to C at the start; first-letter counts peak at C with 13, followed closely by M with 12, then P with 9 and F with 8.

Try the endings as another filter. K closes 27 matches, more than S at 13 or T at 11; contact, conduct, and connect all end in T, while finance ends in E. That contrast sorts candidates once the two fixed letters are known, without requiring you to guess every middle tile.

Which matching words score highest in Scrabble?

MANJACK leads the Scrabble scoring list at 22 points, ahead of JANNOCK and JONNOCK at 20 each. FINBACK, HENPECK, and CONJECT each reach 18. These less familiar words beat the everyday anchors on raw tile value, so check their spelling and your rack before dismissing them.

Keep dictionary coverage in view before playing: Collins includes 67 matches, compared with 45 in NWL2023 and 40 in ENABLE. The total counts words found in at least one of those tournament dictionaries, not words accepted by every game. Only 7 are common words, so recognition alone is a poor test of whether a candidate is playable.