7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and S as the 4th letter

That fixed pattern gives you a focused search: P begins each word, S sits in slot four, and five letters remain open. The set ranges from everyday choices such as PASSION and PASSAGE to the high-scoring PERSPEX. Only 27 entries are common by frequency, so a familiar-looking start does not guarantee an everyday word.

The P-and-S pattern at a glance

• 218 words start with P and place S in the fourth position.
• Only 27 of the entries fall among the commonest English words.
• The list includes 174 words with definitions.
• PERSPEX leads the listed Scrabble scores at 18 points; PHYSICS follows at 17.
• A total of 66 words end in S, the most frequent final letter in this set.
• The pattern has 210 Collins entries, 170 NWL2023 entries, and 155 ENABLE entries.

How do these seven-letter words finish?

S is the standout ending: 66 matches finish with it, nearly a third of the 218-word set. PRESENT, PASSING, and PLASTIC show how the fixed fourth letter can lead to very different endings, while PASSION and PERSONS both finish in S.

The next endings are E with 24 words and R with 22; G follows at 20. That makes an S-ending a strong first check when your final tile is unknown, but it is not a rule: PRESENT ends in T, and PLASTIC ends in C.

For a nearby pattern with the same starting letter, the fourth-letter T group has 293 matches, 75 more than this S group. The fixed middle letter changes the size of the search substantially.

Which P-and-S words score well in Scrabble?

PERSPEX is the top scorer at 18 points, with PHYSICS at 17. PASSKEY, PHISHED, PADSHAH, and PHYSEDS each score 16, while PRESHOW and PHYSIOS reach 15. These are tile scores before any premium-square bonuses.

The high-value options are not all obvious everyday words: PERSPEX and PHYSICS carry more score potential than familiar PASSION or PASSAGE. Check that a candidate fits both fixed slots before spending a turn; a strong score cannot rescue a miss on position four.

Dictionary coverage differs across the set: Collins lists 210 matches, NWL2023 lists 170, and ENABLE lists 155. The full group is not a promise that every word works in every game, so check your game's word list when a less familiar entry matters.