7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter

The most striking feature is how many matches cluster around S: 26 begin with S, and 27 end with S. SPIDERS and OPENERS are recognizable options, while APOZEMS leads the scoring list at 20 points. Just one match falls among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many less familiar entries.

How many 7-letter words have P second and E fifth?

• There are 64 tournament-dictionary matches for the pattern _P__E__.
• S is the most common first letter, appearing in 26 matches.
• S also leads at the final position, ending 27 matches.
• Just one match is common by our frequency cutoff.
• The average score across the matches is 11.5 points.

Which matches are familiar or high-scoring?

Start with SPIDERS, OPENERS, OPULENT, OPPRESS, and SPACERS if you want recognizable candidates. UPFIELD, UPTREND, and APPLETS are further matches.

These examples show why the fixed letters alone do not reveal whether the remaining positions form a familiar word, so test several first letters.

For points, APOZEMS is the standout at 20, followed by SPREEZE at 18. APAREJO and SPIKERY each score 16, while UPSPEAK, UPKEEPS, and UPBREAK score 15 apiece. High scores often come from less familiar vocabulary, so a strong score does not make a word a safe everyday guess.

How should you narrow the pattern?

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 63 of these matches, NWL2023 includes 54, and ENABLE includes 51. That makes the full set broader than any one of those lists; check your game's word list before relying on an obscure candidate. The low common-word count is the other practical limit.

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