7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and G as the 6th letter

The pattern fixes P in position two and G in position six, leaving five other letters to narrow your search. SPRINGS and APOLOGY are familiar options; SPLURGE and UPSURGE add another recognizable pair. Only 2 matches rank among the commonest English words by frequency, so expect plenty of less familiar entries alongside the obvious plays.

The pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 26 entries across the tournament dictionaries.
• S begins 14 matches, making it the most common first letter.
• U starts 6 words; A starts 4, and E starts 2.
• E and S tie as the most common endings, with 10 words each.
• Only 2 matches are common by word-frequency ranking.

Why are there only 26 matches?

The fixed P and G positions produce a much smaller group than nearby patterns. With A in the second position and G in the sixth, the count rises to 136; switching that second letter to O gives 125. P is a tighter filter here, so a short candidate list is expected.

Dictionary coverage varies: all 26 appear in Collins, compared with 18 in NWL2023 and 17 in ENABLE. Nineteen have definitions, but many of the less familiar forms are not everyday vocabulary. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure entry.

Which P-and-G words score highest?

SPLodgy and SPRIGGY each score 14 points, the top listed value for this pattern. APOLOGY, SPRINGY, and SPLURGY follow at 13, alongside UPHANGS, SPREAGH, and SPYINGS. The average score is 11.3, so the set is not dominated by only its two top scorers.

For 7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and G as the 6th letter, test the common-looking options first: SPRINGS, APOLOGY, SPLURGE, and UPSURGE. Then use the ending clue: E and S are tied at 10 apiece, while Y appears 5 times and H just once. Less familiar words such as SPLODGE and SPRIGGY can be scoring candidates, but learn their spellings before a timed turn.