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

The repeated P is a narrow pattern: only 13 tournament-dictionary words fit, and none falls in the common-word group. Most begin with U, including UPSLOPE and UPSWEPT; two begin with E, and one begins with A. That gives you a short candidate set, but several entries are uncommon enough to check against your game’s word list.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 13 matches with P in both the second and sixth positions.
• UPKEEPS leads the score list at 15 points; EPITAPH, UPSWEPT, UPHEAPS, and UPWRAPS each score 14.
• Ten matches begin with U, including UPTEMPO, UPSLOPE, and UPSTEPS.
• Six words end in S, while three end in E; the remaining endings are T, H, and O.
• Collins includes all 13 matches, compared with 12 in NWL2023 and 10 in ENABLE.

What do the matching words look like?

The opening letters narrow the search quickly: U accounts for ten matches, while EPITAPH and EPITOPE supply the two E-words and APOCOPE is the lone A-word. If your rack or clue suggests an initial U, try UPTEMPO, UPSLOPE, or UPKEEPS before testing less familiar forms.

The endings offer another useful split. UPKEEPS, UPHEAPS, and UPPROPS all finish in S, while EPITOPE, UPSLOPE, and APOCOPE finish in E. EPITAPH is the only H-ending match, and UPTEMPO is the only O-ending one, so those final letters make strong filters.

How should you use 7-letter words with P second and 6th letters?

For a score-first play, keep UPKEEPS in view: its 15-point total tops this group. EPITAPH, UPSWEPT, UPHEAPS, and UPWRAPS are close behind at 14, while UPTEMPO, APOCOPE, and UPPROPS score 13. Those figures are word scores before any board-square bonuses.

Treat the pattern as a filter, not a promise that a word will be accepted everywhere. The dictionary split leaves three entries out of ENABLE and one out of NWL2023, even though Collins accepts the full set.