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

7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and S as the 7th letter number 223, from familiar SPECIES to high-scoring APOZEMS.

223 wordsTop pick SPECIESHighest score APOZEMS 20

16 of 223 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

7th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With P in 2nd place, S is the most common 7th letter (223 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 16 · most-used first

SPECIES₁₁
APPEARS₁₁
OPTIONS₉
UPDATES₁₀
SPRINGS₁₀
APPLIES₁₁
APPEALS₁₁
SPIRITS₉
SPIDERS₁₀
UPWARDS₁₃
SPREADS₁₀
SPOUSES₉
SPHERES₁₂
OPPOSES₁₁
SPROUTS₉
UPLOADS₁₀

All valid words 223

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

APACHES₁₄
APEDOMS₁₂
APERCUS₁₁
APERIES₉
APHESES₁₂
APHESIS₁₂
APHIDES₁₃
APICALS₁₁
APLITES₉
APLOMBS₁₃
APNOEAS₉
APODOUS₁₀
APOGEES₁₀
APOLLOS₉
APOLOGS₁₀
APORIAS₉
APOZEMS₂₀
APPAIRS₁₁
APPALLS₁₁
APPEALS₁₁
APPEARS₁₁
APPENDS₁₂
APPLETS₁₁
APPLIES₁₁
APPORTS₁₁
APPOSES₁₁
APPRESS₁₁
APROPOS₁₁
APSARAS₉
APSIDES₁₀
APTNESS₉
APTOTES₉
EPACRIS₁₁
EPARCHS₁₄
EPATERS₉
EPAULES₉
EPEIRAS₉
EPHEBES₁₄
EPHEBOS₁₄
EPHEBUS₁₄
EPHELIS₁₂
EPIGONS₁₀
EPILOGS₁₀
EPIMERS₁₁
EPINAOS₉
EPOCHAS₁₄
EPONYMS₁₄
EPOPEES₁₁
EPOXIES₁₆
IPECACS₁₃
OPACOUS₁₁
OPAQUES₁₈
OPCODES₁₂
OPENERS₉
OPERONS₉
OPHITES₁₂
OPIATES₉
OPIOIDS₁₀
OPPOSES₁₁
OPPRESS₁₁
OPPUGNS₁₂
OPTANTS₉
OPTIMES₁₁
OPTIONS₉
SPACERS₁₁
SPADERS₁₀
SPADOES₁₀
SPAHEES₁₂
SPAINGS₁₀
SPALLES₉
SPARERS₉
SPARGES₁₀
SPARIDS₁₀
SPARKES₁₃
SPARRES₉
SPARTHS₁₂
SPATHES₁₂
SPAULDS₁₀
SPAVIES₁₂
SPAVINS₁₂
SPAYADS₁₃
SPAZZES₂₇
SPECIES₁₁
SPEEDOS₁₀
SPEISES₉
SPENCES₁₁
SPENSES₉
SPEOSES₉
SPERRES₉
SPERSES₉
SPEWERS₁₂
SPHAERS₁₂
SPHEARS₁₂
SPHENES₁₂
SPHERES₁₂
SPICERS₁₁
SPIDERS₁₀
SPIGHTS₁₃
SPIGOTS₁₀
SPIKERS₁₃
SPILTHS₁₂
SPINALS₉
SPINARS₉
SPINELS₉
SPINETS₉
SPINORS₉
SPINOUS₉
SPINTOS₉
SPIRALS₉
SPIREAS₉
SPIREMS₁₁
SPIRICS₁₁
SPIRITS₉
SPITALS₉
SPITZES₁₈
SPLAKES₁₃
SPLEENS₉
SPLENTS₉
SPLICES₁₁
SPLIFFS₁₅
SPLINES₉
SPLINTS₉
SPLORES₉
SPLURTS₉
SPONGES₁₀
SPOSHES₁₂
SPOUSES₉
SPRAINS₉
SPRANGS₁₀
SPRAWLS₁₂
SPREADS₁₀
SPREDDS₁₁
SPRINGS₁₀
SPRINTS₉
SPRITES₉
SPROUTS₉
SPRUCES₁₁
SPRUIKS₁₃
SPRUITS₉
SPULYES₁₂
SPUMOUS₁₁
SPUNGES₁₀
SPURGES₁₀
SPURNES₉
SPUTUMS₁₁
SPYINGS₁₃
UPBEARS₁₁
UPBEATS₁₁
UPBINDS₁₂
UPBLOWS₁₄
UPBOILS₁₁
UPBRAYS₁₄
UPCASTS₁₁
UPCOILS₁₁
UPCOMES₁₃
UPCURLS₁₁
UPDARTS₁₀
UPDATES₁₀
UPDIVES₁₃
UPDRAGS₁₁
UPDRAWS₁₃
UPDRIES₁₀
UPFILLS₁₂
UPFLOWS₁₅
UPFOLDS₁₃
UPFURLS₁₂
UPGANGS₁₁
UPGAZES₁₉
UPGIRDS₁₁
UPGROWS₁₃
UPHANGS₁₃
UPHAUDS₁₃
UPHEAPS₁₄
UPHILLS₁₂
UPHOLDS₁₃
UPHROES₁₂
UPHURLS₁₂
UPKEEPS₁₅
UPKNITS₁₃
UPLANDS₁₀
UPLEADS₁₀
UPLEANS₉
UPLEAPS₁₁
UPLIFTS₁₂
UPLINKS₁₃
UPLOADS₁₀
UPLOCKS₁₅
UPLOOKS₁₃
UPMAKES₁₅
UPPILES₁₁
UPPINGS₁₂
UPPROPS₁₃
UPRATES₉
UPREARS₉
UPRESTS₉
UPRISES₉
UPRISTS₉
UPROARS₉
UPROLLS₉
UPROOTS₉
UPSELLS₉
UPSENDS₁₀
UPSHOTS₁₂
UPSIDES₁₀
UPSIZES₁₈
UPSOARS₉
UPSTAYS₁₂
UPSTEPS₁₁
UPSTIRS₉
UPSWAYS₁₅
UPTAKES₁₃
UPTALKS₁₃
UPTEARS₉
UPTICKS₁₅
UPTILTS₉
UPTIMES₁₁
UPTOWNS₁₂
UPTURNS₉
UPWAFTS₁₅
UPWARDS₁₃
UPWELLS₁₂
UPWINDS₁₃
UPWRAPS₁₄

Letters by positionIn 37% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S37%
U35%
A14%

3rd letter

I12%
A11%
R9%

4th letter

I15%
R13%
E13%

5th letter

A13%
E12%
O9%

6th letter

E30%
T11%
R10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; APOZEMS tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 64 words
10 points: 30 words
1111 points: 43 words
12 points: 34 words
1313 points: 26 words
14 points: 11 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 1 words
1717 points: 0 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
APOZEMS	20	22	Collins only
UPGAZES	19	22	All three
OPAQUES	18	20	All three
SPITZES	18	19	All three
UPSIZES	18	20	Collins · NWL
EPOXIES	16	17	All three
SPLIFFS	15	17	All three
UPTICKS	15	18	All three
UPKEEPS	15	18	All three
UPFLOWS	15	18	All three
UPLOCKS	15	19	Collins only
UPMAKES	15	18	Collins only

The pattern is _P____S: P is fixed in slot two, and S closes every match. That still leaves a wide range of opening letters and word types. SPECIES, APPEARS, OPTIONS, and UPDATES are recognizable examples; the score leader is much less familiar. Use the starting-letter split to narrow a search before scanning individual entries.

At a glance: the P-second, S-last pattern

Every match has P in position two and S in position seven.
S starts 82 matches; U starts 77.
A is the next most common opening, with 32 matches.
Only 16 entries qualify as common English words.
APOZEMS tops the score list at 20 points.

Which letters start these words?

S leads with 82 matches, U follows with 77, and A contributes 32. E has 17 and O has 14; I appears only once. When the fixed letters are already known, try an S- or U-opening before spending time on a rarer start.

The opening tile is the main choice left to solve. SPECIES and SPRINGS show the S route; UPDATES and UPWARDS show U. Just 16 matches are common, so many dictionary hits are specialist rather than everyday words.

Familiar-looking patterns do not guarantee that every match will feel familiar.

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

These words appear in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, but the counts overlap: Collins includes 219, NWL2023 162, and ENABLE 153. Do not add those figures to estimate a larger set; they are dictionary memberships among the same 223 matches. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Scoring offers another way to narrow the options. APOZEMS scores 20, UPGAZES 19, and OPAQUES, SPITZES, and UPSIZES each score 18. The average score is 11.2, but that does not make a high-scoring word the right board play; premium squares and the rack still matter.

There are no answers in the five-letter game or allowed guesses. For a rack game, start with the known P and final S, then test S- and U-openings. This pattern is a letter-placement clue, not a route to a Wordle solution.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have P second and S last?

There are 223 matching words. The fixed letters leave five positions open, and the opening is most often S or U. Familiar examples include SPECIES, APPEARS, OPTIONS, and UPDATES, while many other matches are less common.

What are some common words with P second and S last?

SPECIES, APPEARS, OPTIONS, and UPDATES fit the pattern. Only 16 matches qualify as common, so familiar examples make up a small slice of the full set. The opening-letter counts point first to S and U when you are searching.

Are any of these words Wordle answers or allowed guesses?

No matching entries appear in either the Wordle answer list or the allowed-guess list. The pattern can still help with word games that use seven-letter entries, but it will not narrow a Wordle solution. For rack play, check an unfamiliar word against your game's dictionary.

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

Common words 16 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

At a glance: the P-second, S-last pattern

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

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