7-letter words with S as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter

The pattern is _S_C___, and its small set mixes familiar forms like PSYCHIC with rarer entries such as ISOCHOR and USUCAPT. Five words start with P, while only one of the ten ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. That makes the first letter a strong clue, but familiarity alone will not identify every playable entry.

7-letter words with S as the 2nd letter and C as the 4th letter

• Ten tournament-dictionary words match the _S_C___ pattern.
• Five begin with P; PSYCHIC, PSYCHED, PSYCHOS, and PSYCHES are examples.
• Four end in S: PSYCHOS, PSYCHES, ASHCANS, and PSOCIDS.
• Only one match is common by English word-frequency ranking.
• PSYCHIC leads the score list at 19 points.

Why do so many matches begin with P?

P accounts for half the matches, chiefly through the PSYCH- cluster: PSYCHIC, PSYCHED, PSYCHOS, and PSYCHES. Those four share their opening letters, so a known P at the start narrows the search sharply without settling the final letters.

The remaining five start with A, I, or U. ASOCIAL and ASHCANS give you the A options; ISOCHOR and USUCAPT are much less familiar. Only one match is common, so a plausible-looking pattern is not a reliable test of how well you know the word.

Which matching word scores highest?

PSYCHIC scores 19 points, ahead of PSYCHED at 18. PSYCHOS and PSYCHES each score 17, while ASHCAKE reaches 16. The top four all start with P, but ASHCAKE shows that a different opening can still carry a strong score.

ASHCANS, ISOCHOR and PSOCIDS tie at 12, while ASOCIAL scores just 9, the lowest of the ten. The gap between first and last is a full 10 points.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins lists all 10 matches, NWL2023 lists nine, and ENABLE lists eight. Nine have definitions, but most are uncommon; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.