7-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

399 7-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter match this pattern, including besides, visited, and muscles.

399 wordsTop pick BESIDESHighest score UPSIZED 19

28 of 399 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
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Z

6th letter
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With S in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (399 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 28 · most-used first

BESIDES₁₀
VISITED₁₁
ASSUMED₁₀
DESIRED₉
MUSCLES₁₁
ASSURED₈
DESIRES₈
RESCUED₁₀
TISSUES₇
ASSUMES₉
INSIDER₈
RESUMED₁₀
INSURED₈
ENSURES₇
CASHIER₁₂
ENSURED₈
RESIDES₈
INSURER₇
CASTLES₉
RESUMES₉
MOSQUES₁₈
RESIDED₉
DOSSIER₈
RESCUES₉
ASSURES₇
PUSSIES₉
HUSKIES₁₄
INSIDES₈

All valid words 399

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

ALSIKES₁₁
ANSATED₈
APSIDES₁₀
ARSHEEN₁₀
ARSINES₇
ASSAYED₁₁
ASSAYER₁₀
ASSEVER₁₀
ASSIZED₁₇
ASSIZER₁₆
ASSIZES₁₆
ASSUMED₁₀
ASSUMER₉
ASSUMES₉
ASSURED₈
ASSURER₇
ASSURES₇
BASEMEN₁₁
BASINED₁₀
BASINET₉
BASQUED₁₉
BASQUES₁₈
BASSIER₉
BASTLES₉
BESHREW₁₅
BESIDES₁₀
BESOMED₁₂
BESPEED₁₂
BESTIES₉
BESTREW₁₂
BISQUES₁₈
BISTRED₁₀
BISTRES₉
BOSCHES₁₄
BOSHTER₁₂
BOSKIER₁₃
BOSOMED₁₂
BOSQUES₁₈
BOSQUET₁₈
BOSSIER₉
BOSSIES₉
BUSBIES₁₁
BUSHIER₁₂
BUSHIES₁₂
BUSHMEN₁₄
BUSTEES₉
BUSTIER₉
BUSTLED₁₀
BUSTLER₉
BUSTLES₉
CASEMEN₁₁
CASHIER₁₂
CASQUED₁₉
CASQUES₁₈
CASTLED₁₀
CASTLES₉
CESURES₉
CISCOES₁₁
CISSIER₉
CISSIES₉
COSINES₉
COSSIES₉
COSTREL₉
CUSHIER₁₂
CUSHIES₁₂
CUSTREL₉
DASHEEN₁₁
DASHIER₁₁
DASSIES₈
DESEXED₁₆
DESEXES₁₅
DESINED₉
DESINES₈
DESIRED₉
DESIRER₈
DESIRES₈
DESKMEN₁₄
DESYNED₁₂
DESYNES₁₁
DISCOED₁₁
DISCOER₁₀
DISCOES₁₀
DISHIER₁₁
DISOBEY₁₃
DISPLED₁₁
DISPLES₁₀
DISPRED₁₁
DISUSED₉
DISUSES₈
DOSAGES₉
DOSSIER₈
DUSKIER₁₂
DUSTIER₈
DUSTMEN₁₀
DYSPNEA₁₃
EASELED₈
ENSEWED₁₁
ENSILED₈
ENSILES₇
ENSKIED₁₂
ENSKIES₁₁
ENSKYED₁₅
ENSTEEP₉
ENSURED₈
ENSURER₇
ENSURES₇
ENSWEEP₁₂
EOSINES₇
ESSAYED₁₁
ESSAYER₁₀
ESSIVES₁₀
FASTIES₁₀
FESCUES₁₂
FESTIER₁₀
FISHIER₁₃
FISHNET₁₃
FISSLED₁₁
FISSLES₁₀
FISTIER₁₀
FUSSIER₁₀
FUSTIER₁₀
GASPIER₁₀
GASSIER₈
GASTREA₈
GESSOED₉
GESSOES₈
GUSHIER₁₁
GUSSIED₉
GUSSIES₈
GUSTIER₈
GUSTOES₈
HASHIER₁₃
HASSLED₁₁
HASSLES₁₀
HASTIER₁₀
HISSIER₁₀
HISSIES₁₀
HOSEMEN₁₂
HOSEYED₁₄
HOSTIES₁₀
HOSTLER₁₀
HUSHIER₁₃
HUSKIER₁₄
HUSKIES₁₄
HUSSIES₁₀
HUSTLED₁₁
HUSTLER₁₀
HUSTLES₁₀
INSANER₇
INSIDER₈
INSIDES₈
INSINEW₁₀
INSOLES₇
INSURED₈
INSURER₇
INSURES₇
JESSIES₁₄
JESTEES₁₄
JOSTLED₁₅
JOSTLER₁₄
JOSTLES₁₄
JUSTLED₁₅
JUSTLES₁₄
KESTREL₁₁
KISHKES₁₈
KISSIER₁₁
LASERED₈
LASQUES₁₆
LASSIES₇
LASSOED₈
LASSOER₇
LASSOES₇
LESSEES₇
LISTEES₇
LOSSIER₇
LUSHIER₁₀
LUSTIER₇
LUSTRED₈
LUSTRES₇
LUSUSES₇
LYSATES₁₀
LYSINES₁₀
LYSOGEN₁₁
MASCLED₁₂
MASCLES₁₁
MASHIER₁₂
MASHIES₁₂
MASHMEN₁₄
MASKNES₁₃
MASONED₁₀
MASQUER₁₈
MASQUES₁₈
MASSIER₉
MASTIER₉
MESELED₁₀
MESHIER₁₂
MESSIER₉
MESSMEN₁₁
MESTEES₉
MISAVER₁₂
MISCUED₁₂
MISCUES₁₁
MISDEED₁₁
MISDEEM₁₂
MISDIET₁₀
MISDOER₁₀
MISDOES₁₀
MISDREW₁₃
MISERES₉
MISFEED₁₃
MISGOES₁₀
MISGREW₁₃
MISHMEE₁₄
MISKEEP₁₅
MISKNEW₁₆
MISLIES₉
MISMEET₁₁
MISPLED₁₂
MISSEEM₁₁
MISSEEN₉
MISSEES₉
MISSIER₉
MISSIES₉
MISSTEP₁₁
MISTIER₉
MISTLED₁₀
MISTLES₉
MISUSED₁₀
MISUSER₉
MISUSES₉
MISWEEN₁₂
MOSEYED₁₃
MOSQUES₁₈
MOSSIER₉
MOSSIES₉
MUSCLED₁₂
MUSCLES₁₁
MUSHIER₁₂
MUSKIER₁₃
MUSKIES₁₃
MUSKLES₁₃
MUSSIER₉
MUSTEES₉
MUSTIER₉
NASTIER₇
NASTIES₇
NASUTES₇
NESTLED₈
NESTLER₇
NESTLES₇
NOSODES₈
ONSIDES₈
OSSELET₇
OSSETER₇
PASPIES₁₁
PASSKEY₁₆
PASSMEN₁₁
PASTIER₉
PASTIES₉
PESADES₁₀
PESKIER₁₃
PESTIER₉
PESTLED₁₀
PESTLES₉
PISKIES₁₃
PISSIER₉
POSITED₁₀
POSOLES₉
POSSIES₉
POSTEEN₉
POSTIES₉
POSTMEN₁₁
PUSHIER₁₂
PUSSIER₉
PUSSIES₉
PUSSLEY₁₂
RASCHEL₁₂
RASHIES₁₀
RASPIER₉
RASSLED₈
RASSLER₇
RASSLES₇
RASURES₇
RESALES₇
RESAWED₁₁
RESCUED₁₀
RESCUEE₉
RESCUER₉
RESCUES₉
RESEWED₁₁
RESHOED₁₁
RESHOES₁₀
RESIDED₉
RESIDER₈
RESIDES₈
RESILED₈
RESILES₇
RESINED₈
RESINER₇
RESITED₈
RESITES₇
RESIZED₁₇
RESIZES₁₆
RESKUED₁₂
RESKUES₁₁
RESOJET₁₄
RESOLED₈
RESOLES₇
RESOWED₁₁
RESTIER₇
RESUMED₁₀
RESUMER₉
RESUMES₉
RISKIER₁₁
RISQUES₁₆
RISUSES₇
ROSACEA₉
ROSACES₉
ROSAKER₁₁
ROSCOES₉
ROSETED₈
ROSINED₈
ROSINER₇
ROSITED₈
RUSHEES₁₀
RUSHIER₁₀
RUSTIER₇
RUSTLED₈
RUSTLER₇
RUSTLES₇
RUSTRED₈
RUSTRES₇
SASINES₇
SASSIER₇
SASSIES₇
SESAMES₉
SISSIER₇
SISSIES₇
TASERED₈
TASSIES₇
TASTIER₇
TESTEES₇
TESTIER₇
TISANES₇
TISSUED₈
TISSUES₇
TISSUEY₁₀
TOSHIER₁₀
TOSSIER₇
TUSCHES₁₂
TUSHIES₁₀
TUSHKER₁₄
TUSKIER₁₁
TUSSLED₈
TUSSLES₇
TYSTIES₁₀
UNSAFER₁₀
UNSATED₈
UNSAVED₁₁
UNSAWED₁₁
UNSCREW₁₂
UNSEWED₁₁
UNSEXED₁₅
UNSEXES₁₄
UNSHOED₁₁
UNSHOES₁₀
UNSINEW₁₀
UNSIZED₁₇
UNSOBER₉
UNSOWED₁₁
UNSPIED₁₀
UNSTEEL₇
UNSURED₈
UNSURER₇
UNSWEET₁₀
UPSIDES₁₀
UPSIZED₁₉
UPSIZES₁₈
UPSWEEP₁₄
VASTIER₁₀
VESTEES₁₀
VISAGED₁₂
VISAGES₁₁
VISILES₁₀
VISITED₁₁
VISITEE₁₀
VISITER₁₀
VISITES₁₀
VISORED₁₁
VISTAED₁₁
WASHIER₁₃
WASPIER₁₂
WASPIES₁₂
WASTREL₁₀
WESTIES₁₀
WISPIER₁₂
WUSSIER₁₀
WUSSIES₁₀
ZESTIER₁₆

Letters by positionIn 37% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

M15%
R14%
B8%

2nd letter

I20%
E19%
A17%

4th letter

T20%
S16%
I13%

5th letter

I28%
L14%
R9%

7th letter

S37%
R26%
D23%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; UPSIZED tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 57 words
8 points: 44 words
99 points: 70 words
10 points: 73 words
1111 points: 51 words
12 points: 37 words
1313 points: 18 words
14 points: 17 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 10 words
1919 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
UPSIZED	19	21	Collins · NWL
CASQUED	19	21	All three
BASQUED	19	21	Collins only
MOSQUES	18	20	All three
BASQUES	18	20	All three
MASQUES	18	20	All three
BOSQUET	18	20	All three
BOSQUES	18	20	All three
KISHKES	18	17	All three
CASQUES	18	20	All three
BISQUES	18	20	All three
MASQUER	18	20	All three

Lock in the third and sixth positions, then scan the remaining letters for a fit. The list ranges from familiar words such as besides and visited to less common entries such as mosques and dossier. Only 28 rank among the 25,000 most common English words by wordfreq frequency.

At a glance: counts and standout words

The pattern has 399 tournament-dictionary words, with S fixed third and E fixed sixth.
A final S is the most common ending, appearing in 147 matches; R is next, with 105.
Only 28 matches rank among the 25,000 most common English words by wordfreq frequency.
UPSIZED, CASQUED, and BASQUED each score 19 points before board bonuses.

Which words fit S in the third spot and E in the sixth?

Besides, assumed, desired, assured, and rescued are readable starting points when you are checking a row of letters. Each keeps S in position three and E in position six, while the first, second, fourth, fifth, and seventh letters vary.

The first letter offers another narrowing clue: M begins 61 matches and R begins 56. Examples include muscles and mosques for M, then resumed and resides for R. Those openings are much more productive than guessing from the pattern alone.

How do dictionary coverage and scores compare?

Collins includes 391 matches, compared with 296 in NWL2023 and 271 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap; they are not separate piles to add together. Only 28 entries are common by frequency, which makes this pattern richer in tournament vocabulary than in everyday guesses.

UPSIZED, CASQUED, and BASQUED lead the base-score ranking at 19 points apiece. MOSQUES, BASQUES, and MASQUES follow at 18. These scores assume standard letter values and no premium squares, so the board can change the practical value of a play.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have S third and E sixth?

There are 399 tournament-dictionary matches for this pattern. Examples include besides, visited, assumed, and rescued. The count combines words found in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, so it is broader than any single game's dictionary.

What are the highest-scoring words in this pattern?

UPSIZED, CASQUED, and BASQUED each score 19 points before premium squares. MOSQUES, BASQUES, and MASQUES score 18. Those base scores can rise with letter and word bonuses on a board.

Are most of these words common in everyday English?

No. Only 28 matches fall within the 25,000 most common English words by wordfreq frequency. Besides, visited, and muscles are familiar examples, while many other valid entries are specialized or less often used.

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