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

7-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter total 293; examples include MISSING, TESTING, and DISTANT.

293 wordsTop pick MISSINGHighest score JOSHING 18

52 of 293 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

3rd 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

6th 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 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 52 · most-used first

MISSING₁₀
HUSBAND₁₃
TESTING₈
PASSING₁₀
RESPOND₁₀
FISHING₁₄
PUSHING₁₃
POSTING₁₀
DESIGNS₉
LESSONS₇
INSTANT₇
LISTING₈
DESTINY₁₁
DISTANT₈
HOSTING₁₁
CASTING₁₀
WASHING₁₄
LASTING₈
WASTING₁₁
KISSING₁₂
RUSHING₁₁
WISHING₁₄
DESCENT₁₀
RESTING₈
MESSING₁₀
ISSUING₈
VISIONS₁₀
COSTING₁₀
SUSPEND₁₀
TASTING₈
JASMINE₁₆
LISTENS₇
MUSTANG₁₀
FASTING₁₁
DISSENT₈
RISKING₁₂
ENSUING₈
DESCEND₁₁
OBSCENE₁₁
BASHING₁₃
BUSTING₁₀
LESIONS₇
NESTING₈
TOSSING₈
PISTONS₉
DASHING₁₂
ASSIGNS₈
RESIGNS₈

Showing the top 48 of 52 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 293

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

ABSCIND₁₂
ABSCOND₁₂
AISLING₈
ALSOONE₇
ARSHINE₁₀
ARSHINS₁₀
ASSIGNS₈
BASHING₁₃
BASIONS₉
BASKING₁₄
BASSING₁₀
BASTING₁₀
BESAINT₉
BESHINE₁₂
BESHONE₁₂
BESOINS₉
BESTING₁₀
BOSSING₁₀
BOSTONS₉
BUSHING₁₃
BUSKING₁₄
BUSKINS₁₃
BUSSING₁₀
BUSTING₁₀
BUSYING₁₃
BYSSINE₁₂
CASEINS₉
CASERNE₉
CASERNS₉
CASHING₁₃
CASKING₁₄
CASSENA₉
CASSENE₉
CASSINA₉
CASSINE₉
CASSINO₉
CASSONE₉
CASTING₁₀
CESSING₁₀
CISSING₁₀
COSHING₁₃
COSIGNS₁₀
COSMINE₁₁
COSMINS₁₁
COSTING₁₀
COSYING₁₃
CUSSING₁₀
CYSTINE₁₂
DASHING₁₂
DESCANT₁₀
DESCEND₁₁
DESCENT₁₀
DESIGNS₉
DESMANS₁₀
DESMINE₁₀
DESPOND₁₁
DESTINE₈
DESTINY₁₁
DISBAND₁₁
DISCANT₁₀
DISCING₁₁
DISHING₁₂
DISJUNE₁₅
DISKING₁₃
DISLINK₁₂
DISMANS₁₀
DISOWNS₁₁
DISPEND₁₁
DISPONE₁₀
DISRANK₁₂
DISSENT₈
DISSING₉
DISTANT₈
DISTEND₉
DISTENT₈
DISTUNE₈
DOSSING₉
DUSHING₁₂
DUSKENS₁₂
DUSKING₁₃
DUSTING₉
EASTING₈
EASYING₁₁
ELSHINS₁₀
ENSIGNS₈
ENSUING₈
ESSOINS₇
ESSOYNE₁₀
EXSCIND₁₇
FASCINE₁₂
FASHING₁₄
FASTENS₁₀
FASTING₁₁
FESSING₁₁
FISHING₁₄
FISKING₁₅
FISTING₁₁
FUSAINS₁₀
FUSIONS₁₀
FUSSING₁₁
FUSTING₁₁
GASCONS₁₀
GASHING₁₂
GASKING₁₃
GASKINS₁₂
GASPING₁₁
GASSING₉
GASTING₉
GESSING₉
GESTANT₈
GOSLING₉
GOSSANS₈
GOSSING₉
GUSHING₁₂
GUSTING₉
HASHING₁₄
HASPING₁₃
HASTENS₁₀
HASTING₁₁
HESPING₁₃
HISHING₁₄
HISSING₁₁
HISTING₁₁
HISTONE₁₀
HOSANNA₁₀
HOSTING₁₁
HUSBAND₁₃
HUSHING₁₄
HUSKING₁₅
INSIGNE₈
INSPANS₉
INSTANT₇
INSWING₁₁
ISSUANT₇
ISSUING₈
JASMINE₁₆
JASMINS₁₆
JESSANT₁₄
JESSING₁₅
JESTING₁₅
JOSHING₁₈
JOSKINS₁₈
JUSTING₁₅
KESTING₁₂
KISSING₁₂
KISTING₁₂
LASAGNA₈
LASAGNE₈
LASHING₁₁
LASHINS₁₀
LASTING₈
LESIONS₇
LESSENS₇
LESSONS₇
LESTING₈
LISPING₁₀
LISPUND₁₀
LISTENS₇
LISTING₈
LUSHING₁₁
LUSKING₁₂
LUSTING₈
MASCONS₁₁
MASHING₁₃
MASKING₁₄
MASLINS₉
MASSING₁₀
MASTING₁₀
MESHING₁₃
MESSANS₉
MESSING₁₀
MESTINO₉
MISBIND₁₂
MISDONE₁₀
MISGONE₁₀
MISKENS₁₃
MISKENT₁₃
MISPENS₁₁
MISSEND₁₀
MISSENT₉
MISSING₁₀
MISTEND₁₀
MISTING₁₀
MISTUNE₉
MISWEND₁₃
MISWENT₁₂
MOSHING₁₃
MOSSING₁₀
MUSCONE₁₁
MUSHING₁₃
MUSKING₁₄
MUSKONE₁₃
MUSLINS₉
MUSMONS₁₁
MUSSING₁₀
MUSTANG₁₀
MUSTING₁₀
NASCENT₉
NASIONS₇
NESTING₈
NOSEANS₇
NOSHING₁₁
OBSCENE₁₁
OBSIGNS₁₀
OSSEINS₇
OUSTING₈
PASHING₁₃
PASSANT₉
PASSING₁₀
PASTINA₉
PASTING₁₀
PESAUNT₉
PISCINA₁₁
PISCINE₁₁
PISHING₁₃
PISSANT₉
PISSING₁₀
PISTONS₉
POSAUNE₉
POSHING₁₃
POSSING₁₀
POSTING₁₀
POSTINS₉
PUSHING₁₃
PUSLING₁₀
RASHING₁₁
RASPING₁₀
RESCIND₁₀
RESHINE₁₀
RESHONE₁₀
RESIANT₇
RESIGNS₈
RESKINS₁₁
RESOUND₈
RESPOND₁₀
RESTING₈
RISKING₁₂
RISPING₁₀
ROSTING₈
ROSYING₁₁
RUSHING₁₁
RUSTING₈
SASHING₁₁
SASSING₈
SESTINA₇
SESTINE₇
SESTONS₇
SISKINS₁₁
SISTING₈
SOSSING₈
SUSPEND₁₀
SUSPENS₉
SUSSING₈
TASHING₁₁
TASKING₁₂
TASTING₈
TESTING₈
TESTONS₇
TOSHING₁₁
TOSSING₈
TOSTONE₇
TUSHING₁₁
TUSKING₁₂
UNSAINT₇
UNSEENS₇
UNSHENT₁₀
UNSLING₈
UNSLUNG₈
UNSOUND₈
UNSPENT₉
UNSTUNG₈
UNSUNNY₁₀
UPSTAND₁₀
UPSWING₁₃
UPSWUNG₁₃
VESPINE₁₂
VESTING₁₁
VISAING₁₁
VISCINS₁₂
VISEING₁₁
VISIONS₁₀
WASHING₁₄
WASHINS₁₃
WASTING₁₁
WESSAND₁₁
WESTING₁₁
WISHING₁₄
WISPING₁₃
WISSING₁₁
WISTING₁₁
YESKING₁₅
YESSING₁₁
ZESTING₁₇

Letters by positionIn 65% of these words the 5th letter is I.

1st letter

M12%
D11%
C8%

2nd letter

A22%
I22%
E18%

4th letter

T24%
S16%
H15%

5th letter

I65%
E10%
O9%

7th letter

G50%
S19%
E12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; JOSHING tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 19 words
8 points: 38 words
99 points: 41 words
10 points: 64 words
1111 points: 49 words
12 points: 27 words
1313 points: 29 words
14 points: 13 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 2 words
1717 points: 2 words
18 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JOSHING	18	21	All three
JOSKINS	18	21	Collins only
ZESTING	17	19	All three
EXSCIND	17	19	All three
JASMINE	16	20	All three
JASMINS	16	20	All three
JESTING	15	19	All three
HUSKING	15	17	All three
JUSTING	15	20	All three
YESKING	15	16	Collins only
JESSING	15	19	All three
DISJUNE	15	19	Collins only

The pattern is _ _ S _ _ N _, with five open slots around its fixed S and N. MISSING, HUSBAND, and TESTING show how different the other letters can be. Of the 293 matches, 52 rank among common English words, so the full set reaches well beyond familiar everyday vocabulary.

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

There are 293 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
The most common final letter is G, appearing in 146 words.
M is the most frequent first letter, with 35 matches; D follows with 33.
Collins includes 291 matches, while NWL2023 includes 218.
The average tile score is 10.5 points.

Which endings and examples stand out?

G dominates the endings: 146 words finish with it, including MISSING, TESTING, FISHING, and HOSTING. The next most common ending is S, with 56; DESIGNS and LESSONS are familiar examples. E accounts for 35, as in DESCENT, while T appears at the end of 22.

The first-letter spread is less concentrated. M leads with 35, including MISSING, while D has 33, including DESIGNS and DISTANT. C contributes 22 matches, and B and P each start 19.

If you have the opening letter, those counts can narrow the search before you test the remaining slots.

Which 7-letter words with S third and N sixth score highest?

JOSHING and JOSKINS top the scores at 18 points each; ZESTING and EXSCIND score 17. JASMINE and JASMINS follow at 16. Those less familiar entries are worth checking against your game's dictionary before building a play around them.

Common words are a smaller slice than the full count: 52 qualify as common, while 244 have a definition recorded. The dictionary totals also differ: Collins has 291 matches and NWL2023 has 218. Treat the combined 293 as a broad tournament-dictionary count, not a promise that every entry is accepted in your particular game.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have S as the third letter and N as the sixth?

There are 293 tournament-dictionary matches for this pattern. The letters form _ _ S _ _ N _, leaving five positions open. MISSING, TESTING, and DISTANT are recognizable examples, while the full set includes many less common entries.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

JOSHING and JOSKINS tie for the highest score at 18 points each. ZESTING and EXSCIND score 17, followed by JASMINE and JASMINS at 16. Check your game's dictionary before using an unfamiliar high scorer.

How many common words match S in the third spot and N in the sixth?

There are 52 common matches among the 293 words. Familiar examples include MISSING, HUSBAND, TESTING, and FISHING. The rest of the set includes many words that are valid in a tournament dictionary but less likely to come up in everyday reading.

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