7-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

Keep the pattern _ _ S P _ _ _: the third tile is S and the fourth is P. The 112 matches include familiar choices such as RESPECT, DESPITE, DISPLAY, RESPOND, and SUSPECT, but dictionary sets do not contain identical lists. Only 17 entries fall in the common-word group, so expect plenty of specialist vocabulary beyond the recognizable choices.

Pattern facts at a glance

• Exactly 112 tournament-dictionary words match the fixed S-P pair in positions three and four.
• RESPECT, DESPITE, DISPLAY, RESPOND, and SUSPECT are recognizable examples.
• D begins 22 matches; R begins 19, ahead of U with 14.
• Final E appears 28 times, while S closes 20 and T closes 15.

7-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

The opening-letter split gives you a practical filter: D leads with 22 words and R follows with 19. U starts 14, while only four matches begin with S. So a blank first tile is more likely to resolve to D or R than to repeat the fixed S.

The fixed SP pair also leaves several endings open. E is the most common final letter, with 28 words, followed by S at 20 and T at 15. RESPECT ends in T; DESPITE and INSPECT end in E.

Use a known last tile to narrow the pattern before testing less familiar options.

Which matches score well, and where are they accepted?

JASPERY tops the Scrabble scores at 19 points, with JASPERS next at 16. BESPOKE scores 15. The unusual J words beat familiar choices on letter value, so keep them in mind when your rack and board make those tiles playable.

For 7-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter, dictionary coverage is not uniform: Collins contains 111 matches, NWL2023 has 80, and ENABLE has 77. Those sets overlap, so their counts do not add up to the 112-word total. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry.