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6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 6-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when E is fixed in the 3rd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abeles, abelia, acedia.

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908 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abeles	6	3
abelia	6	3
acedia	6	3
acetal	6	3
acetic	6	3
acetin	6	3
acetum	6	3
acetyl	6	3
adeems	6	2
adenyl	6	3
adepts	6	2
afeard	6	2
agedly	6	3
ageing	6	2
ageism	6	2
ageist	6	2
agency	6	3
agenda	6	3
agenes	6	3
agents	6	2
akelas	6	3
akenes	6	3
alegar	6	3
alephs	6	2
alerts	6	2
alevin	6	3
alexia	6	3
alexin	6	3
amebae	6	2
ameban	6	3
amebas	6	3
amebic	6	3
ameers	6	2
amends	6	2
aments	6	2
amerce	6	2
anears	6	2
aneled	6	3
aneles	6	3
anemia	6	3
anemic	6	3
anenst	6	2
anergy	6	3
apercu	6	3
apexes	6	3
arecas	6	3
arenas	6	3
areola	6	3
areole	6	2
aretes	6	3
atelic	6	3
avenge	6	2
avenue	6	2
averse	6	2
averts	6	2
aweary	6	3
aweigh	6	2
aweing	6	2
axeman	6	3
axemen	6	3
axenic	6	3
beebee	6	1
beechy	6	2
beefed	6	2
beeped	6	2
beeper	6	2
beetle	6	1
beeves	6	2
beezer	6	2
bields	6	1
bleach	6	1
bleaks	6	1
blears	6	1
bleary	6	2
bleats	6	1
blebby	6	2
bleeds	6	1
bleeps	6	1
blench	6	1
blende	6	1
blends	6	1
blenny	6	2
breach	6	1
breads	6	1
bready	6	2
breaks	6	1
breams	6	1
breast	6	1
breath	6	1
bredes	6	2
breech	6	1
breeds	6	1
breeks	6	1
breeze	6	1
breezy	6	2
bregma	6	2
brents	6	1
breves	6	2
brevet	6	2
brewed	6	2
brewer	6	2
brewis	6	2
byelaw	6	2
caecal	6	2
caecum	6	2
caeoma	6	2
caesar	6	2
cheapo	6	2
cheaps	6	1
cheats	6	1
chebec	6	2
checks	6	1
cheder	6	2
cheeks	6	1
cheeky	6	2
cheeps	6	1
cheero	6	2
cheers	6	1
cheery	6	2
cheese	6	1
cheesy	6	2
chegoe	6	1
chelae	6	1
chelas	6	2
chemic	6	2
chemos	6	2
cheque	6	1
cherry	6	2
cherts	6	1
cherty	6	2
cherub	6	2
chests	6	1
chesty	6	2
chetah	6	2
cheths	6	1
chevre	6	1
chewed	6	2
chewer	6	2
cleans	6	1
clears	6	1
cleats	6	1
cleave	6	1
cleeks	6	1
clefts	6	1
clench	6	1
cleome	6	1
cleped	6	2
clepes	6	2
clergy	6	2
cleric	6	2
clerid	6	2
clerks	6	1
clever	6	2
clevis	6	2
clewed	6	2
coedit	6	2
coelom	6	2
coempt	6	1
coerce	6	1
coeval	6	2
creaks	6	1
creaky	6	2
creams	6	1
creamy	6	2
crease	6	1
creasy	6	2
create	6	1
creche	6	1
credal	6	2
credit	6	2
credos	6	2
creeds	6	1
creeks	6	1
creels	6	1
creeps	6	1
creepy	6	2
creese	6	1
creesh	6	1
cremes	6	2
crenel	6	2
creole	6	1
creped	6	2
crepes	6	2
crepey	6	2
crepon	6	2
cresol	6	2
crests	6	1
cresyl	6	2
cretic	6	2
cretin	6	2
crewed	6	2
crewel	6	2
cueing	6	1
cuesta	6	2
cyeses	6	2
cyesis	6	2
daedal	6	2
daemon	6	2
deeded	6	2
deejay	6	2
deemed	6	2
deepen	6	2
deeper	6	2
deeply	6	2
deewan	6	2
dieing	6	1
dienes	6	2
diesel	6	2
dieses	6	2
diesis	6	2
dieted	6	2
dieter	6	2
djebel	6	2
dreads	6	1
dreams	6	1
dreamt	6	1
dreamy	6	2
drears	6	1
dreary	6	2
drecks	6	1
drecky	6	2
dredge	6	1
dreggy	6	2
dreich	6	1
dreidl	6	1
dreigh	6	1
drench	6	1
dressy	6	2
dueled	6	2
dueler	6	2
duelli	6	2
duello	6	2
duende	6	1
duenna	6	2
dweebs	6	1
dwells	6	1
dyeing	6	1
ecesis	6	3
edemas	6	3
edenic	6	3
egesta	6	3
egests	6	2
ejecta	6	3
ejects	6	2
elects	6	2
elegit	6	3
elemis	6	3
eleven	6	3
elevon	6	3
emeers	6	2
emends	6	2
emerge	6	2
emerod	6	3
emeses	6	3
emesis	6	3
emetic	6	3
emetin	6	3
emeute	6	2
enemas	6	3
energy	6	3
erects	6	2
erenow	6	3
eterne	6	2
evened	6	3
evener	6	3
evenly	6	3
events	6	2
everts	6	2
exedra	6	3
exempt	6	2
exequy	6	3
exerts	6	2
exeunt	6	2
eyebar	6	2
eyecup	6	2
eyeful	6	2
eyeing	6	1
eyelet	6	2
eyelid	6	2
faecal	6	2
faeces	6	2
faenas	6	2
faerie	6	1
feeble	6	1
feebly	6	2
feeder	6	2
feeing	6	1
feeler	6	2
feezed	6	2
feezes	6	2
fields	6	1
fiends	6	1
fierce	6	1
fiesta	6	2
fjelds	6	1
fleams	6	1
fleche	6	1
flecks	6	1
flecky	6	2
fledge	6	1
fledgy	6	2
fleece	6	1
fleech	6	1
fleecy	6	2
fleers	6	1
fleets	6	1
flench	6	1
flense	6	1
fleshy	6	2
fletch	6	1
fleury	6	2
flexed	6	2
flexes	6	2
flexor	6	2
fleyed	6	1
foehns	6	1
foeman	6	2
foemen	6	2
foetal	6	2
foetid	6	2
foetor	6	2
foetus	6	2
freaks	6	1
freaky	6	2
freely	6	2
freers	6	1
freest	6	1
freeze	6	1
french	6	1
frenum	6	2
frenzy	6	2
freres	6	2
fresco	6	2
fretty	6	2
fueled	6	2
fueler	6	2
gaeing	6	1
geegaw	6	2
geeing	6	1
geests	6	1
geezer	6	2
gherao	6	2
ghetto	6	2
gieing	6	1
gleams	6	1
gleamy	6	2
gleans	6	1
glebae	6	1
glebes	6	2
gledes	6	2
gleeds	6	1
gleeks	6	1
gleets	6	1
gleety	6	2
glegly	6	2
gleyed	6	1
gneiss	6	1
grease	6	1
greasy	6	2
greats	6	1
greave	6	1
grebes	6	2
greeds	6	1
greedy	6	2
greens	6	1
greeny	6	2
greets	6	1
gregos	6	2
greige	6	1
gremmy	6	2
greyed	6	1
greyer	6	1
greyly	6	2
guenon	6	2
guests	6	1
gweduc	6	2
haeing	6	1
haemal	6	2
haemic	6	2
haemin	6	2
haeres	6	2
heeded	6	2
heeder	6	2
heehaw	6	2
heeled	6	2
heeler	6	2
heezed	6	2
heezes	6	2
hieing	6	1
hiemal	6	2
hoeing	6	1
hyenas	6	2
hyenic	6	2
hyetal	6	2
ibexes	6	3
icebox	6	3
icecap	6	3
iceman	6	3
icemen	6	3
ideals	6	2
ideate	6	2
ilexes	6	3
inerts	6	2
ipecac	6	3
ireful	6	3
irenic	6	3
itemed	6	3
iterum	6	3
jaeger	6	2
jeeing	6	1
jeeped	6	2
jeered	6	2
jeerer	6	2
keeked	6	2
keeled	6	2
keened	6	2
keener	6	2
keenly	6	2
keeper	6	2
keeves	6	2
khedah	6	2
khedas	6	2
kheths	6	1
klepht	6	1
kneads	6	1
kneels	6	1
knells	6	1
kreeps	6	1
kvetch	6	1
leered	6	2
leeway	6	2
lieder	6	2
liefer	6	2
liefly	6	2
lieges	6	2
lienal	6	2
lierne	6	1
liever	6	2
luetic	6	2
maenad	6	2
meeker	6	2
meekly	6	2
meeter	6	2
meetly	6	2
muesli	6	2
myelin	6	2
naevus	6	2
needed	6	2
needer	6	2
needle	6	1
nieces	6	2
nielli	6	2
niello	6	2
nieves	6	2
noesis	6	2
noetic	6	2
obeahs	6	2
obelia	6	3
obelus	6	3
obeyed	6	2
obeyer	6	2
oceans	6	2
ocelli	6	3
ocelot	6	3
odeons	6	2
odeums	6	2
oleate	6	2
olefin	6	3
oleine	6	2
oleins	6	2
oleums	6	2
omegas	6	3
omelet	6	3
omened	6	3
omenta	6	3
opened	6	3
opener	6	3
openly	6	3
operas	6	3
operon	6	3
oreads	6	2
oreide	6	2
overdo	6	3
overed	6	3
overly	6	3
oxeyes	6	2
paeans	6	1
paella	6	2
paeons	6	1
paesan	6	2
peeing	6	1
peeked	6	2
peeled	6	2
peeler	6	2
peened	6	2
peeped	6	2
peeper	6	2
peepul	6	2
peered	6	2
peerie	6	1
peeved	6	2
peeves	6	2
peewee	6	1
peewit	6	2
phenix	6	2
phenol	6	2
phenom	6	2
phenyl	6	2
pieced	6	2
piecer	6	2
pieces	6	2
pieing	6	1
pierce	6	1
pietas	6	2
pleach	6	1
pleads	6	1
please	6	1
pleats	6	1
plebes	6	2
pledge	6	1
pleiad	6	1
plench	6	1
plenty	6	2
plenum	6	2
pleura	6	2
plexal	6	2
plexor	6	2
plexus	6	2
pneuma	6	2
poetic	6	2
poetry	6	2
preach	6	1
preact	6	1
preamp	6	1
prearm	6	1
precis	6	2
precut	6	2
preens	6	1
prefab	6	2
prefer	6	2
prefix	6	2
prelim	6	2
preman	6	2
premed	6	2
premen	6	2
premie	6	1
premix	6	2
prepay	6	2
preppy	6	2
preset	6	2
presto	6	2
prests	6	1
pretax	6	2
pretor	6	2
pretty	6	2
prevue	6	1
prewar	6	2
prexes	6	2
preyed	6	1
preyer	6	1
prezes	6	2
pseudo	6	2
pseuds	6	1
pterin	6	2
pueblo	6	2
pyemia	6	2
pyemic	6	2
queans	6	1
queasy	6	2
queazy	6	2
queens	6	1
queers	6	1
quelea	6	2
quells	6	1
quench	6	1
querns	6	1
quests	6	1
queued	6	1
queuer	6	1
queues	6	1
quezal	6	2
qwerty	6	2
reearn	6	1
reecho	6	2
reechy	6	2
reeded	6	2
reedit	6	2
reefed	6	2
reefer	6	2
reeked	6	2
reeker	6	2
reeled	6	2
reeler	6	2
reemit	6	2
reests	6	1
reeved	6	2
reeves	6	2
rhebok	6	2
rhesus	6	2
rhetor	6	2
rheums	6	1
rheumy	6	2
riever	6	2
rueful	6	2
scenas	6	2
scends	6	1
scenes	6	2
scenic	6	2
scents	6	1
seeded	6	2
seeder	6	2
seeing	6	1
seeker	6	2
seeled	6	2
seemed	6	2
seemer	6	2
seemly	6	2
seeped	6	2
seesaw	6	2
seethe	6	1
sheafs	6	1
sheals	6	1
shears	6	1
sheath	6	1
sheave	6	1
sheens	6	1
sheeny	6	2
sheers	6	1
sheets	6	1
sheeve	6	1
sheikh	6	1
sheiks	6	1
sheila	6	2
shekel	6	2
shells	6	1
shelly	6	2
shelta	6	2
shelty	6	2
shelve	6	1
shelvy	6	2
shends	6	1
sheols	6	1
sheqel	6	2
sherds	6	1
sherif	6	2
sherpa	6	2
sherry	6	2
sheuch	6	1
sheugh	6	1
shewed	6	2
shewer	6	2
sieged	6	2
sieges	6	2
sienna	6	2
sierra	6	2
siesta	6	2
sieurs	6	1
sieved	6	2
sieves	6	2
skeane	6	1
skeans	6	1
skeens	6	1
skeets	6	1
skeigh	6	1
skeins	6	1
skelms	6	1
skelps	6	1
skenes	6	2
skerry	6	2
sketch	6	1
skewed	6	2
skewer	6	2
sleave	6	1
sleaze	6	1
sleazo	6	2
sleazy	6	2
sledge	6	1
sleeks	6	1
sleeky	6	2
sleeps	6	1
sleepy	6	2
sleets	6	1
sleety	6	2
sleeve	6	1
sleigh	6	1
sleuth	6	1
slewed	6	2
smears	6	1
smeary	6	2
smeeks	6	1
smegma	6	2
smells	6	1
smelly	6	2
smelts	6	1
smerks	6	1
sneaks	6	1
sneaky	6	2
sneaps	6	1
snecks	6	1
sneers	6	1
sneesh	6	1
sneeze	6	1
sneezy	6	2
snells	6	1
soever	6	2
speaks	6	1
speans	6	1
spears	6	1
specie	6	1
specks	6	1
speech	6	1
speedo	6	2
speeds	6	1
speedy	6	2
speels	6	1
speers	6	1
speils	6	1
speirs	6	1
speise	6	1
speiss	6	1
spells	6	1
spelts	6	1
speltz	6	1
spence	6	1
spends	6	1
spense	6	1
sperms	6	1
spewed	6	2
spewer	6	2
steads	6	1
steady	6	2
steaks	6	1
steals	6	1
steams	6	1
steamy	6	2
steeds	6	1
steeks	6	1
steels	6	1
steely	6	2
steeps	6	1
steers	6	1
steeve	6	1
steins	6	1
stelae	6	1
stelai	6	2
stelar	6	2
steles	6	2
stelic	6	2
stella	6	2
stemma	6	2
stemmy	6	2
stench	6	1
stenos	6	2
stents	6	1
steppe	6	1
stereo	6	2
steres	6	2
steric	6	2
sterna	6	2
sterns	6	1
sterol	6	2
stewed	6	2
sueded	6	2
suedes	6	2
svelte	6	1
swears	6	1
sweats	6	1
sweaty	6	2
swedes	6	2
sweeny	6	2
sweeps	6	1
sweepy	6	2
sweets	6	1
swells	6	1
swerve	6	1
sweven	6	2
taenia	6	2
teeing	6	1
teemed	6	2
teemer	6	2
teener	6	2
teensy	6	2
teepee	6	1
teeter	6	2
teethe	6	1
thecae	6	1
thecal	6	2
thefts	6	1
thegns	6	1
theine	6	1
theins	6	1
theirs	6	1
theism	6	1
theist	6	1
themed	6	2
themes	6	2
thenal	6	2
thenar	6	2
thence	6	1
theory	6	2
theres	6	2
therme	6	1
therms	6	1
theses	6	2
thesis	6	2
thetas	6	2
thetic	6	2
tieing	6	1
tiepin	6	2
tierce	6	1
tiered	6	2
tmeses	6	2
tmesis	6	2
toecap	6	2
toeing	6	1
treads	6	1
treats	6	1
treaty	6	2
treble	6	1
trebly	6	2
treens	6	1
trefah	6	2
tremor	6	2
trench	6	1
trends	6	1
trendy	6	2
trepan	6	2
trepid	6	2
tressy	6	2
trevet	6	2
tsetse	6	1
tweaks	6	1
tweaky	6	2
tweeds	6	1
tweedy	6	2
tweeny	6	2
tweets	6	1
tweeze	6	1
twelve	6	1
twenty	6	2
twerps	6	1
tzetze	6	1
ulemas	6	3
unease	6	2
uneasy	6	3
uneven	6	3
upends	6	2
urease	6	2
uredia	6	3
uredos	6	3
ureide	6	2
uremia	6	3
uremic	6	3
ureter	6	3
uretic	6	3
useful	6	3
uterus	6	3
uveous	6	2
veejay	6	2
veenas	6	2
veepee	6	1
veered	6	2
viewed	6	2
viewer	6	2
waeful	6	2
weeded	6	2
weeder	6	2
weekly	6	2
weened	6	2
weenie	6	1
weensy	6	2
weeper	6	2
weepie	6	1
weeted	6	2
weever	6	2
weevil	6	2
weewee	6	1
wheals	6	1
wheats	6	1
wheels	6	1
wheens	6	1
wheeps	6	1
wheeze	6	1
wheezy	6	2
whelks	6	1
whelky	6	2
whelms	6	1
whelps	6	1
whenas	6	2
whence	6	1
wheres	6	2
wherry	6	2
wherve	6	1
wheyey	6	1
wields	6	1
wieldy	6	2
wiener	6	2
wienie	6	1
woeful	6	2
wreaks	6	1
wreath	6	1
wrecks	6	1
wrench	6	1
wrests	6	1
wretch	6	1
yeelin	6	2
yields	6	1
zoecia	6	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed E in the 3rd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping E locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.