3 letter words with E and S

Our dictionary holds 40 3 letter words with e and s, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is SEZ, worth 12 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with S than any other letter — 18 of them, about 45% of the list.

24 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (60%), including use, see, she, sex, set; the remaining 16 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.