5-letter words with A as the 1st letter and T as the 3rd letter

The pattern is A?T??: A stays in the first slot, T in the third, and the other three letters remain open. AFTER, ACTOR, ALTER and ATTIC are familiar examples, while the full set also includes less everyday options such as ACTIN and AITCH. Use the fixed letters to narrow a puzzle, then check that your game accepts the candidate.

A?T?? Words at a glance

• 37 five-letter entries match A?T?? Across the tournament dictionaries.
• AFTER, ACTOR and ALTER are recognizable examples among the matches.
• APTLY and AITCH tie for the highest Scrabble value at 10 points.
• Nine matches are classed as common by our frequency measure.
• R is the most frequent final letter, appearing in nine words.

How many A?T?? Words work in Wordle?

Eight words matching A?T?? Are Wordle answers, and 36 are allowed guesses. The answer pool is much narrower than the guess pool, so an accepted guess is not necessarily a possible solution.

Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins lists 36 matches, NWL2023 lists 29, and ENABLE lists 28. Thirty entries have definitions. That spread matters in word games; check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry.

How do 5-letter words with A first and T third usually end?

R leads the final-letter pattern with nine matches, followed by S with seven. D appears four times; C, N and Y each appear three times. If the last letter is still unknown, R and S are sensible candidates to test first.

The top scorers are not the most obvious everyday words: APTLY and AITCH each score 10 points in Scrabble. AFTER and ACTED score eight, while ACTOR and ATTIC score seven. A familiar word can be easier to spot, but it does not necessarily beat a less common word on points.