5-letter words with B as the 1st letter and T as the 4th letter

A fourth-slot T suits th- shapes and plurals alike, with BIRTH, BERTH, BOOTH and BROTH on one side and BOOTS, BELTS, BOLTS and BOUTS on the other. Thirty-two matches end in S, 13 in Y and 7 in H. Eleven are Wordle answers and 18 count as common.

Inside the 76 B first, T fourth words

• 76 B-words place T in the fourth slot.
• 32 end in S, 13 in Y and 7 in H.
• 11 are Wordle answers and 18 count as common words.
• BLITZ and BORTZ tie at the top on 16 points.
• Seven matches end in -TH, led by BERTH, BIRTH, BOOTH and BROTH.

Which B first, T fourth words are Wordle answers?

Eleven fit: BASTE, BATTY, BERTH, BIRTH, BITTY, BLITZ, BOOTH, BOOTY, BROTH, BRUTE and BUTTE. Eight of them finish on H or Y, so the last letter carries most of the signal, and only BLITZ reaches double figures.

The common words run wider than the answer list. BELTS, BOLTS, BOATS, BEATS, BOUTS, BUSTS, BRITS and BRITT all rank as common but sit outside Wordle's solutions, which keeps the pattern easy to read.

Why the -TH cluster stands out

Seven matches close on -TH: BERTH, BIRTH, BOOTH, BROTH, BAITH, BEATH and BRITH. The first four read like everyday nouns, while the last three are rarer forms a player meets less often. That gives the pattern two personalities, soft -TH words and hard plural -TS words such as BOOTS, BELTS and BOLTS.

The average score is 8.2 and only BLITZ and BORTZ clear 13, so this is a placement pattern rather than a points pattern. Collins lists all 76, while NWL2023 keeps 55 and ENABLE 51, so 21 matches drop out of the smaller lists.

Reading a B-T grid fast