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

5-letter words with T first and C fourth: 26 entries fit, from familiar TRACK and TOUCH to the less common THECA and TITCH.

26 wordsTop pick TRACKHighest score THICK 14

11 of 26 are everyday words (42%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With T in 1st place, E is the most common 4th letter (146 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 26 · most-used first

All valid words 26

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 2nd letter is R.
2nd letter
  1. R35%
  2. E19%
  3. H12%
3rd letter
  1. A19%
  2. U15%
  3. I15%
5th letter
  1. K27%
  2. H23%
  3. E19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; THICK tops the list with 14. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 9 words
  2. 8 points: 0 words
  3. 99 points: 1 words
  4. 10 points: 9 words
  5. 1111 points: 5 words
  6. 12 points: 0 words
  7. 1313 points: 0 words
  8. 14 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
THICK1414All three
THACK1414All three
TRACK1112All three
TRUCK1113All three
TRICK1112All three
TRECK1112Collins only
TROCK1112All three
TOUCH1011All three
TWICE1011All three
TEACH1010All three
TORCH1010All three
TENCH1011All three

The pattern is T _ _ C _, so the fourth letter is fixed while the middle pair stays open. Collins includes all 26 matches; NWL2023 includes 24 and ENABLE includes 21. Eleven count as common words, which makes this a compact clue list with a mix of everyday picks and specialist vocabulary.

Pattern facts at a glance

  • There are 26 five-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
  • TRACK, TOUCH, TWICE, TEACH and TRUCK are familiar examples.
  • Twelve matching entries also appear in the Wordle answer list.
  • THICK and THACK lead the Scrabble scores at 14 points each.
  • The most frequent final letters are K, H and E, with 7, 6 and 5 words respectively.

Which examples and endings narrow the set?

Twelve words in this pattern are Wordle answers, and all twelve are included in the tournament dictionaries. The allowed-guess count is 26, so the pattern has more legal guesses than answers.

Endings split the 26 words fast. K closes seven of them, including TRACK, TRICK, TRUCK and THICK, while E closes five, among them TWICE, TRACE and TRUCE.

A fourth-place C can follow a vowel or a consonant. TEACH and TOUCH put a vowel before it; TORCH and TENCH put R or N there. For a crossword clue, solve from the definition first and then test the shape.

A practical clue check

THICK and THACK score 14 Scrabble points apiece, the top score among these examples. TRACK, TRUCK and TRICK each score 11; TOUCH, TWICE and TEACH each score 10. The average score is 9.4, so the top pair stands well above the group’s typical value.

A useful distinction: a strong board score does not make a word a strong puzzle guess. THICK may pay off in Scrabble, but TRACK and TOUCH are easier words to recognize when you are narrowing a Wordle pattern. Less familiar entries such as THECA, TERCE and TINCT make the list broader than its everyday vocabulary suggests.

Some matches depend on the dictionary used: Collins has 26, compared with 24 in NWL2023 and 21 in ENABLE. Check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar entry; the letter pattern alone does not guarantee acceptance.

Questions people ask

What familiar words match this letter pattern?
TRACK, TOUCH, TWICE, TEACH and TRUCK are the familiar matches for T _ _ C _. Eleven of the 26 words count as common vocabulary, and the rest, such as THECA and TITCH, are specialist entries.
Which match scores highest in this group?
THICK and THACK lead the Scrabble scores at 14 points each. The board position changes the practical value of that score, and your game’s dictionary decides validity.
Are most matches everyday vocabulary?
No. Only 11 of the 26 matches count as common words, so fewer than half are everyday vocabulary. Twelve are Wordle answers, which makes them the safest words to try first when this pattern shows up in a puzzle.

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