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5-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

5-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter total 43, led by familiar S-words such as state, start, and stand.

43 wordsTop pick STATEHighest score ATAXY 15

20 of 43 are everyday words (47%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

  • 3rd letter
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

With T in 2nd place, O is the most common 3rd letter (54 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 20 · most-used first

All valid words 43

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

Letters by positionIn 84% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S84%
  2. E7%
  3. A5%
4th letter
  1. R16%
  2. N12%
  3. P9%
5th letter
  1. S23%
  2. E23%
  3. K9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 5 in Scrabble; ATAXY tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 55 points: 15 words
  2. 6 points: 8 words
  3. 77 points: 4 words
  4. 8 points: 5 words
  5. 99 points: 7 words
  6. 10 points: 1 words
  7. 1111 points: 2 words
  8. 12 points: 0 words
  9. 1313 points: 0 words
  10. 14 points: 0 words
  11. 1515 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ATAXY1514All three
STAFF1111All three
STACK1112All three
STAPH1010All three
STAKE99All three
STAMP911All three
STARK99All three
STALK910All three
STANK910All three
OTAKU910Collins · NWL
STAGY99All three
STAYS87All three

The fixed pattern is _TA__, but the opening letter does most of the sorting: 36 entries begin with S. State, start, stand, stage, and staff make the pattern easy to scan; less familiar options sit beside them. Only 20 entries rank among the commonest English words, so treat the full tournament list as a broad clue bank, not a list of everyday vocabulary; definitions are available for 31.

5-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

  • 43 tournament-dictionary words match the two fixed middle letters.
  • 36 begin with S; E starts 3, while A and O start 2 each.
  • Final E and final S tie at 10 words apiece.
  • 19 matches appear among Wordle answers; 42 are allowed guesses.
  • ATAXY scores 15, ahead of STAFF and STACK at 11 each.

Which words fit a Wordle grid?

The Wordle answer list contains 19 matches, while the allowed-guess list contains 42. That gap matters: a guess can fit the pattern without being a possible solution. State, start, stand, stage, and stale are recognizable candidates, but the count alone does not rank them by likelihood.

Use known greens at positions two and three first, then test the first and last slots. Final E and S are the leading endings, tied at 10 each; K follows with 4. If your grid excludes S at the start, only 7 matches remain, so check the smaller opening-letter groups before guessing.

How do the scoring and dictionary options compare?

ATAXY scores 15 in Scrabble, while STAFF and STACK each score 11. STAPH is 10; STAKE, STAMP, STARK, STALK, and STANK each reach 9. Those choices concentrate points in F, X, and K, not in the fixed T-A pair.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins accepts 42 entries, NWL2023 accepts 35, and ENABLE accepts 33. The 43-word total is their union, not a promise that every game accepts every candidate.

For 5-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter, check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry. The adjacent T-O pattern has 54 matches, so changing one vowel opens a larger list.

Questions people ask

How many of these words are common?
20 of the 43 matches fall within the common-word group. That still leaves 23 outside it, so expect tournament-valid entries that are less familiar than state or start. For a quick solve, test the familiar examples first and keep the rarer options for later.
Is ATAXY accepted in every word game?
No; dictionary coverage differs across game lists. Collins includes 42 of these words, NWL2023 includes 35, and ENABLE includes 33, while ATAXY is a high scorer here. Check your game's accepted list before playing an unfamiliar entry; one list's valid word may not carry over.
Are all 19 Wordle matches possible answers?
No. The 19 figure counts matches in the answer list, while 42 words are allowed guesses. A word can therefore be a legal guess without being a possible answer. Keep that distinction in mind when you use the middle-letter pattern to narrow a board.

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