5-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter

The pattern _T__E has a compact set of 40 tournament-dictionary words. STATE, STYLE, STAGE, STORE, and STONE are familiar options; less common entries sit beside them. The split by first letter is striking: S dominates, while only nine words start with another letter.

5-letter words with T second and E fifth

• There are 40 matches, and every one ends in E.
• STATE, STYLE, STAGE, STORE, and STONE are recognizable examples.
• S begins 31 of the 40 words; E begins five.
• Collins includes all 40; ENABLE and NWL2023 include 27 each.
• STYME leads the scoring list at 10 points.

Why does S appear so often?

S starts 31 matches, or about 78 percent of the set. That concentration makes familiar ST words such as STALE, STAKE, STARE, and STOVE the natural first places to check. A, C, E, and U account for the remaining nine starts.

The neighboring patterns put this small pool in perspective: 230 five-letter words have O second and E last, while 207 have A in those positions. T is a much tighter constraint. For another T-and-E pattern, the S-second-letter version has 43 matches, only a few more than this one.

Which entries fit word games and scoring?

The pattern matches 15 Wordle answers, and all 15 also appear in tournament dictionaries. The available facts do not name those answers, so use the letter pattern to narrow candidates rather than treating every example here as a confirmed answer. Only 11 matches fall among the most common English words.

For tile scoring, STYME reaches 10 points; STAKE and STOKE each score 9. The average score across the set is 6.4. Dictionary coverage is the catch: Collins has 13 more matches than either ENABLE or NWL2023, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

Definition coverage adds another limit: only 29 of these 40 matches have a meaning, so a legal tile pattern does not always spell a word people know.