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

The pattern is _T__T, so both fixed letters are T and the middle two letters do the sorting. The familiar options include START, STUNT, STINT, STOUT, and STRUT; less familiar entries make up the rest. Six matches appear among Wordle answers, while all 15 are allowed guesses, and dictionary coverage ranges from 10 entries in ENABLE to all 15 in Collins.

The _T__T pattern at a glance

• There are 15 five-letter matches with T in positions two and five.
• Thirteen start with S; ATILT and YTOST are the two exceptions.
• Six matches are Wordle answers, and all 15 are allowed guesses.
• YTOST scores 8 points, the highest score among these entries.
• The list contains 10 ENABLE words, 12 NWL2023 words, and 15 Collins words.

Why do most matches start with S?

S dominates this pattern: START, STUNT, STINT, STOUT, STRUT, STENT, STURT, STOTT, STILT, STOAT, STOPT, STEPT, and STOIT all begin with S. That leaves just ATILT and YTOST outside the group. When the first letter is still unknown, S is the strongest first-position candidate by a wide margin.

The more familiar S-words are easier to spot, but don't assume every match is everyday vocabulary. YTOST is the top scorer, while STOPT and STEPT score 7 each. Those less common forms can be easy to overlook when you're solving from a letter pattern rather than meaning.

Which matches work for Wordle and word games?

Six of the 15 matches are in the Wordle answer list, and all six also appear in a tournament dictionary. The full set of 15 is allowed as Wordle guesses. For a live puzzle, use the fixed T positions first, then test likely middle letters; the count alone does not identify which answers are in play.

For Scrabble scoring, YTOST leads at 8 points, followed by STEPT and STOPT at 7. START, STUNT, STINT, STOUT, and STRUT each score 5. The list is not equally broad across dictionaries, so check your game's word list: ENABLE includes 10 matches, NWL2023 includes 12, and Collins includes all 15.