5-letter words with T as the 4th letter and A as the 5th letter

The fixed ending TA leaves 70 tournament-dictionary matches, but only 11 rank among the most common English words. Everyday picks such as DELTA and PASTA sit beside specialist entries like RHYTA and JARTA. The same pattern also has a small Wordle footprint: seven matching answers.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 70 five-letter entries put T fourth and A fifth.
• Collins includes 67, NWL2023 includes 53, and ENABLE includes 42; those sets overlap.
• Only 11 entries qualify as common by our frequency measure.
• P leads as a first letter, with eight words; A, R, and S each start six.
• QUOTA tops the listed Scrabble scores at 14 points.

Which starting letters appear most often?

Every match ends in A, so the first three letters do all the separating work. P leads with eight starts, while A, R, and S tie at six apiece; C and T contribute five each. That distribution gives you a practical solving order: keep the fixed TA ending in place, then test the strongest opening groups before spending guesses on smaller initials.

Familiar choices include GOTTA, DELTA, PASTA, and VISTA, but this is not a common-word list: only 11 entries meet the frequency measure. Entries such as RHYTA, JARTA, and WHATA are much less everyday, so an obscure play depends on your game's dictionary.

5-letter words with T as the 4th letter and A as the 5th letter

Seven words in this pattern are Wordle answers, while all 70 matches are counted as allowed guesses. That makes the ending clue more useful for filtering than for choosing an opening probe: once T is fixed fourth and A fifth, use the first three positions to test candidate families. QUOTA, DELTA, and COSTA show how varied those starts can be.

For board scoring, QUOTA leads at 14 points; JUNTA, KOFTA, and JARTA each score 12. Premium squares can change the board result. The strongest scorer is not necessarily the strongest Wordle guess: its Q can be valuable in Scrabble, but the seven answers are not ranked here by frequency.

One limitation matters: a tournament entry is not automatically accepted by every app. The 70 matches span dictionaries unevenly, from 42 in ENABLE to 67 in Collins, so check your game's word list when a rare form decides the play.