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

Every match fits the pattern ___TI, so the final two tiles are already fixed. The opening three letters do most of the work: B and C lead with four words each, while P begins three. The vocabulary is unusually specialized; none of the 30 entries falls in the common-word group, and XYSTI stands out for score, not everyday familiarity.

The pattern and its standout entries

• All 30 matches end in I, with T in the fourth position.
• B and C tie as the most frequent first letters, with four matches apiece.
• P starts three entries; A, D, F, M, and R start two each.
• XYSTI leads the Scrabble scores at 15 points, ahead of MUFTI at 10.
• Collins includes 29 matches, while NWL2023 includes 17 and ENABLE includes 14.

How many 5-letter words have T fourth and I fifth?

There are 30 tournament-dictionary matches for this exact letter pattern. The source lists overlap, so their counts are not separate piles to add together: Collins covers nearly the whole set, while ENABLE covers fewer than half. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

Wordle's answer list has one match, and the allowed-guess list has 30. That makes the pattern more useful for checking a candidate than for building a broad opening strategy. The answer match is not identified among these examples, so use the game's feedback to confirm the word rather than guessing from the pattern alone.

Which entries score well, and what should you watch for?

XYSTI is the clear Scrabble score leader at 15 points. MUFTI follows at 10; CACTI, DHOTI, SAKTI, KATTI, and DHUTI each score 9. Those values come from the letters themselves, so a premium square can change the board result without changing the word's base ranking.

The catch is familiarity: zero entries land in the common-word group, though 18 have definitions. Recognizable examples such as CACTI and MUFTI sit beside specialist vocabulary such as FASTI and MURTI. With the ending already fixed, test possible first-three-letter combinations instead of assuming every valid answer will sound familiar.