6-letter words with F as the 1st letter and T as the 5th letter

T holds the fifth slot in every match, so the last letter decides the shape: 33 close in -TS and 16 in -TY. R fills the second slot 16 times and L 12. Thirteen matches are common words, and fixity tops the scores at 19.

The F-T pattern at a glance

• All 63 matches start with F and place T fifth.
• Thirty-three end in -TS and 16 in -TY.
• R sits second in 16 matches and L in 12.
• Thirteen matches are common words.
• Fixity leads at 19, then fixate, fajita and fixits on 16.
• T pairs with S or Y in 49 of the 63 matches.

Which F-T words score best?

Fixity tops the list at 19, built on the X and a Y. Fixate, fixits and fajita follow at 16.

The X does the heavy lifting: fixate, fixity and fixits all put an 8-point X into play, and the -TY ending adds a 4-point Y.

Lower scores cluster around the plain words: fourth, faulty, fruity, frosty, feisty and flirty sit between 10 and 12.

Fechts is the only 14-point match without an X or a Y, and it earns that from the C-H pair.

The -TY adjectives and the -TS plurals

Sixteen matches end in -TY, a group that mixes the noun fixity with adjectives like faulty, fruity, frosty, feisty, flirty and floaty.

Thirty-three end in -TS instead, mostly plurals and third-person verbs: fights, fruits, faults, fronts, floats, fleets, facets, feasts, flirts and firsts.

Collins carries 62 of the 63 matches, NWL2023 49 and ENABLE 45. The single missing entry is the rare outlier.

Frosty, feisty and flirty all end the same way, so a -TY clue often means an adjective.