6-letter words with P as the 1st letter and T as the 4th letter

The pattern P _ _ T _ _ combines familiar words with less common tournament entries. PRETTY, POSTED, and PHOTOS are quick to recognize, while PRETAX leads the scoring examples. Matches appear in Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, so acceptance varies by game; check your rack against both the fixed letters and possible endings.

At a glance: six letters, P first, T fourth

• The P _ _ T _ _ pattern has 147 tournament-dictionary matches.
• PRETTY, POSTED, and PHOTOS all fit the two fixed positions.
• N and R tie for the most common final letter, with 23 words apiece.
• PRETAX scores 15 points, the highest among these scoring examples.

Which endings appear most often?

N and R each finish 23 matches; S is next at 22. D appears at the end of 20 words, and E closes 17. If the last tile is uncertain, test those endings before moving to the smaller groups.

Examples make those endings easier to scan: POSTED ends in D, PHOTOS in S, and PORTER in R. PRETTY ends in Y, one of the less frequent options with 10 matches. Grouping candidates this way can trim a large pattern search without changing its fixed P and T.

Only 23 matches rank within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Familiar choices include PORTER, PASTOR, and POSTAL, but most matches are less common vocabulary. Collins contains 146 words, NWL2023 has 117, and ENABLE has 108; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

6-letter words with P as 1st and T as 4th: scoring

• PRETAX tops the scoring examples at 15 points.
• PHYTON, PHYTOL, and PHYTIN each score 14 points.
• PHOTIC and PHATIC are tied at 13.
• PEPTIC, PHOTOG, PECTIC, and PACTUM each score 12.