6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and T as the 4th letter

The pattern is _R_T__, with R fixed in position two and T in position four. Familiar matches include pretty, writer, writes, brutal, arctic and critic, but most entries are less common: just 14 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The different dictionary totals matter, too, if you play with a specific word list.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 92 tournament-dictionary matches for the _R_T__ pattern.
• C leads as the first letter with 15 words; P follows with 14.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing on 28 matches.
• Only 14 entries are common by the frequency measure; pretty and writer are recognizable examples.
• Frutex scores 16 points in Scrabble before any board-square bonuses.

Which endings and examples stand out?

An S ending dominates: 28 words finish that way, more than twice the 13 ending in R. Writes, truths, crates and grates show how often the pattern accommodates plurals or verb forms. If your final tile is known, checking S first narrows the search faster than guessing a starting letter.

The opening letters are more varied than the ending. Try crater, proton, gritty, grated or gratis as familiar possibilities; the remaining words include less everyday vocabulary.

How do scores and dictionaries affect the list?

Frutex is the top scorer at 16 points, with frothy, pretax and wrathy close behind at 15 each. Wretch, brothy, fratch and crwths score 14. Those values are base Scrabble scores, so premium squares can change the result; a rare high-value word is not automatically the safest play.

The dictionary counts differ: 72 matches appear in ENABLE, 91 in Collins and 77 in NWL2023. Those lists overlap, so the separate totals do not add up to the 92-word combined set. Most entries are not common everyday vocabulary, and game acceptance depends on your chosen dictionary; check that list before playing an unfamiliar entry.