6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and T as the 5th letter

Keep R in position two and T in position five, and you still have a varied set: familiar words such as BREATH and TREATY sit alongside CRAFTS and CRYPTO. The strongest pattern clue is the final letter: 74 of the 128 matches end in S. That makes a plural or verb form a sensible first check when your other tiles fit.

6-letter words with R second and T fifth at a glance

• There are 128 matches, including PRETTY, GROWTH, CREATE, and BREATH.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing in 74 matches; Y is next with 19.
• G begins 18 words, more than any other first letter; C begins 17.
• KRANTZ scores 19 points, the highest score among the featured examples.

Which endings narrow down the pattern?

Start with the last tile if your rack or puzzle gives you one. S accounts for 74 words, including GRANTS, PRINTS, FRUITS, TREATS, and TRUSTS. Y is a distant second at 19, with GRITTY, CRAFTY, and FROSTY among the examples.

The remaining endings are much thinner: E and H each appear 11 and 8 times, respectively, while A also appears 8 times. So if your pattern ends in S, you are working with well over half of the matches; a rare ending such as I leaves just one example.

Which matches score well, and what should you check?

For a high-value play, KRANTZ leads at 19 points, followed by ERSATZ at 15 and CRAFTY at 14. GROWTH and CRYPTO each score 13. Those less everyday choices can beat familiar options like PRETTY, but only when your game accepts the word and the board gives you room to place it.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 127 matches, NWL2023 includes 91, and ENABLE includes 89. The full set is the union across those tournament lists, not a promise that every game accepts every entry. Just 26 matches are common by frequency, so check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar form. For a related clue, compare the five-letter pattern, or keep R and T fixed while changing the word length.