6-letter words with S as the 4th letter and T as the 5th letter

This pattern fixes the middle of each word as _ _ _ S T _. The final letter varies, but S dominates: most matches end in S, while a smaller group ends in Y, A or E. If you are narrowing a puzzle, that last position can cut the candidates quickly.

At a glance: 6-letter words with S as 4th and T as 5th

• 119 tournament-dictionary words match the pattern.
• QUESTS, QUISTS and ZOISTS each score 15 points in Scrabble.
• 78 words end in S; 18 end in Y.
• Only 16 matches rank among the most common English words.

Which letters begin these six-letter words?

C, F and G tie for the most common first letter, with 12 words each. Think of CHESTS and CHASTE, FEASTS and FEISTY, or GUESTS and GHOSTS. No single opening letter runs away with this pattern, so use the known letters elsewhere in your puzzle to choose between those groups.

The ending is less evenly spread. After the 78 words ending in S and 18 ending in Y, the next most frequent endings are A (10) and E (9); just three end in O and one in I. For comparison, the pattern with S fourth and E fifth has 534 matches, far more than this T-fifth set.

What should you know about scores and word lists?

QUESTS, QUISTS and ZOISTS share the top listed Scrabble score at 15 points. CHESTY scores 14, while EXISTS scores 13. These are tile scores before any board premiums, so a double-letter or triple-word square can change the total during play.

For 6-letter words with S as 4th and T as 5th, dictionary coverage matters: Collins includes 117 matches, compared with 85 in NWL2023 and 81 in ENABLE. The list has 94 defined entries, but not every match appears in every game dictionary. Check your game's word list before building a play around an unfamiliar word.