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

Lock the pattern as T _ _ _ I _: the first and fifth tiles are fixed, while positions two, three, four, and six remain open. Tennis, tragic, trivia, and turnip are recognizable fits. The ending clue sharply narrows the search: E and S account for the largest final-letter groups.

At a glance: the T…I pattern

• 113 words fit T _ _ _ I _ in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins has 110 matches; NWL2023 has 77, and ENABLE has 70.
• Seven matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency.
• E ends 29 matches and S ends 25; C is next with 12.
• THYMIC scores 16 points, followed by TZURIS at 15 and TOXOID at 14.

How many matches appear in each dictionary?

Collins recognizes 110 matches, while NWL2023 includes 77 and ENABLE includes 70. These dictionary totals overlap, so adding them would count some words more than once.

The combined set contains 113 words, each accepted by at least one of those tournament lists. Definitions are available for 86 matches, but only 7 are common by wordfreq. Check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Which T…I words score highest?

THYMIC leads the scoring table at 16 points. TZURIS earns 15, and TOXOID and TEKKIE each earn 14. The top scorer is less familiar than tennis or tactic, a reminder that a high tile score does not necessarily make a word easy to recall.

E is the most frequent final tile, with 29 matches; S follows with 25, then C with 12. Only 11 matches end in T, so a known ending can cut down the possibilities quickly.

The fifth-letter choice changes the size of the search considerably: the matching pattern with E in that position has 415 words, compared with 113 for I. If I is confirmed, use the last letter as your next filter rather than guessing at the three open middle tiles.