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

The pattern fixes two positions but leaves four letters open, so candidates range from familiar words such as THINGS and TENNIS to less common entries. Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins accepts more of these matches than NWL2023 or ENABLE. For a word game, the ending is a useful next clue because S appears far more often than any other final letter.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 94 tournament-dictionary matches; Collins includes 90, NWL2023 includes 70, and ENABLE includes 57.
• Only 18 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency; familiar examples include THANKS, THINGS, and TENNIS.
• S is the most common ending, with 35 matches; Y follows at 14, then E at 10.
• TWINKY and TWANKY lead the Scrabble scores at 16 points each.

Which endings appear most often?

S leads the ending pattern with 35 words. THANKS, THINKS, and THINGS are recognizable examples, while the other endings are spread across smaller groups. When you have already confirmed T at the start and N in position four, testing a possible final S narrows the search more than starting with a rare ending.

Y is next with 14 matches, including TWENTY and TRENDY. E appears at the end of 10 words, while D and R each occur in eight. TURNED gives one example of the D ending; the spread means a known final letter can quickly separate candidates.

The familiar-word count is modest: just 18 matches fall within the top 25,000 by frequency. With 94 entries across tournament lists, some candidates will be unfamiliar. Check your game's dictionary before relying on a less common match.

How many 6-letter words have T first and N fourth?

The fixed pattern has 94 matches. Changing the length shifts the count to 64 for the same T-and-N positions in five letters, or 146 in seven. Those neighboring totals show why adding a letter can open up many more combinations without changing the clue.

Keeping six letters but changing N in the fourth position also makes a large difference: I produces 139 matches, while L produces 70 and M produces 53. Use a confirmed fourth letter rather than guessing from the opening T; that position sharply changes the candidate pool. Among the matches, TWINKY and TWANKY score 16 points, three more than THANKS.