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

With T fixed at the start and R fourth, the pattern is T _ _ R _ _. It yields 76 six-letter words, from THIRTY and THIRST to TETRAD and TUTRIX, but just nine count as common by frequency. The clue is tighter than a simple T-start search and quickly reaches less familiar vocabulary.

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

• Exactly 76 matches fit T _ _ R _ _, and nine meet the common-word cutoff.
• THORAX tops the listed tile scores at 16; THIRTY and THORNY each score 12.
• Final S appears most often, on 28 answers; D is next with 10.
• Collins covers 74 entries, while NWL2023 has 58 and ENABLE has 52.
• Recognizable examples include THIRTY, TERROR, THIRST, TURRET and TIERED.

Which words stand out in the T-R pattern?

The most familiar candidates include THIRTY, THIRST, TERROR, TURRET and TIERED. Ending S dominates: 28 of the 76 words finish that way, including THIRDS and THORNS; D closes 10, as in TIERED and TOURED. Test S first, then D, before chasing rarer endings.

For points, THORAX leads at 16, thanks to its X; TWERPY and TWIRPY follow at 14 apiece. THIRTY, THORNY, TWIRLY and THYRSE each score 12, so the top scores are not limited to one spelling pattern.

The 76 matches form a combined tournament-dictionary set, not a promise that every game accepts every entry: Collins has 74, NWL2023 has 58 and ENABLE has 52. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar option such as THYRSE.

How can you search the pattern efficiently?

Lock in T at position one and R at position four, then group candidates by ending: S appears 28 times, followed by D at 10. Compare spelling families next: TH- words include THIRTY, THIRST and THORAX, while TURRET and TIERED break that cluster.

The 6-letter words with T as the 1st letter and R as the 4th letter form a narrow clue set, but not all are everyday guesses: only nine are common. Treat THORAX as a score play, not a likely answer, and save TETRAD or TUTRIX for word-list checks.