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

The fixed pattern is _T__P_: T sits in position two and P in position five, leaving four slots open. STAMPS, STRIPS, and STUMPS show how often a final S completes familiar-looking answers. Only five matches fall among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so the full set quickly gets more specialist.

How many 6-letter words have T second and P fifth?

• Twenty-two six-letter entries match _T__P_ across at least one tournament dictionary.
• Twenty-one begin with S; ATTAPS is the only match that begins with A.
• Fourteen end in S, while four end in Y and three in E.
• STUMPY and STOMPY top the Scrabble scores at 13 points apiece.
• Collins accepts 21, NWL2023 accepts 18, and ENABLE accepts 17; the source lists overlap.

Which endings and examples should you try?

The final S is the strongest clue after the fixed letters: it appears on 14 of the 22 matches. Start with STAMPS, STRIPS, STRAPS, STUMPS, or STOMPS when the board allows a plural or a verb form. Those recognizable options make the S-ending cluster easier to scan than the less familiar entries.

Y is the next most common ending, with four matches, including STUMPY, STOMPY, and STRIPY. Three words end in E, including STRIPE and STEPPE, while one ends in T. The contrast is useful when you already know the last tile: S narrows the search far more than Y or E.

How to use 6-letter words with T second and P fifth

Lock in the pattern as _T__P_ before testing the open spaces. Then try S at the start and end: 21 matches start with S, and 14 finish with S. That combined shape points quickly toward entries such as STAMPS and STUMPS, without wasting guesses on words that break either fixed position.

The familiar-looking choices are only part of the set. Just five entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, and dictionary acceptance varies: Collins includes 21 matches, compared with 18 in NWL2023 and 17 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before committing to an uncommon option.