6-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and T as the 3rd letter

A doubled T inside a six-letter word usually means an A in front: 17 of the 26 matches start with it. ATTACK, ATTEND, ATTACH, ATTAIN and ATTIRE are the everyday ones, while OTTERS and UTTERS show the pairing after another vowel. Only 6 of the 26 count as common words.

Double-T pattern in numbers

• 26 words fit _TT___ in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins accepts 25, NWL2023 accepts 19 and ENABLE accepts 17.
• A starts 17 words; E and O start 3 each, Y starts 2 and U starts 1.
• S ends 8 of the 26, while E and T end 3 each.
• ATTACK tops the scores at 12; ATTACH and YTTRIC follow at 11.

Which double-T words are worth knowing?

The recognizable matches are ATTACK, ATTEND, ATTACH, ATTAIN, ATTIRE and ATTEST. Only 6 of the 26 are common by word frequency, so most of the list is obscure. OTTERS, UTTERS and ATTICS belong to the largest ending group, the 8 words that finish in S.

Outside the A group, ETTLED, ETTINS and ETTLES give you three E openers, and YTTRIA and YTTRIC are the only Y words. YTTRIC matters in Scrabble: it scores 11, level with ATTACH.

Scores and limits of the double-T set

ATTACK scores 12 and is a word everyone knows, which is rare in a pattern this small. ATTEND, just as familiar, scores only 7. The average across all 26 is 7.3.

Collins accepts 25 of the 26, but NWL2023 accepts 19 and ENABLE 17. Rarer entries such as ATTRAP are the ones to check against your game's word list before you play them.

Using a crossing letter