6-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and C as the 6th letter

The pattern is __T__C: keep T fixed in the third slot and C at the end. METRIC and GOTHIC are familiar anchors, while entries such as YTTRIC and VITRIC are less likely to come to mind. Only two matches fall into the common-word group, so expect a compact list with a mix of everyday and specialist vocabulary.

At a glance: the __T__C pattern

• There are 12 six-letter matches with T third and C last.
• METRIC, GOTHIC, and MYTHIC are recognizable examples in the set.
• MYTHIC leads the Scrabble scores at 16 points.
• The matches have an average score of 10.8 points.
• Three words begin with M, the most frequent starting letter here.

How many 6-letter words have T third and C sixth?

There are 12 matches. The fixed final C makes this a much tighter search than the same third-letter pattern ending in S, which has 279 matches. Keep both known letters in place before testing the remaining tiles; shifting the final letter too early can hide the right fit.

The starting letters show another useful clue: M begins three of the 12 words, while A, C, G, I, L, N, P, V, and Y each begin one. Try METRIC, MATRIC, or MYTHIC first when your opening letters point to M. That narrows the scan without assuming every answer starts the same way.

6-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and C as the 6th letter

Dictionary coverage differs across the set: all 12 appear in Collins, 11 in NWL2023, and 10 in ENABLE. Those totals overlap, so they do not add up to separate groups. If a candidate is rejected in your game, check its chosen word list rather than treating every tournament dictionary as interchangeable.

For a points-first play, MYTHIC scores 16, ahead of PATHIC at 13 and GOTHIC at 12. The expert wrinkle is that the rare-looking MYTHIC outranks the more familiar METRIC, which scores 10. Look for a premium square that boosts Y, but do not spend a turn chasing score if the fixed C does not fit your rack.