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

The pattern is _ _ T _ _ D, with T fixed in the middle and D closing every answer. Fourteen of the 113 matches count as common by word frequency, so familiar choices such as METHOD, ATTEND, and EXTEND sit alongside less everyday entries. Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 111, NWL2023 includes 89, and ENABLE includes 83.

At a glance: the T-and-D pattern

• There are 113 six-letter matches with T third and D last.
• METHOD, ATTEND, and EXTEND are familiar examples that fit the pattern.
• Fourteen entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• FUTZED leads the listed Scrabble scores at 19 points.
• Changing the final letter to S gives 279 matches, more than twice as many.

Which six-letter words fit this pattern?

METHOD is an easy pattern check: M-E-T-H-O-D puts T third and D sixth. ATTEND and EXTEND also fit, as do INTEND, HATRED, UNTOLD, and PUTRID. Each keeps the same two fixed positions while the other four letters change.

Many recognizable matches are inflected forms. DOTTED, GUTTED, NETTED, VETTED, and FITTED all end in D, but their shared shape does not make them interchangeable in a sentence. When solving a clue, first lock in the letter positions; then use meaning or crossing letters to narrow the remaining slots.

What stands out in scores and dictionary coverage?

FUTZED scores 19 points in Scrabble, followed by PUTZED at 18 and KYTHED at 17. Those high totals come from less familiar words, while EXTEND scores 14 and is much more recognizable. For a playable-word puzzle, a big score alone is a poor reason to choose an entry.

The 113 matches are the union of tournament-dictionary entries, not a promise that every game accepts every word. Collins has 111 matches, compared with 89 in NWL2023 and 83 in ENABLE. Only 93 entries have definitions here, and just 14 are common; check your game's word list before relying on an obscure match.