6-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

Set the pattern to __TE__: T in the third position and E in the fourth. Of 137 matches, just 28 rank among common English words. The ending gives another clue: 55 words finish in S and 27 finish in T. Familiar options include latest, attend, waters, and hotels; the full set also contains less familiar tournament entries. Check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar word.

At a glance: words matching __TE__

• The pattern is __TE__, with T and E fixed in the middle.
• There are 137 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• Latest, attend, extent, and extend are recognizable examples.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing in 55 words.
• Alteza leads the listed high scorers at 15 points before board bonuses.

Which final letters appear most often?

S endings dominate this group: voters, waters, hotels, meters, and haters all fit. Many are familiar plurals, making an S on your rack worth checking against the fixed middle before you set it aside.

T is the runner-up, with 27 matches, including attend, extent, and potent. Eleven words end in Y; lately, watery, and cutest show how much the final letter can change the feel of the same __TE__ pattern.

How do these six-letter matches score?

Alteza is the highest scorer in the examples at 15 points. Extend scores 14, while extent, extern, urtext, and oxters each reach 13. Extend beats the familiar latest on this base-score ranking, a reminder that an uncommon word can outscore an everyday one.

The dictionary counts overlap: 135 matches appear in Collins, 114 in NWL2023, and 110 in ENABLE. Only 28 entries rank among common English words, so expect unfamiliar options as you scan. A word accepted in one list may not suit every game; check the dictionary your game uses.