6-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and R as the 5th letter

That mask is tighter than a general six-letter search: the third tile must be T and the fifth must be R, while positions one, two, four, and six stay open. Familiar anchors include FUTURE, RETURN, NATURE, and MATURE; less obvious matches such as EXTORT and WATERS show how widely the other slots can vary. These matches come from tournament dictionaries, not every word ever recorded.

6-letter words with T as 3rd and R as 5th

• All 120 matches follow the pattern __T_R_.
• 28 entries are classed as common by word frequency.
• A definition is available for 103 matches.
• A is the leading first letter, with 18 matches; R follows with 11.
• S is the leading final letter: 53 words end in S.

How many matches are common?

Exactly 120 words fit the fixed positions. Only 28 are classed as common, while 103 have a definition; those measures describe different things, since a defined entry need not be familiar in everyday play.

Dictionary coverage changes the usable pool. ENABLE contains 87 matches, NWL2023 has 91, and Collins has 118; the combined set is 120 because some words appear in one list but not another. Keep the known letters anchored as you scan, and check your game's word list before trying an unfamiliar form.

Which endings and scores stand out?

Ending letters make a useful second filter: 53 matches finish in S, ahead of E with 16, N with 12, and Y with 11. If your final tile is known, test S first, but treat it as a strong lead rather than a rule. FUTURE and NATURE end in E; WATERS ends in S.

For tile points, EXTIRP leads at 15. EXTORT, EXTERN, and OXTERS each score 13, while WATERY earns 12. Those are letter scores before board premiums, so a high-scoring, unfamiliar word is not automatically a safe play.