6-letter words with T as the 4th letter and X as the 6th letter

The pattern is _ _ _ T _ X, so each answer ends in X with T in the fourth slot. Familiar options include CORTEX, SYNTAX, VORTEX, and VERTEX; DENTEX, FRUTEX, and TETTIX are less familiar matches. Collins recognizes all 11 words, while ENABLE and NWL2023 recognize 8 each.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 11 tournament-dictionary words fit this six-letter pattern.
• All 11 end in X, with T fixed in the fourth position.
• Collins recognizes 11; ENABLE and NWL2023 each recognize 8.
• Four count as common, and 9 have definitions.

6-letter words with T as the 4th letter and X as the 6th

CORTEX, SYNTAX, VORTEX, and VERTEX are the most recognizable matches. VORTEX and VERTEX differ by one letter, but both follow the same _ _ _ T _ X pattern. PRETAX, SURTAX, and NONTAX also fit, alongside rarer entries such as MASTIX and TETTIX.

Four of the 11 words meet the common-word measure, while 9 have definitions. That leaves two without definition entries, so tournament validity does not guarantee a familiar word. The set’s average score is 14.7; its top scorers reach 16, compared with SURTAX at 13.

How to use the final X as a clue

For a rack or board, lock T into position four and reserve X for the end; that narrows the search to 11 matches. In Scrabble, SYNTAX, VORTEX, VERTEX, and FRUTEX each score 16. CORTEX and PRETAX score 15, while SURTAX and NONTAX score 13.

The final X is the real bottleneck: the related pattern with T fourth and S last has 319 matches, compared with 11 here. If X is fixed, keep less familiar options such as FRUTEX and DENTEX in consideration rather than dismissing them on sight.

Four entries meet the common-word cutoff, so this is more of a constrained clue list than an everyday vocabulary set. Collins has 3 more matches than either ENABLE or NWL2023; check your game’s word list once before playing a rarer option such as TETTIX.