7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and T as the 4th letter

249 7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and T as the 4th letter fit the _ _ A T _ _ _ pattern, from STATION to BEATING.

249 wordsTop pick STATIONHighest score JHATKAS 21

36 of 249 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

4th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With A in 3rd place, R is the most common 4th letter (355 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 36 · most-used first

STATION₇
WEATHER₁₃
FEATURE₁₀
BEATING₁₀
LEATHER₁₀
AMATEUR₉
HEATING₁₁
STATING₈
ANATOMY₁₂
HEATHER₁₃
SKATING₁₂
STATUTE₇
SEATING₈
SPATIAL₉
COATING₁₀
FEATHER₁₃
STATUES₇
PLATEAU₉
PLATOON₉
BLATANT₉
STATURE₇
SCATTER₉
CHATTER₁₂
BOATING₁₀
CHATEAU₁₂
OVATION₁₀
FLATTER₁₀
PLATTER₉
SHATTER₁₀
HEATERS₁₀
CHATTED₁₃
GRATING₉
PLATING₁₀
SKATERS₁₁
STATELY₁₀
HEATHEN₁₃

All valid words 249

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ABATERS₉
ABATING₁₀
ABATORS₉
ABATTIS₉
ABATURE₉
ACATERS₉
ACATOUR₉
AGATISE₈
AGATIZE₁₇
AGATOID₉
ALATION₇
AMATEUR₉
AMATING₁₀
AMATION₉
AMATIVE₁₂
AMATOLS₉
AMATORY₁₂
ANATASE₇
ANATMAN₉
ANATOMY₁₂
ANATTAS₇
ANATTOS₇
APATITE₉
AVATARS₁₀
BEATBOX₁₈
BEATERS₉
BEATHED₁₃
BEATIER₉
BEATIFY₁₅
BEATING₁₀
BEATNIK₁₃
BLATANT₉
BLATEST₉
BLATHER₁₂
BLATTED₁₀
BLATTER₉
BOATELS₉
BOATERS₉
BOATFUL₁₂
BOATIES₉
BOATING₁₀
BOATMAN₁₁
BOATMEN₁₁
BRATTLE₉
CHATBOT₁₄
CHATEAU₁₂
CHATONS₁₂
CHATTAS₁₂
CHATTED₁₃
CHATTEL₁₂
CHATTER₁₂
CHATTIS₁₂
CLATTED₁₀
CLATTER₉
COATEES₉
COATERS₉
COATING₁₀
CRATERS₉
CRATING₁₀
CRATONS₉
CRATURS₉
CUATROS₉
CYATHIA₁₅
CYATHUS₁₅
DEATHLY₁₄
DIATOMS₁₀
DIATRON₈
DOATERS₈
DOATING₉
DRATTED₉
ELATERS₇
ELATING₈
ELATION₇
ELATIVE₁₀
ENATION₇
EPATANT₉
EPATERS₉
ERATHEM₁₂
ETATISM₉
ETATIST₇
FEATEST₁₀
FEATHER₁₃
FEATING₁₁
FEATOUS₁₀
FEATURE₁₀
FIATING₁₁
FLATBED₁₃
FLATCAP₁₄
FLATCAR₁₂
FLATLET₁₀
FLATTED₁₁
FLATTEN₁₀
FLATTER₁₀
FLATTIE₁₀
FLATTOP₁₂
FRATCHY₁₈
FRATERS₁₀
FRATERY₁₃
GNATHAL₁₁
GNATHIC₁₃
GOATEED₉
GOATEES₈
GOATIER₈
GOATISH₁₁
GRATERS₈
GRATIFY₁₄
GRATINE₈
GRATING₉
GRATINS₈
HEATERS₁₀
HEATHEN₁₃
HEATHER₁₃
HEATING₁₁
HOATZIN₁₉
IRATELY₁₀
IRATEST₇
ISATINE₇
ISATINS₇
JHATKAS₂₁
KLATSCH₁₆
KRATERS₁₁
KRATOMS₁₃
LEATHER₁₀
LIATRIS₇
LOATHED₁₁
LOATHER₁₀
LOATHES₁₀
LOATHLY₁₃
MAATJES₁₆
MEATAXE₁₆
MEATHES₁₂
MEATIER₉
MEATILY₁₂
MEATMAN₁₁
MEATMEN₁₁
MOATING₁₀
NEATENS₇
NEATEST₇
NEATNIK₁₁
ORATING₈
ORATION₇
ORATORS₇
ORATORY₁₀
ORATRIX₁₄
ORATURE₇
OVATELY₁₃
OVATING₁₁
OVATION₁₀
OVATORS₁₀
PEATARY₁₂
PEATERY₁₂
PEATIER₉
PEATMAN₁₁
PEATMEN₁₁
PHATTER₁₂
PLATANE₉
PLATANS₉
PLATEAU₉
PLATENS₉
PLATERS₉
PLATIER₉
PLATIES₉
PLATINA₉
PLATING₁₀
PLATOON₉
PLATTED₁₀
PLATTER₉
PLATYPI₁₄
PRATERS₉
PRATIES₉
PRATING₁₀
PRATTED₁₀
PRATTLE₉
QUATRES₁₆
RHATANY₁₃
ROATING₈
SCATHED₁₃
SCATHES₁₂
SCATOLE₉
SCATTED₁₀
SCATTER₉
SEATERS₇
SEATING₈
SHATTER₁₀
SKATERS₁₁
SKATING₁₂
SKATOLE₁₁
SKATOLS₁₁
SLATERS₇
SLATHER₁₀
SLATIER₇
SLATING₈
SLATTED₈
SLATTER₇
SMATTER₉
SNATCHY₁₅
SNATHES₁₀
SPATHAL₁₂
SPATHED₁₃
SPATHES₁₂
SPATHIC₁₄
SPATIAL₉
SPATTED₁₀
SPATTEE₉
SPATTER₉
SPATULA₉
SPATULE₉
SPATZLE₁₈
STATANT₇
STATELY₁₀
STATERS₇
STATICE₉
STATICS₉
STATING₈
STATINS₇
STATION₇
STATISM₉
STATIST₇
STATIVE₁₀
STATORS₇
STATUAS₇
STATUED₈
STATUES₇
STATURE₇
STATUSY₁₀
STATUTE₇
SWATHED₁₄
SWATHER₁₃
SWATHES₁₃
SWATTED₁₁
SWATTER₁₀
TEATIME₉
THATCHT₁₅
THATCHY₁₈
TSATSKE₁₁
TUATARA₇
TUATERA₇
TWATTLE₁₀
VIATICA₁₂
VIATORS₁₀
WEATHER₁₃
WHATCHA₁₈
WHATNOT₁₃
WHATSIS₁₃
WHATSIT₁₃
WHATTEN₁₃
WRATHED₁₄
ZAATARS₁₆
ZEATINS₁₆

Letters by positionIn 28% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

S22%
A10%
P10%

2nd letter

L16%
E15%
R12%

5th letter

I26%
E15%
T15%

6th letter

E28%
N16%
R15%

7th letter

S27%
R12%
E11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; JHATKAS tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 33 words
8 points: 16 words
99 points: 62 words
10 points: 43 words
1111 points: 21 words
12 points: 24 words
1313 points: 22 words
14 points: 9 words
1515 points: 5 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 1 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JHATKAS	21	22	Collins only
HOATZIN	19	19	All three
WHATCHA	18	17	NWL only
BEATBOX	18	20	Collins · NWL
THATCHY	18	16	All three
SPATZLE	18	20	All three
FRATCHY	18	17	Collins only
AGATIZE	17	18	All three
KLATSCH	16	17	All three
MEATAXE	16	17	Collins only
QUATRES	16	17	All three
ZEATINS	16	17	All three

That fixed A-T pair leaves three opening letters and three ending letters to solve. The matches range from familiar words such as WEATHER, LEATHER, and HEATING to less common entries; just 36 rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq. Use recognizable examples to narrow a puzzle, then check unusual plays against your game's dictionary.

A-T pattern at a glance

Exactly 249 tournament-dictionary words fit the seven-letter _ _ A T _ _ _ pattern.
STATION, WEATHER, FEATURE, and BEATING are familiar examples among the matches.
Just 36 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq.
Collins includes 244 matches, compared with 204 in NWL2023 and 187 in ENABLE.
S leads both ends: it starts 55 matches and closes 68.

Which words fit the A-T pattern?

STATION and FEATURE show how the fixed letters sit inside familiar word shapes; PLATOON and STATUTE offer different endings. S leads the first-letter counts with 55 matches, while A and P each start 24. Trying S first is a productive filter, though it does not account for every answer.

The final letter tells a different story: S ends 68 matches, ahead of R at 29 and E at 28. STATUES, HEATING, and COATING show how varied the endings can be. Don't assume every match shares one suffix just because the middle pair is fixed.

Which matches score well in Scrabble?

HOATZIN scores 19 points, while BEATBOX, THATCHY, and SPATZLE each score 18. These stand out against the list's average score of 10.4, but their unusual letter combinations make them less familiar than STATION or FEATURE.

A high raw score is not the same as an easy play: check the word against your game's dictionary before committing. Collins has 244 matches, while NWL2023 has 204, so acceptance can depend on which list your game uses.

A practical limit for this pattern

Note

Treat 7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and T as the 4th letter as a pattern, not a promise of everyday vocabulary: only 36 matches are common, so check rare candidates against your game's word list.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A third and T fourth?

Exactly 249 words fit the pattern in the tournament-dictionary count. That total includes entries accepted by at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023; words found only in a general word corpus do not count. The matches include familiar terms as well as obscure plays.

What is a high-scoring word with A third and T fourth?

HOATZIN scores 19 points, while BEATBOX, THATCHY, and SPATZLE each score 18. Those are raw word scores before premium board squares. In a game, confirm the word is accepted by the dictionary you are using.

How do the dictionary counts compare?

Collins has 244 matches, NWL2023 has 204, and ENABLE has 187. Those dictionary totals overlap, so adding them does not give the number of distinct words. The combined pattern count is 249 across the tournament dictionaries.

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7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and T as the 4th letter

Common words 36 · most-used first

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A-T pattern at a glance

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Which matches score well in Scrabble?

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