7-letter words with E as the 1st letter and T as the 3rd letter

The pattern is E-T with one letter between them, followed by four more letters. ENTERED, ENTRIES, EXTRACT, and EXTREME are recognizable options, but only 10 of the 100 matches are common by frequency. The dictionary counts also vary sharply: Collins includes 99, compared with 68 in ENABLE.

The E-T pattern at a glance

• There are 100 tournament-dictionary matches for this seven-letter pattern.
• EXTROPY tops the score list at 19 points.
• Only 10 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• 31 words end in S, making it the most common final letter.
• Collins lists 99 matches; ENABLE lists 68.

Which 7-letter words with E first and T third are familiar?

Start with ENTERED, ENTRIES, ESTATES, and EXTREME when you want recognizable candidates. EXTRACT and EXTINCT offer another clear route through the pattern, while EXTENDS fits if the final four letters remain open.

The less familiar entries still matter for exact-letter puzzles: ENTROPY, ESTUARY, ENTRANT, and ENTRUST each match E-T in the first and third positions. The list has 81 defined entries, but familiarity is limited: just 10 meet the common-word frequency cutoff.

How do scores and dictionary coverage compare?

EXTROPY leads at 19 points, followed by ECTOZOA at 18 and ECTHYMA at 17. EXTREME, EXTRACT, and EXTINCT each score 16, so an uncommon word can outscore a familiar one even before premium board squares.

These 7-letter words with E first and T third do not all appear in every game dictionary: Collins has 99 matches, while NWL2023 has 69 and ENABLE has 68. Check your game's word list before building a play around a less familiar entry such as ECTOZOA.