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

37 7-letter words with F in position 3 and T in position 7 appear in tournament dictionaries, including REFLECT and DEFAULT.

37 wordsTop pick REFLECTHighest score OFFBEAT 15

9 of 37 are everyday words (24%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With F in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (218 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

  • Length
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Best words to play first 37 · most-used first

  • REFLECT12
  • DEFAULT11
  • DEFICIT13
  • LEFTIST10
  • UPFRONT12
  • INFLICT12
  • DEFUNCT13
  • DEFIANT11
  • DEFLECT13
  • AFFRONT13
  • SOFTEST10
  • OFFBEAT15
  • DEFROST11
  • AFFLICT15
  • INFARCT12
  • REFRACT12
  • AFFIANT13
  • REFLOAT10
  • INFLECT12
  • DAFTEST11
  • REFIGHT14
  • COFFRET15
  • BUFFEST15
  • NAFFEST13
  • DEFTEST11
  • INFRACT12
  • DEFFEST14
  • REFRONT10
  • DUFFEST14
  • IFFIEST13
  • INFAUST10
  • INFIGHT14
  • LEFTEST10
  • OFFCAST15
  • OOFIEST10
  • SAFTEST10
  • SUFFECT15
All valid words 37

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

  • AFFIANT13
  • AFFLICT15
  • AFFRONT13
  • BUFFEST15
  • COFFRET15
  • DAFTEST11
  • DEFAULT11
  • DEFFEST14
  • DEFIANT11
  • DEFICIT13
  • DEFLECT13
  • DEFROST11
  • DEFTEST11
  • DEFUNCT13
  • DUFFEST14
  • IFFIEST13
  • INFARCT12
  • INFAUST10
  • INFIGHT14
  • INFLECT12
  • INFLICT12
  • INFRACT12
  • LEFTEST10
  • LEFTIST10
  • NAFFEST13
  • OFFBEAT15
  • OFFCAST15
  • OOFIEST10
  • REFIGHT14
  • REFLECT12
  • REFLOAT10
  • REFRACT12
  • REFRONT10
  • SAFTEST10
  • SOFTEST10
  • SUFFECT15
  • UPFRONT12
Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 5th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. D27%
  2. I19%
  3. R14%
2nd letter
  1. E41%
  2. F16%
  3. N16%
4th letter
  1. I19%
  2. L16%
  3. R16%
5th letter
  1. E43%
  2. A14%
  3. O14%
6th letter
  1. S41%
  2. C27%
  3. N14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; OFFBEAT tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 8 words
  2. 11 points: 5 words
  3. 1212 points: 7 words
  4. 13 points: 7 words
  5. 1414 points: 4 words
  6. 15 points: 6 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
OFFBEAT1516All three
AFFLICT1517All three
COFFRET1516All three
BUFFEST1517Collins · NWL
OFFCAST1516All three
SUFFECT1517Collins only
REFIGHT1414All three
DEFFEST1414Collins · NWL
INFIGHT1415All three
DUFFEST1415Collins · NWL
DEFICIT1314All three
DEFUNCT1316All three

The fixed slots hold F in position 3 and T in position 7. For a quick visual scan, mark the last square first and compare REFLECT against DEFLECT; Both offer the same middle F-L sequence, but their opening tiles differ; That small distinction can settle a rack clue before you work through the less familiar high scorers;

Pattern facts at a glance

  • Every candidate has T as its last tile.
  • D starts ten answers; I starts seven.
  • Thirty-three entries have definitions.
  • OFFBEAT and AFFLICT each score fifteen.

The fixed T and its F neighbors

The final T is guaranteed, so the real search is among the first six tiles. REFLECT, DEFAULT and DEFICIT give three familiar entry points, while LEFTIST and UPFRONT show that the fixed F does not force one word family. Nine common entries sit inside a total of 37.

An opening D occurs ten times, compared with seven I starts and five R starts. That distribution makes D the strongest first-letter test for this frame. The repeated ending also matters in rack play: keep T available while trying FLI in INFLICT or FLE in DEFLECT.

How to narrow the rack

Tip

Reserve the terminal T, then test D starts before the smaller I and R groups.

More clues from the word set

The ending T narrows the board pattern at a glance, but it also supports a rack search: hold that tile back while building REFLECT or DEFLECT. A player who starts with D has ten candidates to test, twice the seven beginning with I only in the loose sense of a larger opening group. OFFBEAT and AFFLICT are the strongest score options at fifteen.

The fixed ending also makes pattern checking quick: any candidate without a final T can be discarded immediately. The useful distinction comes from the middle, where REFLECT and DEFLECT share a visible cluster but DEFAULT and DEFICIT do not. That gives both a visual scan and a first-letter route through the nine common options.

For a quick visual scan, mark the last square first and compare REFLECT against DEFLECT. Both offer the same middle F-L sequence, but their opening tiles differ. That small distinction can settle a rack clue before you work through the less familiar high scorers.

Questions people ask

Why is the final tile especially easy to plan around?
Every match ends in T, so you can reserve that tile before building the rest of the word. REFLECT, DEFAULT and DEFICIT are familiar anchors, while OFFBEAT and AFFLICT lead the scoring group at fifteen points.
Which opening letter appears most often?
D is the most frequent first letter, with ten matches. I follows with seven and R with five. Testing a D opening first gives the largest first-letter group, while the final T remains fixed throughout.
Does the Collins list contain every match?
Yes. Collins contains all thirty-seven matches, while ENABLE has twenty-nine and NWL2023 has thirty-three. The nine common entries are only part of the full set, so check your game’s dictionary before relying on an unfamiliar word.

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