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7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and T as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with I second and T third: 282 tournament-dictionary entries, including kitchen, witness, and vitamin.

282 wordsTop pick WITHOUTHighest score MITZVAH 24

28 of 282 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With I in 2nd place, N is the most common 3rd letter (549 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 28 · most-used first

Showing the top 26 of 28 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 282

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

  • AITCHES12
  • BITABLE11
  • BITCHED15
  • BITCHEN14
  • BITCHES14
  • BITCOIN11
  • BITINGS10
  • BITLESS9
  • BITMAPS13
  • BITONAL9
  • BITRATE9
  • BITSERS9
  • BITSIER9
  • BITTERN9
  • BITTERS9
  • BITTIER9
  • BITTIES9
  • BITTILY12
  • BITTING10
  • BITTOCK15
  • BITTORS9
  • BITTOUR9
  • BITTURS9
  • BITUMED12
  • BITUMEN11
  • BITURBO11
  • BITWISE12
  • CITABLE11
  • CITADEL10
  • CITATOR9
  • CITHARA12
  • CITHERN12
  • CITHERS12
  • CITHREN12
  • CITIZEN18
  • CITOLAS9
  • CITOLES9
  • CITRALS9
  • CITRATE9
  • CITRINE9
  • CITRINS9
  • CITRONS9
  • CITROUS9
  • CITRUSY12
  • CITTERN9
  • DITCHED14
  • DITCHER13
  • DITCHES13
  • DITHERS11
  • DITHERY14
  • DITHIOL11
  • DITONES8
  • DITSIER8
  • DITTANY11
  • DITTAYS11
  • DITTIED9
  • DITTIES8
  • DITTING9
  • DITTOED9
  • DITZIER17
  • FITCHEE15
  • FITCHES15
  • FITCHET15
  • FITCHEW18
  • FITLIER10
  • FITMENT12
  • FITNESS10
  • FITTERS10
  • FITTEST10
  • FITTING11
  • GITANAS8
  • GITANOS8
  • GITCHES13
  • GITTERN8
  • GITTING9
  • HITCHED16
  • HITCHER15
  • HITCHES15
  • HITHERS13
  • HITLESS10
  • HITTERS10
  • HITTING11
  • JITNEYS17
  • JITTERS14
  • JITTERY17
  • KITBAGS14
  • KITCHEN16
  • KITENGE12
  • KITHARA14
  • KITHING15
  • KITINGS12
  • KITLING12
  • KITSCHY19
  • KITSETS11
  • KITTELS11
  • KITTENS11
  • KITTENY14
  • KITTIES11
  • KITTING12
  • KITTLED12
  • KITTLER11
  • KITTLES11
  • KITTULS11
  • LITCHIS12
  • LITERAL7
  • LITHATE10
  • LITHELY13
  • LITHEST10
  • LITHIAS10
  • LITHIFY16
  • LITHING11
  • LITHITE10
  • LITHIUM12
  • LITHOED11
  • LITHOES10
  • LITHOID11
  • LITHOPS12
  • LITORAL7
  • LITOTES7
  • LITOTIC9
  • LITTERS7
  • LITTERY10
  • LITTLER7
  • LITTLES7
  • LITTLIE7
  • LITTLIN7
  • LITURGY11
  • MITCHED15
  • MITCHES14
  • MITERED10
  • MITERER9
  • MITHERS12
  • MITIEST9
  • MITISES9
  • MITOGEN10
  • MITOSES9
  • MITOSIS9
  • MITOTIC11
  • MITRING10
  • MITSVAH15
  • MITTENS9
  • MITUMBA13
  • MITZVAH24
  • NITCHIE12
  • NITERIE7
  • NITHERS10
  • NITHING11
  • NITINOL7
  • NITPICK15
  • NITRATE7
  • NITRIDE8
  • NITRIDS8
  • NITRIFY13
  • NITRILE7
  • NITRILS7
  • NITRITE7
  • NITROSO7
  • NITROUS7
  • NITRYLS10
  • NITTIER7
  • NITWITS10
  • PITAPAT11
  • PITARAH12
  • PITARAS9
  • PITAYAS12
  • PITCHED15
  • PITCHER14
  • PITCHES14
  • PITEOUS9
  • PITFALL12
  • PITHEAD13
  • PITHFUL15
  • PITHIER12
  • PITHILY15
  • PITHING13
  • PITIERS9
  • PITIFUL12
  • PITMANS11
  • PITPROP13
  • PITSAWS12
  • PITTERS9
  • PITTING10
  • PITTITE9
  • PITUITA9
  • PITUITE9
  • PITURIS9
  • PITYING13
  • RITARDS8
  • RITTERS7
  • RITTING8
  • RITUALS7
  • RITZIER16
  • RITZILY19
  • SITCHES12
  • SITCOMS11
  • SITELLA7
  • SITFAST10
  • SITHENS10
  • SITHING11
  • SITREPS9
  • SITTARS7
  • SITTERS7
  • SITTINE7
  • SITTING8
  • SITUATE7
  • SITULAE7
  • SITUSES7
  • TITANIA7
  • TITANIC9
  • TITANIS7
  • TITBITS9
  • TITCHES12
  • TITCHIE12
  • TITFERS10
  • TITHERS10
  • TITHING11
  • TITIANS7
  • TITLARK11
  • TITLERS7
  • TITLING8
  • TITLIST7
  • TITMICE11
  • TITMOSE9
  • TITOKIS11
  • TITRANT7
  • TITRATE7
  • TITTERS7
  • TITTIES7
  • TITTING8
  • TITTISH10
  • TITTLED8
  • TITTLES7
  • TITTUPS9
  • TITTUPY12
  • TITULAR7
  • TITULED8
  • TITULES7
  • TITULUS7
  • TITUPED10
  • VITALLY13
  • VITAMER12
  • VITAMIN12
  • VITELLI10
  • VITESSE10
  • VITEXES17
  • VITIATE10
  • VITRAGE11
  • VITRAIL10
  • VITRAIN10
  • VITRAUX17
  • VITREUM12
  • VITRICS12
  • VITRIFY16
  • VITRINE10
  • VITRIOL10
  • VITTATE10
  • VITTLED11
  • VITTLES10
  • VITULAR10
  • WITCHED16
  • WITCHEN15
  • WITCHES15
  • WITGATS11
  • WITHERS13
  • WITHIER13
  • WITHIES13
  • WITHING14
  • WITHINS13
  • WITHOUT13
  • WITLESS10
  • WITLING11
  • WITLOOF13
  • WITNESS10
  • WITNEYS13
  • WITTERS10
  • WITTIER10
  • WITTILY13
  • WITTING11
  • WITTOLS10
  • WITWALL13
  • ZITHERN19
  • ZITHERS19
Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. T11%
  2. B9%
  3. P9%
4th letter
  1. T24%
  2. H15%
  3. C11%
5th letter
  1. I26%
  2. E18%
  3. A11%
6th letter
  1. E26%
  2. N13%
  3. R13%
7th letter
  1. S38%
  2. E11%
  3. G8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; MITZVAH tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 39 words
  2. 8 points: 15 words
  3. 99 points: 46 words
  4. 10 points: 43 words
  5. 1111 points: 37 words
  6. 12 points: 34 words
  7. 1313 points: 22 words
  8. 14 points: 12 words
  9. 1515 points: 16 words
  10. 16 points: 6 words
  11. 1717 points: 5 words
  12. 18 points: 2 words
  13. 1919 points: 4 words
  14. 20 points: 0 words
  15. 2121 points: 0 words
  16. 22 points: 0 words
  17. 2323 points: 0 words
  18. 24 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
MITZVAH2425All three
KITSCHY1918All three
ZITHERS1918All three
RITZILY1919All three
ZITHERN1919All three
CITIZEN1820All three
FITCHEW1818All three
JITTERY1718All three
JITNEYS1719All three
VITRAUX1719Collins only
DITZIER1717All three
VITEXES1718Collins only

The fixed I-T pair narrows a seven-letter search to 282 entries, but familiar words remain easy to spot: kitchen, sitting, witness, and vitamin all fit. The collection ranges from everyday nouns to inflected forms, and only 28 entries count as common by our frequency measure. Start with the ending and first-letter counts when a rack or clue rules out obvious examples.

7-letter words with I second and T third

  • 282 entries match the seven-letter pattern _IT____.
  • Collins includes 273 matches; NWL2023 has 212 and ENABLE has 192.
  • Only 28 matches qualify as common by our frequency measure.
  • 239 matches have definitions.
  • MITZVAH leads the scores at 24 points; KITSCHY and ZITHERS score 19.

Which first and last letters are most common?

T leads the first-letter groups with 32 words. B and P tie at 26 each, L follows at 24, and W starts 21. That gives you a practical search order when the first tile is unknown: test T, B, or P before spending time on smaller groups.

Familiar fits include kitchen, bitcoin, and vitamin.

Final letters cluster more sharply. S closes 108 entries, well ahead of E at 31 and G at 23; sitting, fitness, and kittens show the pattern. But a final S is not a dependable plural clue.

Fitness and witness are singular nouns, so check the whole word pattern before treating the last letter as an added ending.

How do these pattern words score?

The average score is 10.9, while MITZVAH tops the results at 24 points. KITSCHY, ZITHERS, and RITZILY each score 19. Those scores reward less common letters, but a high raw total does not guarantee the best play: board placement and bonus squares still matter.

For a more familiar choice, CITIZEN scores 18.

Common vocabulary accounts for just 28 of the 282 matches, despite recognizable words such as without, kitchen, citizen, vitamin, and witness. Dictionary coverage also differs: Collins includes 273 matches, compared with 212 in NWL2023 and 192 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry; a match in one dictionary does not guarantee acceptance in another.

Questions people ask

What are some familiar 7-letter words with I second and T third?
Familiar examples include kitchen, sitting, witness, hitting, citizen, fitness, and vitamin. Each has I in the second position and T in the third. Without and bitcoin also fit, though their meanings and uses differ from the more everyday examples.
Which word with I second and T third scores the most?
MITZVAH is the top scorer, with 24 points. KITSCHY, ZITHERS, and RITZILY follow at 19 points each. Actual Scrabble totals can change with letter and word multipliers, so 24 is the base score rather than a promise about a board play.
Are all 282 words accepted in every word game?
No, dictionary coverage varies by game. Collins includes 273 of these words, NWL2023 includes 212, and ENABLE includes 192. If an unfamiliar match matters for a play, check the word list used by your game rather than assuming every tournament dictionary agrees.

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