7-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and T as the 6th letter

Read the frame as _N___T_: N occupies slot two, and T sits just before the final letter. I and U lead the opening letters, while S is the most frequent ending. Just 10 entries meet the common-word cutoff, and dictionary counts overlap rather than forming separate piles.

At a glance: the N-and-T pattern

• The pattern contains 105 seven-letter words across the included tournament dictionaries.
• I and U are the leading first letters, with 38 and 37 matches respectively.
• S is the final letter in 55 entries; E comes next with 22.
• INKJETS leads the score ranking at 18 points.

Which starting and ending letters dominate?

I- and U-initial words account for 75 of the 105 matches, a striking concentration for a pattern that allows several opening letters. ANXIETY, INSECTS, INFANTS, and INSISTS show the I group; UNearth and UNCOUTH illustrate U. A words number 15 and E words 12, while O and K are rare starts.

The endings are just as lopsided: S and E together close 77 words. KNIGHTS, INJECTS, and INVESTS finish in S, while ANIMATE and INFLATE end in E. For comparison, keeping N second but putting E in the sixth slot produces 558 matches, far more than this T pattern.

Which matches score well, and where do counts differ?

INKJETS scores 18 points, followed by ANXIETY at 17; INJECTS and UNQUOTE each score 16. Those unusual high-value letters make the list worth checking when a rack contains J, X, or Q. The average score is 9.6, so the top few are clear standouts rather than typical results.

Collins includes 102 of these words, NWL2023 includes 74, and ENABLE includes 69; those dictionary counts overlap. Only 10 entries qualify as common, and 88 have definitions. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry, especially when playing outside the dictionary that accepts it.