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

7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and T as the 4th letter total 226, including ANOTHER, BROTHER and PROTECT.

226 wordsTop pick ANOTHERHighest score ZOOTAXY 26

21 of 226 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With O in 3rd place, T is the most common 4th letter (226 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 21 · most-used first

All valid words 226

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

  • AMOTION9
  • ANOTHER10
  • APOTHEM14
  • AZOTISE16
  • AZOTIZE25
  • AZOTOUS16
  • BIOTECH14
  • BIOTICS11
  • BIOTINS9
  • BIOTITE9
  • BIOTOPE11
  • BIOTRON9
  • BIOTYPE14
  • BLOTCHY17
  • BLOTTED10
  • BLOTTER9
  • BOOTEES9
  • BOOTERY12
  • BOOTIES9
  • BOOTING10
  • BOOTLEG10
  • BROTHEL12
  • BROTHER12
  • CLOTBUR11
  • CLOTHED13
  • CLOTHES12
  • CLOTTED10
  • CLOTTER9
  • CLOTURE9
  • COOTERS9
  • COOTIES9
  • CROTALA9
  • CROTALE9
  • CROTALS9
  • CROTONS9
  • CROTTLE9
  • DUOTONE8
  • ECOTAGE10
  • ECOTONE9
  • ECOTOUR9
  • ECOTYPE14
  • EGOTISE8
  • EGOTISM10
  • EGOTIST8
  • EGOTIZE17
  • EMOTERS9
  • EMOTING10
  • EMOTION9
  • EMOTIVE12
  • EROTEMA9
  • EROTEME9
  • EROTICA9
  • EROTICS9
  • EROTISE7
  • EROTISM9
  • EROTIZE16
  • ESOTERY10
  • EXOTICA16
  • EXOTICS16
  • EXOTISM16
  • FLOTAGE11
  • FLOTANT10
  • FLOTELS10
  • FLOTSAM12
  • FOOTAGE11
  • FOOTBAG13
  • FOOTBAR12
  • FOOTBED13
  • FOOTBOY15
  • FOOTERS10
  • FOOTIER10
  • FOOTIES10
  • FOOTING11
  • FOOTLED11
  • FOOTLER10
  • FOOTLES10
  • FOOTMAN12
  • FOOTMEN12
  • FOOTPAD13
  • FOOTRAS10
  • FOOTROT10
  • FOOTSIE10
  • FOOTWAY16
  • FROTHED14
  • FROTHER13
  • GEOTAGS9
  • GLOTTAL8
  • GLOTTIC10
  • GLOTTIS8
  • GROTTOS8
  • HOOTERS10
  • HOOTIER10
  • HOOTING11
  • ISOTACH12
  • ISOTONE7
  • ISOTOPE9
  • ISOTOPY12
  • ISOTRON7
  • ISOTYPE12
  • KGOTLAS12
  • KHOTBAH19
  • KHOTBEH19
  • KNOTTED12
  • KNOTTER11
  • LEOTARD8
  • LOOTERS7
  • LOOTING8
  • MIOTICS11
  • MOOTERS9
  • MOOTEST9
  • MOOTING10
  • MOOTMAN11
  • MOOTMEN11
  • MYOTICS14
  • MYOTOME14
  • MYOTUBE14
  • NEOTENY10
  • NEOTYPE12
  • OROTUND8
  • PHOTICS14
  • PHOTINO12
  • PHOTISM14
  • PHOTOED13
  • PHOTOGS13
  • PHOTONS12
  • PLOTFUL12
  • PLOTTED10
  • PLOTTER9
  • PLOTTIE9
  • PLOTZED19
  • PLOTZES18
  • POOTERS9
  • POOTING10
  • POOTLED10
  • POOTLES9
  • PROTEAN9
  • PROTEAS9
  • PROTECT11
  • PROTEGE10
  • PROTEID10
  • PROTEIN9
  • PROTEND10
  • PROTEST9
  • PROTEUS9
  • PROTHYL15
  • PROTIST9
  • PROTIUM11
  • PROTONS9
  • PROTORE9
  • PROTYLE12
  • PROTYLS12
  • QUOTERS16
  • QUOTING17
  • QUOTUMS18
  • RIOTERS7
  • RIOTING8
  • RIOTISE7
  • RIOTIZE16
  • RIOTOUS7
  • ROOTAGE8
  • ROOTCAP11
  • ROOTERS7
  • ROOTIER7
  • ROOTIES7
  • ROOTING8
  • ROOTKIT11
  • ROOTLED8
  • ROOTLES7
  • ROOTLET7
  • SCOTERS9
  • SCOTIAS9
  • SCOTOMA11
  • SCOTOMY14
  • SCOTTIE9
  • SHOTGUN11
  • SHOTPUT12
  • SHOTTED11
  • SHOTTEN10
  • SHOTTES10
  • SHOTTLE10
  • SLOTHED11
  • SLOTTED8
  • SLOTTER7
  • SMOTHER12
  • SNOTTED8
  • SNOTTER7
  • SNOTTIE7
  • SOOTHED11
  • SOOTHER10
  • SOOTHES10
  • SOOTHLY13
  • SOOTIER7
  • SOOTILY10
  • SOOTING8
  • SPOTLIT9
  • SPOTTED10
  • SPOTTER9
  • SPOTTIE9
  • STOTINS7
  • STOTTED8
  • STOTTER7
  • STOTTIE7
  • SWOTTED11
  • SWOTTER10
  • THOTHER13
  • TOOTERS7
  • TOOTHED11
  • TOOTING8
  • TOOTLED8
  • TOOTLER7
  • TOOTLES7
  • TOOTSED8
  • TOOTSES7
  • TOOTSIE7
  • TROTHED11
  • TROTTED8
  • TROTTER7
  • TROTYLS10
  • TSOTSIS7
  • WOOTZES19
  • ZLOTIES16
  • ZLOTYCH24
  • ZOOTAXY26
  • ZOOTIER16
  • ZOOTOMY21
  • ZOOTYPE21
Letters by positionIn 32% of these words the 6th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. S15%
  2. P14%
  3. F11%
2nd letter
  1. O31%
  2. R17%
  3. L12%
5th letter
  1. I24%
  2. T15%
  3. E13%
6th letter
  1. E32%
  2. N11%
  3. R8%
7th letter
  1. S25%
  2. E18%
  3. D13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZOOTAXY tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 26 words
  2. 8 points: 21 words
  3. 99 points: 47 words
  4. 10 points: 39 words
  5. 1111 points: 24 words
  6. 12 points: 22 words
  7. 1313 points: 9 words
  8. 14 points: 11 words
  9. 1515 points: 2 words
  10. 16 points: 11 words
  11. 1717 points: 3 words
  12. 18 points: 2 words
  13. 1919 points: 4 words
  14. 20 points: 0 words
  15. 2121 points: 2 words
  16. 22 points: 0 words
  17. 2323 points: 0 words
  18. 24 points: 1 words
  19. 2525 points: 1 words
  20. 26 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ZOOTAXY2625Collins only
AZOTIZE2525All three
ZLOTYCH2424All three
ZOOTOMY2121All three
ZOOTYPE2121Collins only
PLOTZED1921All three
KHOTBAH1918Collins only
KHOTBEH1918Collins only
WOOTZES1919Collins only
PLOTZES1820All three
QUOTUMS1821Collins only
QUOTING1720All three

The adjacent O-T positions form the center of familiar words such as ANOTHER, BROTHER, CLOTHES and PROTECT. S is the most frequent final letter, but it accounts for only 56 of 226 entries. A 21-word common group offers approachable starting points before the rarer scoring leaders enter the search.

Pattern snapshot for o 3rd and t 4th letter

  • The O-T middle frame matches 226 seven-letter words.
  • S leads endings with 56; E follows at 41.
  • S, P and F are the three most frequent first letters.
  • ZOOTAXY tops the score list at 26 points.

Which endings fit the O-T middle frame?

S is the largest closing group at 56, followed by E at 41 and D at 30. That leaves a broad spread: R closes 26 words, while G closes 14. ANOTHER, BROTHER and CLOTHES help ground the pattern in common vocabulary, and PROTECT, PROTEIN and PROTEST show how strongly the P-R-O-T sequence recurs.

The top opening letters are S with 35 and P with 32, then F at 25 and E at 23. Those starts make the list easier to scan in chunks, but they are not interchangeable clues: PROTECT and SHOTGUN share the fixed center while taking very different routes around it.

A practical pattern check

Tip

When solving from a partial board, lock the neighboring O-T pair first. Then use the final-letter counts as a shortlist, beginning with S or E instead of cycling through every possible ending.

What should you know about rarer O-T words?

ZOOTAXY scores 26, AZOTIZE 25 and ZLOTYCH 24. The peak scorer is far less familiar than the everyday examples, so treat it as a word-game candidate rather than a likely answer in ordinary prose. The average score is 10.8, well below those exceptional values.

There are 187 defined entries, leaving a substantial tail of specialized or uncommon vocabulary. The 21 common words make the pattern more approachable than its score table suggests, but a valid play still depends on your game’s dictionary. For nearby searches, compare five- and six-letter versions of the same middle pair.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have O third and T fourth?
There are 226 matches with O in position three and T immediately after it. ANOTHER, BROTHER, CLOTHES, PROTECT and PROTEIN are recognizable examples, and the pattern also contains much rarer entries such as ZOOTAXY.
What are the most common endings for these words?
S is the most frequent ending with 56 words, followed by E with 41 and D with 30. R appears 26 times. These counts give a practical order for testing the final letter after you place the adjacent O-T pair.
Which word scores highest in the O-T group?
ZOOTAXY leads at 26 points, ahead of AZOTIZE at 25 and ZLOTYCH at 24. These are specialist entries compared with ANOTHER or BROTHER, so check your game’s accepted word list before using them.

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