7-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and T as the 5th letter

The pattern is _R__T__: R holds the second slot, T the fifth, and five other letters complete each word; Familiar examples include written, greater, printed, and trusted; just 34 matches count as common, leaving plenty of everyday language alongside less familiar plays; Final letters offer a quick way to narrow the choices.

The pattern at a glance

• The fixed R-and-T pattern produces 197 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Written, created, greater, and treated are recognizable examples.
• D is the most frequent final letter, closing 50 matches.
• Growthy leads the listed tile scores at 17 points.

How many 7-letter words have R second and T fifth?

This pattern has 197 matches, fewer than the same T-fifth pattern with E second (242), O second (228), or A second (200). Keeping the fifth letter fixed makes those counts a neat comparison: the choice at position two still shifts the pool substantially.

Final letters sort the matches into another distinctive shape. D closes 50 words and R closes 45; S and E trail with 27 and 22. Written, printed, and drafted show the D ending, while creator and tractor finish in R.

Dictionary coverage is broad but not identical: Collins includes 191 matches, NWL2023 includes 158, and ENABLE includes 147. Those figures overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together. Less familiar entries deserve a rules-list check before you play.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

Growthy reaches 17 points before board bonuses, ahead of cryptic and krypton at 16 each. Breathy and cryptid score 15 apiece. The scoring leaders lean on valuable letters, so their advantage comes from tile values rather than the fixed R and T.

For a more familiar choice, written, created, and treated are easy to recognize, though none leads the score group. At 10.1 points on average, the pattern’s matches sit well below its 17-point leader.