7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and T as the 5th letter

Three hundred seventeen seven-letter S words place T fifth; SPRITZY and SQUITCH tie for the top score at 21.

317 wordsTop pick STARTEDHighest score SPRITZY 21

30 of 317 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

1st letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With S in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (648 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 30 · most-used first

STARTED₈
SENATOR₇
SHORTLY₁₃
STRETCH₁₂
SHELTER₁₀
SHORTER₁₀
SPOTTED₁₀
SCRATCH₁₄
SHOOTER₁₀
STARTER₇
SHIFTED₁₄
SMARTER₉
SHUTTLE₁₀
STARTUP₉
SHOUTED₁₁
SWEATER₁₀
SYMPTOM₁₆
SCOOTER₉
SWEETIE₁₀
SIGHTED₁₂
SWIFTLY₁₆
SHUTTER₁₀
SCATTER₉
SHORTEN₁₀
SPARTAN₉
SWEETER₁₀
SCENTED₁₀
SPECTRA₁₁
SPECTRE₁₁
SHATTER₁₀

All valid words 317

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

SABATON₉
SABOTED₁₀
SACATON₉
SAGATHY₁₄
SAGITTA₈
SAINTED₈
SAINTLY₁₀
SALUTED₈
SALUTER₇
SALUTES₇
SAMITES₉
SAMITHI₁₂
SAMITIS₉
SANCTUM₁₁
SAPOTAS₉
SAPOTES₉
SAUNTED₈
SAUNTER₇
SAVATES₁₀
SCAITHS₁₂
SCAMTOS₁₁
SCANTED₁₀
SCANTER₉
SCANTLE₉
SCANTLY₁₂
SCARTED₁₀
SCARTHS₁₂
SCATTED₁₀
SCATTER₉
SCENTED₁₀
SCEPTER₁₁
SCEPTIC₁₃
SCEPTRE₁₁
SCEPTRY₁₄
SCIATIC₁₁
SCLATED₁₀
SCLATES₉
SCOOTCH₁₄
SCOOTED₁₀
SCOOTER₉
SCOTTIE₉
SCOUTED₁₀
SCOUTER₉
SCOUTHS₁₂
SCOWTHS₁₅
SCRATCH₁₄
SCRITCH₁₄
SCROTAL₉
SCROTES₉
SCROTUM₁₁
SCRUTOS₉
SCULTCH₁₄
SCUTTER₉
SCUTTLE₉
SEBATES₉
SEDATED₉
SEDATER₈
SEDATES₈
SEGETAL₈
SEMATIC₁₁
SEMITAR₉
SENATES₇
SENATOR₇
SENITIS₇
SHAFTED₁₄
SHAFTER₁₃
SHAITAN₁₀
SHANTEY₁₃
SHANTIH₁₃
SHANTIS₁₀
SHARTED₁₁
SHASTAS₁₀
SHASTER₁₀
SHASTRA₁₀
SHATTER₁₀
SHEATHE₁₃
SHEATHS₁₃
SHEATHY₁₆
SHEETED₁₁
SHEETER₁₀
SHEITAN₁₀
SHEITEL₁₀
SHELTAS₁₀
SHELTER₁₀
SHELTIE₁₀
SHIATSU₁₀
SHIATZU₁₉
SHIFTED₁₄
SHIFTER₁₃
SHIRTED₁₁
SHITTAH₁₃
SHITTED₁₁
SHITTER₁₀
SHITTIM₁₂
SHMATTE₁₂
SHOOTER₁₀
SHORTED₁₁
SHORTEN₁₀
SHORTER₁₀
SHORTIA₁₀
SHORTIE₁₀
SHORTLY₁₃
SHOTTED₁₁
SHOTTEN₁₀
SHOTTES₁₀
SHOTTLE₁₀
SHOUTED₁₁
SHOUTER₁₀
SHRITCH₁₅
SHTETEL₁₀
SHTETLS₁₀
SHUFTIS₁₃
SHUNTED₁₁
SHUNTER₁₀
SHUTTER₁₀
SHUTTLE₁₀
SHYSTER₁₃
SICHTED₁₃
SIESTAS₇
SIGHTED₁₂
SIGHTER₁₁
SIGHTLY₁₄
SIMATIC₁₁
SIMITAR₉
SKAITHS₁₄
SKARTHS₁₄
SKEETER₁₁
SKELTER₁₁
SKEPTIC₁₅
SKETTED₁₂
SKINTER₁₁
SKIRTED₁₂
SKIRTER₁₁
SKITTER₁₁
SKITTLE₁₁
SKLATED₁₂
SKLATES₁₁
SKUTTLE₁₁
SLANTED₈
SLANTER₇
SLANTLY₁₀
SLARTED₈
SLATTED₈
SLATTER₇
SLEETED₈
SLENTER₇
SLEUTHS₁₀
SLINTER₇
SLIOTAR₇
SLITTED₈
SLITTER₇
SLOTTED₈
SLOTTER₇
SMALTOS₉
SMARTED₁₀
SMARTEN₉
SMARTER₉
SMARTIE₉
SMARTLY₁₂
SMATTER₉
SMEATHS₁₂
SMECTIC₁₃
SMEETHS₁₂
SMELTED₁₀
SMELTER₉
SMITTED₁₀
SMITTEN₉
SMITTLE₉
SMOOTED₁₀
SMOOTHE₁₂
SMOOTHS₁₂
SMOOTHY₁₅
SMOUTED₁₀
SMRITIS₉
SMUTTED₁₀
SNAPTIN₉
SNASTES₇
SNEATHS₁₀
SNIFTED₁₁
SNIFTER₁₀
SNIRTLE₇
SNOOTED₈
SNORTED₈
SNORTER₇
SNOTTED₈
SNOTTER₇
SNOTTIE₇
SNOUTED₈
SOLATED₈
SOLATES₇
SOLATIA₇
SOLITON₇
SOLUTES₇
SOMATIC₁₁
SOMITAL₉
SOMITES₉
SOMITIC₁₁
SONATAS₇
SOPITED₁₀
SOPITES₉
SORITES₇
SORITIC₉
SOSATIE₇
SPALTED₁₀
SPARTAN₉
SPARTHE₁₂
SPARTHS₁₂
SPASTIC₁₁
SPATTED₁₀
SPATTEE₉
SPATTER₉
SPECTED₁₂
SPECTER₁₁
SPECTRA₁₁
SPECTRE₁₁
SPELTER₉
SPERTHE₁₂
SPILTHS₁₂
SPINTOS₉
SPIRTED₁₀
SPIRTLE₉
SPITTED₁₀
SPITTEN₉
SPITTER₉
SPITTLE₉
SPITTLY₁₂
SPLATCH₁₄
SPLOTCH₁₄
SPORTED₁₀
SPORTER₉
SPORTIF₁₂
SPOTTED₁₀
SPOTTER₉
SPOTTIE₉
SPOUTED₁₀
SPOUTER₉
SPRITES₉
SPRITZY₂₁
SPURTED₁₀
SPURTER₉
SPURTLE₉
SPUTTER₉
SQUATLY₁₉
SQUATTY₁₉
SQUITCH₂₁
STACTES₉
STAITHE₁₀
STAITHS₁₀
STARTED₈
STARTER₇
STARTLE₇
STARTLY₁₀
STARTSY₁₀
STARTUP₉
STENTED₈
STENTOR₇
STERTOR₇
STETTED₈
STILTED₈
STILTER₇
STINTED₈
STINTER₇
STOITED₈
STOITER₇
STOTTED₈
STOTTER₇
STOTTIE₇
STOUTEN₇
STOUTER₇
STOUTHS₁₀
STOUTLY₁₀
STRATAL₇
STRATAS₇
STRATHS₁₀
STRATUM₉
STRATUS₇
STRETCH₁₂
STRETTA₇
STRETTE₇
STRETTI₇
STRETTO₇
STUNTED₈
STURTED₈
STUTTER₇
STYPTIC₁₄
SUBATOM₁₁
SUBITEM₁₁
SUDATED₉
SUDATES₈
SUMATRA₉
SUMPTER₁₁
SUNSTAR₇
SVELTER₁₀
SWARTHS₁₃
SWARTHY₁₆
SWATTED₁₁
SWATTER₁₀
SWEATED₁₁
SWEATER₁₀
SWEETED₁₁
SWEETEN₁₀
SWEETER₁₀
SWEETIE₁₀
SWEETLY₁₃
SWELTED₁₁
SWELTER₁₀
SWELTRY₁₃
SWIFTED₁₄
SWIFTER₁₃
SWIFTIE₁₃
SWIFTLY₁₆
SWOTTED₁₁
SWOTTER₁₀
SYBOTIC₁₄
SYMITAR₁₂
SYMPTOM₁₆
SYRETTE₁₀

Letters by positionIn 53% of these words the 6th letter is E.

2nd letter

H17%
T13%
P12%

3rd letter

A19%
O17%
E16%

4th letter

T17%
A15%
R14%

6th letter

E53%
I10%
H9%

7th letter

R23%
D22%
S17%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; SPRITZY tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 46 words
8 points: 28 words
99 points: 58 words
10 points: 73 words
1111 points: 40 words
12 points: 25 words
1313 points: 18 words
14 points: 16 words
1515 points: 4 words
16 points: 4 words
1717 points: 0 words
18 points: 0 words
1919 points: 3 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SPRITZY	21	21	NWL only
SQUITCH	21	22	Collins only
SQUATTY	19	19	All three
SHIATZU	19	19	All three
SQUATLY	19	20	All three
SYMPTOM	16	18	All three
SWIFTLY	16	16	All three
SWARTHY	16	14	All three
SHEATHY	16	13	Collins only
SKEPTIC	15	17	All three
SMOOTHY	15	14	All three
SCOWTHS	15	15	Collins only

A T in the fifth slot appears in many familiar forms: STARTED, SENATOR, STRETCH, SHELTER, and SPOTTED all qualify. Thirty entries are classed as common and 253 have definitions. The list also hides unusual high-value forms, so a position-first scan works better than guessing from familiar starts alone.

Pattern snapshot and standouts

317 words put T fifth after initial S.
30 are common; 253 have definitions.
STARTED, STRETCH, and SHELTER are familiar examples.
SPRITZY and SQUITCH tie at 21 points.

How can you spot the fixed T among familiar words?

STARTED, SPOTTED, SHIFTED, and SHOUTED put T fifth inside familiar verb forms. SENATOR, SHELTER, SHOOTER, and STARTER show that the same position fits nouns too. STRETCH and SCRATCH make the consonant-heavy route obvious, while SWEATER and SCOOTER add different vowel patterns.

Thirty common entries provide a decent everyday base, but 253 defined entries show how much broader the word-game set becomes. SHORTLY, SHORTER, SMARTER, and SHORTEN share a visible opening while differing later. SHUTTLE, SHUTTER, and SCATTER make the fifth slot worth counting carefully instead of relying on the first syllable.

Repeated letters make a left-to-right count worthwhile. STARTED and SPOTTED both put T fifth, while STRETCH provides a compact consonant cluster. SWEATER is another check on the same slot, with a different pattern before the fixed tile.

The pattern also includes words ending in R, D, and Y, as shown by STARTER, STARTED, and SHORTLY. Treat the fifth T as the anchor, then let the final tile guide your next scan.

Which high-value candidates deserve a second look?

Tip

Count from the left before you play: STRETCH has T fifth, but the similar-looking STARTER places its T differently. Position checks prevent a familiar word from becoming a pattern mistake.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have T fifth and S first?

There are 317 matches, including 30 classed as common. STARTED, STRETCH, SHELTER, and SPOTTED are familiar entries; the defined total is 253. These totals are base word values, before any premium-square bonuses on the board.

Which words score highest with T in fifth place?

SPRITZY and SQUITCH tie at 21 points. SQUATTY follows at 19, while SYMPTOM, SWIFTLY, and SWARTHY each score 16 before board bonuses. These totals are base word values, before any premium-square bonuses on the board.

Does STARTED have T as its fifth letter?

Yes. In STARTED, the letters are S, T, A, R, T, E, D, so the fifth position is T. SPOTTED and SHIFTED also place T fifth.

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7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and T as the 5th letter

Common words 30 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

Pattern snapshot and standouts

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Questions people ask

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