7-letter words with T as the 1st letter and E as the 4th letter

The pattern is T _ _ E _ _ _, with nine entries among the most common English words. Familiar options include THREATS, TALENTS, and THIEVES; less everyday entries such as TAXEMIC and TREEWAX bring a different kind of challenge. Every match appears in at least one tournament dictionary, but the dictionaries do not share the same coverage.

What stands out in this T-and-E pattern?

• There are 117 tournament-dictionary words with T first and E fourth.
• THREATS, TWEETED, and TALENTS are recognizable matches.
• Final S is the leading ending, with 39 words.
• Only nine matches rank among the most common English words.
• The same pattern with S first has 258 matches, more than twice as many.

Which matches are familiar or high-scoring?

Start with words you already know: THREATS, TALENTS, THREADS, and THIEVES all fit the seven-tile pattern. TWEETED and TWEETER offer another clue-solving route: both begin with TW, then place E in the fourth spot. That repeated opening can narrow a rack quickly when T and E are confirmed.

For a score-focused play, TWEEZED leads at 20 points before board premiums. TWEEZER and TWEEZES each score 19, while TAKEOFF scores 17. The standout scoring trick is the Z: save it for a premium letter square when the board allows, rather than treating these familiar-looking words as equal-value plays.

How does dictionary coverage affect these words?

Collins includes 115 of the matches, compared with 87 in NWL2023 and 77 in ENABLE. So a word accepted in one game may not transfer to another. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry such as TAXEMIC; the common words are only a small slice of this pattern.

For 7-letter words with T as the 1st letter and E as the 4th letter, the useful solving tradeoff is breadth versus familiarity: the full set has 117 words, but just nine are common. Begin with THREATS or TALENTS for recognizable letter combinations, then use the exact positions to test rarer possibilities.