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

The pattern _T__I__ fixes T in slot two and I in slot five, leaving four letters open. Its 144 matches qualify in at least one tournament dictionary, while only 26 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Familiar entries such as STATION, STUDIES, and STORIES sit alongside less common words, so the fixed letters narrow a rack without dictating its opening or ending.

At a glance: S dominates the first slot

• The T-second, I-fifth pattern has 144 seven-letter matches across tournament dictionaries.
• S opens 82 matches and A opens 30; every other starting letter accounts for fewer than 10.
• S is the most frequent final letter at 37 matches, followed by G at 32 and E at 22.
• STYLIZE and ATHEIZE each score 19 points; ITEMIZE and ATOMIZE each score 18.
• Definitions are available for 112 matches, while 26 pass our common group.

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

STATION, STUDIES, STORIES, and STADIUM make the S-heavy opening easy to spot: 82 matches start with S, while 30 begin with A. Use the first tile as an early filter when the two fixed letters are already known. E starts 9 matches, and I and U start 8 apiece, leaving few alternatives to the leading pair.

For contrast, the six-letter version of this pattern has 49 matches.

The endings form another useful clue: 37 matches finish with S, 32 with G, and 22 with E. STUDIES and STORIES are familiar S endings, while STATION closes with N, an ending shared by just 5 matches. Check the last tile after narrowing the first; that order quickly cuts down the candidates.

M appears at the end of 12 words, and T closes 10.

For points, STYLIZE and ATHEIZE lead at 19, ahead of ITEMIZE and ATOMIZE at 18. The dictionary totals differ: Collins has 143 matches, NWL2023 has 109, and ENABLE has 103. Those collections overlap, so their counts are not separate piles to add together.

Some less familiar matches fail in a particular game; check its word list before playing, and don't assume a common-looking word is automatically accepted.