7-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is _T_P___: the second tile is T and the fourth is P, leaving five positions open. Among 35 tournament-dictionary matches, familiar forms such as STOPPED and STEPPED sit beside less common entries like STYPTIC and STUPEFY. That mix makes the pattern a clue-solving tool, not a promise that every entry will feel familiar.

At a glance at the _T_P___ pattern

• 35 seven-letter words meet the fixed pattern, _T_P___.
• 30 begin with S; four begin with U and one with A.
• Only four matches meet our common-word frequency cutoff.
• Collins includes 33 matches, NWL2023 has 30, and ENABLE has 27.
• STUPEFY and STOPOFF top the score table at 15 each.

7-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter

Thirty of the 35 matches start with S, so the strongest first pass is to test an S in slot one. That creates ST_P___, where STOPPED, STOPPER, STOPGAP, STEPPED, and STAPLES show how varied the remaining letters can be.

Four entries begin with U, including UTOPIAN and UTOPIAS; the single A-starting option is the outlier. If your crossing letters eliminate S, checking U before cycling through every opening letter narrows the search sharply.

Roots offer another route through the pattern. STOPPED and STOPPER share STOP-, while STEPPED, STEPDAD, STEPSON, and STEPMOM build on STEP-. Use the known ending and crossings to distinguish related forms rather than guessing isolated letters.

With T and P fixed, a crossing letter in slot five can separate several likely branches: STOPPED has P in slot four followed by P, while STAPLES uses A in slot three and L after P. Keep the pattern literal; similar-looking STOP and STEP forms do not share every ending.

Which words score highest in this pattern?

For 7-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter, STUPEFY and STOPOFF each score 15, ahead of STYPTIC at 14 and STEPMOM at 13. The mean score across all 35 matches is 10.7, so these leaders sit above a fairly moderate overall average.

Only four matches are common by frequency, and dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 33, NWL2023 30, and ENABLE 27. Several entries will be unfamiliar; check your game's word list before relying on a borderline form.