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

The pattern is _T__S__, so both fixed letters narrow the search sharply. The 14 entries split across four starting letters: A begins six, S begins five, U begins two, and E begins one. Seven end in S, and none rank among the most common English words.

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

• Fourteen words match the pattern in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Seven end in S, and three end in N; the remaining endings occur once each.
• A leads the starting letters with six matches, just ahead of S with five.
• STYPSIS tops the score list at 12 points; ATTASKT and ATTASKS each score 11.
• The average score across all 14 words is only 8.7 points.

Which words fit the T-and-S pattern?

STEPSON, STETSON, ATTESTS, UTENSIL, and ATLASES are recognizable examples. Each has T in position two and S in position five, but their endings differ: STEPSON and STETSON finish with N, while ATTESTS and ATLASES finish with S.

The remaining entries include less familiar forms such as ATRESIA, STEMSON, ETHOSES, STOSSES, and STYPSIS. That mix explains why the pattern is precise but not especially common: none of the 14 falls within the common-word group used for this count.

How do these seven-letter words score?

STYPSIS leads at 12 points, followed by ATTASKT and ATTASKS at 11 each. ETHOSES scores 10, while STEPSON, STEMSON, ATRESIC, and UTMOSTS score nine. STETSON and ATTESTS each score seven, so a familiar-looking answer is not automatically the top scorer.

Collins accepts all 14 matches, compared with 11 in NWL2023 and nine in ENABLE. The 7-letter words with T as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter therefore do not have identical coverage across games. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry such as STYPSIS or ATTASKT.