7-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and E as the 5th letter

7-letter words with T third and E fifth: 285 matches, including BETWEEN, PATIENT and EXTREME.

285 wordsTop pick BETWEENHighest score ZITHERS 19

24 of 285 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd 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 T in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (388 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 24 · most-used first

BETWEEN₁₂
PATIENT₉
MATTERS₉
LETTERS₇
EXTREME₁₆
PATTERN₉
BATTERY₁₂
WITNESS₁₀
ACTRESS₉
FITNESS₁₀
MOTHERS₁₂
RETREAT₇
FATHERS₁₃
LOTTERY₁₀
OUTLETS₇
HOTTEST₁₀
POTTERY₁₂
BOTHERS₁₂
KITTENS₁₁
OATMEAL₉
CUTTERS₉
GATHERS₁₁
HITTERS₁₀
BATTERS₉

All valid words 285

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

ACTRESS₉
AETHERS₁₀
ALTHEAS₁₀
ANTBEAR₉
ANTHEMS₁₂
ANTHERS₁₀
ANTIENT₇
ANTLERS₇
APTNESS₉
ARTIEST₇
ARTLESS₇
ASTHENY₁₃
ATTUENT₇
BATHERS₁₂
BATLERS₉
BATLETS₉
BATTEAU₉
BATTELS₉
BATTENS₉
BATTERO₉
BATTERS₉
BATTERY₁₂
BETEEME₁₁
BETEEMS₁₁
BETHELS₁₂
BETREAD₁₀
BETTERS₉
BETWEEN₁₂
BITLESS₉
BITSERS₉
BITTERN₉
BITTERS₉
BOTHERS₁₂
BOTNETS₉
BOTTEGA₁₀
BUTLERS₉
BUTLERY₁₂
BUTMENT₁₁
BUTTERS₉
BUTTERY₁₂
CATHEAD₁₃
CATHECT₁₄
CATNEPS₁₁
CATTERY₁₂
CITHERN₁₂
CITHERS₁₂
CITTERN₉
COTTERS₉
CUTLERS₉
CUTLERY₁₂
CUTLETS₉
CUTTERS₉
DITHERS₁₁
DITHERY₁₄
DOTIEST₈
DOTTELS₈
DOTTERS₈
ENTREAT₇
ENTREES₇
ESTEEMS₉
ESTHETE₁₀
ESTREAT₇
ESTREPE₉
EXTREAT₁₄
EXTREMA₁₆
EXTREME₁₆
FATBERG₁₃
FATHEAD₁₄
FATHERS₁₃
FATLESS₁₀
FATNESS₁₀
FATTENS₁₀
FATTEST₁₀
FETTERS₁₀
FITMENT₁₂
FITNESS₁₀
FITTERS₁₀
FITTEST₁₀
FOTHERS₁₃
GATHERS₁₁
GETTERS₈
GITTERN₈
GUTLESS₈
GUTSERS₈
GUTTERS₈
GUTTERY₁₁
GUTZERS₁₇
HATLESS₁₀
HATPEGS₁₃
HATREDS₁₁
HATTERS₁₀
HETAERA₁₀
HITHERS₁₃
HITLESS₁₀
HITTERS₁₀
HOTBEDS₁₃
HOTHEAD₁₄
HOTNESS₁₀
HOTTERS₁₀
HOTTEST₁₀
HUTMENT₁₂
INTREAT₇
JETBEAD₁₇
JITNEYS₁₇
JITTERS₁₄
JITTERY₁₇
JOTTERS₁₄
KITSETS₁₁
KITTELS₁₁
KITTENS₁₁
KITTENY₁₄
LATEENS₇
LATHEES₁₀
LATHERS₁₀
LATHERY₁₃
LATTENS₇
LATTERS₇
LETHEAN₁₀
LETHEES₁₀
LETTERN₇
LETTERS₇
LITHELY₁₃
LITHEST₁₀
LITTERS₇
LITTERY₁₀
LOTHEST₁₀
LOTTERS₇
LOTTERY₁₀
LUTHERN₁₀
MATIEST₉
MATLESS₉
MATTERS₉
MATTERY₁₂
MATWEED₁₃
METIERS₉
MITHERS₁₂
MITIEST₉
MITTENS₉
MOTHERS₁₂
MOTHERY₁₅
MOTIEST₉
MOTLEYS₁₂
MOTSERS₉
MUTTERS₉
MUTUELS₉
NATHEMO₁₂
NATTERS₇
NATTERY₁₀
NETHEAD₁₁
NETLESS₇
NETTERS₇
NITHERS₁₀
NOTAEUM₉
NUTLETS₇
NUTMEAL₉
NUTMEAT₉
NUTMEGS₁₀
NUTTERS₇
NUTTERY₁₀
OATIEST₇
OATMEAL₉
OOTHECA₁₂
OSTLERS₇
OUTBEAM₁₁
OUTBEGS₁₀
OUTFEEL₁₀
OUTFELT₁₀
OUTHEAR₁₀
OUTJEST₁₄
OUTJETS₁₄
OUTKEEP₁₃
OUTKEPT₁₃
OUTLEAD₈
OUTLEAP₉
OUTLERS₇
OUTLETS₇
OUTNESS₇
OUTPEEP₁₁
OUTPEER₉
OUTREAD₈
OUTREDS₈
OUTSEEN₇
OUTSEES₇
OUTSELL₇
OUTSERT₇
OUTSETS₇
OUTTELL₇
OUTWEAR₁₀
OUTWEED₁₁
OUTWEEP₁₂
OUTWELL₁₀
OUTWENT₁₀
OUTWEPT₁₂
OUTYELL₁₀
OUTYELP₁₂
PATIENT₉
PATNESS₉
PATTENS₉
PATTERN₉
PATTERS₉
PATTEST₉
PATZERS₁₈
PETHERS₁₂
PETRELS₉
PETTERS₉
PITHEAD₁₃
PITIERS₉
PITTERS₉
POTEENS₉
POTHEAD₁₃
POTHEEN₁₂
POTHERB₁₄
POTHERS₁₂
POTHERY₁₅
POTTEEN₉
POTTERS₉
POTTERY₁₂
POTZERS₁₈
PUTREFY₁₅
PUTTEES₉
PUTTERS₉
RATEENS₇
RATHEST₁₀
RATTEEN₇
RATTENS₇
RATTERS₇
RATTERY₁₀
RETREAD₈
RETREAT₇
RETREES₇
RETTERY₁₀
RETWEET₁₀
RITTERS₇
ROTHERS₁₀
ROTTENS₇
ROTTERS₇
RUTTERS₇
SATEENS₇
SATIETY₁₀
SETNESS₇
SETTEES₇
SETTERS₇
SITHENS₁₀
SITREPS₉
SITTERS₇
SUTLERS₇
SUTLERY₁₀
SUTTEES₇
TATLERS₇
TATTERS₇
TATTERY₁₀
TETHERS₁₀
TETTERS₇
TITFERS₁₀
TITHERS₁₀
TITLERS₇
TITTERS₇
TOTIENT₇
TOTTERS₇
TOTTERY₁₀
TUTRESS₇
UNTREAD₈
UPTREND₁₀
VATTERS₁₀
VETOERS₁₀
VETTERS₁₀
VITREUM₁₂
VOTEENS₁₀
VOTRESS₁₀
WATTEST₁₀
WETHERS₁₃
WETNESS₁₀
WETTERS₁₀
WETTEST₁₀
WITHERS₁₃
WITLESS₁₀
WITNESS₁₀
WITNEYS₁₃
WITTERS₁₀
WOTTEST₁₀
WOTTETH₁₃
WUTHERS₁₃
YATTERS₁₀
ZITHERN₁₉
ZITHERS₁₉

Letters by positionIn 56% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

O13%
B9%
P9%

2nd letter

U23%
A22%
I18%

4th letter

T33%
H19%
L10%

6th letter

R43%
S13%
A10%

7th letter

S56%
T13%
Y9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; ZITHERS tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 57 words
8 points: 13 words
99 points: 57 words
10 points: 71 words
1111 points: 15 words
12 points: 28 words
1313 points: 20 words
14 points: 11 words
1515 points: 3 words
16 points: 2 words
1717 points: 4 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZITHERS	19	18	All three
ZITHERN	19	19	All three
PATZERS	18	19	All three
POTZERS	18	19	All three
JITTERY	17	18	All three
JITNEYS	17	19	All three
JETBEAD	17	20	All three
GUTZERS	17	19	Collins only
EXTREME	16	17	All three
EXTREMA	16	17	All three
PUTREFY	15	16	All three
MOTHERY	15	14	All three

The pattern is _ _ T _ E _ _, but the matches range from everyday words such as BETWEEN, MATTERS and LETTERS to less familiar plays. Just 24 rank among the commonest English entries by word frequency, so a tournament-valid answer may still look unusual. Check the final letter next: S leads by a wide margin.

The pattern at a glance

285 tournament-dictionary words fit; 280 appear in Collins, 214 in NWL2023 and 202 in ENABLE.
BETWEEN, PATIENT, MATTERS, LETTERS and EXTREME are familiar examples.
O leads as the first letter with 36 matches; B follows with 27.
S ends 159 matches, well ahead of T with 37 and Y with 27.
ZITHERS and ZITHERN each score 19 Scrabble points; PATZERS scores 18.

How many 7-letter words with T third and E fifth?

There are 285 matches for this pattern. The fixed T and E leave four slots open, which is why the list includes such different words as BATTERY, WITNESS, OATMEAL and LOTTERY.

O is the most common starting letter, with 36 words, while B starts 27. That makes O a strong first-letter filter, but the ending is more decisive: 159 words finish in S. For a puzzle with the final letter still unknown, try S before testing the smaller T and Y groups.

Use endings and scores to narrow the choices

For 7-letter words with T third and E fifth, the final S is the standout pattern. It appears in words such as MATTERS, LETTERS, BATTERS and GATHERS, while EXTREME shows that an E ending is not required by the fixed slots.

The top raw Scrabble scores come from less familiar words: ZITHERS and ZITHERN score 19, followed by PATZERS and POTZERS at 18. JITTERY, JITNEYS and JETBEAD each reach 17. These scores make strong rack candidates, but many matches are uncommon; check your game's word list before building a play around an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

Why do so many of these words end in S?

S is the final letter in 159 of the 285 matches, making it the strongest ending filter by a wide margin. T appears at the end of 37 words and Y of 27. With T and E already fixed in their slots, test an S ending before scanning less common endings.

What is the highest Scrabble score among these words?

ZITHERS and ZITHERN tie for the highest listed raw Scrabble score at 19 points. PATZERS and POTZERS follow at 18, while JITTERY, JITNEYS and JETBEAD score 17. Board premiums and any bonuses can change the total you actually earn.

Are all 285 words accepted in every tournament dictionary?

No. Collins includes 280 matches, while NWL2023 includes 214 and ENABLE includes 202. The overall count combines words found in at least one of those tournament dictionaries, so an entry accepted in one list may not be accepted in another.

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