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

The pattern fixes two positions but leaves plenty of room for different beginnings: OUTSIDE, ARTICLE, and INTENSE all fit. Every match ends in E, while the third-letter T separates these results from other final-E patterns. Use the fixed letters to check a candidate, then compare its opening letters and spelling against your rack or clue.

At a glance: words with T third and E last

• There are 226 tournament-dictionary matches with T in position three and E in position seven.
• O is the most common first letter, with 44 matches; A comes next with 20.
• OUTSIDE, ARTICLE, EXTREME, INTENSE, OUTCOME, NOTABLE, COTTAGE, and OUTLINE are familiar examples.
• Just 16 matches meet the common-word cutoff, so many answers are less familiar than the headline examples.

Which matching words score the most?

MYTHIZE leads the score list at 24 points, followed by JETLIKE at 18 and OUTGAZE at 17. Those unusual spellings contrast with everyday matches such as OUTSIDE and OUTCOME, so a high tile total does not mean a word will be easy to recognize.

EXTREME, ANTIQUE, OUTSIZE, and HOTCAKE each score 16. When choosing among playable options, check the board as well as the letters: a premium square can change a word’s value, and the fixed final E may limit where you can place it.

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

Start by writing the pattern as two blanks, T, three blanks, E; then test known beginnings such as OUT-, ART-, and INT-. OUTSIDE, ARTICLE, and INTENSE show how different those openings can be while preserving both fixed letters.

Dictionary coverage differs across games: 155 matches appear in ENABLE, 163 in NWL2023, and 220 in Collins. The full total includes words accepted by at least one of those tournament lists, not necessarily every list, so check your game’s lexicon before playing an unfamiliar entry.

For a neighboring clue, compare the same third letter with a different final letter, or keep final E and switch the third letter. Those alternatives change the candidate set rather than merely changing how you search.