7-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and F as the 6th letter

14 7-letter words with T as the 3rd letter and F as the 6th letter fit this pattern.

14 wordsTop pick SATISFYHighest score VITRIFY 16

1 of 14 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With T in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (518 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 14 · most-used first

  • SATISFY13
  • CUTOFFS15
  • PETRIFY15
  • PUTREFY15
  • VITRIFY16
  • INTROFY13
  • LITHIFY16
  • MATTIFY15
  • METRIFY15
  • NITRIFY13
  • PUTOFFS15
  • RETURFS10
  • SETOFFS13
  • UNTURFS10
All valid words 14

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

  • CUTOFFS15
  • INTROFY13
  • LITHIFY16
  • MATTIFY15
  • METRIFY15
  • NITRIFY13
  • PETRIFY15
  • PUTOFFS15
  • PUTREFY15
  • RETURFS10
  • SATISFY13
  • SETOFFS13
  • UNTURFS10
  • VITRIFY16
Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 7th letter is Y.
1st letter
  1. P21%
  2. M14%
  3. S14%
2nd letter
  1. E29%
  2. U21%
  3. I21%
4th letter
  1. R43%
  2. O21%
  3. U14%
5th letter
  1. I43%
  2. F21%
  3. R14%
7th letter
  1. Y64%
  2. S36%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
VITRIFY1616All three
LITHIFY1615All three
CUTOFFS1517All three
PETRIFY1515All three
PUTREFY1516All three
METRIFY1515All three
PUTOFFS1517All three
MATTIFY1515Collins only
SATISFY1312All three
INTROFY1313All three
NITRIFY1313All three
SETOFFS1313All three

This is a compact pattern: just one of the 14 matches is common, and SATISFY is the familiar example. The endings split sharply, with Y on most words and S on the rest. That makes the final letter a quick way to narrow your search once T and F are fixed.

At a glance: how these matches cluster

  • Collins includes all 14 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 11.
  • SATISFY is the only common entry among the 14 words.
  • Nine matches end in Y; the other five end in S.
  • P-words lead the starting-letter group, with three matches.
  • VITRIFY and LITHIFY share the top score at 16 points.

7-letter words with T as 3rd and F as 6th

The pattern leaves a useful choice at the end: try Y for nine possibilities or S for five. SATISFY is the everyday outlier; most of the remaining Y-words, including PETRIFY, PUTREFY, and VITRIFY, have a more specialized feel.

The starting letters are scattered rather than evenly represented. P begins three answers, while M and S begin two apiece; five other starting letters appear once each. If your first letter is unknown, test P before assuming the words share a familiar prefix.

Thirteen of the 14 matches are defined, but only one qualifies as common. That gap matters in a word game: a valid tournament entry is not necessarily a word most players will recognize.

Which matches have the highest scores?

VITRIFY and LITHIFY lead at 16 points each. CUTTOFFS, PETRIFY, PUTREFY, METRIFY, PUTOFFS, and MATTIFY each score 15, putting several less familiar options close behind the leaders.

The average score is 13.9, so these words are not merely a pair of high-scoring exceptions. For a board play, compare the whole word with the available premium squares; a strong raw score does not guarantee the best placement. SATISFY scores 13, below the leaders but easier to recognize.

Questions people ask

Are these words accepted in every tournament dictionary?
No. Collins lists all 14 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 11, so an entry accepted in one tournament dictionary may be absent from another. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form such as INTROFY or LITHIFY.
Which match is the only common word?
SATISFY is the only common match in this group. It stands apart from specialized forms such as METRIFY and LITHIFY, though all three fit the same seven-letter pattern with T third and F sixth.
How many of these words end in Y?
Nine of the 14 matches end in Y, while five end in S. If the last letter is still unknown, Y is the stronger first guess; an S ending narrows the search to the smaller group.

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