5-letter words with T as the first letter
There are 790 five-letter words with T as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is TIZZY at 26 points. A is the most common second letter among them (158), and the average score is 7.9 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green T in the first position leaves these 790 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with T in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include TIZZY, TAZZA, TAZZE, TOWZY and TOUZY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a T in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, TEARS is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 790 words.
5-letter words with T as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 790
- Highest scoring
- TIZZY 26 pts
- Average score
- 7.9 pts
- With a definition
- 439 (56%)
- A158
- E104
- H81
- I72
- O141
- R114
- S5
- U60
- W31
- Y23
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with t as the first letter
5-letter words with T as the first letter (790)
These 300 of the 790 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have T as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 790 five-letter words with T in the first position, 6.3% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as T, these 790 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as TEARS.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with T as the first letter?
TIZZY scores 26 points in Scrabble. Next come TAZZA (23), TAZZE (23) and TOWZY (20). The average is 7.9 points.