5-letter words with T as the third letter
There are 601 five-letter words with T as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is DITZY at 18 points. M is the most common first letter among them (58), 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 third position leaves these 601 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with T in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include DITZY, RITZY, MATZO, MATZA and MOTZA. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a T in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, ASTER 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 601 words.
5-letter words with T as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 601
- Highest scoring
- DITZY 18 pts
- Average score
- 7.9 pts
- With a definition
- 347 (58%)
- A36
- B46
- C29
- D25
- E14
- F25
- G14
- H17
- I13
- J9
- K24
- L41
- M58
- N26
- O30
- P45
- R42
- S29
- T33
- U9
- V12
- W16
- Y5
- Z3
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with t as the third letter
5-letter words with T as the third letter (601)
These 300 of the 601 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 601 five-letter words with T in the third position, 4.8% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as T, these 601 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 ASTER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with T as the third letter?
DITZY scores 18 points in Scrabble. Next come RITZY (17), MATZA (16) and MATZO (16). The average is 7.9 points.