Words Containing TA
Browse every English word that contains the sequence TA. Knowing words with rare letter combinations — especially Q, X, Z, and digraphs like TH, CH, and SH — is a key strategy for scoring big in Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Quick stats: 19,521 total words, 15-letter average length, 28.3-point mean score.
- Total words
- 19,521
- Avg length
- 15 letters
- Avg Scrabble score
- 28.3 pts
- Highest scoring
- ichthytaxidermy (39 pts)
- Longest word
- ichthytaxidermy (15 letters)
- High-value letter words
- 102(51%)
- Words containing Q, X, Z, J, K (8–10 pt tiles)
About this word list
With 19,521 valid entries, this is one of the larger curated lists on unscrambletools.com, sorted by length and Scrabble score for quick scanning. This list includes 102 words with high-value letters like Q, X, or Z — prime targets for premium squares on a Scrabble board. Suffix patterns such as -LY, -IC, -ON, -ION appear frequently here and are high-yield targets in both Scrabble and Words with Friends. For quick wins, prioritise ichthytaxidermy (39 pts) — they lead this list on raw tile value. Daily Wordle solvers benefit from lists like this when a letter pattern repeats across puzzles; knowing valid words in advance reduces wasted guesses. Words with Friends shares most of these entries; the average score of 28.3 points reflects standard tile values without board multipliers. With a vowel ratio of 0.39, this list skews consonant-heavy — keep extra vowels on your rack when targeting these words.
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Strategy & study tips
Large lists pair well with the Pattern Finder: add exclusions or second constraints to carve study-sized subsets from the full dictionary count. About 51% of sampled words include a high-value letter (Q, X, Z, J, or K) — useful when planning premium-square plays.
Average Scrabble value here is 28.3 points — use that as a floor for acceptable plays when board space is tight. Anchor words: highest scorer ICHTHYTAXIDERMY, longest ICHTHYTAXIDERMY. Build mnemonics around those two before expanding into the full 19,521 matches. Review related searches at the bottom of this page to hop between adjacent patterns without competing URLs in search results.
Top words preview
Scrabble-focused summaries for high-value entries (not full dictionary definitions). Tap a word for score breakdowns and anagrams.
- ICHTHYTAXIDERMY (15 letters, 39 Scrabble pts) — consonant-heavy playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- MYXOTHALLOPHYTA (15 letters, 38 Scrabble pts) — consonant-heavy playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- PESTALOZZIANISM (15 letters, 37 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- QUINQUEPUNCTATE (15 letters, 37 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- HYPERVITALIZING (15 letters, 36 Scrabble pts) — consonant-heavy playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- QUINQUEPETALOID (15 letters, 36 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- AZYGOBRANCHIATA (15 letters, 35 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- BRACHYSTAPHYLIC (15 letters, 35 Scrabble pts) — consonant-heavy playable entry.
Word list
Showing top 200 of 19,521 matches, sorted by length and Scrabble score.
15-letter words
- ichthytaxidermy39 pts
- myxothallophyta38 pts
- pestalozzianism37 pts
- quinquepunctate37 pts
- hypervitalizing36 pts
- quinquepetaloid36 pts
- azygobranchiata35 pts
- brachystaphylic35 pts
- experimentalize35 pts
- quinquedentated35 pts
- heptahexahedral34 pts
- staphylorrhaphy34 pts
- oxycobaltammine33 pts
- hydrotachymeter32 pts
- hypermetaphoric32 pts
- hypostasization32 pts
- hypostatization32 pts
- overcapitalized32 pts
- overexpectantly32 pts
- stapedectomized32 pts
- subhorizontally32 pts
- zeugobranchiata32 pts
- chemotaxonomist31 pts
- hemimetamorphic31 pts
- hyperkatabolism31 pts
- juxtapositional31 pts
- overcapitalizes31 pts
- pentahexahedral31 pts
- pentahexahedron31 pts
- pyrometamorphic31 pts
- rhizoflagellata31 pts
- unexpectability31 pts
- aquincubitalism30 pts
- cosmopolitanize30 pts
- deoccidentalize30 pts
- excitometabolic30 pts
- governmentalize30 pts
- hyperexaltation30 pts
- noncrystallized30 pts
- overbrutalizing30 pts
- phototachometry30 pts
- preacquaintance30 pts
- recrystallizing30 pts
- rehospitalizing30 pts
- saccharostarchy30 pts
- staphylomycosis30 pts
- substantivizing30 pts
- unfrequentative30 pts
- zeuctocoelomata30 pts
- cataclysmically29 pts
- chemotactically29 pts
- crystallization29 pts
- crystallography29 pts
- departmentalize29 pts
- disacquaintance29 pts
- experimentative29 pts
- hospitalization29 pts
- humanitarianize29 pts
- hypercatabolism29 pts
- hypercatalectic29 pts
- hypermetabolism29 pts
- hyperpotassemic29 pts
- metamorphically29 pts
- methamphetamine29 pts
- monumentalizing29 pts
- planohorizontal29 pts
- prestandardized29 pts
- substandardized29 pts
- subvitalization29 pts
- undercapitalize29 pts
- capitalizations28 pts
- cataphrygianism28 pts
- cephalochordata28 pts
- experimentalism28 pts
- hydrometallurgy28 pts
- hypocrystalline28 pts
- hypovitaminosis28 pts
- immortalization28 pts
- inadjustability28 pts
- labiopalatalize28 pts
- metachlamydeous28 pts
- metaphosphating28 pts
- metropolitanize28 pts
- noematachograph28 pts
- nonacquaintance28 pts
- overtalkatively28 pts
- parliamentarize28 pts
- phenylacetamide28 pts
- phragmocyttares28 pts
- platystaphyline28 pts
- preexperimental28 pts
- psittacomorphic28 pts
- spectaclemaking28 pts
- staphyloschisis28 pts
- tablefellowship28 pts
- theopaschitally28 pts
- ubiquitarianism28 pts
- zonoplacentalia28 pts
- bacillariophyta27 pts
- bastardizations27 pts
- catawamptiously27 pts
- consonantalized27 pts
- cryptanalytical27 pts
- crystallophobia27 pts
- dacryocystalgia27 pts
- deprotestantize27 pts
- destabilization27 pts
- hexatriacontane27 pts
- hydrostatically27 pts
- hypermetaplasia27 pts
- hyperpotassemia27 pts
- hypopituitarism27 pts
- katakinetomeric27 pts
- merchantability27 pts
- merycopotamidae27 pts
- metaphosphorous27 pts
- nonapostatizing27 pts
- nonmetaphysical27 pts
- nonquantitative27 pts
- nonstandardized27 pts
- octadecahydrate27 pts
- paracetaldehyde27 pts
- phosphotartaric27 pts
- phototachometer27 pts
- phototactically27 pts
- phylactolaemata27 pts
- phytoflagellata27 pts
- pyrenomycetales27 pts
- quasistationary27 pts
- sentimentalized27 pts
- staphyloplastic27 pts
- stereotaxically27 pts
- substantialized27 pts
- titanichthyidae27 pts
- unantagonizable27 pts
- uncommutatively27 pts
- unsectarianized27 pts
- christadelphian26 pts
- circumplanetary26 pts
- commentatorship26 pts
- compartmentally26 pts
- complementarily26 pts
- complementarity26 pts
- complementative26 pts
- complimentarily26 pts
- complimentarity26 pts
- complimentative26 pts
- compotationship26 pts
- dactylopatagium26 pts
- developmentally26 pts
- equalitarianism26 pts
- experimentalist26 pts
- experimentarian26 pts
- experimentation26 pts
- hypersacerdotal26 pts
- incommutability26 pts
- inequitableness26 pts
- inexcitableness26 pts
- instrumentalize26 pts
- katathermometer26 pts
- lexicostatistic26 pts
- majoritarianism26 pts
- manifestatively26 pts
- metachromatinic26 pts
- metamathematics26 pts
- metamorphosable26 pts
- metamorphosical26 pts
- metasaccharinic26 pts
- noematachometic26 pts
- nonexperimental26 pts
- overimitatively26 pts
- pathometabolism26 pts
- pharyngopneusta26 pts
- precipitability26 pts
- proletarization26 pts
- pseudotachylite26 pts
- psittacomorphae26 pts
- restabilization26 pts
- saccobranchiata26 pts
- sentimentalizer26 pts
- sentimentalizes26 pts
- stackhousiaceae26 pts
- standardization26 pts
- submetaphorical26 pts
- supercommentary26 pts
- superexcitation26 pts
- tapeinocephalic26 pts
- tapinceophalism26 pts
- tautomerization26 pts
- unacceptability26 pts
- uncomplementary26 pts
- uncomplimentary26 pts
- unequitableness26 pts
- unexcitableness26 pts
- unprotestantize26 pts
- accompanimental25 pts
- acetaldehydrase25 pts
- carpometacarpal25 pts
- carpometacarpus25 pts
- charlatanically25 pts
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- How many words match this pattern?
- Our dictionary contains 19,521 words matching this pattern. The average length is 15 letters and the average Scrabble score is 28.3 points. The highest-scoring entry shown is ichthytaxidermy (39 pts).
- Are there high-scoring words in this list?
- 102 words in this sample include premium letters (Q, X, Z, J, or K). These are strong candidates for double- and triple-letter square plays in Scrabble.
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- How are the point scores calculated?
- Scores are the raw sum of standard Scrabble letter values (A=1, B=3, C=3, D=2 … Z=10) without board multipliers. Higher-scoring words contain rarer letters like Q, X, or Z.
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