...the Middle East. Specifically, the Gaza Strip is independent as a Hamas-controlled statelet and the West Bank is under Israeli Occupation.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -T---LET. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter T and 6th letter L and 7th letter E and 8th letter T. In alphabetical order, they are:

statelet

The statelet of Northern Ireland was created in 1921 as six counties from the historic nine counties of the province of Ulster, hence NI is often refered to (incorrectly) as Ulster or 'The Province'. The early years were fairly peaceful but the Unionists (pro-British majority) bullied the minority Irish population and in the sixties the Irish minority had had enough and started non-violent protests which the Unionist authorities failed to tolerate causing violent clashes.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 14 words with the pattern --AT-LE-. That is, eight letter words with 3rd letter A and 4th letter T and 6th letter L and 7th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

brattled

brattles

platelet

prattled

prattler

prattles

scatoles

skatoles

spatules

spatzles

statelet

twattled

twattler

twattles

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 85 words with the pattern ----E--T. That is, eight letter words with 5th letter E and 8th letter T. In alphabetical order, they are:

accredit

bandelet

banneret

bracelet

cachepot

canoeist

cervelat

chamelot

closeout

contempt

copyedit

corselet

decrepit

disherit

ditheist

dosseret

drupelet

entrepot

exigeant

faineant

flamelet

flameout

floreant

floweret

fornenst

herbelet

housesat

housesit

hygieist

lancelet

lanneret

mantelet

miquelet

misbegot

misdealt

misdempt

mousemat

murrelet

nauseant

nervelet

outfeast

outleapt

overedit

perceant

permeant

phaseout

platelet

plumelet

precepit

preterit

pulsejet

recreant

redreamt

renverst

rondelet

sarcenet

sarsenet

saucepot

scelerat

segreant

sergeant

serjeant

shakeout

smokepot

snakebit

snakepit

solleret

spikelet

spirelet

stakeout

statelet

subdepot

subverst

surrebut

tercelet

thereout

threepit

undreamt

valvelet

velveret

verselet

wastelot

whereout

whiteout

whitepot