5-letter words with D as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter

DE gives these five-letter entries a recognizable start, but the endings spread widely: 43 finish in S, while 17 finish in Y. Familiar choices include DEATH, DEALS, DEPTH, DEBUT, and DELAY; less everyday options sit beside them. Counts include words accepted by at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, so a game's own dictionary can return a shorter set.

5-letter words with D as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter

• 136 entries match the fixed D-E opening in five letters.
• DEATH, DEALS, DEPTH, DEBUT, and DELAY are among the examples.
• DEOXY and DEWAX lead the scoring examples at 16 points each.
• 28 matching entries occur in the Wordle answer list, and all 28 are tournament-dictionary words.

Which final letters appear most often?

S is the clear ending leader: 43 of these words finish with S, compared with 17 ending in Y. S-ending words make up almost a third of the set, while the Y ending appears less than half as often.

T comes next at 12, followed by E at 11 and R at 9. N appears 7 times and D 6. H is the least frequent recorded ending, at 5.

If your final tile is fixed, prioritize the S group before scanning smaller endings. DEATH and DEPTH show how the same opening leads to different final letters.

Which DE words score well, and what about Wordle?

DEOXY and DEWAX each reach 16 points, the top scores in the set. DEKKO scores 14; DETOX, DEBBY, DEXIE, DESEX, and DEXES each score 13. The average across the 136 matches is 8.5, so premium-letter plays stand apart from ordinary DE words.

Wordle overlap is substantial: 28 matches appear in its answer list, and all 28 also belong to at least one tournament dictionary. DEATH and DELAY are familiar pattern examples, but the available counts do not identify which entries are actual answers.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes 131 matches, NWL2023 101, and ENABLE 91. For 5-letter words with D as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter, the combined 136-word total counts each word once across those lists. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.