5-letter words with D as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is D??I?, so the fourth tile is settled while the middle pair remains open. Forty matches is a modest pool beside the 116 words with D first and E fourth. DEVIL, DIGIT, and DENIM are easier to recognize than many entries, and nine matches fall within the common-word group, so the pattern is more selective than its familiar examples suggest.

What stands out in the D??I? pattern?

• Forty tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern, with D first and I fixed in the fourth slot.
• Nine matches fall within the 25,000 most common English words; DEVIL and DRAIN are recognizable examples.
• Definitions are available for 33 entries, leaving seven without one.
• Collins includes 38 matches, NWL2023 includes 28, and ENABLE includes 24; the dictionary totals overlap.
• Final S and E are the leading endings, appearing in 9 and 8 matches respectively.

Which D??I? words can you try in Wordle?

All 40 matches are allowed guesses, but only seven are Wordle answers. That split matters: a legal probe is not automatically a likely solution. DEVIL, DIGIT, and DRAIN offer familiar letter combinations to test, while the answer subset is smaller than the guess list, so treat the seven-answer count as a limit rather than a claim that every guess can be an answer.

Scoring 5-letter words with D first and I fourth

DIXIE, DIXIT, DOXIE, and DEXIE tie for the top recorded score at 13 points each, ahead of DEMIC and DOMIC at 10. The average score is 7.9, so the four leaders stand out from the typical match. DEVIL scores 9; familiar vocabulary and raw points do not line up automatically.

The ending mix is uneven: S leads with 9 matches, E follows with 8, then T with 6 and C with 5. Only nine entries are common, so everyday vocabulary will not cover the full pool. Collins lists 38 of these words, compared with 28 in NWL2023 and 24 in ENABLE; check your game's word list before relying on an entry.