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

5-letter words with D as the 1st letter and L as the 4th letter have 51 dictionary matches, including 12 Wordle answers.

51 wordsTop pick DAILYHighest score DRYLY 12

7 of 51 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With D in 1st place, E is the most common 4th letter (116 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 51 · most-used first

  • DAILY9
  • DEALS6
  • DEALT6
  • DRILL6
  • DOLLS6
  • DWELL9
  • DOLLY9
  • DIALS6
  • DUELS6
  • DIMLY11
  • DALLY9
  • DWELT9
  • DILLY9
  • DROLL6
  • DELLS6
  • DRYLY12
  • DOULA6
  • DUALS6
  • DULLS6
  • DOILY9
  • DELLY9
  • DRILY9
  • DILLI6
  • DALLE6
  • DULLY9
  • DUPLE8
  • DIOLS6
  • DOOLY9
  • DHOLE9
  • DILLS6
  • DEELY9
  • DROLE6
  • DOOLE6
  • DAHLS9
  • DHOLS9
  • DOOLS6
  • DWILE9
  • DOBLA8
  • DOWLE9
  • DHALS9
  • DEILS6
  • DAULT6
  • DHOLL9
  • DIRLS6
  • DOILT6
  • DOWLS9
  • DOWLY12
  • DOYLY12

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All valid words 51

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • DAHLS9
  • DAILY9
  • DALLE6
  • DALLY9
  • DAULT6
  • DEALS6
  • DEALT6
  • DEELY9
  • DEILS6
  • DELLS6
  • DELLY9
  • DHALS9
  • DHOLE9
  • DHOLL9
  • DHOLS9
  • DIALS6
  • DILLI6
  • DILLS6
  • DILLY9
  • DIMLY11
  • DIOLS6
  • DIRLS6
  • DOBLA8
  • DOILT6
  • DOILY9
  • DOLLS6
  • DOLLY9
  • DOOLE6
  • DOOLS6
  • DOOLY9
  • DOULA6
  • DOWLE9
  • DOWLS9
  • DOWLY12
  • DOYLY12
  • DRILL6
  • DRILY9
  • DROLE6
  • DROLL6
  • DRYLY12
  • DUALS6
  • DUELS6
  • DULLS6
  • DULLY9
  • DUPLE8
  • DUPLY11
  • DWALE9
  • DWALM11
  • DWELL9
  • DWELT9
  • DWILE9
Letters by positionIn 31% of these words the 5th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. O25%
  2. I14%
  3. E12%
3rd letter
  1. L22%
  2. O18%
  3. I14%
5th letter
  1. S31%
  2. Y29%
  3. E16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 6 in Scrabble; DRYLY tops the list with 12. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 66 points: 22 words
  2. 7 points: 0 words
  3. 88 points: 2 words
  4. 9 points: 21 words
  5. 1010 points: 0 words
  6. 11 points: 3 words
  7. 1212 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
DRYLY1211All three
DOYLY1211All three
DOWLY1212Collins only
DIMLY1112All three
DUPLY1113Collins only
DWALM1113Collins only
DAILY99All three
DWELL911All three
DOLLY910All three
DALLY910All three
DWELT910All three
DILLY910All three

The pattern is D _ _ L _, with seven common words among its 51 matches. Coverage differs by game: Collins includes all 51, while NWL2023 includes 36 and ENABLE includes 33. That gap matters when a word looks familiar but your game rejects it, though daily, deals, dealt, drill, and dolls are all recognizable examples.

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

  • The pattern D _ _ L _ has 51 words across the listed tournament dictionaries.
  • Daily, deals, dealt, drill, and dolls are examples that fit the fixed letters.
  • The most common final letters are S, with 16 matches, and Y, with 15.
  • Seven matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by word frequency.
  • The list contains 12 Wordle answers and 51 allowed guesses.

Which letters finish these D-and-L words?

S and Y dominate the endings: 16 words finish in S and 15 finish in Y. Together, those endings account for 31 of the 51 matches. Deals, dolls, and duels show the S pattern; daily, dolly, and dally show the Y pattern.

Eight words end in E, while four each end in L and T. The remaining endings are A, I, and M, with two A words and one apiece for I and M. When the last tile is known, test S and Y before spending guesses on the rarer endings.

How to use this pattern in a word game

For Wordle, the 12 matching answers are a useful shortlist, but the broader guess set has 51 entries. Daily and drill are familiar examples; the full set also includes less everyday forms. Treat the fixed D and fourth-position L as constraints, then use the other revealed tiles to narrow the candidates.

For letter-score play, DRYLY, DOYLY, and DOWLY each score 12, the top score among these examples. DIMLY and DUPLY score 11, while DAILY scores 9. Those totals make the unusual Y-ending words worth noticing when a premium square favors a high-value letter.

The 5-letter words with D as the 1st letter and L as the 4th letter do not all transfer between games: Collins has 51 entries, compared with 36 in NWL2023. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure candidate.

Questions people ask

Are there Wordle answers with D first and L fourth?
Yes: 12 of the 51 matching words are Wordle answers, and all 12 appear in at least one tournament dictionary. The allowed-guess count is 51, so the answer subset is much narrower than the full set of permitted guesses.
Which D-and-L word scores the most?
DRYLY, DOYLY, and DOWLY tie for the highest score at 12 points each. DIMLY and DUPLY follow at 11 points, while DAILY scores 9. The uncommon Y-ending options beat several more familiar words on the score list.
Why might a game reject one of these words?
The dictionaries do not contain the same number of matches: Collins has 51, NWL2023 has 36, and ENABLE has 33. A word accepted in one game's word list can be absent from another, so check the dictionary your game uses.

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