5-letter words with D as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

Fixing D in slot two and S at the end leaves three free tiles, but the field stays tiny at 19 tournament words. A, I, and O each start five of them, while E and U split the final four, so no match opens with a consonant. Familiar entries such as IDEAS, EDGES, and IDOLS sit beside rarities like ODAHS and ODYLS.

D opens the fewest words in this S-final family

• 19 matches place D in the second position and S in the fifth.
• A covers 744 matches in the S-final sibling group; O covers 707 and E covers 539.
• M and P tie as the smallest neighbours, with 44 each.
• ADZES scores 15 points, and A, I, and O each begin five matches.
• No match is a Wordle answer, though 18 count as allowed guesses.

Why so few S-ending words use D in slot two

D owns the smallest share of this group. Its 19 matches sit under M and P at 44 each, and far beneath the vowel-led leaders A and O. The pattern is narrow enough to hold in mind as a single unit.

Wordle treats the fixed pair differently. None of the 19 words is an answer, yet 18 are accepted guesses, so a position-matching guess here is legal on every line but never the day's solution.

A vowel in the first slot is a certainty, unlike patterns where the opening letter varies. Each of the 19 begins with A, E, I, O, or U, so a first-tile guess of a vowel is always correct for this set.

The scoring and dictionary spread for these matches

ADZES stands alone at the top, landing 15 points on its Z. Five matches follow at 9, among them ADAYS, ADAWS, ODAHS, IDYLS, and ODYLS. Everyday words such as IDEAS and EDITS reach only 6.

The set also thins by dictionary. Collins lists all 19, NWL2023 holds 13, and ENABLE just 11, so one obscure match falls outside both the answer list and the accepted guesses. Check your game's word list before you play an unfamiliar entry.