5-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter

The first, second, and fourth letters stay open, but the resulting set is small: Collins has 13 entries, and ENABLE and NWL2023 each have 7. MEDIA and VODKA are familiar anchors; HODJA and SADZA stand out on a score sheet.

At a glance: the _ _ D _ A pattern

• Thirteen tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern, and every match ends in A.
• Collins contains all 13 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each contain 7.
• Only 3 entries count as common, so many matches are less familiar in everyday play.
• H is the most frequent first letter, with 3 words; M, P, and S each begin 2.
• HODJA scores 16, ahead of SADZA at 15 and VODKA at 13.

Which words are familiar, and which score well?

MEDIA, VODKA, and HYDRA give you recognizable options among the 13 matches. The rest include less common forms such as PADMA, MUDRA, and PODIA, so a matching pattern does not guarantee an everyday word. The group's average score is 9.7, and ten of the 13 entries carry definitions.

For Scrabble scoring, HODJA leads at 16 points and SADZA follows at 15; VODKA scores 13. MEDIA scores 8, showing why a familiar word is not always the strongest play. Those figures are base word scores, before any board premium.

5-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter

There are 13 tournament-dictionary matches for this pattern. Two also appear in the Wordle answer list, and all 13 appear among the allowed guesses, so the pattern is narrow but not excluded from Wordle. A different middle letter changes the size fast: N yields 74 matches, and R yields 70.

Dictionary coverage matters: Collins accepts all 13, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 7. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry; the same pattern does not have identical coverage across these dictionaries.