5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and D as the 3rd letter

The pattern is _ED__, so your first and last letters remain open. R leads the first-letter group with 16 matches, while S is the most common ending, appearing in 14. Familiar picks such as MEDAL, TEDDY, and HEDGE sit alongside less everyday entries, and the list spans several tournament dictionaries.

5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and D as the 3rd letter

• There are 62 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• MEDIA, MEDAL, TEDDY, CEDAR, and HEDGE are recognizable examples.
• R starts 16 entries; B and S start 6 each.
• S ends 14 words, ahead of Y with 10 and E with 8.
• FEDEX leads the scoring examples at 16 Scrabble points before board bonuses.

Which letters start and end these words?

R is the standout opener: its 16 words are more than twice the six beginning with B or S. C and M contribute five apiece, while L and P each begin four. That makes R a strong first-letter guess when your pattern is still open.

At the other end, S appears 14 times and Y appears 10, so those two endings account for a large share of the choices. MEDIA, CEDAR, and HEDGE show how varied the final letter can be. The same pattern with A in position two has 82 matches, notably more than this E-and-D combination.

How do the dictionary counts differ?

Collins includes 59 of these words, NWL2023 includes 55, and ENABLE includes 47. Counts overlap because many words appear in more than one dictionary. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure answer; pattern matches do not guarantee acceptance everywhere.

FEDEX scores 16 points in Scrabble, while REDOX and REDUX each score 13. Ten matches overlap the Wordle answer list, but the pattern count is broader than that answer set. When solving, use known greens and yellows to narrow the open first and fourth positions rather than treating every dictionary entry as an equally likely answer.