6-letter words with D as the 1st letter and C as the 3rd letter

The pattern is D-C with one letter between them: DECIDE, DOCTOR, and DECKED all fit. Only 8 of the 68 entries rank among the most common English words, so familiar choices sit beside many less everyday options. The ending counts offer a quick way to narrow the candidates when the final tile is known.

At a glance: the D-C pattern

• There are 68 six-letter matches with D first and C third.
• DECIDE, DECADE, DECENT, and DOCTOR are recognizable examples.
• Only 8 entries are common by the top-25,000 English-word frequency measure.
• The most frequent final letter is E, with 15 words; S follows with 13.
• Collins lists 67 matches, NWL2023 lists 54, and ENABLE lists 50; those counts overlap.

How many 6-letter words with D first and C third?

There are 68 matches across the tournament dictionaries. DECIDE, DECADE, and DECEIT start with DEC, while DOCTOR and DOCILE begin with DOC. The shared D-C frame still leaves several different vowel and consonant combinations for the remaining tiles.

Ending letters help sort the candidates further. Fifteen end in E and 13 end in S, while T comes next with 9. If your clue fixes the last letter, start with those groups before scanning less frequent endings such as L, N, or Y, which each account for 3 words.

Which matches score well, and where does the pattern lead?

DECAFF scores 15 points, while DOCKED, DECKED, and DUCKED each score 14 on the listed base values. These are stronger tile-value picks than the 11.1 average score for all matches, though board premiums can change a play’s result.

The six-letter pattern has fewer entries than its seven-letter counterpart: the same D-first, C-third pattern has 35 five-letter matches and 122 seven-letter matches. The 68 six-letter options also include 59 defined entries, but only 8 are common; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar form.