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

Lock in the pattern D---L- and the choices narrow to 91 tournament-dictionary words. The mix includes everyday options like double, deadly, and doodle, alongside less familiar entries such as dingle and duffle. Only 8 meet our common-word frequency cutoff, while 64 have definitions in the dictionary sources.

The D-first, L-fifth pattern at a glance

• There are 91 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• Collins includes all 91; NWL2023 includes 71, and ENABLE includes 65.
• Only 8 matches qualify as common by our frequency cutoff.
• DAZZLE leads the scoring examples at 25 points; DOZILY follows at 19.
• The average score across the pattern is 10.4 points.

Which entries score highest in Scrabble?

DAZZLE is the standout, scoring 25 points before any board bonuses. DOZILY scores 19, while DAYFLY and DEFFLY each score 16.

For a more familiar play, double and deadly fit the pattern, but neither appears among the top scoring examples.

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

The fifth-letter choice makes a big difference among D-starting words: putting E there produces 368 matches, compared with 91 for L. If your clue allows a different fifth letter, the D-and-E pattern opens a much larger set.

For a quick scan, try recognizable forms first: double, deeply, deadly, dearly, and doable. Other entries such as dangle, dimple, and dazzle offer different endings while keeping L in the fifth slot.

Endings cluster tightly: E closes 36 of the 91 matches and Y closes 31, so those two letters account for nearly three-quarters of the set. S finishes 18 more, leaving just a handful with rarer final letters.

The 91-word total is not a promise that every game accepts every entry; dictionary coverage varies. Collins has the full set, while ENABLE has 65, so check the word list used in your game.