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

The fixed letters give you a clear pattern: D _ _ _ _ R. Of the 129 matches, 21 rank among common English words, while 107 have a definition. Doctor, dinner, driver, and danger are easy to recognize, though the counts include only words found in at least one tournament dictionary, not every possible word list.

At a glance: the D-to-R pattern

• The pattern has 129 six-letter matches: D in position one and R in position six.
• Doctor, dinner, driver, danger, and dollar are recognizable examples.
• Twenty-one matches are classified as common English words.
• Collins includes 126 matches, compared with 103 in NWL2023 and 94 in ENABLE.

Which D-first, R-last words are familiar?

Doctor, dinner, driver, danger, and dollar are among the most familiar choices. Deeper, dealer, differ, dancer, and drawer also fit the pattern, so the middle letters can form several everyday words. Try those examples first when you are solving a clue rather than building a tournament word list.

Only 21 of the 129 matches fall within the common-word group, so familiarity drops off quickly beyond the obvious examples. Words such as dexter, dagger, and debtor appear in the examples too, but a word’s presence in a general vocabulary list does not guarantee acceptance in every game. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

How to use 6-letter words with D first and R sixth

For Scrabble scoring, DOZIER and DOOZER lead the high-score examples at 16 points each. They are far less familiar than doctor or dinner, which makes them better candidates for checking against your specific dictionary than for assuming an opponent will accept them. The average score across this pattern is 9.5 points.

DEXTER scores 14, while DIFFER and DECKER score 13 apiece. Those scores make the less obvious middle letters worth inspecting, but the strongest play still depends on the board: a letter or word premium changes the result. For a more familiar starting point, compare doctor, driver, and dollar before reaching for a rare scorer.