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

The pattern is D _ _ _ U _, so the fifth tile is fixed while the second, third, fourth, and final letters do the sorting. DEVOUT, DETOUR, and DEVOUR are among the more familiar choices; DORSUM, DINGUS, and DINKUM move into less everyday vocabulary. Only three entries qualify as common by our frequency measure.

How many 6-letter words have D first and U fifth?

• Thirty-one tournament-dictionary entries fit D _ _ _ U _; the fifth letter stays U.
• Collins includes all 31 matches, while NWL2023 has 24 and ENABLE has 22.
• Only three entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so expect specialist vocabulary.
• DYBBUK leads the Scrabble scores at 18; DIBBUK follows at 15.
• The most frequent final tile is M, appearing on eight words.

What letters end these D-and-U words?

Eight words end in M, more than any other final letter; DUMDUM is one example. R comes next with five, represented by DETOUR and DEVOUR. S and T each close four matches, including DISCUS and DEVOUT, so the last tile narrows the set once D and U are fixed.

Only one match ends in D, while three finish in L and two each in E or K. The pattern therefore does not favor one simple suffix: endings range from familiar -OUT and -OUR words to less common forms such as DORSUM and DOLIUM. Start with the last tile you know, then test the middle letters.

Which of these D-and-U words score highest?

DYBBUK scores 18 points, ahead of DIBBUK at 15; both spellings put the high-value Y or doubled B to work. DINKUM and DYVOUR each score 13, while DUMDUM reaches 12. The top scorer is not a routine everyday guess, so knowing the tile values matters more than recognizing the word at sight.

DEVOUT, DEVOUR, and DOOFUS each score 10, close to the 9.9 average for the full set. That near-average trio is easier to recognize than the top scorers, but none beats DYBBUK's raw total. The listed figures are base word scores, before any premium-square effects.

Dictionary coverage is the catch: Collins counts 31 matches, compared with 24 in NWL2023 and 22 in ENABLE. Only three words meet the common-frequency cutoff. Check your game's word list before committing to rarer choices such as DINKUM or DORSUM.