6-letter words with D as the 2nd letter and T as the 5th letter

The pattern is dominated by plural and third-person forms: adults, idiots, admits, adopts, adapts and edicts all end -TS. A starts 8 of the 17 and I adds 5. Scores stay low at an 8.1 average, and oddity on 11 is the only match above 9.

The D-second pattern at a glance

• 17 matches, 16 of them in Collins and 14 in NWL2023.
• 13 of the 17 end in -TS, nearly all as plurals or third-person verbs.
• A opens 8 matches, I five, and E and O two each.
• Oddity is the top score on 11; eight matches reach 9.
• Only 4 matches are common English words.

How many D-T words end in -TS?

13 of the 17 finish -TS, and every one is a plural or a third-person verb built on a shorter base: adapts from adapt, admits from admit, adopts from adopt, edicts from edict.

The four exceptions are oddity, ideate, adnate and ideata, the only matches that do not end in S, which makes the final tile an easy filter.

Which D-T words score best?

Oddity leads on 11 because it repeats the D and closes on Y, and admits, adopts, adapts, edicts, adepts, adbots and educts follow on 9. Nothing in the group passes 11.

That ceiling is low for a six-letter pattern, and with only 4 common words the list is mostly word-game knowledge rather than everyday vocabulary. ENABLE keeps 12 of the 17, so a spelling that looks ordinary may be missing from one list. Build these words for board position, not for a big score.

How does this compare with other second-letter patterns?

The fifth letter matters more than the second. D second with E fifth holds 21 matches and D second with R fifth 14, so E is the busiest partner. Among wider patterns, A second with T fifth reaches 129, which shows how much the first letter changes the field.