6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and A as the 6th letter

The pattern is _ _ _ D _ A: D is fixed in the fourth spot, and A closes every answer. TUNDRA is the one common entry, while the rest include names such as BUDDHA, STADIA, and less familiar words like EXEDRA. Starting letters offer a quick way to narrow the search.

The D-and-A pattern at a glance

• Exactly 15 tournament-dictionary words fit D in slot four and A at the end.
• Five begin with S; A and E each start two.
• Every match ends in A, so the final letter never separates candidates.
• KHODJA leads the scoring list at 21 points; EXEDRA follows at 14.
• TUNDRA is the only match counted as common by word frequency.

How do the 6-letter words with D 4th and A 6th differ?

Five of the 15 begin with S, while A and E contribute two apiece; B, C, H, K, and T each contribute one. That skew makes the first letter a useful second filter: with D and final A fixed, try S first to cover a third of the candidates.

The middle letters separate recognizable words from specialist vocabulary. TUNDRA and STADIA are easier to spot, while CARDIA, ELODEA, and UREDIA are less familiar. Keep the exact pattern in view: the D must be fourth, not merely somewhere inside the word.

A practical solving order is to check likely starting letters, then test the two open positions around D. BUDDHA and SIDDHA show how a doubled consonant can sit beside the fixed D; TUNDRA instead has a distinct letter in each of those positions.

Which matches score well, and where do they appear?

KHODJA stands apart at 21 points, with EXEDRA at 14 and BUDDHA at 13. Those are base word scores, so a premium square can change the total during play. Among more familiar choices, TUNDRA scores 7, a much smaller return than the rare high scorer.

Collins includes all 15 matches, compared with 11 in NWL2023 and 9 in ENABLE. The difference matters in cross-dictionary play: a pattern match is not a promise that every game accepts the word. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry.

For adjacent searches, 6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and A as the 6th letter are a narrow slice of the broader length list. Changing D to C in the fourth position or keeping D while switching the final A to C gives you a nearby pattern to test.