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

The pattern is _ _ _ D _ C, so both fixed letters are easy to check while you scan. The examples are mostly specialist vocabulary: only 2 of these 20 entries rank among the most common English words. Nordic, acidic, and dyadic are more recognizable starting points; bonduc and gweduc show that the final C does not always follow an -i-.

What stands out in the D-and-C pattern?

• There are 20 six-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• All 20 words finish in C, while D sits in the fourth position.
• Seventeen examples end in -ic, including nordic, bardic, and syndic.
• Collins lists 20 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 16.
• The average Scrabble score is 11.6 points.

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

The pattern narrows your search to a small, distinctive group. Nordic, acidic, dyadic, bardic, anodic, and syndic all fit _ _ _ D _ C and use the common -ic ending. That repeated ending gives you a practical scan: check for I in the fifth slot, then confirm D and final C.

Not every match follows that familiar shape. Bonduc, gweduc, and windac break the -ic run, so a solver that assumes I in position five will miss valid options.

Dictionary coverage also differs: Collins has 20 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each have 16.

Which matches score most in Scrabble?

Oxidic and exodic lead the scoring list at 16 points each, followed by dyadic and gweduc at 13. Syndic, fundic, herdic, rhodic, and windac each score 12. Oxidic and exodic are the standout plays, but their high values do not make them familiar everyday words.

For 6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and C as the 6th letter, the main limitation is vocabulary, not pattern length: only 2 matches are common. The rest lean toward specialist terms, so a familiar-looking ending can still hide an obscure word. In a word game, verify an obscure candidate against the dictionary your game accepts.