6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and D as the 5th letter

The pattern is _ _ _ D D _, and its small set has a strong shape: 10 words start with S, while 10 end in Y. That leaves only four entries with another first or last letter. SHODDY is a familiar example, and CHUDDY leads the scoring list; every entry appears in Collins, but just five appear in each of ENABLE and NWL2023.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 14 six-letter matches for D in both the fourth and fifth positions.
• S begins 10 entries; C begins three, and R begins one.
• Y ends 10 words; the other four end in S, A, or E.
• CHUDDY scores highest at 16 points.

How many 6-letter words have D in both positions?

Fourteen words fit the exact _ _ _ D D _ pattern. That makes this a narrow clue: once you place both Ds, the first and final letters do much of the remaining work. Try S and Y first, since that pairing accounts for most of the set.

SHODDY, CRUDDY, SKIDDY, and SMIDDY illustrate the dominant S-starting group. The less common starts still give you choices: CLODDY begins with C, while READDS ends in S. The related D-fourth, E-fifth pattern has 423 matches, so changing just the fifth letter opens a much larger set.

Which double-D words score highest?

CHUDDY scores 16 points, ahead of SKIDDY at 15 and SHODDY and SWADDY at 14 each. Those high values make the unusual starting letters in CHUDDY and SWADDY worth noticing when a board gives you room to place them.

The narrow pattern has a real limitation: none of these entries is common in the frequency measure, and the dictionary coverage is uneven beyond Collins. Check the list used in your game before relying on a less familiar entry. For another search, 6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and E as the 5th letter provide a broader comparison.