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

This pattern fixes the word’s fourth and final letters, leaving the other four positions open. That still produces a mix: needed, loaded, folded and shaded are recognizable, while the top scorers include less familiar entries. Only 28 matches fall among the most common English words, so expect a substantial share of specialist or uncommon vocabulary; dictionary coverage also varies by game.

Key facts for D as 4th and 6th letter

• There are 148 tournament-dictionary words with D in both the fourth and sixth positions.
• Every match ends in D; the first letter appears most often as S, with 15 words.
• Collins includes 146 matches, compared with 113 in NWL2023 and 108 in ENABLE.
• The average Scrabble score is 9.9 points before board bonuses.
• Needed, headed and handed are recognizable examples among the matches.

Which double-D words stand out?

Needed, headed, handed, funded and loaded show how often this pattern catches familiar past-tense or participle forms. Other examples include candid, eroded, wooded and gilded. The list is not just a set of verb forms, though: candid is an adjective, and the endings can belong to different word types.

For Scrabble, exuded, ixodid and kynded each score 15 points before board bonuses. Chided and kidded score 13. Those top scores are not necessarily the easiest words to remember; ixodid and kynded are much less familiar than needed or handed, and the overall average is 9.9 points.

How do you use the D-fourth, D-sixth pattern?

Start by testing common openings rather than guessing the whole word: S begins 15 matches, B begins 14, and G and W begin 12 each. Then check the middle letters against the known pattern. This approach prioritizes the most frequent starting letters without ruling out less common openings.

The fixed ending does not make dictionary coverage identical across games: the total is 148, but Collins lists 146 and ENABLE lists 108. Also, 115 matches have definitions. Check your game’s word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry, especially when playing across different dictionary sets.