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

The final E is fixed, but the fifth letter still varies: MIDDLE puts L there, while BRIDGE uses G. Among the tournament-dictionary matches, only 23 count as common by word frequency, so familiar examples sit beside less everyday entries. The first-letter distribution also leans toward B, not D.

Quick facts about D-fourth, E-final words

• Exactly 141 tournament-dictionary words fit the D-fourth, E-final pattern.
• MIDDLE, HANDLE, BRIDGE, and FRIDGE are familiar examples.
• B begins 19 entries; C and P follow with 15 apiece.
• Only 23 matches count as common by word-frequency ranking.
• The average score is 9.3 points; ZOODLE tops the listed Scrabble scores at 16.

How many 6-letter words have D fourth and E last?

There are 141 matching words across the tournament dictionaries. Collins includes 136, NWL2023 includes 101, and ENABLE includes 92; those totals overlap, so they do not add up to 141. The shared pattern is position-based, not a promise that every game accepts every entry.

B is the strongest opening letter with 19 words, while C and P each have 15. That is a narrow lead over D's 13, despite D being the fixed fourth letter. Compare the 377 matches with I in fourth and E last: the D version is much smaller.

The E-fourth, E-final sibling has 130 matches, so changing the fixed fourth letter reshapes the pool even with the same length and ending.

How to work through the remaining letter slots

For 6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and E as the 6th letter, test the fifth slot before reaching for an ending. MIDDLE and HANDLE place L there; BRIDGE places G. NEEDLE and CANDLE share the same final pair, while FRIDGE gives a contrasting consonant cluster.

The common cluster can tempt you to treat -DLE as the whole pattern, but the list also contains BRIDGE, FRIDGE, and GRUDGE. Keep the fixed D and E locked, then vary positions one, two, three, and five instead of forcing an assumed suffix.