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

The fixed pattern is _ _ _ D _ N: D sits in the fourth slot, and N closes every answer. Familiar picks include garden, golden, wooden, and burden, but less common entries share the same shape. Of the 73 tournament-dictionary words, 17 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect a mix of everyday vocabulary and specialist plays.

The pattern at a glance

• The combined tournament-dictionary count is 73 words matching _ _ _ D _ N.
• H starts 14 matches, more than any other first letter; G and L each start 8.
• Garden, golden, and hidden are recognizable examples that fit the fixed positions.
• Collins covers 72 matches, NWL2023 covers 50, and ENABLE covers 45; those counts overlap.
• Jordan scores 14, the top tile score among the examples ranked here.

Which familiar words fit the D-and-N pattern?

Garden, golden, wooden, burden, maiden, and pardon all place D fourth and N last. Hidden and sudden fit too, while ridden and hardened-looking harden show how varied the middle letters can be. These recognizable entries make a practical first pass when a puzzle gives you both fixed positions.

The first-letter mix has a clear leader: H begins 14 matches, while G and L begin 8 apiece. S contributes 7, and C, M, and R contribute 5 each. Try H first when the opening letter is unknown, then test G or L rather than treating every starting letter as equally likely.

How do scores and dictionary coverage compare?

Jordan leads the listed tile scores at 14, followed by hoyden at 13. Hidden, hadden, hodden, gylden, and hagdon each score 11. The top of the scoring list therefore mixes a familiar name with less everyday vocabulary; a high tile total does not mean a word is common.

For 6-letter words with D as the 4th letter and N as the 6th letter, 73 is the combined count, not a promise that every game accepts every entry. Collins has 72, NWL2023 has 50, and ENABLE has 45, with overlap between dictionaries. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar play.