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

The pattern fixes the final two letters as DE, but the first four vary widely: A and B each begin 11 matches, while D begins 10. Familiar words such as INSIDE, BESIDE, and DECADE sit alongside less common entries. The counts cover words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary, so not every word is accepted in every game.

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

• All 83 matches end in DE; E is the only recorded final letter.
• INSIDE, DECIDE, DECADE, and BESIDE are among the familiar examples.
• A and B lead as starting letters, with 11 matches each; D follows with 10.
• Only 15 entries rank among the commonest English words by frequency.
• OXHIDE and HEXADE top the score list at 17 points apiece.

How many words match, and which dictionaries include them?

There are 83 matches in Collins, compared with 58 in ENABLE and 60 in NWL2023. INSIDE, DECADE, and PARADE show how the pattern includes ordinary vocabulary, while the overall count is much larger than its familiar core.

The ending is unusually fixed: every match finishes with E, and D sits immediately before it. For another final letter with D fifth, the S-ending pattern has 239 matches, while the Y-ending pattern has 54.

A total of 63 matches have definitions. That still leaves entries whose meanings may be unfamiliar, so treat this as a pattern list rather than a list of everyday words. Check your game's word list before playing, since the dictionary totals differ.

Which matches score highest?

OXHIDE and HEXADE score 17 points each, ahead of EXCIDE, AFFYDE, and BEJADE at 16 apiece. Those high values come from less familiar words, not the everyday core represented by INSIDE or BESIDE.

For a practical play, FACADE scores 12 and is a more recognizable option than the top scorers. The exact pattern—D in fifth place and E in sixth—also makes it easy to reject tempting near-matches that end in another letter.