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

Fixing E in position four and D in position five leaves 46 six-letter entries across the tournament lists. The set includes familiar words such as COMEDY, REMEDY, GREEDY, and SPEEDS, but not all 46 are equally common choices. Only 10 meet the common-word cutoff, and 40 have definitions.

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

• Collins contains all 46 matches; NWL2023 has 37, while ENABLE has 36.
• Only 10 entries fall within the common-word cutoff.
• Twenty words end in S; O, Y, and E follow with 8, 7, and 6.
• COMEDY and TUXEDO lead the listed Scrabble scores at 14 points each.

Which endings and starting letters appear most?

Endings give the quickest first split: 20 of the 46 words finish in S, including SPEEDS, BREEDS, SHREDS, and CREEDS. Another eight finish in O, with TOLEDO, TUXEDO, and SPEEDO among the examples. The S ending is the clear majority, so test that branch early when your last tile is uncertain.

The opening letters are less concentrated. S leads with 10 words, followed by T with 6 and R with 5; B, C, G, I, and L contribute 3 apiece. That makes SPEEDS, TWEEDS, and REMEDY useful anchors, while a known first letter outside those leaders quickly narrows the candidates.

Vocabulary range matters, too: 40 entries have definitions, but just 10 are classed as common. ALBEDO and RESEDA sit beside familiar COMEDY and MOPEDS, so a plausible-looking pattern is not always everyday vocabulary. The 46 count is Collins' total; NWL2023 and ENABLE accept smaller subsets.

Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry.

How should you narrow the candidates?

• Lock in the adjacent E-D pair first: the pattern is _ _ _ E D _.
• Check final S early; it covers 20 matches, including SPEEDS and SHREDS.
• If you know the first tile, test S (10), T (6), then R (5) before rarer starts.
• COMEDY and TUXEDO each score 14 in Scrabble; TWEEDY scores 13.