6-letter words with F as the 3rd letter and D as the 6th letter

Forty-eight matches finish on -ED and 28 double the F across slots three and four, so the set reads mostly as ordinary verb forms. DEFEND, REFUND, UNFOLD and LIFTED are immediately familiar, while AEFALD and BEFELD are not. R opens ten matches, the largest first-letter group in the list.

6-letter words with F as the 3rd letter and D as the 6th letter

• All 65 matches end in D, and 48 use the -ED ending.
• Twenty-eight matches double the F in positions three and four.
• R opens ten matches, ahead of B and D on six each.
• JEFFED tops the scores at 20 points; OXFORD follows at 17.
• Nine matches are common, among them AFFORD, DEFEND, REFUND and UNFOLD.

Which matches deliver the biggest scores?

JEFFED reaches 20 on a J and a doubled F, three ahead of OXFORD at 17. Six past tenses then lock at 16: HUFFED, FAFFED, WAFFED, YAFFED, FUFFED and VIFFED, each an -ED verb that ends in FF. Nothing in the list separates those six by a single point.

OXFORD is the odd entry worth noting: no doubled F, no -ED tail, yet still 17 points on the X. AFFORD, DEFEND, REFUND and UNFOLD are the common verbs, and BIFOLD joins OXFORD as a rare non-verb that fits. Crossword solvers should start with those plain forms rather than the double-F crowd.

Why the list leans so heavily on -ED

The -ED majority is a side effect of fixing D in the sixth slot: any regular past tense with F third lands here. That explains familiar pairs such as LIFTED and GIFTED, plus noisier ones like DOFFED and TIFFED. Only 17 of the 65 dodge the -ED ending.

More than half carry a doubled F as well, which is why so many members of the set score in the teens. The non-ED words include BIFOLD, UNFOLD, ENFOLD and REFUND, all built on -FOLD or -FUND. Check your word list before playing the Collins-only strays AEFALD, BEFELD and UNFEED.