6-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and D as the 5th letter

The pattern is _ I _ _ D _: I sits in the second position, and D is fifth. That leaves four open slots, which is why fields, divide, and yields look so different. The matches span several word lists, but only three rank as common English words.

What stands out in this I-and-D pattern?

• The tournament-dictionary total is 33; Collins contains 31, NWL2023 has 29, and ENABLE has 26.
• Sixteen of the 33 matches end in S, making it the most frequent final letter.
• Only 3 matches fall within the common-word frequency band.
• Jihadi and jihads tie as the top Scrabble scorers at 17 points apiece.

6-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and D as the 5th letter

B, L, and M tie for the most common starting letters, with five matches each. D and F contribute three apiece, so no single opening letter dominates. When I and D are fixed, test all three leading letters rather than favoring one.

The final position is less balanced: S appears 16 times, while O and Y appear four times each. Fields, yields, lipids, and fiends show the S-ending cluster. Divide and aikido demonstrate that the pattern also allows E and O endings.

How should you use this pattern in a word game?

Jihadi and jihads both score 17 points on standard Scrabble letter values, ahead of mikado and wieldy at 13. The J and H make those entries stand out for points; the board and your rack still determine whether either play fits.

Use the 16 S-ending entries as a first filter when the final square accepts S, then check the opening letters: B, L, and M each begin five matches. Only three entries are common, so much of the longer tail is tournament vocabulary rather than everyday language.

One limitation matters: Collins accepts 31 matches, NWL2023 29, and ENABLE 26, so the full 33-word set is not legal in every game. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry.