6-letter words with T as the 1st letter and D as the 6th letter

A fixed T at the start and D at the finish leaves 148 six-letter possibilities. Turned, talked, traded, and tucked are easy to recognize, but they are only a small sample of the pattern. The middle four letters are where the puzzle opens up: familiar verb forms sit alongside uncommon words that are harder to spot at a glance.

Quick facts about the T…D pattern

• 148 six-letter entries begin with T and end with D.
• Collins accepts 148; ENABLE accepts 104 and NWL2023 accepts 107.
• Just 29 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The average Scrabble value is 9.3 points.
• Towzed reaches 19 points, the highest score among these examples.

Which T…D words are familiar or score well?

Turned, talked, tested, traded, and tended are recognizable choices. Many entries are past-tense verbs, which explains why a D fits naturally at the end. Yet just 29 of the 148 words rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency; expect the complete set to include plenty of less familiar vocabulary.

For Scrabble points, towzed leads at 19. Teazed, toazed, and touzed each earn 16, while texted earns 14 and tucked earns 13. The top scorer is an unusual word, not the obvious everyday pick.

6-letter words with T as the 1st letter and D as the 6th letter

Dictionary choice makes a real difference: Collins contains 148 matches, compared with 107 in NWL2023 and 104 in ENABLE. A Collins entry is not automatically valid in an NWL2023 or ENABLE game. That is the key limitation of a broad word list: it includes options that do not carry across every ruleset.

The final letter changes the size of the search sharply. There are 419 six-letter words that start with T and finish with S, nearly three times the number ending in D. When D is fixed, try familiar middle-letter patterns such as those in turned, tested, and traded before considering rare high-value plays.