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

The fixed pattern is _V___D: V sits second, and D closes every answer. Only one of the 12 matches ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the familiar entries are mixed with much less common forms. For a quick solve, start with the opening letter: A, E, or O accounts for every match.

6-letter words with V second and D sixth

• There are 12 tournament-dictionary matches for the _V___D pattern.
• Every answer ends in D; none ends in another letter.
• Five matches begin with A, including AVOWED and AVALED.
• Four begin with E, including EVOKED, EVADED, and EVENED.
• The remaining three begin with O; OVATED and OVERED are examples.
• Collins accepts all 12, while ENABLE and NWL2023 accept six each.

Which matches score highest?

AVYZED leads the score list at 22 points, while AVIZED earns 19. Those two unusual spellings sit well above EVOKED at 14 and AVOWED at 13, making them worth checking when a high-value play matters more than everyday vocabulary.

EVOKED is the strongest familiar option among the top scorers, and its letters are easier to recognize than the Z-heavy leaders. EVADED scores 11; EVENED, OVENED, OVATED, OVERED, and AVALED each score 10. The average score across the pattern is 12.4.

Why are V-second, D-last words so rare?

V is the bottleneck: this pattern has 12 matches, compared with 265 when U is second and D remains last. A as the second letter has 462 such matches, so the V group is a narrow corner of the same six-letter pattern family.

The single common entry among these 12 is a warning against treating every match as everyday vocabulary. EVOKED and EVADED are recognizable; several alternatives are far less familiar. For tournament play, check your game's word list once before relying on an obscure form.