7-letter words with B as the 1st letter and D as the 5th letter

The pattern pins B to the opening tile and D to the fifth, leaving three positions open. Its 76 matches are not evenly spread across word lists: Collins has 75, NWL2023 has 61, and ENABLE has 59. Familiar options such as BESIDES and BUILDER sit beside score-focused entries such as BEJADED.

How many matches have both fixed letters?

• There are 76 matches across at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins lists 75; NWL2023 lists 61, and ENABLE lists 59.
• Twenty-two matches are common English words, including BESIDES and BROADER.
• R is the most frequent final letter at 20; D follows closely at 19.
• BEJADED leads the score ranking at 18 points.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

The familiar end of the set includes BESIDES, BROADER, BUILDER, BRANDED, BLENDED, and BLENDER. Those examples show how much variety the open positions allow: some words finish in -ER, while others end in -ED or -ES.

Not every match is a common word. The 76 total combines entries from tournament dictionaries, and just 63 have definitions. Collins accepts 16 more matches than ENABLE, so a word that fits the pattern still needs to fit your game's word list.

How do endings and scores narrow the choices?

R and D dominate the final position: 20 words end in R, and 19 end in D. S appears 11 times. When the clue fixes only the first B and fifth D, check R- and D-ending candidates before trying less frequent endings such as M, Y, or N.

Score hunting brings less familiar choices forward. BEJADED scores 18, while BROADAX and BAJADAS each score 17. Familiar BROADLY and BREADTH score 13 apiece, making them practical seven-tile examples when the rack fits.

A Scrabble play using all seven rack tiles earns the 50-point bingo bonus. That bonus can make a familiar word like BROADLY more valuable than chasing a rare high-letter play. The 7-letter words with B first and D fifth include both score leaders and words worth remembering.