7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and D as the 7th letter

The pattern fixes two positions but leaves the first and middle letters open. That produces familiar words such as accused, scanned, scented, and scolded, alongside less common plays. Only 7 entries rank among the most common English words, so recognition alone will not cover the full set.

At a glance: the C–D pattern

• 83 tournament-dictionary words have C second and D seventh.
• S begins 63 of the matches; A begins 9 and O begins 6.
• Only 7 matches are common English words by frequency.
• Collins lists 81 matches, while NWL2023 lists 52.
• SCRUZED leads the Scrabble scoring examples at 19 points.

How many 7-letter words with C second and D seventh?

There are 83 matches, and their first letters cluster heavily around S: 63 start with S, compared with 9 starting with A and 6 with O. That makes the S-starting group a practical first stop when your clue gives no opening letter. Examples include screwed, scraped, scooped, and scouted.

Many recognizable entries end in -ed: accused, scanned, scented, scarred, and schemed all fit. That spelling pattern is a clue, not a rule for every answer; accrued and ichabod show why checking the actual letters matters. The seven common entries are a small slice of the full set, so obscure tournament words account for much of the search.

The count changes by word list: 81 matches appear in Collins, 52 in NWL2023, and 47 in ENABLE. Those totals overlap, so they do not add up to the 83-word combined set. A word accepted in one list may not be accepted in another.

Which matching word scores highest?

SCRUZED is the top scorer in the examples, worth 19 Scrabble points before board bonuses. SCOFFED, SCUFFED, and SCYTHED each score 16, while SCHEMED scores 15. The everyday-looking choices are not automatically the strongest plays: a less familiar word can carry a better tile total.

For a reliable board decision, confirm both the spelling and the word list your game uses.