7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

The fixed pattern is D _ A _ _ _ _, leaving the second and final four positions open. DEALING, DRAWING, and DIAMOND show the range of familiar entries, but only 17 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency. The count covers words accepted by at least one tournament dictionary, rather than words found only in a general word corpus.

7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

• The pattern has 151 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• DEALING, DRAWING, DIAMOND, and DRASTIC are recognizable examples.
• Final S leads with 40 entries; D and E each finish 21.
• Collins includes 148 matches, compared with 111 in NWL2023 and 102 in ENABLE.
• Just 17 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency.

How does the D-A pattern compare?

Among the D-first patterns with A in slot three, 151 matches sit above D-N's 145 and below D-S's 194. A is a substantial choice, but it does not lead these third-letter patterns; changing that one fixed square shifts the pool noticeably.

Several familiar words share the pattern but take different routes: DEALING and DEALERS keep DEAL- intact, while DIAMOND and DIALECT diverge after DIA-. DRAWING, DRAINED, and DRASTIC add three more distinct examples.

Check the final tile too. Forty entries end in S, while D and E each appear at the end of 21 words. Y follows at 12, making S nearly twice as common as either runner-up.

DIALYZE leads the scoring list

DIALYZE scores 20 Scrabble points before board premiums, ahead of DYARCHY at 19. DIAZINE, DIAZINS, DIAZOLE, DUALIZE, DIARIZE, DIAZOES, and DRAZELS each score 17. DIALYZE's Z is the scoring lever: save it for a letter premium when the board offers one.

The 151 matches are not all interchangeable across games: the count combines entries from ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, and their totals differ. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar candidate.