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

The pattern is D _ _ _ A _ _: the fifth character is fixed, while the other five positions stay open. Only 15 of these words rank among the most common English words, so familiar choices such as disease, dollars, and distant sit alongside less everyday entries. The total counts words found in at least one tournament dictionary.

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

• There are 158 matching words, all seven letters long.
• Disease, dollars, distant, and declare are recognizable examples.
• The most frequent final letter is S, with 54 words.
• E is the next most common ending, appearing in 39 words.
• Dizzard leads the scoring examples at 27 points.

Which endings appear most often?

That makes plural-looking forms such as dollars and denials especially easy to spot, while disease and declare show how often an E can close the pattern.

D and T tie at 14 endings apiece; K follows with 10. The remaining listed endings are N, A, and L, with six or fewer words each. For comparison, the D-first pattern with I in the fifth position has 401 matches, far more than this A pattern.

How do the top-scoring words stand out?

Dizzard scores 27 points, well ahead of diquark at 21. Daypack, dopiaza, and dukkahs each score 19, while deejays, deglaze, and dorhawk score 18. These are raw word scores before any board-square bonuses.

The highest values come from less familiar letter combinations, not from the everyday words that make the pattern easy to remember. Disease and dollars are better recognition anchors; dizzard is the standout scoring play. For dictionary coverage, Collins includes 149 matches, NWL2023 has 116, and ENABLE has 97, with overlap between those lists.

For a pattern solve, lock in D and A first, then use the ending counts to test S or E. This narrows candidates quickly without assuming the most familiar word is the only fit.