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

The pattern is D _ D _ _ _ _. DODGERS, DEDUCED and DADDIES show how differently the middle letters can fill it, yet just 2 entries rank among the most common English words. Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 46 matches, ENABLE 24 and NWL2023 29. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate word pools to add together.

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

• The pattern has 50 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• Only 2 matches are classed as common English words.
• A definition is available for 43 entries.
• DADDOCK tops the score list with 16 points.
• The average score across the pattern is 11.1.

Which endings dominate this pattern?

S is the clear leader: 21 of the 50 words end in that letter. DODGERS, DEDUCES and DIDDLES all follow that shape, so an S at the end is a strong clue when the first and third positions are already fixed.

The rest of the endings are much less concentrated. R and Y each close 5 words; D and G each close 4. The remaining endings are I, M and N, with 3, 2 and 2 matches respectively. DADDOCK stands out by ending in K.

How do these double-D words compare?

This is a comparatively narrow pattern: changing the first letter to M while keeping D third gives 142 seven-letter matches, and changing the third letter to S while keeping D first gives 194. The fixed D-D frame is the constraint, not a shortage of possible endings.

For a rack or clue, try familiar forms such as DODGERS, DEDUCED and DADDIES before testing rarer entries like DUDGEON or DIDICOY. The 7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and D as the 3rd letter are not all equally familiar, and only 2 are common. Dictionary coverage also differs, so check your game's word list before relying on an obscure match.