7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and N as the 6th letter

7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and N as the 6th letter total 242, from DRIVING and DRAWING to 23-point DOXXING.

242 wordsTop pick DRIVINGHighest score DOXXING 23

30 of 242 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

1st letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With D in 1st place, E is the most common 6th letter (550 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 30 · most-used first

DRIVING₁₂
DEALING₉
DRAWING₁₂
DANCING₁₁
DIAMOND₁₁
DECLINE₁₀
DESIGNS₉
DESTINY₁₁
DISTANT₈
DRAGONS₉
DARLING₉
DIGGING₁₁
DENYING₁₂
DESCENT₁₀
DOMAINS₁₀
DUMPING₁₃
DISSENT₈
DICKENS₁₄
DESCEND₁₁
DIPPING₁₃
DOWNING₁₂
DORMANT₁₀
DOCKING₁₅
DODGING₁₁
DASHING₁₂
DEFIANT₁₁
DAMNING₁₁
DEFYING₁₅
DIETING₉
DUSTING₉

All valid words 242

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

DABBING₁₃
DACKING₁₅
DACRONS₁₀
DADDING₁₁
DADOING₁₀
DAEMONS₁₀
DAFFING₁₅
DAGGING₁₁
DAHOONS₁₁
DAIKONS₁₂
DAIMONS₁₀
DAINING₉
DALTONS₈
DAMIANA₁₀
DAMMING₁₃
DAMNING₁₁
DAMPENS₁₂
DAMPING₁₃
DAMSONS₁₀
DANCING₁₁
DANGING₁₀
DANTING₉
DANTONS₈
DAPPING₁₃
DAPSONE₁₀
DARKENS₁₂
DARKING₁₃
DARLING₉
DARNING₉
DARRING₉
DARTING₉
DASHING₁₂
DAUBING₁₁
DAUDING₁₀
DAURING₉
DAUTING₉
DAWDING₁₃
DAWNING₁₂
DAWTING₁₂
DAYLONG₁₂
DEACONS₁₀
DEADENS₉
DEADING₁₀
DEAFENS₁₁
DEALING₉
DEANING₉
DEARING₉
DEAVING₁₂
DECERNS₁₀
DECKING₁₅
DECLINE₁₀
DEEDING₁₀
DEEMING₁₁
DEEPENS₁₀
DEEVING₁₂
DEEWANS₁₁
DEFIANT₁₁
DEFYING₁₅
DEGGING₁₁
DEHORNS₁₁
DEICING₁₁
DEJEUNE₁₅
DEKEING₁₃
DELAINE₈
DELEING₉
DELVING₁₂
DEMAINE₁₀
DEMAINS₁₀
DEMAYNE₁₃
DEMEANE₁₀
DEMEANS₁₀
DEMESNE₁₀
DEMOING₁₁
DEMOUNT₁₀
DENNING₉
DENTINE₈
DENTING₉
DENTINS₈
DENYING₁₂
DEODAND₁₀
DEPAINT₁₀
DEPLANE₁₀
DESCANT₁₀
DESCEND₁₁
DESCENT₁₀
DESIGNS₉
DESMANS₁₀
DESMINE₁₀
DESPOND₁₁
DESTINE₈
DESTINY₁₁
DETAINS₈
DEUCING₁₁
DEUTONS₈
DEVEINS₁₁
DEVIANT₁₁
DEVLING₁₂
DEWANNY₁₄
DIALING₉
DIAMINE₁₀
DIAMINS₁₀
DIAMOND₁₁
DIAXONS₁₅
DIAZINE₁₇
DIAZINS₁₇
DIBBING₁₃
DICKENS₁₄
DICKING₁₅
DICLINY₁₃
DICTING₁₁
DIETINE₈
DIETING₉
DIGGING₁₁
DILLING₉
DILUENT₈
DIMMING₁₃
DINGING₁₀
DINKING₁₃
DINMONT₁₀
DINNING₉
DINTING₉
DIOXANE₁₅
DIOXANS₁₅
DIOXINS₁₅
DIPHONE₁₃
DIPLONS₁₀
DIPLONT₁₀
DIPPING₁₃
DIRKING₁₃
DIRLING₉
DIRTING₉
DISBAND₁₁
DISCANT₁₀
DISCING₁₁
DISHING₁₂
DISJUNE₁₅
DISKING₁₃
DISLINK₁₂
DISMANS₁₀
DISOWNS₁₁
DISPEND₁₁
DISPONE₁₀
DISRANK₁₂
DISSENT₈
DISSING₉
DISTANT₈
DISTEND₉
DISTENT₈
DISTUNE₈
DITTANY₁₁
DITTING₉
DIURONS₈
DIZAINS₁₇
DOATING₉
DOBBING₁₃
DOBBINS₁₂
DOBLONS₁₀
DOBSONS₁₀
DOCKENS₁₄
DOCKING₁₅
DODDING₁₁
DODGING₁₁
DODKINS₁₃
DODMANS₁₁
DOFFING₁₅
DOGBANE₁₁
DOGGING₁₁
DOGGONE₁₀
DOGVANE₁₂
DOLLING₉
DOLMANS₁₀
DOLMENS₁₀
DOMAINE₁₀
DOMAINS₁₀
DONGING₁₀
DONJONS₁₅
DONNING₉
DOOKING₁₃
DOOLANS₈
DOOMING₁₁
DOPPING₁₃
DORMANT₁₀
DORMINS₁₀
DORRING₉
DORTING₉
DOSSING₉
DOTTING₉
DOUCINE₁₀
DOUKING₁₃
DOURINE₈
DOUSING₉
DOUTING₉
DOWNING₁₂
DOWSING₁₂
DOXXING₂₃
DOYENNE₁₁
DRACENA₁₀
DRACONE₁₀
DRAGONS₉
DRAPING₁₁
DRAWING₁₂
DRAYING₁₂
DREEING₉
DRIVING₁₂
DROMOND₁₁
DROMONS₁₀
DRONING₉
DROVING₁₂
DRYLAND₁₂
DUALINS₈
DUBBING₁₃
DUBBINS₁₂
DUCKING₁₅
DUCTING₁₁
DUDEENS₉
DUELING₉
DUETING₉
DUFFING₁₅
DULLING₉
DUMBING₁₃
DUMPING₁₃
DUNGING₁₀
DUNKING₁₃
DUNLINS₈
DUNNING₉
DUNTING₉
DUODENA₉
DUOTONE₈
DUPIONS₁₀
DUPPING₁₃
DURGANS₉
DURIANS₈
DURIONS₈
DURNING₉
DUSHING₁₂
DUSKENS₁₂
DUSKING₁₃
DUSTING₉
DWINING₁₂
DYELINE₁₁
DYNEINS₁₁
DZERENS₁₇

Letters by positionIn 62% of these words the 5th letter is I.

2nd letter

E24%
I23%
O18%

3rd letter

S14%
N10%
A10%

4th letter

T13%
L9%
M8%

5th letter

I62%
O13%
A11%

7th letter

G49%
S25%
E12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; DOXXING tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

88 points: 22 words
9 points: 48 words
1010 points: 53 words
11 points: 40 words
1212 points: 28 words
13 points: 27 words
1414 points: 3 words
15 points: 16 words
1616 points: 0 words
17 points: 4 words
1818 points: 0 words
19 points: 0 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 0 words
23 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
DOXXING	23	25	NWL only
DIAZINE	17	18	All three
DIAZINS	17	18	All three
DIZAINS	17	18	Collins only
DZERENS	17	18	Collins only
DOCKING	15	18	All three
DEFYING	15	16	All three
DUCKING	15	19	All three
DECKING	15	18	All three
DIOXINS	15	16	All three
DOFFING	15	17	All three
DIOXANE	15	16	All three

Locking D into the first slot and N into the sixth leaves a set with a strong ending pattern: G appears far more often than any other final letter. Familiar examples include DRIVING, DRAWING, and DANCING, while DOXXING stands apart as the top scorer. The catch: only 30 entries count as common by frequency.

At a glance: the D _ _ _ _ N _ pattern

242 words match the fixed D _ _ _ _ N _ pattern.
Collins includes 241, compared with 184 in NWL2023 and 171 in ENABLE.
Only 30 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
The average Scrabble score is 10.9 points.
DOXXING leads the scoring list at 23 points.

Why do so many of these words end in G?

G dominates the endings: 119 of the 242 words finish with it, against 61 ending in S and 30 in E. That makes the last tile a strong narrowing clue. Once D and N are fixed, test G before less common endings such as T, Y, A, or K.

DRIVING, DEALING, DRAWING, and DANCING all follow the D _ _ _ I N G shape. Other endings still matter when a puzzle supplies them: DECLINE ends in E, DESIGNS in S, and DESCENT in T. The sixth-position N does not point to just one suffix, but G is clearly the first branch to try.

How should you use these words in a game?

DOXXING is the scoring surprise: its double X makes it worth 23 points in Scrabble tile values, well above the 10.9-point average. DIAZINE, DIAZINS, DIZAINS, and DZERENS each score 17, while DOCKING and DEFYING reach 15. Treat these as board-placement candidates, not automatic plays; premium squares change the total.

Most entries are not everyday vocabulary: just 30 qualify as common by the frequency cutoff, even though 200 have dictionary definitions. The D-and-N pattern also has fewer matches than the D-and-E pattern at sixth position, 242 versus 550.

For 7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and N as the 6th letter, use the fixed letters to filter first, then check the remaining word in your game's lexicon.

Questions people ask

How many of these seven-letter words end in G?

119 of the 242 matching words end in G. That makes G the most frequent final letter by a wide margin; S is next with 61, followed by E with 30. Try the G ending early when the last tile is still unknown.

What is the highest-scoring word with D first and N sixth?

DOXXING is the highest scorer at 23 Scrabble points. Its two X tiles drive the total, so the score can rise further when a premium board square multiplies a tile or the whole word. The word still needs to fit your game’s dictionary.

Are all 242 words accepted in NWL2023?

No. NWL2023 includes 184 of these words, while the full set counts words found in at least one tournament dictionary. The Collins total is 241 and the ENABLE total is 171, so check your game's lexicon before playing an unfamiliar entry.

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