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

The pattern is D-U in the first and third positions, leaving five letters to narrow your search. Doubled, doubles, drummer, and drunken are among the recognizable examples. Only six matches rank among the most common English words, so many entries are more likely to help with a word-game board than everyday writing.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 69 matching seven-letter words across the tournament dictionaries.
• Six entries are common by English word-frequency ranking.
• S is the most frequent final letter, with 16 words; R follows with 15.
• DEUTZIA scores 17 points, while DOUGHTY and DRUXIER each score 15.

Which endings show up most often?

S is the leading final letter among these words, but R nearly ties it: the counts are 16 and 15. That makes the last tile a strong clue when you have already placed D in the first spot and U in the third.

D and G each finish eight matches, while E and N each finish five. Doubled and doubles show the S ending in familiar words; doubted and drugged illustrate the D and G groups. The remaining endings are T and Y, with four words apiece.

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

Treat the fixed letters as anchors, then test the ending against your available tiles. A likely S or R ending narrows the search quickly, but don’t ignore D or G: each appears at the end of eight matches. Drummer, dousing, and daunted show how varied the middle letters can be.

For a score-focused play, DEUTZIA leads at 17 points, ahead of DOUGHTY and DRUXIER at 15. Those less familiar choices can beat a common word on base tile value, but they still need to fit your rack and board. The average score for this group is 10.6 points.

The dictionary counts differ: ENABLE includes 48 matches, Collins includes 68, and NWL2023 includes 53. So a word accepted in one list may not work in another; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.