7-letter words with D as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

The frame is _ D A _ _ _ _, so only the opening letter and the last four tiles are open. ADAPTED, ADAPTER and ADAMANT are the words most players know. The rest are Collins-leaning oddities, with EDAMAME as the one everyday exception that does not start with A.

The _DA____ pattern at a glance

• 17 seven-letter words have D second and A third.
• ADAXIAL and EDAPHIC share the top score at 15; the average is 10.8.
• Eight matches start with A, three with E, three with S, two with O and one with U.
• R ends four of them and D ends three.
• Only 3 matches count as common words.

Which seven-letter words fit D second and A third?

Start with A, because eight of the 17 matches begin that way: ADAPTED, ADAPTER, ADAPTOR, ADAMANT, ADAGIOS and ADAXIAL among them. If your first tile is an E, test EDAMAME, EDAPHIC and EDACITY before anything else. Just 3 of the 17 are common words, which is why ADAPTED and ADAPTER feel so much easier to spot than the rest.

The S words are the strangest. SDAINED, SDAINES and SDAYNED look like typos, yet Collins accepts them, so they are worth knowing when an S and a D sit side by side on your rack. ODALISK, ODALLER and UDALLER round out the O and U starts.

What scores highest, and which dictionary accepts it?

ADAXIAL and EDAPHIC score 15 each, with EDACITY next at 13. EDAMAME, ODALISK, ADAWING and SDAYNED all score 12, while the familiar ADAPTED manages only 11.

Collins includes 16 of the 17 matches, against 11 in NWL2023 and 10 in ENABLE. A North American game accepts fewer of them, so check your game's word list before building a play around a rare entry.

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