7-letter words with D as the 2nd letter and E as the 7th letter

The fixed letters leave five positions open, but only 23 tournament-dictionary words fit. Twelve start with A, while O is a distant second with four. Just three entries are common by our frequency measure, so familiar choices like ADVANCE and EDUCATE sit beside rarer forms.

7-letter words with D second and E last

• There are 23 qualifying words across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• Every match ends in E, with D fixed in the second position.
• ADVANCE, EDUCATE, and ADVERSE are among the recognizable examples.
• A begins 12 matches; O follows with four, then E and I with three apiece.

Which words stand out in this pattern?

ADVANCE, EDUCATE, and ADVERSE anchor the familiar end of the group; together, they represent its three common entries. Other matches include EDAMAME, ADIPOSE, and ODORATE. That mix makes the pattern more useful for checking a known placement than for guessing from memory.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 22 matches, NWL2023 has 18, and ENABLE has 17. A word accepted in one list may fail in another, so check your game's dictionary before challenging a play.

Which matches score the most, and how should you search?

Four entries tie for the top listed Scrabble score at 17: IDOLIZE, ADJUDGE, ODORIZE, and ADONIZE. ADVANCE and EDIFICE score 13 apiece, leaving a four-point gap to the leaders. An unfamiliar spelling can still beat a familiar word on tile value alone.

For 7-letter words with D second and E last, keep both fixed tiles in place and test the opening letter: A yields 12 matches, compared with four for O. That is a sharper search than cycling through every middle-letter combination.