7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter

The pattern is __D_A__: D sits in the third slot, and A in the fifth. There are 100 matching seven-letter entries across tournament dictionaries. Just 6 are common by frequency, so recognizable words such as podcast and radiant appear alongside less familiar vocabulary. The dictionary totals overlap; they are not separate piles to add together.

7-letter words with D third and A fifth at a glance

• The fixed pattern __D_A__ has 100 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Collins includes 96 matches, NWL2023 includes 75, and ENABLE includes 68.
• Only 6 matches fall within the common-frequency group.
• R leads the first-letter count with 19 words; M follows with 18.
• S is the most frequent final letter, ending 41 words.

Which letters surround D and A?

The opening letter gives you a strong first filter: R and M together start 37 of the 100 entries. Examples include radiant, radiate, redrawn, midland, mediate, and medians. B is next with 14, while U starts 9. If your clue already fixes the first letter, check those larger groups before testing rarer openings.

The ending is even more lopsided. A total of 41 words finish in S, while E and T each finish 12; L ends 6. That makes a final S a useful confirmation, not a requirement. The list also contains words such as podcast, endgame, hydrate, hydrant, and sidearm, which show how varied the remaining slots can be.

How can you use 7-letter words with D third and A fifth?

For a word-game board, zedoary is the standout scorer at 20 points, ahead of zodiacs at 19 and mudpack at 18. Other strong options include cadeaux at 17 and redback at 16. These are letter scores before any board-square bonuses, so a premium square can change the final play value.

Treat the 100 as a broad tournament-dictionary pool, not a list of everyday vocabulary: only 6 entries are common, although 89 have definitions. Collins has more matches than NWL2023 or ENABLE, so a word accepted in one list may not work in another. Check your game's word list when a rare candidate decides the play.