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

There are 14 7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and B as the 5th letter, including audible, sidebar, and ladybug.

14 wordsTop pick AUDIBLEHighest score LADYBOY 16

1 of 14 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With D in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (258 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 14 · most-used first

  • AUDIBLE10
  • SIDEBAR10
  • LADYBUG14
  • AUDIBLY13
  • LADYBOY16
  • RIDABLE10
  • FIDIBUS13
  • CODABLE12
  • ADDABLE11
  • ADDIBLE11
  • FADABLE13
  • HIDABLE13
  • INDABAS10
  • WADABLE13
All valid words 14

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

  • ADDABLE11
  • ADDIBLE11
  • AUDIBLE10
  • AUDIBLY13
  • CODABLE12
  • FADABLE13
  • FIDIBUS13
  • HIDABLE13
  • INDABAS10
  • LADYBOY16
  • LADYBUG14
  • RIDABLE10
  • SIDEBAR10
  • WADABLE13
Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 6th letter is L.
1st letter
  1. A29%
  2. F14%
  3. L14%
2nd letter
  1. A29%
  2. I29%
  3. D14%
4th letter
  1. A50%
  2. I29%
  3. Y14%
6th letter
  1. L64%
  2. A14%
  3. U14%
7th letter
  1. E57%
  2. Y14%
  3. S14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
LADYBOY1616Collins only
LADYBUG1417All three
AUDIBLY1315All three
FIDIBUS1315Collins only
FADABLE1315All three
HIDABLE1314All three
WADABLE1315All three
CODABLE1215All three
ADDABLE1113All three
ADDIBLE1113All three
AUDIBLE1013All three
SIDEBAR1011All three

The pattern is _ _ D _ B _ _, and it produces a short, distinctive set. Only one entry ranks as common by frequency, so most answers are less familiar than audible or ladybug. Endings cluster sharply: eight words finish with E, while S and Y appear twice each, and only Collins accepts all 14.

The D-and-B pattern at a glance

  • Four matches begin with A, more than any other starting letter.
  • Eight finish with E; S and Y each close two words.
  • Only one match is common by English-word frequency.
  • Collins includes 14 entries; ENABLE and NWL2023 include 12 each.
  • ladybug scores 14 Scrabble points, making it a strong familiar scorer.

What patterns stand out in these words?

The fixed slots leave just 14 options across the tournament lists, and the first-letter pattern is lopsided: A leads with four, while F and L have two apiece. C, H, I, R, S, and W each appear once. A known initial narrows the search more than an F or L start.

Endings are even more concentrated: E accounts for eight of the 14, four times the two-word counts for S and Y. Familiar examples show the range: audible ends in E, sidebar ends in R, and ladybug ends in G. If the final square is fixed, E is the first branch to test, though other endings remain possible.

Twelve of the 14 words have definitions available. That leaves two entries without a definition in the lookup, another reason the full set can feel less familiar than its recognizable examples suggest.

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

For 7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and B as the 5th letter, keep the template _ _ D _ B _ _ visible while narrowing candidates. audible, sidebar, and ladybug show how different the openings and endings can look. Sorting by a known first or last letter beats cycling through every match.

The 14-word total combines entries from Collins, ENABLE, and NWL2023, but their coverage differs: Collins has 14, while each North American list has 12. Some answers therefore depend on your game's dictionary. Keep that limitation in view, then use the strong E-ending cluster as your first filter.

Questions people ask

Are all 14 words accepted in every word game?
No, acceptance depends on the dictionary your game uses. Collins contains all 14 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 contain 12 each. If a candidate is rejected, check your game's word list before ruling out the pattern itself.
Which familiar words have D third and B fifth?
audible, sidebar, and ladybug are recognizable examples that fit the pattern. Their first letters are A, S, and L, and their final letters are E, R, and G. Those varied endings show why the two fixed letters alone do not settle the whole answer.
How many of these words end in E?
Eight of the 14 matches end in E, making it the most common final letter by a wide margin. S and Y each occur at the end of two words. When the last letter is unknown, testing E first is a sound way to narrow this small set.

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