7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter number 330, including ORDERED, REDUCED, UPDATED, and TODDLER.

330 wordsTop pick ORDEREDHighest score NUDZHED 21

22 of 330 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With D in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (330 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
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11
12
13
14
15

Common words 22 · most-used first

ORDERED₉
REDUCED₁₁
UPDATED₁₁
UPDATES₁₀
INDUCED₁₁
REDUCES₁₀
TODDLER₉
BUDDIES₁₁
MODULES₁₀
ENDURED₉
ABDOMEN₁₂
MODELED₁₁
ENDOWED₁₂
INDICES₁₀
WIDENED₁₂
INDEXES₁₅
INDEXED₁₆
RIDDLED₁₀
SEDUCED₁₁
WIDOWED₁₅
INDUCES₁₀
AUDITED₉

All valid words 330

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

ABDOMEN₁₂
ABDUCED₁₃
ABDUCES₁₂
ADDAXES₁₆
ADDUCED₁₂
ADDUCER₁₁
ADDUCES₁₁
AEDESES₈
AEDILES₈
ALDOSES₈
AUDILES₈
AUDITED₉
AUDITEE₈
BADDIES₁₁
BEDAZED₂₀
BEDAZES₁₉
BEDEMEN₁₂
BEDEWED₁₄
BEDIZEN₁₉
BIDDIES₁₁
BODDLES₁₁
BODGIER₁₁
BODGIES₁₁
BODICES₁₂
BODYMEN₁₅
BUDDIED₁₂
BUDDIER₁₁
BUDDIES₁₁
BUDDLED₁₂
BUDDLES₁₁
BUDGIES₁₁
CADAVER₁₃
CADDIED₁₂
CADDIES₁₁
CADGIER₁₁
CADUCEI₁₂
CEDARED₁₁
CODDLED₁₂
CODDLER₁₁
CODDLES₁₁
CODEXES₁₇
CODICES₁₂
CUDDIES₁₁
CUDDLED₁₂
CUDDLER₁₁
CUDDLES₁₁
CUDWEED₁₄
DADDIES₁₀
DADDLED₁₁
DADDLES₁₀
DEDUCED₁₂
DEDUCES₁₁
DIDAKEI₁₃
DIDDIER₁₀
DIDDIES₁₀
DIDDLED₁₁
DIDDLER₁₀
DIDDLES₁₀
DIDDLEY₁₃
DODDIER₁₀
DODDIES₁₀
DODDLES₁₀
DODGIER₁₀
DUDDIER₁₀
DUDHEEN₁₂
ECDYSES₁₃
ENDEWED₁₂
ENDITED₉
ENDITES₈
ENDIVES₁₁
ENDOGEN₉
ENDOWED₁₂
ENDOWER₁₁
ENDURED₉
ENDURER₈
ENDURES₈
ENDYSES₁₁
FADDIER₁₂
FADDLED₁₃
FADDLES₁₂
FEDAYEE₁₄
FEDEXED₁₉
FEDEXES₁₈
FIDDLED₁₃
FIDDLER₁₂
FIDDLES₁₂
FIDDLEY₁₅
FUDDIES₁₂
FUDDLED₁₃
FUDDLER₁₂
FUDDLES₁₂
FUDGIER₁₂
GADGIES₁₀
GADSMEN₁₁
GIDDIED₁₁
GIDDIER₁₀
GIDDIES₁₀
GIDGEES₁₀
GIDJEES₁₆
GODLIER₉
GUDDLED₁₁
GUDDLES₁₀
GUDEMEN₁₁
HADDIES₁₂
HADJEES₁₈
HEDDLED₁₃
HEDDLES₁₂
HEDGIER₁₂
HIDAGES₁₂
HODDLED₁₃
HODDLES₁₂
HUDDLED₁₃
HUDDLER₁₂
HUDDLES₁₂
HYDYNES₁₇
INDENES₈
INDEWED₁₂
INDEXED₁₆
INDEXER₁₅
INDEXES₁₅
INDICES₁₀
INDIGEN₉
INDITED₉
INDITER₈
INDITES₈
INDOLES₈
INDOWED₁₂
INDUCED₁₁
INDUCER₁₀
INDUCES₁₀
IODATED₉
IODATES₈
IODIDES₉
IODINES₈
IODISED₉
IODISER₈
IODISES₈
IODIZED₁₈
IODIZER₁₇
IODIZES₁₇
IODURET₈
JUDASES₁₅
JUDGIER₁₆
KEDGIER₁₃
KIDDIED₁₄
KIDDIER₁₃
KIDDIES₁₃
KIDDLES₁₃
KIDDOES₁₃
KIDGIER₁₃
KUDOSES₁₂
LADDIER₉
LADDIES₉
LADENED₉
LEDGIER₉
MADAMED₁₃
MADAMES₁₂
MEDALED₁₁
MEDALET₁₀
MEDDLED₁₂
MEDDLER₁₁
MEDDLES₁₁
MIDDIES₁₁
MIDDLED₁₂
MIDDLER₁₁
MIDDLES₁₁
MIDGIER₁₁
MIDGIES₁₁
MIDWEEK₁₇
MODELED₁₁
MODELER₁₀
MODEMED₁₃
MODULES₁₀
MUDDIED₁₂
MUDDIER₁₁
MUDDIES₁₁
MUDDLED₁₂
MUDDLER₁₁
MUDDLES₁₁
MUDEYES₁₃
MUDPIES₁₂
NEDDIER₉
NEDDIES₉
NIDATED₉
NIDATES₈
NIDUSES₈
NODATED₉
NODDIER₉
NODDIES₉
NODDLED₁₀
NODDLES₉
NODULED₉
NODULES₈
NUDDIES₉
NUDZHED₂₁
NUDZHES₂₀
OBDURED₁₁
OBDURES₁₀
ODDSMEN₁₁
OLDENED₉
OLDSTER₈
ONDINES₈
ORDERED₉
ORDERER₈
ORDINEE₈
ORDINES₈
ORDURES₈
PADDIES₁₁
PADDLED₁₂
PADDLER₁₁
PADDLES₁₁
PEDALED₁₁
PEDALER₁₀
PEDDLED₁₂
PEDDLER₁₁
PEDDLES₁₁
PEDESES₁₀
PEDICEL₁₂
PIDDLED₁₂
PIDDLER₁₁
PIDDLES₁₁
PODDIER₁₁
PODDIES₁₁
PODDLED₁₂
PODDLES₁₁
PODEXES₁₇
PODGIER₁₁
PODITES₁₀
PUDDIES₁₁
PUDDLED₁₂
PUDDLER₁₁
PUDDLES₁₁
PUDGIER₁₁
PUDSIER₁₀
RADDLED₁₀
RADDLES₉
RADICEL₁₀
RADICES₁₀
RADIOED₉
RADIOES₈
RADIXES₁₅
RADOMES₁₀
REDATED₉
REDATES₈
REDDIER₉
REDDLED₁₀
REDDLES₉
REDEYES₁₁
REDOXES₁₅
REDRIED₉
REDRIES₈
REDUCED₁₁
REDUCER₁₀
REDUCES₁₀
RIDDLED₁₀
RIDDLER₉
RIDDLES₉
RIDERED₉
RIDGIER₉
RODEOED₉
RODSMEN₁₀
RODSTER₈
RUDASES₈
RUDDIED₁₀
RUDDIER₉
RUDDIES₉
RUDDLED₁₀
RUDDLES₉
SADDLED₁₀
SADDLER₉
SADDLES₉
SADDOES₉
SEDATED₉
SEDATER₈
SEDATES₈
SEDGIER₉
SEDUCED₁₁
SEDUCER₁₀
SEDUCES₁₀
SIDEMEN₁₀
SODDIER₉
SODDIES₉
SUDAMEN₁₀
SUDATED₉
SUDATES₈
SUDSIER₈
TADDIES₉
TEDDIES₉
TIDDIER₉
TIDDIES₉
TIDDLED₁₀
TIDDLER₉
TIDDLES₉
TIDDLEY₁₂
TODDIES₉
TODDLED₁₀
TODDLER₉
TODDLES₉
UDDERED₁₀
UNDATED₉
UNDINES₈
UNDRIED₉
UPDATED₁₁
UPDATER₁₀
UPDATES₁₀
UPDIVED₁₄
UPDIVES₁₃
UPDRIED₁₁
UPDRIES₁₀
VIDAMES₁₃
VIDEOED₁₂
WADDIED₁₃
WADDIES₁₂
WADDLED₁₃
WADDLER₁₂
WADDLES₁₂
WEDELED₁₂
WEDGIER₁₂
WEDGIES₁₂
WIDDIES₁₂
WIDDLED₁₃
WIDDLES₁₂
WIDENED₁₂
WIDENER₁₁
WIDGIES₁₂
WIDOWED₁₅
WIDOWER₁₄
WUDDIES₁₂
YODELED₁₂
YODELER₁₁

Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

R10%
P8%
I8%

2nd letter

I18%
U18%
O17%

4th letter

D42%
I11%
A10%

5th letter

L30%
I25%
T8%

7th letter

S42%
D28%
R22%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; NUDZHED tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

88 points: 36 words
9 points: 58 words
1010 points: 50 words
11 points: 68 words
1212 points: 60 words
13 points: 25 words
1414 points: 6 words
15 points: 8 words
1616 points: 4 words
17 points: 6 words
1818 points: 3 words
19 points: 3 words
2020 points: 2 words
21 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
NUDZHED	21	22	All three
NUDZHES	20	21	All three
BEDAZED	20	21	Collins only
FEDEXED	19	19	Collins · NWL
BEDIZEN	19	21	All three
BEDAZES	19	20	Collins only
IODIZED	18	18	All three
FEDEXES	18	18	Collins · NWL
HADJEES	18	19	All three
MIDWEEK	17	18	All three
CODEXES	17	18	NWL only
IODIZES	17	17	All three

The fixed pattern is __D__E_, so the third tile is D and the sixth is E. Examples such as ORDERED, REDUCED, and UPDATED show how often this layout catches inflected verbs, while TODDLER and ABDOMEN show it also fits familiar nouns. Frequency is the catch: only 22 entries rank among common English words, so a pattern match is not automatically playable in every game.

At a glance: the D-and-E pattern

330 tournament-dictionary words match __D__E_.
Only 22 match the common-word cutoff.
140 end in S, 91 in D, and 73 in R.
NUDZ HED scores 21 points before board bonuses.
Collins lists 321 matches; NWL2023 lists 247, and ENABLE lists 221.

7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

ORDERED and REDUCED are easy anchors: both finish in -ED, and each puts D in third position and E in sixth. UPDATED and INDUCED follow the same shape. For nouns, TODDLER, ABDOMEN, and MODULES give you memorable letter sequences rather than a verb ending.

Endings narrow the candidates sharply. 140 finish in S, 91 in D, and 73 in R; together those three endings account for most of the pattern's 330 matches. When your rack or crossing letters suggest an ending, start there instead of scanning alphabetically.

Average tile score is 11, so NUDZHED sits well above the usual bare-word total; its Z and H do more work than the common endings. Board multipliers still decide your final score.

How should you use this pattern in a word game?

Start with familiar options such as ORDERED, REDUCED, UPDATED, or TODDLER, then test each against the game’s word list. Frequency and dictionary acceptance are different tests: 22 words meet the common-word cutoff, while Collins has 321 matches, NWL2023 247, and ENABLE 221. Those dictionary totals overlap, so do not add them to estimate a unique total.

That split explains why a word can look ordinary yet still be rejected in one app.

For 7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter, treat the pattern as a filter, not a guarantee. Familiar examples are easier to spot, but many of the 330 matches are specialized or inflected forms. Confirm legality before committing a turn; dictionary coverage differs across game versions.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have D third and E sixth?

There are 330 seven-letter words with D in the third position and E in the sixth. The matching pattern is __D__E_. Only 22 qualify as common words by frequency, so many matches are less familiar or inflected forms.

Which ending is most common for these D-and-E words?

S is the most common final letter, appearing in 140 matches. D comes next with 91, followed by R with 73. If your crossing letters point to one of those endings, check that group before scanning the full set.

What is the highest-scoring word with D third and E sixth?

NUDZ HED scores 21 points before board bonuses. Its unusual letter combination lifts its tile score above familiar matches such as ORDERED and TODDLER. The final score depends on letter and word multipliers on the board.

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7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

Common words 22 · most-used first

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At a glance: the D-and-E pattern

7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

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