7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th letter

The fixed middle is D-Y, leaving the first two and final three letters to narrow your search. This tight pattern has no entries in the common-word group, so familiar examples such as undying and ladybug stand out. The total combines tournament-dictionary entries; individual word lists differ, so check your game's word list when a borderline play matters.

Pattern at a glance

• There are 22 matches, and 15 have definitions.
• L begins 7 words, E begins 6, and B begins 4.
• Six matches end in S; five end in G.
• bodycam, hydynes, and ladyfly each score 17 points.

7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th letter

The pattern is _ _ D Y _ _ _: the third slot is D and the fourth is Y. That fixed pair appears in everyday-looking forms such as undying and tidying, alongside less familiar entries like ecdysis and endysis.

The opening letters are unusually concentrated: L, E, and B account for most of the recognizable starts, with ladybug, ecdyses, and bodying showing the range. The endings lean toward S, G, and N. If the first two letters are known, sort by that opening before scanning all 22 possibilities.

Which matches score the most?

bodycam, hydynes, and ladyfly lead at 17 points apiece. At 16, ladyboy and ladycow are close behind; bodyman, bodymen, and ladykin each score 15. These are word scores, not promises about a board: premium squares change the result.

Dictionary coverage is not uniform. ENABLE includes 11 matches, Collins includes 18, and NWL2023 includes 15, with overlap between lists. None is classed as common by the frequency cutoff, so the unusual entries deserve a dictionary check before you build a play around them.