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

That fixed pattern leaves five open positions, but the results are far from evenly familiar. Collins includes all 35 matches, while NWL2023 has 21 and ENABLE has 19, and only five rank among the most common English words. The endings lean toward E and S, and the highest tile scores belong to unusual spellings rather than everyday vocabulary.

Pattern facts at a glance

• 35 tournament-dictionary words match the seven-letter I-third, D-sixth pattern.
• FRIENDS, EPISODE, BRIGADE, and SHIELDS are recognizable examples.
• 28 matches have dictionary definitions, while only five rank as common English words.
• 17 matches end in E and 12 end in S; Y, O, and H account for the rest.
• VOIVODE, WOIWODE, VAIVODE, WAIVODE, and WAIWODE each score 14 points.

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

Exactly 35 words fit this pattern. Their final letters make the set easy to narrow: E closes 17, S closes 12, and the remaining six end in Y, O, or H. If your last tile is known, start with one of those two dominant endings before searching the rarer options.

The first letter gives another useful filter. T leads five matches, while A and S each lead four. SHIELDS shows the S-starting route, while FRIENDS opens with F and EPISODE begins with E, outside the most frequent opening group.

The R-third, D-sixth pattern has 73 matches, more than twice this set, so the I constraint sharply narrows the search.

Which matches are worth checking first?

For a playable word you recognize, try FRIENDS, EPISODE, BRIGADE, or SHIELDS first. TRIPODS and UNIBODY offer less obvious options, while CEILIDH is a strong scoring candidate at 13 points. The top score is 14: five spelling variants of VOIVODE share it, so a high score does not necessarily mean a familiar word.

The five common matches are a small slice of the 35-word set; many entries are specialized. Treat the list as a pattern-solving aid, not a promise that every match will feel familiar at the board. Check your game's word list before playing: Collins has 35 matches here, compared with 21 in NWL2023 and 19 in ENABLE.

For this exact pattern, fix I in position three and D in position six, then test the ending before scanning the first-letter groups. That order uses the strongest split in the set: E and S cover 29 of the 35 matches. The remaining endings are a short second pass.