7-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and D as the 3rd letter

The pattern is _ND____: N and D are fixed in the middle, while the first letter and final four letters vary. INDOORS, ENDLESS, INDUCED, and UNDERGO show how different the results can look. The opening letters narrow the search quickly, but the ending is less predictable: S is the most frequent final letter by a wide margin.

7-letter words with N second and D third

• There are 106 matches for the _ND____ pattern.
• I begins 40 matches, E begins 37, and U begins 22.
• Only 16 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The most common ending is S, found on 39 words.
• INDOXYL scores 18, the highest score among the examples.

Which words fit the N-D pattern?

INDUCED, INDOORS, and INDULGE all begin with IND; ENDLESS, ENDORSE, and ENDGAME begin with END. These familiar starts account for many of the examples, but the first letter is not limited to I or E: UNDERGO and UNDATED also fit.

The counts make I and E the strongest starting points, with U a close third. A useful solving move is to test those openings before spending guesses on A or O, which begin only 4 and 3 matches respectively. The middle letters stay fixed; the first letter does much of the sorting.

Which matches score well in Scrabble?

INDOXYL leads the listed Scrabble scores at 18, followed by ENDOZOA at 17 and INDEXED at 16. INDEXES and INDEXER each score 15. The less familiar high scorers are worth checking against your game's dictionary before you build a play around them.

The frequency split is a real limitation for everyday solving: only 16 of the 106 matches are among the most common English words. For a more familiar shortlist, start with ANDROID, ENDLESS, INDUCED, or INDOORS, then use the opening-letter counts to widen the search.