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7-letter words with O as the 1st letter and D as the 5th letter

7-letter words with O first and D fifth: 17 tournament-dictionary matches, including OVERDUE, OVERDID, and the 18-point OXHIDES.

17 wordsTop pick OVERDUEHighest score OXHIDES 18

1 of 17 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With O in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (142 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 17 · most-used first

  • OVERDUE11
  • OVERDID12
  • OPCODES12
  • OVERDUB13
  • OVERDOG12
  • OVERDRY14
  • OPPIDAN12
  • OVOIDAL11
  • ONSIDES8
  • OREADES8
  • OCTADIC12
  • OREIDES8
  • OROIDES8
  • OUTADDS9
  • OUTEDGE9
  • OVERDYE14
  • OXHIDES18
All valid words 17

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

  • OCTADIC12
  • ONSIDES8
  • OPCODES12
  • OPPIDAN12
  • OREADES8
  • OREIDES8
  • OROIDES8
  • OUTADDS9
  • OUTEDGE9
  • OVERDID12
  • OVERDOG12
  • OVERDRY14
  • OVERDUB13
  • OVERDUE11
  • OVERDYE14
  • OVOIDAL11
  • OXHIDES18
Letters by positionIn 47% of these words the 3rd letter is E.
2nd letter
  1. V41%
  2. R18%
  3. P12%
3rd letter
  1. E47%
  2. T18%
  3. O12%
4th letter
  1. I35%
  2. R35%
  3. A18%
6th letter
  1. E35%
  2. I12%
  3. A12%
7th letter
  1. S41%
  2. E18%
  3. C6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
OXHIDES1817Collins · NWL
OVERDRY1414All three
OVERDYE1414All three
OVERDUB1316All three
OVERDID1213All three
OPCODES1214Collins only
OVERDOG1214All three
OPPIDAN1215All three
OCTADIC1214All three
OVERDUE1113All three
OVOIDAL1113All three
OUTADDS910All three

The fixed pattern is O _ _ _ D _ _, so the fifth tile is D even when the rest of a word feels unfamiliar. Collins accepts all 17 matches, while NWL2023 includes 13 and ENABLE includes 12. Only one match ranks among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so recognition alone will not carry every play.

At a glance: the O _ _ _ D _ _ pattern

  • Exactly 17 seven-letter entries match O _ _ _ D _ _ across at least one tournament dictionary.
  • All 17 appear in Collins; NWL2023 has 13 and ENABLE has 12.
  • Seven end in S; OVERDUE, OVERDID, and OVERDUB end in E, D, and B.
  • OXHIDES leads the score list at 18 points; OVERDRY and OVERDYE each score 14.
  • The average tile score is 11.2, while just one match ranks in the top 25,000 by frequency.

Which 7-letter words with O first and D fifth are easiest to spot?

OVERDUE, OVERDID, and OVERDUB are transparent examples: each begins OVERD and puts D in the required fifth slot. Their endings separate them immediately: E, D, and B. OVERDYE and OVERDRY keep that same opening but finish differently, giving you a tight cluster to scan when O, V, E, R, and D are already confirmed.

OPCODES offers a different shape, with a repeated O and a C before the fixed D. OVOIDAL and ONSIDES also avoid the familiar OVER- opening. Since only one match is common by frequency, a recognizable start does not mean every entry will feel familiar.

Does every game accept the same O-and-D word?

No: these 17 matches have different coverage across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Collins includes all 17, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 12 in ENABLE. That difference matters most for less familiar entries such as OREIDES, OROიდES, and OPPIDAN; check your game's word list before banking a play.

Can 7-letter words with O first and D fifth score well?

Tip

Yes: OXHIDES reaches 18 points, four more than the 14-point runners-up OVERDRY and OVERDYE. Check premium squares before choosing; the high score comes from OXHIDES, not from the shared O-and-D pattern.

Questions people ask

Which seven-letter words start with O and have D in fifth position?
Seventeen tournament-dictionary words fit O _ _ _ D _ _. Familiar examples include OVERDUE, OVERDID, OVERDUB, and OPCODES; the full set also includes less familiar forms such as OREIDES and OPPIDAN.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
OXHIDES is the top scorer at 18 points. OVERDRY and OVERDYE follow at 14 points each, so OXHIDES leads those runners-up by four points before any board-square bonuses.
How many of these words appear in Collins and NWL2023?
Collins lists all 17 matches, while NWL2023 includes 13. ENABLE has 12. The counts show why a word accepted in one game may not be playable in another, especially among the less familiar entries.

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