7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and D as the 7th letter

With 97 matches, this pattern is narrower than the larger seven-letter groups that put E, O, or A second. Most entries begin with S, so familiar forms such as SPOILED and SPARKED sit beside less common builds like UPENDED. Just 13 qualify as common by the frequency measure, making recognition a useful first filter when solving a fixed-letter clue.

A quick read on the P-and-D pattern

• 97 tournament-dictionary entries match the two fixed positions.
• Every match ends in D, with P in position two.
• 64 begin with S, compared with 18 beginning with U.
• Only 13 qualify as common by our frequency measure.
• UPGAZED and EPOXYED lead the point scores at 20 each.

7-letter words with P second and D last

There are 97 7-letter words with P second and D last across the combined tournament dictionaries. The starting letters are lopsided: S accounts for 64 words, U for 18, and A for 7. E and O contribute 4 apiece, so S is the strongest starting-letter guess by a wide margin.

Familiar verbs make good anchors: APPLIED, UPDATED, OPPOSED, SPOTTED, and SPOILED all fit. SPARKED and SPRAYED add recognizable options, while UPENDED shows that U forms a real second cluster. Thirteen entries meet the common-word cutoff, so some valid matches will feel far less familiar; many matches are past-tense verbs, but P does not need to sit beside the final D.

Which matching words score the most?

UPGAZED and EPOXYED each score 20 points; UPSIZED and OPAQUED follow at 19. Those leaders are not the easiest words to spot, while SPARKED scores 14 and feels much more familiar. The average score is 11.9, putting the top scorers well above a typical entry.

On a crowded board, a rare 20-point play is not automatically the best fit: SPARKED scores 14 and starts with S, the initial letter shared by 64 matches.

Coverage differs by dictionary: Collins contains 96 matches, NWL2023 has 81, and ENABLE has 75. The combined total exceeds Collins by one, so a single dictionary label cannot represent all 97. For 7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and D as the 7th letter, check your game's word list before playing a less familiar form; APPLIED and UPDATED are familiar anchors.