7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and D as the 3rd letter
Fifty-five 7-letter words start with S and have D as the third letter, such as SADNESS, SADDEST, SEDUCED and SIDEBAR.
3 of 55 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With S in 1st place, A is the most common 3rd letter (633 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- SADNESS8
- SADDEST9
- SEDUCED11
- SIDEBAR10
- SADDLED10
- SADDLES9
- SEDATED9
- SADDENS9
- SEDUCES10
- SIDECAR10
- SIDINGS9
- SIDEARM10
- SEDUCER10
- SADDLER9
- SADHANA11
- SADISTS8
- SODDING10
- SIDEMAN10
- SIDEMEN10
- SIDEWAY14
- SIDLING9
- SIDEDLY12
- SIDDHAS12
- SIDDHIS12
- SEDATES8
- SEDILIA8
- SUDOKUS12
- SUDSING9
- SODGERS9
- SADDOES9
- SUDDENS9
- SUDARIA8
- SIDERAL8
- SODIUMS10
- SADDISH12
- SADDHUS12
- SADDING10
- SADIRON8
- SEDARIM10
- SEDATER8
- SEDGIER9
- SIDDURS9
- SIDLERS8
- SODAINE8
- SODDENS9
- SODDIER9
- SODDIES9
- SUDAMEN10
All valid words 55
- SADDENS9
- SADDEST9
- SADDHUS12
- SADDING10
- SADDISH12
- SADDLED10
- SADDLER9
- SADDLES9
- SADDOES9
- SADHANA11
- SADIRON8
- SADISMS10
- SADISTS8
- SADNESS8
- SEDARIM10
- SEDATED9
- SEDATER8
- SEDATES8
- SEDGIER9
- SEDILIA8
- SEDUCED11
- SEDUCER10
- SEDUCES10
- SIDDHAS12
- SIDDHIS12
- SIDDURS9
- SIDEARM10
- SIDEBAR10
- SIDECAR10
- SIDEDLY12
- SIDEMAN10
- SIDEMEN10
- SIDERAL8
- SIDEWAY14
- SIDINGS9
- SIDLERS8
- SIDLING9
- SODAINE8
- SODDENS9
- SODDIER9
- SODDIES9
- SODDING10
- SODGERS9
- SODIUMS10
- SUDAMEN10
- SUDARIA8
- SUDATED9
- SUDATES8
- SUDDENS9
- SUDDERS9
- SUDOKUS12
- SUDORAL8
- SUDSERS8
- SUDSIER8
- SUDSING9
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIDEWAY | 14 | 13 | All three |
| SIDEDLY | 12 | 12 | NWL only |
| SIDDHAS | 12 | 11 | Collins · NWL |
| SIDDHIS | 12 | 11 | Collins · NWL |
| SUDOKUS | 12 | 14 | NWL only |
| SADDISH | 12 | 11 | Collins · NWL |
| SADDHUS | 12 | 12 | All three |
| SEDUCED | 11 | 13 | All three |
| SADHANA | 11 | 11 | Collins only |
| SIDEBAR | 10 | 11 | All three |
| SADDLED | 10 | 11 | All three |
| SEDUCES | 10 | 12 | All three |
The S-D opening is a short, quiet frame with a few clear families: SADD-, SIDE- and SEDA-. Scores top out at 14, and the average is 9.5. This is a list for solvers and vocabulary, not for big Scrabble plays.
The S_D frame at a glance
- Matches: 55 words, of which 3 are common English.
- 47 have a definition; the mean score is 9.5.
- A and I each fill the second slot of 14 words, and U fills 11.
- S ends 23 words, R ends 8, and D, G and N end 4 each.
- SIDEWAY scores 14, with five words on 12.
Which four-letter openers repeat?
SADD- gives 9 words: SADDEST, saddled, saddles, saddens and saddler. SIDE- gives 8: SIDEBAR, sidecar, sidearm, sideman, sidemen and sideway. SUDA-, SODD- and SEDA- give 4 each.
Together those five stems cover 29 of the 55 words, so the first four letters decide more than half the list. A solver who spots SADD- or SIDE- is almost finished.
The SADD- group is mostly saddle forms. The SIDE- group is mostly compounds of side. Outside those stems, singles such as sudokus and sodding stand alone, and each can be tested individually in a few seconds.
What are the likely endings?
S wins easily with 23, which is 42 percent. SADISTS and SEDUCES are typical. R follows with 8, as in sidecar and seducer, and the -ING group, such as sodding and sidling, has 4.
-IER and -ENS appear 3 times each. If the clue is a plain noun, S is the first test; if it is a comparative, try -IER. With no clue at all, S then R covers 31 words.
Which dictionary should you trust?
Collins takes 53 of the 55, NWL2023 takes 44 and ENABLE takes 39. Look up SIDDHAS, SIDDHIS and SUDOKUS in your game's word list before playing.
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