7-letter words with T as the 1st letter and D as the 3rd letter

The fixed pattern is T-D: T starts each word, D sits in the third slot, and four letters remain open. That produces a compact set, with only 2 entries among the most common English words. TODDLER, TEDIOUS, and TADPOLE are easier to recognize than many of the less familiar forms, so scan for the word shape that fits your crossing letters.

7-letter words with T first and D third at a glance

• The pattern has 29 tournament-dictionary words.
• Collins lists all 29; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 19.
• TIDEWAY leads the scoring examples at 14 points.
• Twelve entries end in S, the most frequent final letter.
• Only 2 entries rank among the most common English words.

Why are there so few T-D seven-letter matches?

This pattern is unusually selective: the T-D combination yields 29 matches, while T first and R third yields 237. If D is fixed in the third position, changing only the first letter to R gives 127 matches. Those contrasts make the third-letter clue especially restrictive here.

The entries also lean toward less familiar forms. TODDLER and TEDIOUS are everyday words, and TIDINGS and TIDBITS are recognizable too, but the common-word count is just 2. Treat the examples as a starting point, then use your known letters to separate familiar answers from obscure possibilities.

Which T-D word scores highest?

TIDEWAY scores 14 points, ahead of TIDYING and TIDDLEY at 12 each. TIDALLY earns 11, while TIDBITS and TADPOLE each score 10. The group averages 9.7 points, so TIDEWAY stands out without requiring a rare high-value letter.

Twelve of the 29 words end in S, making plural-looking forms a large slice of this set; endings G, R, and Y each occur 3 times. Don't assume every S-ending entry is a plural, though: check the exact form against your rack and board.