5-letter words with D as the fifth letter
There are 806 five-letter words with D as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is VOZHD at 21 points. S is the most common first letter among them (89), and the average score is 9.1 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green D in the fifth position leaves these 806 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with D in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include VOZHD, FAZED, FUZED, HAZED and PYXED. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a D in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, AIRED is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 806 words.
5-letter words with D as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 806
- Highest scoring
- VOZHD 21 pts
- Average score
- 9.1 pts
- With a definition
- 555 (69%)
- A55
- B56
- C48
- D35
- E23
- F43
- G29
- H40
- I13
- J15
- K5
- L44
- M42
- N18
- O21
- P42
- Q2
- R45
- S89
- T50
- U24
- V17
- W32
- Y16
- Z2
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with d as the fifth letter
5-letter words with D as the fifth letter (806)
These 300 of the 806 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have D as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 806 five-letter words with D in the fifth position, 6.4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as D, these 806 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as AIRED.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with D as the fifth letter?
VOZHD scores 21 points in Scrabble. Next come FAZED (18), FUZED (18) and HAZED (18). The average is 9.1 points.