5-letter words with D as the first letter
There are 656 five-letter words with D as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is DIZZY at 27 points. O is the most common second letter among them (145), and the average score is 8.7 points.
Find these words in your tiles
Use ? or * for a blank tile, up to 15 characters. The dictionary loads in the background.
Every word your letters make appears below, longest first, each with its Scrabble score.
Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green D in the first position leaves these 656 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with D in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include DIZZY, DITZY, DOOZY, DZHOS and DAZED. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a D in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, DOUSE 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 656 words.
5-letter words with D as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 656
- Highest scoring
- DIZZY 27 pts
- Average score
- 8.7 pts
- With a definition
- 349 (53%)
- A91
- E133
- H9
- I97
- J2
- O145
- R78
- S2
- U80
- W12
- Y6
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with d as the first letter
5-letter words with D as the first letter (656)
These 300 of the 656 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second 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 first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 656 five-letter words with D in the first position, 5.2% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as D, these 656 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 DOUSE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with D as the first letter?
DIZZY scores 27 points in Scrabble. Next come DITZY (18), DOOZY (18) and DZHOS (18). The average is 8.7 points.