5-letter words with D as the fourth letter
There are 455 five-letter words with D as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest score is 15 points, shared by AZIDE, AZIDO and HOWDY and others. S is the most common first letter among them (55), and the average score is 8.7 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green D in the fourth position leaves these 455 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with D in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include HOWDY, AZIDE, AZIDO, QUADS and QUIDS. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a D in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, ASIDE 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 455 words.
5-letter words with D as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 455
- Highest scoring
- AZIDE 15 pts
- Average score
- 8.7 pts
- With a definition
- 231 (51%)
- A16
- B46
- C29
- D17
- E14
- F24
- G34
- H22
- I5
- J1
- K14
- L18
- M21
- N11
- O4
- P23
- Q4
- R27
- S55
- T27
- U1
- V10
- W24
- Y6
- Z2
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with d as the fourth letter
5-letter words with D as the fourth letter (455)
These 300 of the 455 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 fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 455 five-letter words with D in the fourth position, 3.6% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as D, these 455 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 ASIDE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with D as the fourth letter?
Nine words tie at 15 points, among them AZIDE, AZIDO and HOWDY in Scrabble. Next come BAWDY (14). The average is 8.7 points.