Words Ending With D
100 wordsWords ending in D form one of the largest groups in English, dominated by past tense verbs and participial adjectives. This collection spans everything from two-letter basics to medical terminology that would make a surgeon pause.
3-letter words
134-letter words
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49-letter words
110-letter words
3Pattern Guide
Insights and recommendations for these words.
The letter D works overtime at the end of English words, turning verbs into adjectives and creating some of the most versatile tiles in word games.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
The -ED suffix does most of the heavy lifting here, transforming thousands of verbs into past tenses and adjectives. But D also appears naturally in words borrowed from Latin (-id, -ud) and Old English core vocabulary. Notice how medical and scientific terms often stack Greek and Latin roots before landing on that final D—HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED packs seven morphemes into one word.
Total Words
11,228
3.7% of dictionary
Avg Length
8.9 letters
2.9 syllables
Top Scrabble
HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED
47 points
Longest Word
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
20 letters
Parts of Speech
With 70% adjectives in this collection, the -ED participial form clearly dominates. The average length of nearly 9 letters reflects how easily D attaches to already substantial root words, creating these elongated technical terms.
Middle English and Old English together account for the majority of D-ending words with known origins, reflecting how deeply embedded this ending is in core English vocabulary. The path from GRIND through Old English grindan back to Proto-West Germanic reveals the Germanic heart of many D-words. Latin contributions often came through French, as with ISOLATED tracing from French isolé through Italian to Latin insulatus.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
the common European short-winged hawk
covering with fine light hairs
wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
Long (8+)
having the pituitary gland removed by surgery
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
filled with bewilderment
the common European short-winged hawk
covering with fine light hairs
Long (8+)
having the pituitary gland removed by surgery
Q-words ending in D offer reliable high scores in both games. QAID, QUAD, and QUID all score slightly higher in Words With Friends due to its Q-tile value of 10 versus Scrabble's 10—the real difference shows in placement bonuses. PUZZLED jumps from 28 points in Scrabble to 31 in WWF, making it worth hunting for in that game specifically. The medical monsters like HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED score identically at 47 points, but good luck fitting them on any board.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
HEARD and STAND make excellent openers, each testing common consonants while placing D in its most frequent position. TRIED and TIRED share the same letters in different arrangements—use one to test, the other to confirm.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
Longest
Shortest
The shortest D-words (AD, ED, ID, OD) are functional workhorses, while the longest are almost exclusively medical past participles. NONINSTITUTIONALIZED at 20 letters shows how prefix-stacking plus -ED can stretch words to absurd lengths.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
infected and filled with pus
"an abscessed tooth"
moved to action
"a man actuated by unworthy desired"
expressing pain or agony
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
ACTUATED means moved to action—think mechanical triggers or motivated decisions. It's surprisingly valid in word games and useful when you're stuck with two A's and need to dump them elegantly.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.