Words With EDA in the Middle
100 wordsThe EDA pattern threads through English in unexpected ways, from everyday words like PEDAL to the dazzling BEDAZZLE family. This collection reveals how Latin roots for feet and ground shaped our vocabulary, alongside some genuinely surprising Scrabble weapons.
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4Pattern Guide
Insights and recommendations for these words.
EDA creates some of the most visually striking words in English, with letter combinations that look exotic but play beautifully in word games.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
Most EDA words trace back to the Latin 'ped-' root meaning foot, giving us PEDAL, BIPEDAL, and the various -PEDE constructions. The pattern also appears in EDAPHIC, relating to soil—from Greek 'edaphos' for ground. Then there's the BE- prefix family, where BEDAZE and BEDAZZLE transform simple roots into intensified actions.
Total Words
148
0.0% of dictionary
Avg Length
8.7 letters
3.4 syllables
Top Scrabble
BEDAZZLINGLY
37 points
Longest Word
HOMOSCEDASTICITY
16 letters
Parts of Speech
At 61% nouns and 22% adjectives, this pattern skews heavily toward naming things rather than describing actions. The average length of 8.7 letters reflects how EDA often appears in compound or derived forms rather than simple base words.
Latin dominates this pattern, which makes sense given the 'ped-' foot root's productivity in English. The journey of PEDAL from Latin pedālis through Italian and French shows how the word softened in pronunciation while keeping its meaning intact. Middle English and French contributions often represent the same Latin roots arriving through different historical routes.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Medium (5-7)
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Long (8+)
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Medium (5-7)
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
having two feet
Long (8+)
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
BEDAZZLINGLY scores 37 points in Scrabble but leaps to 41 in WWF, where the Z is worth 10 instead of 10—wait, actually both games value Z at 10, so the difference comes from other letter values. BEDAZE offers a compact 18-point Scrabble play that jumps to 19 in WWF. For statistical vocabulary, HOMOSCEDASTICITY delivers 29 points in Scrabble—a term from statistics meaning equal variance that your opponents will almost certainly challenge.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
Common Words (likely answers)
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
a lever that is operated with the foot
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
CEDAR and SEDAN both test common consonants D and R while checking two vowels. REDAN covers similar ground with a different arrangement, making any of these solid opening moves for probing EDA positions.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
Longest
No short EDA words exist because the pattern requires substantial construction—either a prefix like BE- plus a root, or Latin-derived compounds. The 16-letter HOMOSCEDASTICITY represents how technical vocabulary stretches this pattern to its limits.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
perform a contradance
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
"the depredations of age and disease"
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
in a pedantic manner
"these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'"
DEPREDATION means an act of plundering and marauding—think Viking raids or corporate takeovers. It's valid in both major word games and carries genuine dramatic weight. The word comes from Latin 'praeda' (prey), making it etymologically related to PREDATOR.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.