685 words start with D, a strong middle-tier count. This word finder has the full set, filterable by position, pattern, or exclusion.
685 words, and D is one of the most evenly balanced letters here. DO-, DE-, DI-, and DA- each hold a real share, no single opening runs away with the list the way it does for most other letters.
111 of the 2,315 real Wordle answers start with D, 4.8%. A middling share, but a wordle solver still flags D early since the word pool skews common.
DADDY, DEBUG, DEMON, DIGIT, DREAM. Everyday words, exactly what shows up first in a search for common D openers.
A scrabble word finder puts DIZZY at 27 points, the clear top D scorer. DITZY and DOOZY follow at 18 each. Casual slang words, all valid, all worth knowing for a words with friends cheat.
D is a reasonable early guess, 685 words behind it with a genuinely common mix.
Don't assume DA- or DE- just because they sound frequent. DO-, DE-, DI-, and DA- are close enough in count that guessing the opening wrong is easy here.
On the board, D is worth 2 points, cheap but common. A scrabble word finder is most useful for spotting -ED extensions, since D so often closes out a longer word already down.
DIZZY, 27 points. Two Z's carry almost the entire score, the rest of the word barely registers. Run a rack with a couple of Z's through any unscrambler and this is the kind of word it should flag.
685 total. 111 real Wordle answers, 4.8% of them. D spreads unusually evenly across DO-, DE-, DI-, and DA- openings, the most balanced spread of any common letter here.
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Want a different pattern? Try words ending in E, or ones containing a letter you already know, same finder, different filter. DO, DE, and DI each get their own list too.
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Data computed from a 12,974-word open-source dictionary and the 2,315-word Wordle answer list. Last updated August 26, 2026.