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A curated list of 6-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like DES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abides, abodes, amides.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abides | 6 | 3 | |
| abodes | 6 | 3 | |
| amides | 6 | 3 | |
| anodes | 6 | 3 | |
| asides | 6 | 3 | |
| azides | 6 | 3 | |
| bardes | 6 | 2 | |
| blades | 6 | 2 | |
| bredes | 6 | 2 | |
| brides | 6 | 2 | |
| chides | 6 | 2 | |
| clades | 6 | 2 | |
| crudes | 6 | 2 | |
| diodes | 6 | 2 | |
| elides | 6 | 3 | |
| eludes | 6 | 3 | |
| emydes | 6 | 3 | |
| epodes | 6 | 3 | |
| erodes | 6 | 3 | |
| etudes | 6 | 3 | |
| evades | 6 | 3 | |
| exudes | 6 | 3 | |
| geodes | 6 | 2 | |
| glades | 6 | 2 | |
| gledes | 6 | 2 | |
| glides | 6 | 2 | |
| grades | 6 | 2 | |
| grides | 6 | 2 | |
| guides | 6 | 2 | |
| hordes | 6 | 2 | |
| imides | 6 | 3 | |
| irades | 6 | 3 | |
| irides | 6 | 3 | |
| leudes | 6 | 2 | |
| merdes | 6 | 2 | |
| mondes | 6 | 2 | |
| oxides | 6 | 3 | |
| prides | 6 | 2 | |
| prudes | 6 | 2 | |
| shades | 6 | 2 | |
| slides | 6 | 2 | |
| sondes | 6 | 2 | |
| spades | 6 | 2 | |
| spodes | 6 | 2 | |
| stades | 6 | 2 | |
| suedes | 6 | 2 | |
| swedes | 6 | 2 | |
| tildes | 6 | 2 | |
| trades | 6 | 2 | |
| tsades | 6 | 2 |
What’s typical about DES-ending words?
DES often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.