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8-letter words with D as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when D is fixed in the 3rd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abdicate, abdomens, abdomina.

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855 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abdicate	8	3
abdomens	8	3
abdomina	8	4
abducens	8	3
abducent	8	3
abducing	8	3
abducted	8	3
abductor	8	3
addendum	8	3
addicted	8	3
addition	8	3
additive	8	3
additory	8	4
adducent	8	3
adducers	8	3
adducing	8	3
adducted	8	3
adductor	8	3
aldehyde	8	3
alderfly	8	3
alderman	8	3
aldermen	8	3
aldolase	8	3
andantes	8	3
andesite	8	3
andesyte	8	3
andirons	8	3
androgen	8	3
androids	8	2
ardently	8	3
audacity	8	4
audibles	8	3
audience	8	2
audients	8	2
auditing	8	3
audition	8	3
auditive	8	3
auditors	8	3
auditory	8	4
badassed	8	3
badasses	8	3
badgered	8	3
badgerly	8	3
badinage	8	3
badlands	8	2
badmouth	8	2
bedabble	8	2
bedamned	8	3
bedarken	8	3
bedaubed	8	3
bedazzle	8	2
bedchair	8	2
bedcover	8	3
beddable	8	2
beddings	8	2
bedeafen	8	3
bedecked	8	3
bedesman	8	3
bedesmen	8	3
bedevils	8	3
bedewing	8	3
bedframe	8	2
bedgowns	8	2
bediaper	8	3
bedights	8	2
bedimmed	8	3
bedimple	8	2
bedizens	8	3
bedlamps	8	2
bedmaker	8	3
bedmates	8	3
bedotted	8	3
bedouins	8	2
bedplate	8	2
bedposts	8	2
bedquilt	8	2
bedrails	8	2
bedraped	8	3
bedrapes	8	3
bedrench	8	2
bedrivel	8	3
bedrocks	8	2
bedrolls	8	2
bedrooms	8	2
bedsheet	8	2
bedsides	8	3
bedsonia	8	3
bedsores	8	3
bedstand	8	2
bedstead	8	2
bedstraw	8	2
bedticks	8	2
bedtimes	8	3
bedumbed	8	3
bedunced	8	3
bedunces	8	3
bedwards	8	2
bedwarfs	8	2
bidarkas	8	3
bidarkee	8	2
biddable	8	2
biddably	8	3
biddings	8	2
bidental	8	3
bodement	8	3
bodhrans	8	2
bodiless	8	3
bodingly	8	3
bodysuit	8	3
bodysurf	8	3
bodywork	8	3
buddings	8	2
buddleia	8	2
buddying	8	2
budgeted	8	3
budgeter	8	3
budworms	8	2
cadaster	8	3
cadastre	8	2
cadavers	8	3
caddices	8	3
caddises	8	3
caddying	8	2
cadelles	8	3
cadenced	8	3
cadences	8	3
cadenzas	8	3
cadmiums	8	2
caducean	8	3
caduceus	8	3
caducity	8	4
caducous	8	3
cedillas	8	3
coddlers	8	2
coddling	8	2
codebook	8	3
codebtor	8	3
codeinas	8	3
codeines	8	3
codeless	8	3
coderive	8	3
codesign	8	3
codicils	8	3
codified	8	3
codifier	8	3
codifies	8	3
codirect	8	3
codlings	8	2
codpiece	8	2
codriven	8	3
codriver	8	3
codrives	8	3
cudbears	8	2
cuddlers	8	2
cuddlier	8	2
cuddling	8	2
cudgeled	8	3
cudgeler	8	3
cudweeds	8	2
dadaisms	8	2
dadaists	8	2
daddling	8	2
dedicate	8	3
deducing	8	3
deducted	8	3
didactic	8	3
didactyl	8	3
didapper	8	3
diddlers	8	2
diddleys	8	2
diddlies	8	2
diddling	8	2
didymium	8	3
didymous	8	3
didynamy	8	4
doddered	8	3
dodderer	8	3
dodgiest	8	2
dodoisms	8	2
dudgeons	8	2
dudishly	8	3
ecdysial	8	3
ecdysone	8	3
ecdysons	8	3
eidolons	8	3
eldritch	8	2
endamage	8	3
endameba	8	4
endanger	8	3
endarchy	8	3
endbrain	8	2
endeared	8	3
endeavor	8	3
endemial	8	3
endemics	8	3
endemism	8	3
endermic	8	3
endexine	8	3
endgames	8	3
enditing	8	3
endnotes	8	3
endocarp	8	3
endocast	8	3
endoderm	8	3
endogamy	8	4
endogens	8	3
endogeny	8	4
endopods	8	3
endorsed	8	3
endorsee	8	2
endorser	8	3
endorses	8	3
endorsor	8	3
endosarc	8	3
endosmos	8	3
endosome	8	3
endostea	8	3
endowers	8	3
endowing	8	3
endozoic	8	3
endpaper	8	3
endplate	8	2
endpoint	8	2
enduring	8	3
eudaemon	8	3
eudemons	8	3
faddiest	8	2
faddisms	8	2
faddists	8	2
fadeaway	8	3
fadeless	8	3
fedayeen	8	2
federacy	8	4
federals	8	3
federate	8	3
fiddlers	8	2
fiddling	8	2
fideisms	8	2
fideists	8	2
fidelity	8	4
fidgeted	8	3
fidgeter	8	3
fiducial	8	3
foddered	8	3
fuddling	8	2
gadabout	8	3
gadarene	8	3
gadflies	8	2
gadgetry	8	3
gadroons	8	2
gadwalls	8	2
gadzooks	8	2
giddiest	8	2
giddying	8	2
godchild	8	2
godheads	8	2
godhoods	8	2
godliest	8	2
godlings	8	2
godroons	8	2
godsends	8	2
godships	8	2
gudgeons	8	2
haddocks	8	2
hadronic	8	3
hedgehog	8	3
hedgehop	8	3
hedgepig	8	3
hedgerow	8	3
hedgiest	8	2
hedonics	8	3
hedonism	8	3
hedonist	8	3
hidalgos	8	3
hiddenly	8	3
hideaway	8	3
hideless	8	3
hideouts	8	2
hidroses	8	3
hidrosis	8	3
hidrotic	8	3
huddlers	8	2
huddling	8	2
hydatids	8	3
hydracid	8	3
hydragog	8	3
hydranth	8	2
hydrants	8	2
hydrases	8	3
hydrated	8	3
hydrates	8	3
hydrator	8	3
hydrides	8	3
hydrogel	8	3
hydrogen	8	3
hydroids	8	2
hydromel	8	3
hydronic	8	3
hydropic	8	3
hydropsy	8	3
hydroski	8	3
hydrosol	8	3
hydroxyl	8	3
indagate	8	3
indamine	8	3
indamins	8	3
indebted	8	3
indecent	8	3
indented	8	3
indenter	8	3
indentor	8	3
indevout	8	3
indexers	8	3
indexing	8	3
indicans	8	3
indicant	8	3
indicate	8	3
indicias	8	3
indicium	8	3
indicted	8	3
indictee	8	2
indicter	8	3
indictor	8	3
indigene	8	3
indigens	8	3
indigent	8	3
indignly	8	3
indigoes	8	3
indigoid	8	3
indirect	8	3
inditers	8	3
inditing	8	3
indocile	8	3
indolent	8	3
indorsed	8	3
indorsee	8	2
indorser	8	3
indorses	8	3
indorsor	8	3
indowing	8	3
indoxyls	8	3
indrafts	8	2
inducers	8	3
inducing	8	3
inducted	8	3
inductee	8	2
inductor	8	3
indulged	8	3
indulger	8	3
indulges	8	3
induline	8	3
indulins	8	3
indurate	8	3
indusial	8	3
indusium	8	3
industry	8	3
indwells	8	2
iodating	8	3
iodation	8	3
iodinate	8	3
iodising	8	3
iodizers	8	3
iodizing	8	3
iodoform	8	3
iodophor	8	3
iodopsin	8	3
jadeites	8	3
jadishly	8	3
jodhpurs	8	2
juddered	8	3
judgment	8	2
judicial	8	3
judoists	8	2
kedgeree	8	2
kidnaped	8	3
kidnapee	8	2
kidnaper	8	3
kidskins	8	2
ladanums	8	3
laddered	8	3
ladening	8	3
ladleful	8	3
ladrones	8	3
ladybird	8	3
ladybugs	8	3
ladyfish	8	3
ladyhood	8	3
ladykins	8	3
ladylike	8	3
ladylove	8	3
ladypalm	8	3
ladyship	8	3
ledgiest	8	2
lodestar	8	3
lodgings	8	2
lodgment	8	2
lodicule	8	3
lyddites	8	3
maddened	8	3
madeiras	8	3
madhouse	8	2
madonnas	8	3
madrases	8	3
madrigal	8	3
madronas	8	3
madrones	8	3
madronos	8	3
madwoman	8	3
madwomen	8	3
madworts	8	2
madzoons	8	2
medaling	8	3
medalist	8	3
medalled	8	3
medallic	8	3
meddlers	8	2
meddling	8	2
medevacs	8	3
medflies	8	2
medially	8	3
medianly	8	3
mediants	8	2
mediated	8	3
mediates	8	3
mediator	8	3
medicaid	8	3
medicals	8	3
medicare	8	3
medicate	8	3
medicine	8	3
medieval	8	3
mediocre	8	2
meditate	8	3
medullae	8	2
medullar	8	3
medullas	8	3
medusans	8	3
medusoid	8	3
midbrain	8	2
midcults	8	2
middlers	8	2
middling	8	2
midfield	8	2
midirons	8	3
midlands	8	2
midlines	8	3
midlives	8	3
midmonth	8	2
midmosts	8	2
midnight	8	2
midnoons	8	2
midpoint	8	2
midrange	8	2
midriffs	8	2
midships	8	2
midsized	8	3
midsoles	8	3
midspace	8	2
midstory	8	3
midterms	8	2
midtowns	8	2
midwatch	8	2
midweeks	8	2
midwifed	8	3
midwifes	8	3
midwived	8	3
midwives	8	3
midyears	8	2
modality	8	4
modelers	8	3
modeling	8	3
modelist	8	3
modelled	8	3
modeller	8	3
moderate	8	3
moderato	8	4
moderner	8	3
modernly	8	3
modester	8	3
modestly	8	3
modicums	8	3
modified	8	3
modifier	8	3
modifies	8	3
modiolus	8	3
modishly	8	3
modistes	8	3
modulate	8	3
muddiest	8	2
muddlers	8	2
muddling	8	2
muddying	8	2
mudflats	8	2
mudflows	8	2
mudguard	8	2
mudholes	8	3
mudlarks	8	2
mudpacks	8	2
mudpuppy	8	3
mudrocks	8	2
mudrooms	8	2
mudsills	8	2
mudslide	8	2
mudstone	8	2
nidering	8	3
nidified	8	3
nidifies	8	3
nodality	8	4
noddling	8	2
nodosity	8	4
nodulose	8	3
nodulous	8	3
nudeness	8	3
nudicaul	8	3
nudities	8	3
nudnicks	8	2
nudzhing	8	2
obduracy	8	4
obdurate	8	3
oddballs	8	2
oddities	8	3
oddments	8	2
oedemata	8	4
oedipean	8	3
oldsquaw	8	2
oldsters	8	2
oldstyle	8	2
oldwives	8	3
ondogram	8	3
ordained	8	3
ordainer	8	3
orderers	8	3
ordering	8	3
ordinals	8	3
ordinand	8	3
ordinary	8	4
ordinate	8	3
ordnance	8	2
paddings	8	2
paddlers	8	2
paddling	8	2
paddocks	8	2
padishah	8	3
padlocks	8	2
padrones	8	3
padshahs	8	2
paduasoy	8	3
pedagogs	8	3
pedagogy	8	4
pedalfer	8	3
pedalier	8	3
pedaling	8	3
pedalled	8	3
pedantic	8	3
pedantry	8	3
pedately	8	4
peddlers	8	2
peddlery	8	3
peddling	8	2
pederast	8	3
pedestal	8	3
pedicabs	8	3
pedicels	8	3
pedicled	8	3
pedicles	8	3
pedicure	8	3
pediform	8	3
pedigree	8	2
pediment	8	3
pedipalp	8	3
pedocals	8	3
pedology	8	4
peduncle	8	2
piddlers	8	2
piddling	8	2
piddocks	8	2
podagral	8	3
podagras	8	3
podagric	8	3
podcasts	8	2
podestas	8	3
podgiest	8	2
podiatry	8	3
podocarp	8	3
podomere	8	3
podsolic	8	3
podzolic	8	3
puddings	8	2
puddlers	8	2
puddlier	8	2
puddling	8	2
pudendal	8	3
pudendum	8	3
pudgiest	8	2
pudibund	8	3
raddling	8	2
radiable	8	2
radialia	8	3
radially	8	3
radiance	8	2
radiancy	8	3
radiants	8	2
radiated	8	3
radiates	8	3
radiator	8	3
radicals	8	3
radicand	8	3
radicate	8	3
radicels	8	3
radicles	8	3
radioing	8	2
radioman	8	3
radiomen	8	3
radishes	8	3
radiuses	8	3
radwaste	8	2
redacted	8	3
redactor	8	3
redamage	8	3
redargue	8	2
redating	8	3
redbaits	8	2
redbirds	8	2
redbones	8	3
redbrick	8	2
redcoats	8	2
reddened	8	3
reddling	8	2
redecide	8	3
redeemed	8	3
redeemer	8	3
redefeat	8	3
redefect	8	3
redefied	8	3
redefies	8	3
redefine	8	3
redemand	8	3
redenied	8	3
redenies	8	3
redeploy	8	3
redesign	8	3
redheads	8	2
redhorse	8	2
redialed	8	3
redigest	8	3
redipped	8	3
redirect	8	3
redivide	8	3
redlined	8	3
redlines	8	3
rednecks	8	2
redocked	8	3
redolent	8	3
redonned	8	3
redouble	8	2
redoubts	8	2
redounds	8	2
redpolls	8	2
redrafts	8	2
redrawer	8	3
redreams	8	2
redreamt	8	2
redrills	8	2
redriven	8	3
redrives	8	3
redroots	8	2
redrying	8	2
redshank	8	2
redshift	8	2
redshirt	8	2
redskins	8	2
redstart	8	2
redtails	8	2
redubbed	8	3
reducers	8	3
reducing	8	3
reductor	8	3
reduviid	8	3
redwares	8	3
redwings	8	2
redwoods	8	2
redyeing	8	2
riddance	8	2
riddlers	8	2
riddling	8	2
rideable	8	2
ridgiest	8	2
ridgling	8	2
ridicule	8	3
ridottos	8	3
rodeoing	8	2
ruddiest	8	2
ruddling	8	2
ruddocks	8	2
rudeness	8	3
ruderals	8	3
rudiment	8	3
saddened	8	3
saddlers	8	2
saddlery	8	3
saddling	8	2
sadirons	8	3
sadistic	8	3
sedately	8	4
sedatest	8	3
sedating	8	3
sedation	8	3
sedative	8	3
sederunt	8	3
sedgiest	8	2
sedilium	8	3
sediment	8	3
sedition	8	3
seducers	8	3
seducing	8	3
seducive	8	3
sedulity	8	4
sedulous	8	3
siddurim	8	3
sideband	8	3
sidebars	8	3
sidecars	8	3
sidehill	8	3
sidekick	8	3
sideline	8	3
sideling	8	3
sidelong	8	3
sidereal	8	3
siderite	8	3
sideshow	8	3
sideslip	8	3
sidespin	8	3
sidestep	8	3
sidewalk	8	3
sidewall	8	3
sideward	8	3
sideways	8	3
sidewise	8	3
sodaless	8	3
sodalist	8	3
sodalite	8	3
sodality	8	4
sodamide	8	3
soddened	8	3
soddenly	8	3
sodomies	8	3
sodomist	8	3
sodomite	8	3
sodomize	8	3
sudaries	8	3
sudarium	8	3
sudation	8	3
sudatory	8	4
suddenly	8	3
sudsiest	8	2
sudsless	8	2
tadpoles	8	3
tiddlers	8	2
tideland	8	3
tideless	8	3
tidelike	8	3
tidemark	8	3
tiderips	8	3
tideways	8	3
tidiness	8	3
tidytips	8	3
toddlers	8	2
toddling	8	2
undamped	8	3
undaring	8	3
undecked	8	3
undenied	8	3
underact	8	3
underage	8	3
underarm	8	3
underate	8	3
underbid	8	3
underbud	8	3
underbuy	8	3
undercut	8	3
underdid	8	3
underdog	8	3
undereat	8	3
underfed	8	3
underfur	8	3
undergod	8	3
underjaw	8	3
underlap	8	3
underlay	8	3
underlet	8	3
underlie	8	2
underlip	8	3
underlit	8	3
underpay	8	3
underpin	8	3
underran	8	3
underrun	8	3
undersea	8	3
underset	8	3
undertax	8	3
undertow	8	3
underway	8	3
undevout	8	3
undimmed	8	3
undoable	8	2
undocile	8	3
undocked	8	3
undoings	8	2
undotted	8	3
undouble	8	2
undraped	8	3
undrapes	8	3
undreamt	8	2
undubbed	8	3
undulant	8	3
undulate	8	3
undulled	8	3
updarted	8	3
updaters	8	3
updating	8	3
updiving	8	3
updrafts	8	2
updrying	8	2
vedalias	8	3
vedettes	8	3
videotex	8	3
videttes	8	3
vidicons	8	3
waddings	8	2
waddlers	8	2
waddling	8	2
waddying	8	2
wadeable	8	2
wadmaals	8	2
wadmolls	8	2
weddings	8	2
wedeling	8	3
wedgiest	8	2
wedlocks	8	2
widdling	8	2
wideband	8	3
wideners	8	3
wideness	8	3
widening	8	3
wideouts	8	2
widgeons	8	2
widowers	8	3
widowing	8	3
widthway	8	2
yodelers	8	3
yodeling	8	3
yodelled	8	3
yodeller	8	3
zaddikim	8	3
zodiacal	8	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed D in the 3rd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping D locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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