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5 Letter Words Starting With D and Ending in A
Every five-letter word that fits D _ _ _ A — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With D and End in A?
The D…A shape covers 31 words, with 3 in the answer pool. Follow up with DELTA — about 95.5% of the remaining answers gone.
Square two does most of the remaining work, and it leans heavily toward O: 15 of the 31 words, 48% of the list (DOGMA). Guessing DO as your opening two letters is the percentage play.
100% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 3 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit D _ _ _ A
Once D and A are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 DELTA — eliminates about 95.5% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 DOGMA — eliminates about 88.9% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 DRAMA — eliminates about 88.9% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Second-letter groups run O (15), A (4), I (4), U (4) and a tail of 1 more. On a D···A board that grouping mirrors exactly the order the clues arrive in.
D···A Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
3 appearances in 1916 puzzles makes this a genuinely uncommon shape — DRAMA (#1731, 2026-03-16), DOGMA (#1260, 2024-11-30), DELTA (#75, 2021-09-02). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1731 | 2026-03-16 | DRAMA |
| #1260 | 2024-11-30 | DOGMA |
| #75 | 2021-09-02 | DELTA |
The other 28 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
D···A Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 31 D···A words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 0 | 0% |
| Exactly 2 | 24 | 77% |
| 3 or more | 7 | 23% |
And the most common second letters among D···A words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after D:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| DO···A | 15 |
| DA···A | 4 |
| DI···A | 4 |
| DU···A | 4 |
| DE···A | 2 |
| DH···A | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after D splits the list fastest — DO alone accounts for 15 of the 31 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 20 of the 31 words here use five different letters and 11 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with D and end in A?
There are 31 valid five-letter words that start with D and end in A in our Wordle dictionary, and 3 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the D···A list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best D···A words for Wordle?
DELTA, DOGMA, DRAMA are the strongest. DELTA eliminates about 95.5% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed D and A, guessing DELTA both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which D to A words have been Wordle answers?
3 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was DRAMA (#1731) on 2026-03-16, and the first was DELTA on 2021-09-02. Every answer-eligible D···A word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these D···A words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once D and A are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 20 of the 31 words use five distinct letters and 11 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in D···A words?
O — DO accounts for 15 of the 31 words (48%), ahead of DA with 4. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do D···A words usually have?
100% of these 31 words carry two or more vowels — 24 have exactly two and 7 have three or more, against 0 with one or fewer. With D and A already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.