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13 words fit both edges
3 tiles remain unsettled. DANCE fills them with A, N, and C, so it is a useful word to compare with the exact letters your board has kept or rejected.
13 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With D and Ending In E
D at the front and E at the end leave 13 complete answers, running alphabetically from DANCE to DWALE. Only the 3 interior tiles can change from one result to the next.
Repeated letters
2 answers repeat a letter
DENSE and DODGE each use a duplicate. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with DANCE, DHOLE, and DIRGE.
Reading order
The list runs from DANCE to DWALE
DANCE, DENSE, DHOLE, DIRGE, and DODGE open the list; DWALE is the final entry alphabetically.
All 13 matches from DANCE to DWALE
This set is small enough for a single careful pass: DANCE opens it, DRAPE marks the midpoint and DWALE closes it. Cross out conflicts as you go instead of rereading the whole list after every clue.
- DANCE
- DENSE
- DHOLE
- DIRGE
- DODGE
- DOUSE
- DRAPE
- DRIVE
- DRUPE
- DRUSE
- DULSE
- DUPLE
- DWALE
What separates these 13 candidates
R, U, and L appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. DANCE exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, N, and C.
Leaders in open positions
- second: R in 4 words
- third: U in 3 words
- fourth: S in 4 words
Movable letters seen most often
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 5 candidates
- U appears outside the fixed clue in 5 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- S appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
12 of the 13 matches use 2 vowels. DANCE is one concrete example of that shape.
2 vowels: 123 vowels: 1
D and E lock the outside
Compare the inside of DANCE
Ignore the already-proven D and E while measuring new information. The middle of DANCE contributes A, N, and C. Compare those interior letters with the same positions in the other answers; one yellow or gray clue there can settle a 13-word shortlist quickly.
DANCE fits both edges, but that only settles two squares. Its interior A, N, and C must still match the exact positions and letter quantities shown in your round.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 13-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for DANCE, DENSE, and DHOLE show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- DANCE
- To move the body rhythmically, usually to music.
- DENSE
- Closely packed, thick, or containing much in little space.
- DHOLE
- A wild social canine native to South and Southeast Asia.
- DIRGE
- A slow mournful song associated with death.
- DODGE
- To move quickly to avoid a person or object.
- DOUSE
- To pour liquid over something or extinguish it.
- DRAPE
- To arrange cloth loosely over or around something.
- DRIVE
- To operate and control a motor vehicle, or to cause something to move by force or motivation.
- DRUPE
- A fleshy fruit containing a single hard stone around its seed.
- DRUSE
- A crust or coating of small crystals on a rock surface.
- DULSE
- An edible red seaweed, Palmaria palmata, found in cool North Atlantic and North Pacific waters.
- DUPLE
- Having two beats or two main divisions to a measure in music.
- DWALE
- An old name for deadly nightshade or for a stupefying preparation associated with narcotic plants.
Keep D and E at the edges, then revise the middle
From 5-Letter Words Starting With D and Ending In E, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With A and Ending In E, currently with 37 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With A and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With B and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With F and Ending In E
Open list →Inspect the middle of DANCE
Anchor D first and E last, then read only the interior of DANCE. If A, N, and C conflict with a fixed, yellow or excluded tile, cross it out and move to the next candidate.