Words Ending In LD
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There are 194 words that end in LD in the ENABLE list, which is roughly 0.11% of the words Letterpile uses. The longest are CHESTERFIELD, COUNTERWORLD and OVERWITHHELD; the shortest are ELD and OLD. The highest base score belongs to OVERWITHHELD (25 points), using commonly used tile values. 104 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 194 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.11% |
| Longest | CHESTERFIELD, COUNTERWORLD and OVERWITHHELD and 5 more (12 letters) |
| Shortest | ELD and OLD (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | OVERWITHHELD, 25 |
| No repeated letters | 104 |
Most common letter before LD
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| O | 90 |
| E | 47 |
| I | 25 |
| A | 14 |
| R | 10 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 22 leave another word when the final
LDis taken off, for exampleBALD,BOLD,CHILD,FIELDandGOLD→BA,BO,CHI,FIEandGO. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 74 of these words.
- The average length is 7.3 letters.
- Before LD, the letter
Oappears most often (90 words).
All -LD words
3 letters 2
eld old
4 letters 22
auld bald bold cold fold geld gild gold held hold meld mild mold sild sold told veld weld wild wold yald yeld
5 letters 22
acold ahold bield build cauld child could fauld field fjeld guild mould scald scold skald weald wield woald world would yauld yield
6 letters 26
afield beheld behold bifold chield enfold engild herald infold kobold refold regild remold resold retold reweld ribald shield should unfold unmold unsold untold upfold upheld uphold
7 letters 23
cuckold emerald fanfold infield mangold onefold outsold outtold piebald pinfold premold presold rebuild sixfold tenfold toehold trifold twofold unbuild upbuild upfield wergeld wergild
8 letters 47
airfield anticold billfold canfield copyhold danegeld fivefold foothold foretold fourfold freehold gatefold godchild handheld handhold hayfield manifold manyfold marigold midfield misbuild misfield nailfold ninefold outbuild outfield outscold outyield overbold overcold overgild overheld overhold overmild oversold roothold scaffold semibald semiwild skewbald snowmold subfield subworld sunscald weregild withheld withhold
9 letters 25
backfield blindfold coalfield cornfield demiworld downfield eightfold goldfield household interfold leasehold minefield multifold overbuild playfield sevenfold sheepfold snowfield springald stepchild stokehold threefold threshold ultracold undersold
10 letters 13
afterworld brainchild brickfield centerfold dreamworld fingerhold grainfield grandchild microworld otherworld stronghold underworld windshield
11 letters 6
battlefield hundredfold millionfold netherworld schoolchild severalfold
12 letters 8
chesterfield counterworld overwithheld overwithhold stranglehold subthreshold thousandfold throttlehold
Using these words
To find words ending in LD from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with LD in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???LD in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.