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If you want to improve your game, there's no better way than to familiarize yourself with all valid three-letter words. Many of these are in common usage, but a great number of them are rarely-used in everyday language, and known only to specialists, word-buffs and puzzle-addicts. Here we provide all playable 3-letter words in alphabetical order, along with their Wordtwist difficulty rating and a brief definition. If you'd like to learn more about a particular word, just click the underlined word to pull up alternate definitions, sample usage and pictures related to that term.
Select a letter to view all valid, three-letter words in SOWPODS (the dictionary we use on this site) which begin with that letter:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
| AAH | Wide | to exclaim in amazement, joy, or surprise |
| AAL | Ultra Rare | an East Indian shrub |
| AAS | Ultra Rare | (var. of AA) rough, cindery lava |
| ABA | Rare | a sleeveless garment worn by Arabs |
| ABB | Rare | a woof yarn |
| ABO | Ultra Rare | an aborigine |
| ABS | Wide | (var. of AB) an abdominal muscle |
| ABY | Rare | to pay the penalty for |
| ACE | Common | to score a point against in a single stroke |
| ACH | Ultra Rare | (var. of OCH) expressing impatience |
| ACT | Common | to do something |
| ADD | Common | to combine or join so as to bring about an increase |
| ADO | Common | bustling excitement |
| ADS | Common | (var. of AD) an advertisement |
| ADZ | Wide | to shape (wood) with an adz (a cutting tool) |
| AFF | Wide | off |
| AFT | Wide | toward the stern |
| AGA | Rare | a high-ranking Turkish military officer |
| AGE | Common | to grow old |
| AGO | Common | in the past |
| AGS | Ultra Rare | (var. of AG) agriculture |
| AHA | Wide | used to express surprise, triumph, or derision |
| AHI | Ultra Rare | a marine food fish |
| AHS | Ultra Rare | (var. of AH) aah |
| AIA | Ultra Rare | (var. of AYAH) a native maid or nurse in India |
| AID | Common | (var. of HELP) to give assistance to |
| AIL | Common | to cause pain or discomfort to |
| AIM | Common | to direct toward a specified object or goal |
| AIN | Rare | (var. of AYIN) a Hebrew letter |
| AIR | Common | (var. of EARLY) near the beginning of a period of time or a series of events |
| AIS | Ultra Rare | (var. of AI) a three-toed sloth |
| AIT | Rare | a small island |
| AKA | Wide | a New Zealand vine |
| AKE | Ultra Rare | (var. of ACHE) to suffer a dull, continuous pain |
| ALA | Rare | a wing or winglike part |
| ALB | Wide | a long-sleeved vestment |
| ALE | Common | an alcoholic beverage |
| ALF | Ultra Rare | an uncultivated Australian |
| ALL | Common | everything that one has |
| ALP | Wide | a high mountain |
| ALS | Ultra Rare | (var. of AL) an East Indian tree |
| ALT | Wide | a high-pitched musical note |
| AMA | Ultra Rare | (var. of AMAH) an Oriental nurse |
| AMI | Rare | a friend |
| AMP | Common | (var. of AMPLIFY) to make larger or more powerful |
| AMU | Rare | a unit of mass |
| ANA | Rare | a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject |
| AND | Common | an added condition or stipulation |
| ANE | Rare | (var. of ONE) a number |
| ANI | Common | a tropical American bird |
| ANN | Wide | a stipend paid to a parish minister's next of kin |
| ANT | Common | a small insect |
| ANY | Common | one, no matter which |
| APE | Common | (var. of MIMIC) to imitate closely |
| APO | Wide | (var. of PROTEIN) a nitrogenous organic compound |
| APP | Wide | a computer program for a major task |
| APT | Common | (var. of SUITABLE) appropriate |
| ARB | Rare | a type of stock trader |
| ARC | Common | to move in a curved course |
| ARD | Ultra Rare | a primitive plough |
| ARE | Common | a unit of surface measure |
| ARF | Ultra Rare | a barking sound |
| ARK | Common | a large boat |
| ARM | Common | to supply with weapons |
| ARS | Ultra Rare | (var. of AR) the letter R |
| ART | Common | an esthetically pleasing and meaningful arrangement of elements |
| ARY | Ultra Rare | (var. of ANY) one, no matter which |
| ASH | Common | to convert into ash (the residue of a substance that has been burned) |
| ASK | Common | to put a question to |
| ASP | Wide | a venomous snake |
| ASS | Common | a hoofed mammal |
| ATE | Common | blind impulse or reckless ambition that drives one to ruin |
| ATT | Wide | a monetary unit of Laos |
| AUA | Wide | the yellow-eye mullet |
| AUE | Wide | an exclamation of pain, distress or astonishment |
| AUF | Ultra Rare | an elf's child |
| AUK | Wide | a diving seabird |
| AVA | Ultra Rare | at all |
| AVE | Wide | an expression of greeting or farewell |
| AVO | Rare | a monetary unit of Macao |
| AWA | Ultra Rare | (var. of AWAY) from a certain place |
| AWE | Common | to inspire with awe (reverential fear) |
| AWL | Wide | a pointed tool for making small holes |
| AWN | Wide | a bristlelike appendage of certain grasses |
| AXE | Common | (var. of AX) to work on with an ax (a type of cutting tool) |
| AYE | Common | an affirmative vote |
| AYS | Common | (var. of AY) aye |
| AYU | Ultra Rare | a small fish |
| AZO | Rare | containing nitrogen |
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