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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
| DAB | Common | to touch lightly |
| DAD | Common | father |
| DAE | Rare | (var. of DO) the first tone of the diatonic musical scale |
| DAG | Wide | a hanging end or shred |
| DAH | Rare | a dash in Morse code |
| DAK | Rare | transportation by relays of men and horses |
| DAL | Ultra Rare | a dish of lentils and spices in India |
| DAM | Common | to build a barrier to obstruct the flow of water |
| DAN | Ultra Rare | a level of skill in martial arts |
| DAP | Rare | to dip lightly or quickly into water |
| DAS | Ultra Rare | (var. of DA) a heavy Burmese knife |
| DAW | Rare | (var. of DAWN) to begin to grow light in the morning |
| DAY | Common | the time between sunrise and sunset |
| DEB | Wide | (var. of DEBUTANTE) |
| DEE | Ultra Rare | the letter D |
| DEF | Wide | (var. of EXCELLENT) |
| DEG | Wide | (var. of WATER) to sprinkle with water (a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid) |
| DEI | Ultra Rare | from-used in names |
| DEL | Wide | an operator in differential calculus |
| DEN | Common | to live in a lair |
| DEV | Ultra Rare | (var. of DEVA) a Hindu god |
| DEW | Common | to wet with dew (condensed moisture) |
| DEX | Ultra Rare | a sulfate used as a central nervous system stimulant |
| DEY | Rare | a former North African ruler |
| DIB | Rare | to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water |
| DID | Common | (var. of DO) the first tone of the diatonic musical scale |
| DIE | Common | to cut with a die (a device for shaping material) |
| DIF | Ultra Rare | (var. of DIFF) a difference |
| DIG | Common | to break up, turn over, or remove earth |
| DIM | Common | (var. of OBSCURE) dark or indistinct |
| DIN | Common | to make a loud noise |
| DIP | Common | to immerse briefly into a liquid |
| DIS | Wide | to insult or criticize |
| DIT | Rare | a dot in Morse code |
| DIV | Wide | in Persian legend, an evil spirit |
| DOB | Wide | to inform on |
| DOC | Wide | doctor |
| DOD | Ultra Rare | to cut the hair of |
| DOE | Common | (var. of DEER) a ruminant mammal |
| DOF | Wide | (var. of STUPID) mentally slow |
| DOG | Common | to follow after like a dog (a domesticated, carnivorous mammal) |
| DOH | Wide | a musical note |
| DOL | Wide | a unit of pain intensity |
| DOM | Wide | a title given to certain monks |
| DON | Common | to put on |
| DOO | Ultra Rare | a dove |
| DOP | Ultra Rare | (var. of DIP) to immerse briefly into a liquid |
| DOR | Rare | a black European beetle |
| DOS | Common | (var. of DO) the first tone of the diatonic musical scale |
| DOT | Common | to cover with dots (tiny round marks) |
| DOW | Rare | (var. of PROSPER) to be successful or fortunate |
| DOY | Wide | a beloved person |
| DRY | Common | (var. of PROHIBITIONIST) |
| DSO | Ultra Rare | (var. of ZHO) a cross between a yak and a cow |
| DUB | Common | to confer knighthood on |
| DUD | Common | a bomb that fails to explode |
| DUE | Common | something that is owed |
| DUG | Common | the teat or udder of a female mammal |
| DUH | Wide | used to indicate that something just stated is too obvious |
| DUI | Ultra Rare | (var. of DUO) an instrumental duet |
| DUN | Wide | of a dull brown color |
| DUO | Common | an instrumental duet |
| DUP | Wide | (var. of OPEN) affording unobstructed access, passage, or view |
| DUX | Rare | the best academic performer in a class |
| DYE | Common | to treat with a dye (a coloring matter) |
| DZO | Ultra Rare | (var. of ZHO) a cross between a yak and a cow |
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