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
| JAB | Common | to poke sharply |
| JAG | Wide | to cut unevenly |
| JAI | Ultra Rare | victory |
| JAK | Ultra Rare | a type of fruit |
| JAM | Common | to force together tightly |
| JAP | Ultra Rare | (var. of SPATTER) to scatter in drops |
| JAR | Common | to cause to shake |
| JAW | Common | (var. of JABBER) to talk rapidly |
| JAY | Common | a corvine bird |
| JEE | Ultra Rare | (var. of GEE) to turn to the right |
| JET | Common | to spurt forth in a stream |
| JEU | Ultra Rare | a game |
| JEW | Ultra Rare | to barter successfully |
| JIB | Wide | to refuse to proceed further |
| JIG | Common | (var. of BOB) to move up and down |
| JIN | Ultra Rare | (var. of JINN) a supernatural being in Muslim mythology |
| JIZ | Ultra Rare | a wig |
| JOB | Common | to work by the piece |
| JOE | Ultra Rare | a fellow |
| JOG | Common | to run at a slow, steady pace |
| JOL | Wide | to have a good time |
| JOR | Rare | a part of a raga (Indian music) |
| JOT | Common | to write down quickly |
| JOW | Ultra Rare | (var. of TOLL) to collect or impose a toll (a fixed charge for a service or privilege) |
| JOY | Common | (var. of REJOICE) to feel joyful |
| JUD | Ultra Rare | a mass of coal holed ready for removal |
| JUG | Common | to put into a jug (a large, deep container with a narrow mouth and a handle) |
| JUN | Wide | a coin of North Korea |
| JUS | Wide | a legal right |
| JUT | Common | (var. of PROTRUDE) to extend beyond the main portion |
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