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
KAB | Rare | an ancient Hebrew unit of measure |
KAE | Ultra Rare | a bird resembling a crow |
KAF | Ultra Rare | (var. of KAPH) a Hebrew letter |
KAI | Ultra Rare | a meal |
KAK | Wide | faeces; rubbish |
KAM | Ultra Rare | awry |
KAS | Ultra Rare | a large cupboard |
KAT | Rare | an evergreen shrub |
KAW | Ultra Rare | (var. of CAW) to utter the sound of a crow |
KAY | Ultra Rare | the letter K |
KEA | Rare | a parrot |
KEB | Ultra Rare | to give birth to a premature lamb |
KED | Rare | a type of wingless fly that infests sheep |
KEF | Rare | hemp smoked to produce euphoria |
KEG | Common | to store in a keg (a small barrel) |
KEN | Common | (var. of KNOW) to have a true understanding of |
KEP | Rare | (var. of CATCH) to capture after pursuit |
KET | Ultra Rare | (var. of CARRION) dead and putrefying flesh |
KEX | Rare | a dry, hollow stalk |
KEY | Common | to provide with a key (a device used to turn the bolt in a lock) |
KHI | Ultra Rare | (var. of CHI) a Greek letter |
KID | Common | (var. of TEASE) to make fun of |
KIF | Rare | (var. of KEF) hemp smoked to produce euphoria |
KIN | Common | a group of persons of common ancestry |
KIP | Wide | (var. of SLEEP) to be in a natural, periodic state of rest |
KIR | Ultra Rare | an alcoholic beverage |
KIS | Wide | (var. of KI) the vital force in Chinese thought |
KIT | Common | (var. of EQUIP) to provide with whatever is needed |
KOA | Rare | a timber tree |
KOB | Rare | a reddish brown antelope |
KOI | Ultra Rare | a large and colorful fish |
KON | Ultra Rare | (var. of KNOW) to have a true understanding of |
KOP | Rare | a hill |
KOR | Rare | a Hebrew unit of measure |
KOS | Rare | a land measure in India |
KOW | Ultra Rare | a branch of twigs |
KUE | Ultra Rare | the letter Q |
KYE | Ultra Rare | a private Korean-American banking club |
KYU | Ultra Rare | a novice grade in judo |