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:
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TAB | Common | to name or designate |
TAD | Wide | a small boy |
TAE | Ultra Rare | (var. of TO) in the direction of |
TAG | Common | to provide with a tag (an identifying marker) |
TAI | Ultra Rare | sea bream |
TAJ | Ultra Rare | a tall, conical cap worn in Muslim countries |
TAK | Ultra Rare | (var. of TAKE) to get possession of |
TAM | Wide | a tight-fitting Scottish cap |
TAN | Common | brown from the sun's rays |
TAO | Ultra Rare | the path of virtuous conduct according to a Chinese philosophy |
TAP | Common | to strike gently |
TAR | Common | to cover with tar (a black viscous liquid) |
TAS | Ultra Rare | (var. of TA) an expression of gratitude |
TAT | Wide | to make tatting |
TAU | Wide | a Greek letter |
TAV | Ultra Rare | a Hebrew letter |
TAW | Rare | to convert into white leather by the application of minerals |
TAX | Common | to place a tax (a charge imposed by authority for public purposes) on |
TAY | Ultra Rare | tea |
TEA | Common | a beverage made by infusing dried leaves in boiling water |
TEC | Ultra Rare | a detective |
TED | Wide | to spread for drying |
TEE | Common | to place a golf ball on a small peg |
TEF | Ultra Rare | a cereal grass |
TEG | Ultra Rare | a yearling sheep |
TEL | Wide | an ancient mound in the Middle East |
TEN | Common | a number |
TES | Ultra Rare | (var. of TE) the note below doh |
TET | Ultra Rare | (var. of TETH) a Hebrew letter |
TEW | Ultra Rare | to work hard |
TEX | Ultra Rare | a unit of weight used to measure the density of yarn |
THE | Common | used to specify or make particular |
THO | Wide | (var. of THOUGH) despite the fact that |
THY | Common | a possessive form of the pronoun thou |
TIC | Wide | to have an involuntary muscle contraction |
TID | Ultra Rare | (var. of MOOD) a person's emotional state at a particular moment |
TIE | Common | to fasten with a cord or rope |
TIG | Ultra Rare | (var. of TOUCH) to be in or come into contact with |
TIL | Wide | the sesame plant |
TIN | Common | to coat with tin (a metallic element) |
TIP | Common | (var. of TILT) to cause to slant |
TIS | Ultra Rare | (var. of TI) the seventh tone of the diatonic musical scale |
TIT | Common | a small bird |
TIX | Wide | tickets |
TOC | Ultra Rare | code for the letter T |
TOD | Rare | a British unit of weight |
TOE | Common | to touch with the toe (one of the terminal members of the foot) |
TOG | Wide | (var. of CLOTHE) to provide with clothing |
TOM | Wide | the male of various animals |
TON | Common | a unit of weight |
TOO | Common | in addition |
TOP | Common | to cut off the top (the highest part, point, or surface) of |
TOR | Wide | a high, craggy hill |
TOT | Common | (var. of TOTAL) to ascertain the entire amount of |
TOW | Common | to pull by means of a rope or chain |
TOY | Common | to amuse oneself as if with a toy (a child's plaything) |
TRY | Common | (var. of ATTEMPT) to make an effort to do or accomplish |
TSK | Ultra Rare | to utter an exclamation of annoyance |
TUB | Common | to wash in a tub (a round, open vessel) |
TUG | Common | to pull with force |
TUI | Rare | a bird of New Zealand |
TUM | Wide | a stomach |
TUN | Wide | to store in a large cask |
TUP | Ultra Rare | to copulate with a ewe |
TUT | Wide | to utter an exclamation of impatience |
TUX | Wide | (var. of TUXEDO) a man's semiformal dinner coat |
TWA | Ultra Rare | (var. of TWO) a number |
TWO | Common | a number |
TWP | Wide | (var. of STUPID) mentally slow |
TYE | Ultra Rare | a chain on a ship |
TYG | Rare | an old drinking-cup |