Valid Three Letter Words in SOWPODS

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.org 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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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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