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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EAN	Ultra Rare	to give birth
EAR	Common	to form the fruiting head of a cereal
EAS	Ultra Rare	(var. of EA) a river
EAT	Common	to consume food
EAU	Rare	water
EBB	Common	(var. of RECEDE) to move back or away
ECH	Ultra Rare	(var. of EKE) to supplement with great effort
ECO	Ultra Rare	(var. of ECOLOGY) an environmental science
ECU	Wide	an old French coin
EDH	Rare	an Old English letter
EDS	Wide	(var. of ED) education
EEK	Wide	used to express sudden fright
EEL	Common	a snakelike fish
EEN	Ultra Rare	(var. of EE) an eye
EFF	Wide	(var. of EF) the letter F
EFS	Ultra Rare	(var. of EF) the letter F
EFT	Rare	(var. of NEWT) a small salamander
EGG	Common	to incite or urge
EGO	Common	the conscious self
EHS	Ultra Rare	(var. of EH) used to express doubt or surprise
EIK	Ultra Rare	(var. of EKE) to supplement with great effort
EKE	Common	to supplement with great effort
ELD	Rare	old age
ELF	Common	a small, often mischievous fairy
ELK	Common	a large deer
ELL	Wide	the letter L
ELM	Common	a deciduous tree
ELS	Ultra Rare	(var. of EL) an elevated railroad or train
ELT	Ultra Rare	a young sow
EME	Ultra Rare	(var. of UNCLE) the brother of one's father or mother
EMO	Wide	a type of music combining traditional hard rock with personal and emotional lyrics
EMS	Wide	(var. of EM) the letter M
EMU	Wide	a large, flightless bird
END	Common	(var. of TERMINATE)
ENE	Ultra Rare	evening (poetic)
ENG	Wide	a phonetic symbol
ENS	Wide	(var. of ENTITY) something that has a real existence
EON	Common	an indefinitely long period of time
ERA	Common	(var. of EPOCH) a particular period of time
ERE	Wide	previous to; before
ERF	Ultra Rare	a garden plot
ERG	Wide	a unit of work or energy
ERK	Rare	an aircraftsman
ERN	Ultra Rare	(var. of ERNE) a sea eagle
ERR	Common	to make a mistake
ERS	Ultra Rare	(var. of ERVIL) a European vetch
ESS	Ultra Rare	the letter S
EST	Wide	a program designed to raise awareness
ETA	Wide	a Greek letter
ETH	Ultra Rare	(var. of EDH) an Old English letter
EUK	Ultra Rare	(var. of YUKE) to itch
EVE	Common	(var. of EVENING) the latter part of the day and early part of the night
EVO	Wide	(var. of EVENING) the latter part of the day and early part of the night
EWE	Common	(var. of SHEEP) a ruminant mammal
EWK	Ultra Rare	(var. of YUKE) to itch
EWT	Ultra Rare	(var. of NEWT) a small salamander
EXO	Wide	excellent
EYE	Common	the organ of sight

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