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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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

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