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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LAB	Common	(var. of LABORATORY)
LAC	Wide	a resinous substance secreted by certain insects
LAD	Common	a boy or youth
LAG	Common	to stay or fall behind
LAH	Ultra Rare	the sixth note of the scale
LAM	Wide	to flee hastily
LAP	Common	to fold over or around something
LAR	Rare	a tutelary god or spirit of an ancient Roman household
LAS	Ultra Rare	(var. of LA) the sixth tone of the diatonic musical scale
LAT	Wide	a muscle of the back
LAV	Wide	(var. of LAVATORY) a room equipped with washing and toilet facilities
LAW	Common	to take a complaint to court for settlement
LAX	Common	not strict or stringent
LAY	Common	to deposit as a wager
LEA	Wide	(var. of MEADOW) a tract of grassland
LED	Common	(var. of LEAD) to cover with lead (a heavy metallic element)
LEE	Common	shelter from the wind
LEG	Common	to move with the legs (appendages that serve as a means of support and locomotion)
LEI	Wide	a wreath of flowers
LEK	Rare	a monetary unit of Albania
LEP	Ultra Rare	(var. of LEAP) to spring off the ground
LES	Wide	(var. of LESBIAN) a female homosexual
LET	Common	(var. of HINDER) to impede
LEU	Rare	a monetary unit of Romania
LEV	Rare	a monetary unit of Bulgaria
LEW	Ultra Rare	(var. of TEPID) moderately warm
LEX	Wide	law
LEY	Rare	(var. of LEA) a meadow
LEZ	Ultra Rare	(var. of LESBIAN) a female homosexual
LIB	Wide	(var. of LIBERATION)
LID	Common	to provide with a lid (a movable cover)
LIE	Common	to be in or get into a horizontal position
LIG	Ultra Rare	to lie about
LIN	Wide	(var. of LINN) a waterfall
LIP	Common	to touch with the lips (the folds of flesh around the mouth)
LIS	Ultra Rare	(var. of LI) a Chinese unit of distance
LIT	Common	(var. of LITAS) a former monetary unit of Lithuania
LOB	Common	to throw or hit in a high arc
LOD	Ultra Rare	the logarithm of the odds, used in statistics and in calculating Scrabble ratings
LOG	Common	to cut down trees for timber
LOO	Wide	to subject to a forfeit at loo (a card game)
LOP	Common	to cut off branches or twigs from
LOR	Ultra Rare	expressing surprise
LOS	Ultra Rare	praise
LOT	Common	to distribute proportionately
LOU	Wide	(var. of LOVE) to feel great affection for
LOW	Common	having relatively little upward extension
LOX	Wide	to supply with lox (liquid oxygen)
LOY	Ultra Rare	a long narrow spade
LUD	Ultra Rare	lord
LUG	Common	to carry or pull with effort
LUM	Ultra Rare	(var. of CHIMNEY) a flue
LUR	Rare	a Scandinavian trumpet
LUV	Wide	(var. of SWEETHEART)
LUX	Rare	a unit of illumination
LUZ	Ultra Rare	a bone
LYE	Common	a solution used in making soap
LYM	Ultra Rare	(var. of LYAM) a leash

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