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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MAA	Ultra Rare	to bleat like a goat
MAC	Wide	(var. of RAINCOAT) a waterproof coat
MAD	Common	(var. of INSANE) mentally unsound
MAE	Ultra Rare	(var. of MORE) a greater amount
MAG	Wide	(var. of MAGAZINE) a type of periodical publication
MAK	Ultra Rare	(var. of MAKE) to cause to exist
MAL	Ultra Rare	(var. of SICKNESS) the state of being sick
MAM	Wide	mother
MAN	Ultra Rare	an adult human male
MAP	Common	to delineate on a map (a representation of a region)
MAR	Common	to detract from the perfection or wholeness of
MAS	Common	(var. of MA) mother
MAT	Common	to pack down so as to form a dense mass
MAW	Wide	(var. of MOW) to cut down standing herbage
MAX	Wide	to reach the upper limit
MAY	Common	to gather flowers in the spring
MED	Wide	(var. of MEDICATION)
MEE	Ultra Rare	in Malaysia, noodles or a dish containing noodles
MEG	Wide	(var. of MEGABYTE) 1,048,576 bytes
MEL	Rare	honey
MEM	Wide	a Hebrew letter
MEN	Common	(var. of MON) man
MES	Common	(var. of ME) the objective case of the pronoun I
MET	Common	(var. of MEET) to come into the company or presence of
MEU	Ultra Rare	the plant baldmoney
MEW	Common	(var. of CONFINE) to shut within an enclosure
MHO	Rare	a unit of electrical conductance
MIB	Ultra Rare	a type of playing marble
MIC	Wide	(var. of MICROPHONE)
MID	Wide	the middle
MIG	Rare	a type of playing marble
MIL	Wide	a unit of length
MIM	Rare	primly demure
MIR	Rare	a Russian peasant commune
MIS	Ultra Rare	(var. of MI) the third tone of the diatonic musical scale
MIX	Common	to put together into one mass
MIZ	Ultra Rare	(var. of MISERY) a state of great suffering
MNA	Ultra Rare	a Greek weight
MOA	Rare	an extinct flightless bird
MOB	Common	to crowd about
MOC	Ultra Rare	(var. of MOCCASIN) a type of shoe
MOD	Common	one who wears boldly stylish clothes
MOE	Ultra Rare	a wry face
MOG	Rare	to move away
MOI	Wide	used to express surprise
MOL	Wide	(var. of MOLE) the quantity of a compound that has a weight equal to the compound's molecular weight
MOM	Common	mother
MON	Wide	(var. of MAN) an adult human male
MOO	Common	to make the deep, moaning sound of a cow
MOP	Common	to wipe with a mop (an implement for cleaning floors)
MOR	Wide	a forest humus
MOS	Wide	(var. of MO) a moment
MOT	Wide	a witty saying
MOU	Ultra Rare	a Scots form of mouth
MOW	Common	to cut down standing herbage
MOY	Ultra Rare	a measure
MOZ	Ultra Rare	a curse
MUD	Common	to cover with mud (soft, wet earth)
MUG	Common	to assault with intent to rob
MUM	Common	to act in a disguise
MUN	Wide	man; fellow
MUS	Wide	(var. of MU) a Greek letter
MUT	Rare	(var. of MUTT) a mongrel dog
MUX	Ultra Rare	(var. of SPOIL) to impair the value or quality of
MYC	Ultra Rare	a gene that transforms a normal cell into a cancerous cell

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