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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NAB	Common	to capture or arrest
NAE	Wide	no; not
NAG	Common	to find fault incessantly
NAH	Wide	no
NAM	Ultra Rare	(var. of NIM) to steal
NAN	Wide	a round flat bread
NAP	Common	to sleep briefly
NAS	Ultra Rare	has not
NAT	Wide	a nationalist
NAW	Ultra Rare	no
NAY	Common	a negative vote
NEB	Rare	the beak of a bird
NED	Ultra Rare	a young hooligan
NEE	Wide	born with the name of
NEF	Ultra Rare	an ornamental stand for table cutlery
NEG	Wide	a photographic negative
NEK	Ultra Rare	a mountain pass
NEP	Ultra Rare	(var. of CATMINT) catnip
NET	Common	to catch in a net (a type of openwork fabric)
NEW	Common	existing only a short time
NIB	Wide	to provide with a penpoint
NID	Ultra Rare	a pheasant's nest
NIE	Ultra Rare	(var. of APPROACH) to come near or nearer to
NIL	Common	(var. of NOTHING) the absence of all quantity or magnitude
NIM	Rare	(var. of STEAL) to take without right or permission
NIP	Common	(var. of PINCH) to squeeze between two edges or surfaces
NIS	Ultra Rare	a friendly goblin
NIT	Common	the egg of a parasitic insect
NIX	Wide	(var. of VETO) to forbid or prevent authoritatively
NOB	Wide	a wealthy person
NOD	Common	to briefly lower the head forward
NOG	Rare	to fill in a space in a wall with bricks
NOH	Ultra Rare	the classical drama of Japan
NOM	Wide	a name
NON	Common	(var. of NOT) in no way
NOO	Ultra Rare	now
NOR	Common	and not
NOS	Wide	(var. of NO) a negative reply
NOT	Common	in no way
NOW	Common	the present time
NOX	Ultra Rare	short for nitrogen oxide
NOY	Ultra Rare	(var. of VEX) to annoy
NTH	Wide	pertaining to an indefinitely large ordinal number
NUB	Wide	a protuberance or knob
NUN	Common	a woman belonging to a religious order
NUR	Ultra Rare	(var. of KNUR) a bump on a tree
NUS	Wide	(var. of NU) a Greek letter
NUT	Common	to gather nuts (hard-shelled dry fruits)
NYE	Ultra Rare	(var. of APPROACH) to come near or nearer to
NYS	Ultra Rare	(var. of NY) to approach

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