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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RAD	Wide	(var. of FEAR) to be afraid of
RAG	Common	(var. of SCOLD) to rebuke harshly
RAH	Wide	used to cheer on a team or player
RAI	Ultra Rare	a style of popular Algerian music
RAJ	Wide	dominion; sovereignty
RAM	Common	to strike with great force
RAN	Common	(var. of RUN) to move by rapid steps
RAP	Common	to strike sharply
RAS	Ultra Rare	an Ethiopian prince
RAT	Common	to hunt rats (long-tailed rodents)
RAW	Common	(var. of UNCOOKED) cook
RAX	Ultra Rare	to stretch out
RAY	Common	to emit rays (narrow beams of light)
REB	Ultra Rare	a Confederate soldier
REC	Wide	(var. of RECREATION) creation
RED	Common	(var. of REDD) to put in order
REE	Ultra Rare	the female Eurasian sandpiper
REF	Wide	(var. of REFEREE) to supervise the play in certain sports
REG	Wide	(var. of REGULATION)
REH	Ultra Rare	salt or Indian soil
REI	Ultra Rare	an erroneous English form for a former Portuguese coin
REM	Wide	a quantity of ionizing radiation
REN	Ultra Rare	(var. of RUN) to move by rapid steps
REO	Wide	a New Zealand language
REP	Wide	(var. of REPRESENT) present
RES	Wide	a particular thing or matter
RET	Wide	to soak in order to loosen the fiber from the woody tissue
REV	Common	to increase the speed of
REW	Ultra Rare	regret
REX	Ultra Rare	an animal with a single wavy layer of hair
REZ	Ultra Rare	(var. of RES) a particular thing or matter
RHO	Wide	a Greek letter
RHY	Ultra Rare	a grass
RIA	Rare	a long, narrow inlet
RIB	Common	to poke fun at
RID	Common	to free from something objectionable
RIF	Ultra Rare	to dismiss from employment
RIG	Common	to put in proper condition for use
RIM	Common	to provide with a rim (an outer edge)
RIN	Ultra Rare	to run or melt
RIP	Common	to tear or cut apart roughly
RIT	Wide	(var. of SCRATCH) to make a thin, shallow cut or mark on
RIZ	Ultra Rare	(var. of RISE) to move upward
ROB	Common	to take property from illegally
ROC	Rare	a legendary bird of prey
ROD	Common	to provide with a rod (a straight, slender piece of wood, metal, or other material)
ROE	Common	the mass of eggs within a female fish
ROK	Ultra Rare	a legendary bird
ROM	Wide	a Gypsy man or boy
ROO	Rare	(var. of KANGAROO) an Australian mammal
ROT	Common	(var. of DECOMPOSE)
ROW	Common	to propel by means of oars
RUB	Common	to move along the surface of a body with pressure
RUC	Ultra Rare	(var. of ROC) a legendary bird of prey
RUD	Ultra Rare	(var. of REDDEN) to make or become red
RUE	Common	to feel sorrow or remorse for
RUG	Common	to tear roughly
RUM	Common	(var. of ODD) unusual
RUN	Common	to move by rapid steps
RUT	Common	to make ruts (grooves) in
RYA	Rare	a Scandinavian handwoven rug
RYE	Common	a cereal grass

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