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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| SAB | Ultra Rare | (var. of SOB) to cry with a convulsive catching of the breath |
| SAC | Common | a pouchlike structure in an animal or plant |
| SAD | Common | (var. of UNHAPPY) happy |
| SAE | Wide | so |
| SAG | Common | to bend or sink downward from weight or pressure |
| SAI | Ultra Rare | a monkey |
| SAL | Rare | salt |
| SAM | Ultra Rare | (var. of GATHER) to bring together into one place or group |
| SAN | Ultra Rare | a sanatorium |
| SAP | Common | to deplete or weaken gradually |
| SAR | Ultra Rare | (var. of SAVOUR) to savor |
| SAT | Common | (var. of SIT) to rest on the buttocks |
| SAU | Ultra Rare | (var. of XU) a monetary unit of Vietnam |
| SAV | Ultra Rare | (var. of SAVELOY) a highly seasoned sausage |
| SAW | Common | to cut or divide with a saw (a type of cutting tool) |
| SAX | Wide | (var. of SAXOPHONE) |
| SAY | Common | (var. of UTTER) to give audible expression to |
| SAZ | Ultra Rare | a stringed instrument of the Middle East |
| SEA | Common | (var. of OCEAN) the vast body of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface |
| SEC | Wide | (var. of SECANT) a trigonometric function of an angle |
| SED | Ultra Rare | (var. of SAY) to utter |
| SEE | Common | to perceive with the eyes |
| SEG | Ultra Rare | one who advocates racial segregation |
| SEI | Ultra Rare | (var. of RORQUAL) a large whale |
| SEL | Ultra Rare | (var. of SELF) the total, essential, or particular being of one person |
| SEN | Wide | a monetary unit of Japan |
| SER | Wide | a unit of weight of India |
| SET | Common | to put in a particular position |
| SEW | Common | to mend or fasten with a needle and thread |
| SEX | Common | to determine the sex (the property by which organisms are classified according to reproductive functions) of |
| SEY | Ultra Rare | a part carcase of beef |
| SEZ | Ultra Rare | (var. of SAY) to utter |
| SHA | Ultra Rare | used to urge silence |
| SHE | Common | (var. of PERSON) a human being |
| SHH | Wide | (var. of SH) used to urge silence |
| SHY | Common | (var. of TIMID) lacking courage or self-confidence |
| SIB | Rare | (var. of SIBLING) one having the same parents as another |
| SIC | Common | to urge to attack |
| SIF | Ultra Rare | syphilitic; nasty |
| SIK | Wide | excellent |
| SIM | Ultra Rare | (var. of SIMULATION) |
| SIN | Common | to commit a sin (an offense against religious or moral law) |
| SIP | Common | to drink in small quantities |
| SIR | Common | a respectful form of address used to a man |
| SIS | Wide | sister |
| SIT | Common | to rest on the buttocks |
| SIX | Common | a number |
| SKA | Wide | a popular music of Jamaica |
| SKI | Common | to travel on skis (long, narrow strips of wood or metal) |
| SKY | Common | to hit or throw toward the sky (the upper atmosphere) |
| SLY | Common | (var. of CRAFTY) skillful in deceiving |
| SMA | Ultra Rare | (var. of SMALL) of limited size or quantity |
| SNY | Ultra Rare | a side channel of a river |
| SOB | Common | to cry with a convulsive catching of the breath |
| SOC | Wide | the right of holding a local court |
| SOD | Common | to cover with sod (turf) |
| SOG | Ultra Rare | (var. of SOAK) to saturate thoroughly in liquid |
| SOH | Wide | the fifth note of the scale |
| SOL | Wide | the fifth tone of the diatonic musical scale |
| SOM | Rare | a monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan |
| SON | Common | (var. of CHILD) a young person |
| SOP | Common | to dip or soak in a liquid |
| SOS | Ultra Rare | (var. of SO) sol |
| SOT | Wide | an habitual drunkard |
| SOU | Wide | a former French coin |
| SOV | Ultra Rare | sovereign |
| SOW | Common | to scatter over land for growth, as seed |
| SOX | Common | (var. of SOCK) a knitted or woven covering for the foot |
| SOY | Wide | (var. of SOYBEAN) the seed of a cultivated Asian herb |
| SPA | Common | a mineral spring |
| SPY | Common | to watch secretly |
| SRI | Rare | mister; sir -- used as a Hindu title of respect |
| STY | Wide | to keep in a pigpen |
| SUB | Common | to act as a substitute |
| SUD | Wide | froth of soapy water |
| SUE | Common | to institute legal proceedings against |
| SUI | Ultra Rare | himself, herself, itself |
| SUK | Ultra Rare | (var. of SOUK) a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East |
| SUM | Common | to add into one total |
| SUN | Common | to expose to the sun (the star around which the earth revolves) |
| SUP | Common | to eat supper |
| SUQ | Ultra Rare | (var. of SOUK) a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East |
| SUR | Ultra Rare | above |
| SUS | Ultra Rare | a suspect |
| SWY | Ultra Rare | a game of two up |
| SYE | Ultra Rare | (var. of STRAIN) to exert to the utmost |
| SYN | Wide | (var. of SYNE) since |
