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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TAB	Common	to name or designate
TAD	Wide	a small boy
TAE	Ultra Rare	(var. of TO) in the direction of
TAG	Common	to provide with a tag (an identifying marker)
TAI	Ultra Rare	sea bream
TAJ	Ultra Rare	a tall, conical cap worn in Muslim countries
TAK	Ultra Rare	(var. of TAKE) to get possession of
TAM	Wide	a tight-fitting Scottish cap
TAN	Common	brown from the sun's rays
TAO	Ultra Rare	the path of virtuous conduct according to a Chinese philosophy
TAP	Common	to strike gently
TAR	Common	to cover with tar (a black viscous liquid)
TAS	Ultra Rare	(var. of TA) an expression of gratitude
TAT	Wide	to make tatting
TAU	Wide	a Greek letter
TAV	Ultra Rare	a Hebrew letter
TAW	Rare	to convert into white leather by the application of minerals
TAX	Common	to place a tax (a charge imposed by authority for public purposes) on
TAY	Ultra Rare	tea
TEA	Common	a beverage made by infusing dried leaves in boiling water
TEC	Ultra Rare	a detective
TED	Wide	to spread for drying
TEE	Common	to place a golf ball on a small peg
TEF	Ultra Rare	a cereal grass
TEG	Ultra Rare	a yearling sheep
TEL	Wide	an ancient mound in the Middle East
TEN	Common	a number
TES	Ultra Rare	(var. of TE) the note below doh
TET	Ultra Rare	(var. of TETH) a Hebrew letter
TEW	Ultra Rare	to work hard
TEX	Ultra Rare	a unit of weight used to measure the density of yarn
THE	Common	used to specify or make particular
THO	Wide	(var. of THOUGH) despite the fact that
THY	Common	a possessive form of the pronoun thou
TIC	Wide	to have an involuntary muscle contraction
TID	Ultra Rare	(var. of MOOD) a person's emotional state at a particular moment
TIE	Common	to fasten with a cord or rope
TIG	Ultra Rare	(var. of TOUCH) to be in or come into contact with
TIL	Wide	the sesame plant
TIN	Common	to coat with tin (a metallic element)
TIP	Common	(var. of TILT) to cause to slant
TIS	Ultra Rare	(var. of TI) the seventh tone of the diatonic musical scale
TIT	Common	a small bird
TIX	Wide	tickets
TOC	Ultra Rare	code for the letter T
TOD	Rare	a British unit of weight
TOE	Common	to touch with the toe (one of the terminal members of the foot)
TOG	Wide	(var. of CLOTHE) to provide with clothing
TOM	Wide	the male of various animals
TON	Common	a unit of weight
TOO	Common	in addition
TOP	Common	to cut off the top (the highest part, point, or surface) of
TOR	Wide	a high, craggy hill
TOT	Common	(var. of TOTAL) to ascertain the entire amount of
TOW	Common	to pull by means of a rope or chain
TOY	Common	to amuse oneself as if with a toy (a child's plaything)
TRY	Common	(var. of ATTEMPT) to make an effort to do or accomplish
TSK	Ultra Rare	to utter an exclamation of annoyance
TUB	Common	to wash in a tub (a round, open vessel)
TUG	Common	to pull with force
TUI	Rare	a bird of New Zealand
TUM	Wide	a stomach
TUN	Wide	to store in a large cask
TUP	Ultra Rare	to copulate with a ewe
TUT	Wide	to utter an exclamation of impatience
TUX	Wide	(var. of TUXEDO) a man's semiformal dinner coat
TWA	Ultra Rare	(var. of TWO) a number
TWO	Common	a number
TWP	Wide	(var. of STUPID) mentally slow
TYE	Ultra Rare	a chain on a ship
TYG	Rare	an old drinking-cup

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