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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UDO	Rare	a Japanese herb
UDS	Ultra Rare	(var. of OATH) a formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge
UEY	Ultra Rare	a U turn
UFO	Ultra Rare	an unidentified flying object
UGH	Common	the sound of a cough or grunt
UGS	Ultra Rare	(var. of UG) to arouse loathing in
UKE	Ultra Rare	(var. of UKELELE) ukulele
ULE	Ultra Rare	a rubber tree
ULU	Ultra Rare	an Eskimo knife
UMM	Ultra Rare	(var. of UM) used to indicate hesitation
UMP	Wide	(var. of UMPIRE) to act as umpire (a person appointed to rule on the plays in a game)
UMU	Ultra Rare	(var. of OVEN) an enclosed compartment in which substances are heated
UNI	Wide	university
UNS	Ultra Rare	(var. of UN) one
UPO	Ultra Rare	(var. of UPON) on
UPS	Common	(var. of UP) to raise
URB	Ultra Rare	an urban area
URD	Ultra Rare	an annual bean grown in India
URE	Ultra Rare	a wild ox
URN	Common	(var. of VASE) a rounded, decorative container
URP	Ultra Rare	(var. of VOMIT) to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
USE	Common	to put into service
UTA	Ultra Rare	any of a genus of large lizards
UTE	Ultra Rare	a utility vehicle
UTS	Ultra Rare	(var. of UT) the musical tone C in the French solmization system now replaced by do
UTU	Ultra Rare	retribution
UVA	Ultra Rare	a grape

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