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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VAC	Wide	a vacuum cleaner
VAE	Ultra Rare	a bay or creek
VAG	Ultra Rare	to arrest someone for vagrancy
VAN	Common	to transport in a van (a type of motor vehicle)
VAR	Wide	a unit of reactive power
VAS	Rare	an anatomical duct
VAT	Common	to put into a vat (a large container for holding liquids)
VAU	Ultra Rare	(var. of VAV) a Hebrew letter
VAV	Rare	a Hebrew letter
VAW	Ultra Rare	(var. of VAV) a Hebrew letter
VEE	Ultra Rare	the letter V
VEG	Wide	to spend time idly
VET	Common	to treat animals medically
VEX	Common	(var. of ANNOY) to be troublesome to
VIA	Common	by way of
VID	Ultra Rare	(var. of VIDEO) a recording for playing on a television set
VIE	Common	to strive for superiority
VIG	Ultra Rare	(var. of VIGORISH) a charge paid to a bookie on a bet
VIM	Wide	(var. of ENERGY) the capacity for vigorous activity
VIN	Ultra Rare	wine
VIS	Ultra Rare	force or power
VLY	Ultra Rare	(var. of VLEI) a swamp
VOE	Wide	a small bay, creek, or inlet
VOL	Wide	two wings joined at the base (heraldry)
VOR	Ultra Rare	(var. of WARN) to make aware of impending or possible danger
VOW	Common	to make a vow (a solemn promise)
VOX	Ultra Rare	voice
VUG	Ultra Rare	a small cavity in a rock or lode
VUM	Ultra Rare	used to express surprise

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