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:

 A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z 

WAB	Ultra Rare	a web
WAD	Common	to form into a wad (a small mass of soft material)
WAE	Ultra Rare	(var. of WOE) tremendous grief
WAG	Common	to move briskly up and down or to and fro
WAI	Wide	water
WAN	Common	(var. of WAN) unnaturally pale
WAP	Ultra Rare	(var. of WRAP) to enclose in something wound or folded about
WAR	Common	to engage in war (a state of open, armed conflict)
WAS	Common	(var. of BE) to have actuality
WAT	Rare	(var. of WET) covered or saturated with a liquid
WAW	Rare	(var. of VAV) a Hebrew letter
WAX	Common	to coat with wax (a natural, heat-sensitive substance)
WAY	Common	a method of doing something
WEB	Common	to provide with a web (an interlaced fabric or structure)
WED	Common	(var. of MARRY) to enter into marriage
WEE	Common	very small
WEM	Ultra Rare	a womb
WEN	Wide	a benign tumor of the skin
WET	Common	(var. of WET) covered or saturated with a liquid
WEX	Ultra Rare	(var. of WAX) to coat with wax (a natural, heat-sensitive substance)
WEY	Ultra Rare	a measure or weight for dry goods
WHA	Ultra Rare	(var. of WHO) what or which person or persons
WHO	Common	what or which person or persons
WHY	Common	the reason or cause of something
WIG	Common	to provide with a wig (an artificial covering of hair for the head)
WIN	Common	(var. of WINNOW) to free grain from impurities
WIS	Ultra Rare	to know -- WIS and WIST are the only accepted forms of this verb; it cannot be conjugated further
WIT	Common	(var. of INTELLIGENCE)
WIZ	Wide	a very clever or skillful person
WOE	Common	tremendous grief
WOF	Wide	a fool
WOG	Wide	a dark-skinned foreigner
WOK	Common	a cooking utensil
WON	Common	(var. of DWELL) to reside
WOO	Common	to seek the affection of
WOP	Wide	(var. of WHIP) to strike with a whip (an instrument for administering corporal punishment)
WOS	Ultra Rare	(var. of WO) woe
WOT	Common	(var. of KNOW) to have a true understanding of
WOW	Common	to excite to enthusiastic approval
WOX	Ultra Rare	(var. of WAX) to coat with wax (a natural, heat-sensitive substance)
WRY	Common	(var. of CONTORT) to twist out of shape
WUD	Ultra Rare	(var. of INSANE) mentally unsound
WUS	Ultra Rare	a term for a pal
WYE	Ultra Rare	the letter Y
WYN	Ultra Rare	(var. of WYNN) the rune for W

---