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3 Letter Words
A filterable list of 539 3-letter English words from this site's word list. Filter by starting letter, ending letter or the letters a word must contain.
Key facts about this word list
- Words in this list
- 539
- Share of the dictionary
- 3%
- Most common first letter
- S (41)
- Most used
- the, and, for
S (41), A (40), T (37) start the most 3-letter words in this list.
The most frequently used 3-letter words are “the”, “and”, “for”, “you”, “not”.
This list is built from this site’s own word list of about 16,750 words drawn from common written English. It includes some names and abbreviations that most word games reject, and it leaves out rare and technical words, so check anything you plan to play against the rules of your game. More about the word list.
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3-letter words (300 of 539)
- abs
- ace
- act
- add
- adj
- adv
- aft
- age
- ago
- aid
- aim
- air
- aka
- ale
- all
- alt
- amp
- amt
- and
- ant
- any
- ape
- app
- apt
- arc
- are
- ark
- arm
- arr
- art
- ash
- ask
- asp
- ass
- ate
- aux
- ave
- avg
- awe
- aye
- bad
- bag
- ban
- bar
- bat
- bay
- bed
- bee
- beg
- bet
- bib
- bid
- big
- bin
- bio
- bit
- biz
- boa
- bob
- bod
- boo
- bop
- bot
- bow
- box
- boy
- bra
- bro
- bud
- bug
- bur
- bus
- but
- buy
- bye
- cab
- cad
- cal
- cam
- can
- cap
- car
- cat
- chi
- cir
- cis
- cit
- cod
- col
- com
- con
- cop
- cor
- cos
- cot
- cow
- cox
- cpl
- cps
- cry
- ctr
- cub
- cue
- cum
- cup
- cur
- cut
- dab
- dad
- dag
- dam
- day
- deb
- def
- deg
- den
- dew
- did
- die
- dig
- dim
- din
- dip
- dis
- div
- doc
- doe
- dog
- don
- dot
- dry
- dub
- due
- dug
- dun
- duo
- dye
- ear
- eat
- eff
- egg
- ego
- elf
- elk
- elm
- emu
- end
- era
- err
- esp
- eta
- etc
- eve
- exp
- ext
- eye
- fab
- fan
- far
- fat
- fax
- fed
- fee
- few
- fig
- fin
- fir
- fit
- fix
- flu
- fly
- fob
- fog
- foo
- for
- fox
- fps
- fry
- fun
- fur
- fwd
- gag
- gal
- gap
- gas
- gay
- gee
- gel
- gem
- get
- gig
- gin
- gnu
- god
- goo
- got
- gov
- gum
- gun
- gut
- guy
- gym
- had
- ham
- hat
- hay
- hem
- hen
- hep
- hex
- hey
- hid
- him
- hip
- hit
- hoc
- hog
- hon
- hop
- hot
- how
- hub
- hug
- huh
- hum
- hut
- hwy
- ice
- iii
- ill
- imp
- inc
- ind
- inf
- ink
- inn
- int
- ion
- ire
- isl
- ivy
- jam
- jar
- jaw
- jay
- jet
- job
- joy
- jun
- ken
- key
- kid
- kin
- kit
- lab
- lac
- lad
- lag
- lam
- lap
- lat
- law
- lax
- lay
- lea
- lee
- leg
- lei
- let
- lib
- lid
- lie
- lip
- lit
- lob
- log
- lot
- low
- lug
- lux
- mac
- mad
- mag
- man
- map
- mar
- mat
- max
- may
- meg
- men
- met
- mfg
- mfr
- mid
- mil
- min
- mix
- mob
- mod
Showing 300 of 539 words — 239 more available.
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Frequently asked questions
How many 3 letter words are there?
Our English dictionary contains 539 3-letter words, about 3% of its 16,749 entries. Unabridged dictionaries list more, including rare and technical words.
Which letter starts the most 3 letter words?
S, with 41 words, followed by A with 40.
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