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3 Letter Words
A complete, filterable list of 539 3-letter English words. 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”.
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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 16,750 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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