Words that start with D
There are 16,064 words that start with D in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are DECITIZENIZING and DIZZYINGLY, tied at 36 points. They run from 2 to 15 letters, 9-letter words are the biggest group with 2,338, and the average one scores 14.8 points.
Find these words in your tiles
Use ? or * for a blank tile, up to 15 characters. The dictionary loads in the background.
Every word your letters make appears below, longest first, each with its Scrabble score.
D is a friendly two-point tile that anchors countless past-tense words ending in ed, and it opens strong words too. D starts 6% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 4th largest share of the 26 letters. The longest run to 15 letters (446 words), DECONTAMINATION among them. Two-letter words starting with D: DA, DE, DI and DO.
Words that start with D in numbers
- Words
- 16,064
- Highest scoring
- DECITIZENIZING 36 pts
- Average score
- 14.8 pts
- Longest
- DECONTAMINATION 15 letters
- 24
- 366
- 4319
- 5656
- 61,144
- 71,770
- 82,190
- 92,338
- 102,174
- 111,823
- 121,446
- 131,010
- 14678
- 15446
Highest-scoring words that start with d
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| decitizenizing | 36 | 14 |
| dizzyingly | 36 | 10 |
| decitizenized | 35 | 13 |
| demythologizing | 35 | 15 |
| deoxygenizing | 35 | 13 |
| decitizenizes | 34 | 13 |
| dehydrogenizing | 34 | 15 |
| demythologized | 34 | 14 |
| demythologizers | 34 | 15 |
| deoxygenized | 34 | 12 |
Words that start with D (16,064)
These 300 of the 16,064 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every length (2 to 15 letters); within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
15-letter words 22
14-letter words 22
13-letter words 23
12-letter words 23
11-letter words 23
10-letter words 23
9-letter words 23
8-letter words 23
7-letter words 23
6-letter words 23
5-letter words 23
4-letter words 23
3-letter words 23
Frequently asked questions
How many words start with D?
16,064 words in Unscrambly's list start with D. 656 of them have five letters, 1,770 have seven and 4 have two.
What is the best D word for Scrabble?
DECITIZENIZING and DIZZYINGLY tie at 36 points before bonus squares. Next come DECITIZENIZED (35), DEMYTHOLOGIZING (35) and DEOXYGENIZING (35). Across all 16,064, the average is 14.8 points.
What two-letter words start with D?
DA, DE, DI and DO: 4 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words start with D?
656. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words starting with D list, where DIZZY scores highest at 27 points.