3-Letter Words
There are 1,509 three-letter words on Word.ws, from aad to zzz, each with a short meaning. The most common are the, and, for, you and was.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
3-letter words by first letter
3-letter words by last letter
The 100 most common 3-letter words
- act5n. Something done, a deed.
- add5v. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars)...
- age4n. The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing...
- ago4Before now, before the present time.
- air3n. The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of...
- all3det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions...
- and4conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
- any6adv. To even the slightest extent; at all.
- are3n. An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal...
- art3n. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms...
- ask7v. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- bad6adj. Of low quality.
- bed6n. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- big6adj. Of great size, large.
- bit5n. A small amount of something.
- boy8n. A male child.
- but5prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
- buy8v. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- can5v. To know how to.
- car5n. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels...
- cup7n. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as...
- cut5v. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- day7n. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
- die4v. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- dog5n. The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus...
- due4adj. Owed or owing.
- eat3v. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it...
- end4n. The terminal point of something in space or time.
- far6adj. Distant; remote in space.
- few9det. An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
- for6conj. Because.
- fun6n. Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
- get4v. To obtain; to acquire.
- god5n. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being...
- got4v. Expressing obligation; used with have.
- guy7n. An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the...
- had7v. Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took...
- her6det. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in...
- hey9interj. An exclamation to get attention.
- him8pron. With dative effect or as an indirect object.
- his6det. Belonging to him.
- hit6v. To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- hot6adj. Having or giving off a high temperature.
- how9adv. To what degree or extent.
- its3det. Belonging to it.
- job12n. A task.
- key10n. An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or...
- law6n. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards...
- led4adj. Under somebody's control or leadership.
- let3v. To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- lol3interj. Used in song as a nonsense syllable.
- lot3n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- low6adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal...
- man5n. An adult male human.
- may8v. To be able to go.
- men5n. (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
- met5v. To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.
- mom7n. Mother.
- new6adj. Recently made, or created.
- non3n. A non-Muslim citizen.
- not3adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
- now6adj. Present; current.
- off9adv. In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- oil3n. Liquid fat.
- old4adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a...
- one3pron. One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
- our3det. Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive...
- out3adv. Away from the inside or centre.
- own6adj. Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to...
- pay8v. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or...
- per5prep. For each.
- put5v. To physically place (sth or sb swh).
- red4n. The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour...
- run3v. To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short...
- saw6n. Such a tool with a toothed blade.
- say6v. To pronounce.
- sea3n. A large body of salt water.
- see3v. To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by...
- set3v. To put (something) down, to rest.
- she6pron. The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
- sir3n. A man of a higher rank or position.
- six10n. A group or set with six elements.
- son3n. One's male offspring.
- tax10n. Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the...
- the6art. ...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified...
- too3adv. Likewise.
- top5n. The highest or uppermost part of something.
- try6v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- two6n. The digit/figure 2.
- use3n. The act of using.
- war6n. Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between...
- was6v. Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is...
- way9n. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to...
- who9pron. What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of...
- why12adv. Introducing a complete question.
- win6v. To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now...
- won6n. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in...
- yes6part. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
- yet6adv. In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or...
- you6pron. The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
Source and license
Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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