4-Letter Words Starting with T

All 304 four-letter words that start with T

TA

• taan4n. A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
• taba6n. A lump of dried tobacco, occasionally mixed with other recreational...
• tabi6n. Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big...
• tach9n. Tachycardia.
• tack10n. A small nail with a flat head.
• taco6n. A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled)...
• tact6n. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or...
• tael4n. Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern...
• taff10n. A Welshman.
• taft7v. To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange.
• taha7n. The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern...
• taho7n. A Philippine snack food made from sweetened flavoured tofu with sago...
• tahr7n. Any of three genera of large Asian ungulates belonging to the subfamily...
• tail4n. The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior...
• tain4n. Thin tin plate.
• tais4n. A traditional woven cloth produced by women in East Timor.
• tait4n. The honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).
• taka8n. The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ৳.
• take8v. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• tako8n. The flesh of octopus as used in sushi.
• tala4n. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.
• talc6n. A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a...
• tale4n. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement...
• tali4n. Synonym of marriage string.
• talk8v. To communicate, usually by means of speech.
• tall4adj. Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the...
• tama6n. A form of votive offering in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly...
• tame6adj. Under human control.
• tamp8v. To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a...
• tana4n. The banxring or tree shrew.
• tang5n. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
• tank8n. A closed container for liquids or gases.
• tant4n. A tantalum capacitor.
• tapa6n. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the...
• tape6n. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides...
• taps6n. A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers'...
• tara4interj. Goodbye.
• tare4n. Any of the tufted grasses of the genus Lolium; darnel.
• tari4n. A small gold coin, worth a quarter of a dinar, struck by the Arabs of...
• tarn4n. A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
• taro4n. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which...
• tarp6v. To cover something with a tarpaulin.
• tart4adj. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
• tase4v. To operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a...
• task8n. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
• tass4n. A cup or cupful.
• tate4n. Of video games, a vertical mode.
• tatt4n. A die, especially one that is loaded.
• taua4n. A group of Maori warriors sent out as a war party.
• taur4n. A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some...
• taut4adj. Of a body, muscle, etc., not flabby; firm, toned.
• tave7v. To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
• tavy10n. Swidden.
• tawa7n. A frying pan or griddle.
• tawn7v. To tan, make tawny.
• taxi11n. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the...
• tayo7n. A garment like an apron, worn by indigenous South Americans.
• tazi13n. An Afghan Hound.
• tazz22v. To move quickly; to dash; to rush.

TE

• teak8n. An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other...
• teal4n. Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are...
• team6n. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
• tear4v. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and...
• teat4n. The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian...
• tech9n. Technology.
• tect6adj. Covered; hidden.
• teef7n. Thief.
• teek8n. A telekinetic person; a person who has telekinetic abilities.
• teel4n. Sesame.
• teem6v. To be stocked to overflowing.
• teen4n. Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
• teep6n. A telepath.
• teer4v. To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
• teet4adj. Fast, swift, nimble.
• teff10n. A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and...
• tega5n. Synonym of ferrado, a traditional Galician unit of dry measure, mass...
• tegg6n. A sheep in its second year or before its first shearing.
• tegu5n. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and...
• teil4n. The lime tree, or linden.
• tela4n. A thin, web-like structure or membrane.
• tele4n. According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between...
• tell4v. To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
• teme6n. A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human...
• temp8v. To measure or check the temperature of something, especially food or...
• tend5v. To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
• tens4n. An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or...
• tent4n. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some...
• tepa6n. A tree native to Chile and Argentina, Laureliopsis philippiana.
• tepe6n. Hill, tell.
• term6n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound...
• tern4n. Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family...
• terp6n. An interpreter (person who translates).
• tesh7n. The IPA digraph "tʃ", or the obsolete ligature "ʧ".
• test4n. A challenge, trial.
• teth7n. The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic...
• text11n. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or...

TH

• thaa7n. The letter ث in the Arabic script.
• thal7n. Thalassaemia.
• than7conj. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
• that7conj. Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a...
• thaw10v. To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to...
• thee7v. To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
• them9pron. Used as the direct object of a verb.
• then7adv. At that time.
• theo7n. The amount of a gambler's theoretical losses based on typical play.
• thew10n. An attractive physical attribute; also, physical, mental, or moral...
• they10pron. A group of entities previously mentioned.
• thig8v. To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
• thin7adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
• this7det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
• thoa7n. An African wolf (Canis lupaster).
• thon7adj. Yon.
• thoo7pron. Thou; singular informal form of you.
• thor7adv. There.
• thou7v. To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an...
• thro7prep. Through.
• thud8n. The sound of a dull impact.
• thug8n. A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
• thus7adv. In this way or manner.

TI

• tian4n. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
• tice6n. A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the...
• tich9n. A very small person.
• tick10n. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
• tide5n. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the...
• tidy8adj. Arranged neatly and in order.
• tied5adj. Closely associated or connected.
• tief7v. To steal, to thieve.
• tier4n. One who ties (knots, etc.).
• ties4n. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
• tiff10n. A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat.
• tifo7n. A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an...
• tift7n. A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
• tige5n. A steel pin in early rifles.
• tike8n. A boorish person.
• tiki8n. A carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the...
• tile4n. A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or...
• tili4n. A hybrid animal resulting from backcrossing a liger with a tiger.
• till4prep. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• tilt4v. To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• time6n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present...
• tina4n. The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride (crystal meth).
• tinc6n. The dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius).
• tind5n. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a...
• tine4n. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork...
• ting5interj. Representing a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
• tink8v. To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
• tint4n. A slight coloring.
• tiny7adj. Very small.
• tion4n. A cross between a male tiger and a lioness.
• tipa6n. A tree of species Tipuana tipu.
• tips6n. Tag (a popular children's chasing game).
• tipu6n. A South American tree, Tipuana tipu, which is grown as an ornamental in...
• tire4v. To become sleepy or weary.
• tish7n. A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
• tiss4v. To make a hissing sound.
• tita4n. An aunt; auntie.
• titi4n. Any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, native to South...
• tito4n. An uncle.
• tivo7v. To digitally record (a television show).
• tizz22n. A tizzy; a state of worried confusion.

TO

• toad5n. An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter...
• tobe6n. A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.
• toby9n. A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby...
• tock10n. A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
• toco6n. Synonym of toco toucan.
• tode5n. A sled used for hauling logs.
• tody8n. Any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds.
• toed5adj. Having (a specified number or type of) toes.
• toer4n. One who toes.
• toey7adj. Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so)...
• toff10n. An elegantly dressed person.
• toft7n. A hillock.
• tofu7n. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
• toga5n. A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
• toge5n. A coat.
• togo5v. To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.
• togs5n. Clothes.
• toho7interj. Tallyho (used to urge on a fox hunt).
• toil4n. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
• toit4n. A cushion.
• toke8n. A gratuity.
• toki8n. A Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon).
• toko8n. A shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products, and...
• tola4n. A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin...
• tole4n. A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is...
• toll4n. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the...
• tolt4n. A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a...
• tolu4n. The resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and...
• toma6n. A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont.
• tomb8n. A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead...
• tome6n. One in a series of volumes.
• tomo6n. A shaft formed in limestone rock dissolved by groundwater.
• tone4n. A specific pitch.
• tong5n. An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without...
• tonk8n. An item or items of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale.
• tons4n. Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).
• tony7adj. Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
• tool4n. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
• toom6n. A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
• toon4n. A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
• toot4n. The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tope6n. A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin...
• toph9n. A kind of sandstone.
• topi6n. An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum syn. Damaliscus lunatus.
• topo6n. A topographic map.
• tops6adv. At the very most; as a maximum.
• tora4n. Synonym of tora hartebeest.
• tore4n. Torus.
• tori4n. A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and...
• torn4adj. Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.
• toro4n. A traditional Japanese lantern.
• torp6n. A torpedo punt.
• torr4n. A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres...
• tort4n. A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as...
• tosa4n. A Japanese breed of fighting dog.
• tose4v. To pull apart or asunder; touse.
• tosh7n. Rubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash.
• toss4n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction...
• tota4n. A kind of monkey, the grivet or waag.
• tote4n. A tote bag.
• toto4n. Only used in in toto.
• toty7n. A low-caste laborer hired as a messenger etc.
• toum6n. A garlic condiment common in the Levant, similar to aioli, made with...
• tour4n. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
• tout4n. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
• town7n. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities...
• towy10adj. Composed of, or resembling, tow (the fabric).
• toxo11n. Toxoplasmosis.
• toyo7n. Soy sauce.

TR

• trab6n. A structural element within a sponge, formed by the fusion of...
• trad5adj. Traditional.
• tram6n. A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road...
• trap6n. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill)...
• tray7n. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon...
• tree4n. A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden...
• tref7n. A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times.
• trek8n. A journey by ox wagon.
• trem6n. The vibrato system on a guitar.
• tres4n. A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban...
• tret4n. An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds...
• trev7n. A farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke.
• trey7n. A playing card or die with the rank of three.
• trez13n. The third tine of an antler's beam.
• trib6v. To sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.
• trie4n. An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative...
• trig5adj. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
• trim6v. To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
• trio4n. A group of three people or things.
• trip6n. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
• tris4n. A flammable compound which forms a corrosive solution in water and is...
• trit4n. The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that...
• trod5v. To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread.
• trog5n. A hooligan, lout.
• trot4n. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
• trou4n. Trousers.
• trow7n. Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for...
• troy7adj. Of, or relating to, troy weight.
• trub6n. The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after...
• true4adj. Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
• trug5n. A shallow, oval basket used for gardening.

TS

• tsan4n. An Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the...
• tsar4n. An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

TU

• tuah7interj. The sound of spitting.
• tuan4n. A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.
• tuba6n. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played...
• tube6n. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
• tuch9n. A dark-coloured kind of marble; touchstone.
• tuck10v. To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
• tuco6n. A tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese...
• tufa7n. Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such...
• tuff10n. A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted...
• tuft7n. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
• tuit4n. Synonym of round tuit.
• tule4n. Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America...
• tumb8v. To tumble; jump; dance.
• tumi6n. A ceremonial axe used by some Incan and pre-Incan cultures of South...
• tump8v. To form a mass of earth or a hillock around.
• tuna4n. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family...
• tune4n. A melody.
• tung5n. A tung tree.
• tunk8n. A sharp blow; a thump.
• turf7n. A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
• turm6n. A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
• turn4v. To move about an axis through itself.
• turt4n. A turtle.
• tush7n. A tusk.
• tusi4n. Synonym of pink cocaine.
• tusk8n. One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors)...
• tuss4n. The penis.
• tute4n. A trick-taking card game, originally from Italy.
• tutu4n. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
• tuya7n. Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting...

TW

• twen7n. A twentysomething.
• twig8n. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
• twin7n. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same...
• twit7v. To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing...
• twos7n. The age of two; two years old.

TY

• tyee7n. A tribal chief of the Chinookan peoples in the Pacific Northwest of the...
• tyke11n. A mongrel dog.
• tyne7n. Anxiety; teen.
• type9n. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
• typo9n. A typographical error.
• tyre7n. The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually...
• tyro7n. A beginner; a novice.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with T are there?

Word.ws lists 304 four-letter words that start with T, plus 37 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with T?

that, this, they, time, them, than, then and take.

Which of the four-letter words that start with T has the highest letter score?

tizz scores 22 points with the standard letter tile values.

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