5-Letter Words Starting with D

All 378 five-letter words that start with D

DA

• dabba10n. A kind of lunchbox or food container.
• dabby13adj. Damp.
• dabke12n. A folk dance of the Levant.
• dacha11n. A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
• daddy11n. Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
• daeva9n. A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature, usually considered as a...
• daffy15adj. Somewhat mad or eccentric.
• dagga8n. Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the...
• daggy11adj. Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
• daily9adj. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
• daing7n. Dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted...
• dairy9n. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
• daisy9n. A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family...
• daith9n. An ear piercing in the inner cartilage just above the earhole.
• dakka14interj. The sound of a firing machine gun.
• dalal6n. A broker; a middleman.
• dalet6n. The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic...
• dally9v. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
• daman8n. The rock hyrax.
• damar8n. A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and...
• damme10interj. Expressing anger or vehemence.
• dance8n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music...
• dancy11adj. Ready to dance.
• danda7n. A punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the...
• dandy10n. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language...
• dango7n. A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
• danio6n. Any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
• danna6n. Human feces.
• danso6n. A small notched, end-blown vertical flute made of bamboo or plastic...
• danta6n. A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central...
• danza15n. A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.
• dappy13adj. Daft, foolish.
• darby11n. A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet...
• darcy11n. A (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of...
• darga7n. A Hebrew cantillation mark found in the Torah, the Haftarah, etc....
• daric8n. A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great...
• darky13n. The time of darkness: night or dusk.
• darts6n. A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are...
• darty9n. A party held in the daytime.
• dasha9n. One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods...
• dashi9n. A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
• dashy12adj. Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
• dasia6n. Synonym of rough breathing.
• dated7adj. Marked with a date.
• dater6n. One who dates.
• datto6n. A local headman in many parts of central Malaysia and the southern...
• datum8n. Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning...
• daube8n. A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
• dauer6n. A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit...
• daugh10n. An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising...
• daunt6v. To discourage, intimidate.
• daven9v. To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray.
• davit9n. A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes...
• dawah12n. Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching.
• dayan9n. A rabbinic judge.
• dayer9n. Something lasting a specified number of days.
• dazed16adj. In a state of shock or confusion.

DE

• deads7n. The substances that enclose the ore on every side.
• deady10n. (A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin.
• dealy9n. An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot...
• deary9n. A dear; a darling.
• death9n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an...
• debar8v. To exclude or shut out; to bar.
• debby13adj. Like a debutante.
• deben8n. A measure of weight used during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt...
• debit8n. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
• debug9v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in...
• debus8v. To alight or get off a bus.
• debut8n. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or...
• debye11n. The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10⁻¹⁸...
• decad9n. A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed.
• decaf11adj. That has caffeine removed.
• decal8n. A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another...
• decan8n. One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions...
• decap10v. To remove a cap.
• decay11n. Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually...
• decel8n. Synonym of decelerationist.
• decet8n. A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group.
• decim10n. A decimeter.
• decor8n. The style of decoration of a room or building.
• decoy11n. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
• decry11v. To denounce as harmful.
• deedy10adj. Industrious; active.
• deets6n. Details.
• defer9v. To delay or postpone.
• deffo12adj. Definite.
• defib11v. To defibrillate.
• defin9v. To remove the fins from.
• defog10v. To remove the moisture or fog from.
• degas7v. To remove the gas from.
• degen7n. Sword.
• deify12v. To make into a god.
• deign7v. To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often...
• deism8n. A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable...
• deist6adj. Of or relating to deism and deists.
• deity9n. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
• dekko14n. A look; a glance.
• delay9n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying...
• delft9n. A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
• delia6n. A garment worn by noblemen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
• delly9adj. Having many dells.
• delta6n. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
• delts6n. The deltoid muscles.
• delve9v. To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.
• deman8v. To sack employees from.
• demat8v. To restore (hair, fur, etc.) from a matted state.
• demic10adj. Of or pertaining to a deme.
• demin8n. Demineralized water.
• demit8v. To let fall; to depress; to yield.
• demob10v. To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
• demon8n. An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
• demos8n. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an...
• demur8v. Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be...
• denar6n. The currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.
• dench11adj. Excellent; impressive; awesome.
• denim8n. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
• denpa8n. Works of fiction associated with alienation from reality, society, and...
• dense6adj. Having relatively high density.
• deoxy16adj. Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of...
• depot8n. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
• depth11n. The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is...
• deque15n. A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed...
• deray9n. Impetuosity, prowess, vigour.
• derby11n. Any of several annual horse races.
• deric8adj. Relating to the ectoderm, as distinguished from enteric.
• derma8n. The inner layer of the skin.
• dermo8n. Perkinsosis.
• derny9n. A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.
• derpy11adj. Foolish, silly.
• derry9n. Dislike.
• desai6n. In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district...
• desal6n. Desalination.
• deshi9n. A member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho.
• desma8n. An axial filament.
• desmo8adj. Desmodromic.
• despo8adj. Desperate.
• desto6n. A headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display...
• deter6v. To prevent something from happening.
• detox13n. Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
• deuce8n. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• devan9v. To unload (goods) from a container.
• devex16adj. Bending down, stooping or sloping.
• devic11adj. Relating to a deva.
• devil9n. An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive...
• devon9n. A type of processed meat sausage.
• dewan9n. A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic)...
• dewar9n. A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than...
• dewey12n. A charge of DUI.

DH

• dhaba11n. A roadside restaurant in South Asia.
• dhara9n. A natural spring in the Himalayas, especially one used for human...
• dhikr13n. A Sufi Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is...
• dhobi11n. A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman.
• dhole9n. An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
• dhoni9n. A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow...
• dhoop11n. A form of extruded Indian incense, lacking a core bamboo stick.
• dhoti9n. A long loincloth worn by men in India.
• dhuhr12n. The midday Islamic prayer.

DI

• diary9n. A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
• diazo15adj. Containing a pair of double bonded nitrogen atoms, typically directly...
• diced9adj. Cut up into small pieces, especially cubes, typically about ¼″ to ½″...
• dicer8n. A gambler who plays dice.
• dicey11adj. Fraught with danger.
• dicot8n. A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.
• diddy11n. A woman's breast.
• didge8n. Didgeridoo.
• didit7n. An assertion that something not satisfactorily explained by science is...
• diene6n. An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double...
• diety9adj. Having the quality of a diet.
• dight10adj. Adorned, decorated, or furnished (with); dressed, arrayed, or decked...
• digit7n. A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a...
• digne7adj. Worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
• dijon13n. Dijon mustard, a prepared mustard containing white wine in place of...
• diker10n. One who digs or works on dykes; a ditcher.
• dildo7n. A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
• dilly9adj. Redolent of dill (the herb).
• dimed9adj. (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) At volume setting 10 (the...
• dimer8n. A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two...
• dimly11adv. In a dim manner; not clearly.
• dimmy13adj. Somewhat dim; dimmish.
• dinar6n. The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain...
• diner6n. Someone who dines.
• dinge7n. Dinginess.
• dingo7n. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris...
• dingy10adj. Dark, dull.
• dinky13adj. Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
• dinos6n. An Ancient Greek mixing-bowl or cauldron, without handles or feet.
• diode7n. An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only...
• dione6n. Diketone.
• dippy13adj. Lacking common sense.
• dirge7n. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial...
• dirty9adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt...
• disco8n. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by...
• dishy12adj. Attractive; good-looking; sexy.
• dispo8n. A marijuana dispensary.
• disso6n. A dissertation.
• ditch11n. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
• ditsy9adj. Tending to fuss over small details.
• ditto6n. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same...
• ditty9n. A short, simple verse or song.
• ditzy18adj. Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
• divan9n. A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman...
• diver9n. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
• divey12adj. Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.
• divot9n. A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke...
• divvy15n. A dividend; a share or portion.
• dixie13n. A large iron pot, used in the army.
• dizzy27adj. Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or...

DJ

• djent13n. A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and...

DO

• dobby13n. A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric...
• dobra8n. The official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided...
• dobro8n. An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
• docks12n. A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices.
• doddy11n. A hornless cow.
• dodge8v. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
• dodgy11adj. Evasive and shifty.
• dodie7n. A baby's pacifier or soother.
• dodol7n. A sweet, sticky toffee-like confection made from coconut milk, jaggery...
• doggo8adv. Only used in lie doggo and play doggo.
• doggy11n. A dog, especially a small one.
• dogie7n. A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its...
• dogma9n. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially...
• doily9n. A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a...
• doina6n. A kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been...
• doing7n. A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
• doink10v. To have sex with.
• dolce8n. A soft-toned organ stop.
• dolly9n. A doll.
• dolma8n. Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally...
• dolon6n. A specialized elongated hollow structure that forms part of the...
• dolus6n. Evil intent: malice or fraud.
• domed9adj. In the form of a dome.
• domme10n. A female dominant in a sadomasochistic relationship.
• dommy13adj. Dominating, dominant.
• domus8n. A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
• donat6n. A rank in some knightly orders.
• donax13n. A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing...
• donee6n. Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
• doner6n. Doner kebab.
• doney9n. Girl, sweetheart, darling, young woman, woman.
• donga7n. A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.
• donna6n. A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
• donny9n. Don; bloke; dude; any man.
• donor6n. One who makes a donation.
• doody10n. Excrement, poop.
• doofy12adj. Characteristic of a doof; stupid.
• doole6n. Sorrow; dole.
• dooly9n. A basic Indian litter or sedan chair made of poles, ropes, and a seat...
• doomy11adj. Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic.
• doona6n. A padded blanket used as a cover in bed; a duvet.
• doors6n. Opening time.
• doosh9interj. Imitating a drum sound in electronic music.
• doozy18n. Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or...
• doped9adj. Drugged.
• doper8n. A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.
• dopey11adj. Stupid, silly.
• dorea6n. A kind of cotton fabric from India.
• doris6n. A sea slug.
• dorje13n. Synonym of vajra (“Buddhist ceremonial mace”).
• dorky13adj. Like a dork.
• dormy11n. A dormitory.
• doser6n. One who administers a dose.
• dosha9n. Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.
• doted7adj. Stupid; foolish.
• dotel6n. A dotard.
• dotty9adj. Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
• doubt8v. To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack...
• douce8adj. Sweet; nice; pleasant.
• dough10n. A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other...
• doula6n. A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical...
• douse6v. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
• doust6n. Dust.
• dovie9n. Synonym of dove (“term of endearment”).
• dowdy13adj. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
• dowel9n. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting...
• dower9n. The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to...
• dowie9adj. Dull, dreary; melancholy.
• downy12adj. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or...
• dowry12n. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the...
• dowse9v. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
• doyen9n. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
• dozen15n. A set of twelve.
• dozer15n. One who dozes.

DR

• draco8n. A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle.
• draft9n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
• drain6n. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume...
• drake10n. A male duck (bird).
• drama8n. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be...
• drank10n. Dextromethorphan.
• drape8n. A curtain; a drapery.
• drash9n. An exegesis.
• drawl9v. To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
• drawn9adj. Depleted.
• dread7v. To fear greatly.
• dream8n. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
• drear6adj. Dreary.
• dreck12n. Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
• dregs7n. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container...
• dress6v. To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a...
• dried7adj. Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been...
• drift9n. Anything driven at random.
• drill6v. To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
• dring7v. To press; squeeze; crowd; push.
• drink10v. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• drive9v. To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
• droid7n. A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human...
• droit6n. A legal right or entitlement.
• droll6adj. Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
• drome8n. The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.
• drone6n. A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary...
• droog7n. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.
• drool6v. To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
• droop8v. To hang downward; to sag.
• dross6n. Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from...
• drott6n. An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket...
• drove9n. The herd being driven in a cattle (or other animal) drive; thus, a...
• drown9v. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
• druid7n. One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the...
• drunk10adj. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by...
• drupe8n. A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and...
• drury9n. Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
• druse6n. A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
• drusy9adj. Having a druse.
• dryad10n. A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph.
• dryas9n. Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens.
• dryer9n. One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to...
• dryly12adv. In a dry manner.

DU

• duang7n. A kind of Asian horoscope.
• dubby13adj. In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly...
• dubia8n. A set of questions on doctrine sent by Catholic bishops to the Holy See.
• duble8n. The official currency of Slowjamastan.
• ducal8adj. Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they...
• ducat8n. A gold coin minted by various European nations.
• duchy14n. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
• ducks12n. A pair of twos.
• ducky15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a duck.
• duddy11adj. Ragged.
• dudes7n. Any group of people, regardless of gender.
• duduk11n. An Armenian woodwind instrument.
• dukes10n. One's parents.
• dukey13n. A penny gaff.
• dulce8n. Sweetness.
• dulia6n. The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.
• dully9adv. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
• dulse6n. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is...
• dumba10n. The fat-tailed sheep.
• dumka12n. A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
• dummy13n. A silent person; a person who does not talk.
• dumpy13adj. Short and thick; stout or stocky.
• dunam8n. An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square...
• dunce8n. An unintelligent person.
• dunch11v. To knock against; to hit, punch.
• dungy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
• dunks10n. Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
• dunky13adj. Suitable for dunking; dunkable.
• dunna6v. Do not.
• dunno6n. An utterance of the word dunno.
• dunny9adj. Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.
• dunzo15adj. Done, finished.
• duomo8n. A cathedral, or a cathedral-like building, especially one in Italy.
• duper8n. A person who dupes another.
• duple8adj. Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
• duppy13n. A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or...
• durak10n. A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of...
• dural6adj. Relating to the dura mater.
• duroy9n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
• durra6n. A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
• durry9n. A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
• dusky13adj. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
• dusty9adj. Covered with dust.
• dutch11n. Wife.
• dutty9n. The ground.
• duvet9n. A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down)...

DW

• dwarf12n. Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other...
• dwell9n. A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given...
• dword10n. A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in...

DY

• dying10adj. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
• dykes13n. Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire...
• dynam11n. A foot-pound.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with D are there?

Word.ws lists 378 five-letter words that start with D, plus 253 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words that start with D?

doing, death, drive, daily, dance, dream, doubt and drink.

Which of the five-letter words that start with D has the highest letter score?

dizzy scores 27 points with the standard letter tile values.

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