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6-Letter Words Starting with D: page 2

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All 515 six-letter words that start with D: page 2 of 2

DO

  • dought11n. Power, strength, ability.
  • doughy14adj. Pale and flabby,.
  • dougie8n. A hip-hop dance generally performed by moving one's body in a shimmy...
  • doujin14n. A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan)...
  • dourly10adv. In a dour manner.
  • dovish13adj. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
  • downed11adj. That has been brought down, usually by force.
  • downer10n. A negative drug trip.
  • dowser10n. A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
  • dozens16n. A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
  • dozing17n. A light sleep.

DR

  • drably12adv. In a drab manner.
  • drachm14n. One sixteenth (1⁄16) of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ʒ).
  • drafty13adj. Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
  • draggy12adj. Moving or developing very slowly; tending to drag on; dull.
  • dragon8n. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with...
  • draino7n. Any drain cleaner.
  • draped10adj. Covered by or clothed in cloth that drapes loosely around the object or...
  • draper9n. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.
  • drapes9n. Heavy cloth hung over a window.
  • drapey12adj. Tending to form drape-like folds.
  • draugr8n. An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that...
  • drawee10n. The party directed to pay the amount of a draft or cheque.
  • drawer10n. An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that...
  • drawls10n. Synonym of drawers.
  • dreads8n. Dreadlocks.
  • dreamt9adj. Imagined or only extant in a dream or dreams.
  • dreamy12adj. As in a dream; resembling a dream.
  • dreary10adj. Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
  • dredge9n. A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
  • dreich12adj. Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or...
  • drench12n. A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
  • dressy10adj. Elegant, smart, or stylish.
  • drever10n. A short-legged scenthound of a Swedish breed.
  • drifty13adj. Tending or seeming to drift.
  • drinks11n. A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for...
  • drinky14n. Drink.
  • drippy14adj. Dripping or tending to drip.
  • drivel10n. Nonsense; senseless talk.
  • driven10adj. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
  • driver10n. One who drives something.
  • drogue8n. A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale...
  • drolly10adv. In a droll, odd or humorous manner.
  • dromos9n. An avenue, especially in Ancient Greece.
  • droney10adj. Characterized by droning.
  • drongo8n. Any bird of the genus Dicrurus.
  • drooly10adj. Producing an excess of drool.
  • droopy12adj. Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
  • dropsy12n. Edema, swelling.
  • drover10n. A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking...
  • drowse10v. To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
  • drowsy13adj. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness.
  • drudge9n. A person who works in a low servile job.
  • druggy12adj. Acting as if on drugs; torpid, uncoordinated, etc.
  • drummy14adj. Resembling or characteristic of a drum.
  • drupal9adj. Drupaceous.
  • drying11n. The act of drying.
  • dryish13adj. Quite dry, relatively dry.

DU

  • dually10adv. In a dual manner; doubly.
  • dubbed12adj. Having had the original soundtrack replaced with a synchronized...
  • dubbel11n. A kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist...
  • dubber11n. One who dubs, or gives a name.
  • dubbin11n. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it...
  • ducker13n. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
  • ductal9adj. Of, relating to, or originating in a duct.
  • ducted10adj. Fitted with a duct.
  • ductus9n. The number of strokes that make up a written letter, and the direction...
  • dueler7n. A person who fights a duel.
  • duello7n. A duel.
  • duende8n. A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese)...
  • duenna7n. A chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman.
  • duffel13n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
  • duffer13n. An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
  • duffin13n. A combination of a doughnut and a muffin.
  • duggie9n. A long squared timber of irregular breadth and thickness.
  • dugong9n. A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical...
  • dugout8n. A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.
  • dugway14n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.
  • duiker11n. Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the...
  • dukhan14n. A small restaurant, tavern or shop in the Caucasus and Crimea.
  • dukkah18n. An Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern...
  • dukkha18n. The three main types of pain, suffering, or stress: physical and...
  • dulcet9adj. Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
  • dulled8adj. Made dull.
  • duller7n. One who, or that which, dulls.
  • dumbed12adj. That has been made dumb (speechless).
  • dumble11n. A shady valley, a dingle; especially one with steep wooded sides and a...
  • dumbly14adv. In a silent way.
  • dumdum12n. A soft-nosed or hollow point bullet, or a lead bullet incised on the...
  • dumpee11n. One who is dumped (rejected romantically).
  • dumper11n. A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on...
  • dunder8n. The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.
  • dunite7n. A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.
  • dunkel11n. A type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to...
  • dunker11n. Someone who dunks.
  • dunlin7n. A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having...
  • dunner7n. One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.
  • duping10n. The act by which somebody is duped, tricked or deceived.
  • duplex16adj. Having two floors.
  • durant7n. A strong cloth in imitation of buff leather.
  • durbar9n. A ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
  • duress7n. Constraint by threat.
  • durgan8n. A dwarf; any undersized creature.
  • durian7n. Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
  • during8prep. For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
  • durned8adj. Darned.
  • duster7n. An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or...
  • dustup9n. A scuffle or fight.
  • dutchy15adj. Difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated.

DY

  • dyadic13adj. Having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands).
  • dybbuk18n. A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a...
  • dyeing11n. The act by which something is dyed.
  • dynamo12n. An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
  • dynast10n. A ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who...
  • dynein10n. Any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze ATP and thus provide motive...

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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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