3 Letter Words
Three letter words ARE some of THE most frequently used words in the English language. Almost anything YOU want to SAY to anyone will most likely include a three-letter word! Not only that, words with three letters ARE also an easy of scoring a FEW extra points in your Scrabble game! The word ZZZ is worth 30 points and FIZ is worth 15 points. NOT BAD right?
This is a list of all 3 letter words. We have 1349 words in this word list.
Filter Your Word List
Use the letter filter below, word search, or word finder to narrow down your 3 letter words. There are 1349 words in this word list, so narrowing it down might be a good idea.
3-Letter Words List
Take a look at the list of popular Three letter words starting with M below. They are valid in most word scramble games, including Scrabble and Words With Friends.
How Many Three-Letter Words Are There in the English Dictionary?
There are 1,348 words with 3 letters in the our English word list, which was derived from Oxford and Webster dictionaries.
How Many Three Letter Words Are There in the Scrabble Dictionary?
Depending on which version of Scrabble you are playing the amount of words with three letters will vary.
- Scrabble UK has 1,292
- Scrabble US has 1,015
How Many 3-Letter Words Are There in the Words With Friends Dictionary?
WWf uses the ENABLE word list, which currently has 972 words with three letters
What Are Some Common 3 Letter Words?
The top 20 most commonly used 3-letter words are:
- the
- and
- for
- you
- not
- are
- all
- new
- was
- can
- has
- but
- our
- one
- may
- out
- use
- any
- see
- his
What Are The Highest Scoring 3-Letter Words?
The highest-scoring word varies by the word game you are playing. Here is a breakdown:
Scrabble US - ZZZ is worth 30 points
Scrabble UK - ZZZ is worth 30 points
Words With Friends - ZAX is worth 19 points
Word Dictionaries, Word Lists, and Lexicons
Each word game uses its own dictionary. These word game dictionaries also work for other popular word games, such as, the Daily Jumble, Text Twist, Word Cookies, and other word puzzle games. We also have a Word Unscrambler for each word puzzle game.
These are the Word Lists we have:
- "All" contains an extremely large list of words from all sources.
- Scrabble US - NWL - contains Scrabble words from the NASPA word list, formerly TWL (USA, Canada and Thailand)
- Scrabble UK - CSW - contains Scrabble words from the Collins Scrabble Words, formerly SOWPODS (All countries except listed above)
- Words With Friends - WWF - contains Words With Friends words from the ENABLE word list