Words That Start With DE

The 800 most common words that start with DE, out of 2251 in the dictionary. Grouped by length, shortest first, with each word’s score using standard letter values. Rarer and archaic words are left off so the list stays usable — use the filter box to narrow it further.

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Word	Meaning
de	A Mid-Atlantic state
deb	A young woman making her debut into society
den	A unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
dew	Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
dey	A servant who has charge of the dairy
dead	People who are no longer living
deaf	People who have severe hearing impairments
deal	The act of distributing playing cards
dean	A man who is the senior member of a group
dear	Earnest
debt	An obligation to pay or do something
deck	Street name for a packet of illegal drugs
deed	A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
deem	Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
deep	Literary term for an ocean
deer	Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
deft	Skillful in physical movements
defy	Challenge
degu	A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidæ
delf	An excavation

Quick facts about this list

Words shown	800 of 2251
Shortest	2 letters
Longest	departmental (12 letters)
Highest scoring	denazify (24 points)

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