Words starting with DEF
Every word in the dictionary whose first 3 letters are DEF — 358 of 172,823.
- Words
- 358
- Everyday
- 106in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 17defenselessnesses
- Shortest
- 43 words tie
- deface
- defaced
- defaces
- defacing
- defamation
- defamatory
- defame
- defamed
- defames
- defaming
- default
- defaulted
- defaulting
- defaults
- defeat
- defeated
- defeating
- defeatist
- defeats
- defecate
- defecated
- defecates
- defecating
- defect
- defected
- defecting
- defective
- defectives
- defects
- defend
- defendant
- defendants
- defended
- defender
- defenders
- defending
- defends
- defense
- defensed
- defenseless
- defenses
- defensible
- defensing
- defensive
- defer
- deference
- deferential
- deferred
- deferring
- defers
- defiance
- defiant
- defiantly
- deficiencies
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- deficits
- defied
- defies
- defile
- defiled
- defiles
- defiling
- definable
- define
- defined
- defines
- defining
- definite
- definitely
- definition
- definitions
- definitive
- deflate
- deflated
- deflates
- deflating
- deflation
- deflect
- deflected
- deflecting
- deflection
- deflections
- deflects
- deform
- deformed
- deforming
- deformities
- deformity
- deforms
- defraud
- defrauded
- defrauding
- defrauds
- defrost
- defrosted
- defrosting
- defrosts
- deft
- defter
- deftest
- deftly
- defunct
- defy
- defying
- defacement
- defacer
- defacers
- defalcate
- defalcated
- defalcates
- defalcating
- defalcation
- defalcations
- defamer
- defamers
- defang
- defanged
- defanging
- defangs
- defaulter
- defaulters
- defeater
- defeaters
- defeatism
- defeatists
- defecation
- defection
- defections
- defectively
- defectiveness
- defector
- defectors
- defendable
- defenselessly
- defenselessness
- defenseman
- defensemen
- defensibly
- defensively
- defensiveness
- deferentially
- deferment
- deferments
- deferral
- deferrals
- defi
- defibrillation
- defibrillator
- defibrillators
- defilement
- defiler
- defilers
- definer
- definers
- definiteness
- definitional
- definitively
- deflationary
- deflective
- deflector
- deflectors
- deflower
- deflowered
- deflowering
- deflowers
- defog
- defogged
- defogger
- defoggers
- defogging
- defogs
- defoliant
- defoliants
- defoliate
- defoliated
- defoliates
- defoliating
- defoliation
- defoliator
- defoliators
- deforest
- deforestation
- deforested
- deforesting
- deforests
- deformation
- deformations
- defrauder
- defrauders
- defray
- defrayal
- defrayed
- defraying
- defrays
- defrock
- defrocked
- defrocking
- defrocks
- defroster
- defrosters
- deftness
- defund
- defunded
- defunding
- defunds
- defuse
- defused
- defuses
- defusing
- defacements
- defalcator
- defalcators
- defamations
- defat
- defats
- defatted
- defatting
- defeasance
- defeasances
- defeasibilities
- defeasibility
- defeasible
- defeatisms
- defeature
- defeatures
- defecations
- defectivenesses
- defeminization
- defeminizations
- defeminize
- defeminized
- defeminizes
- defeminizing
- defenestrate
- defenestrated
- defenestrates
- defenestrating
- defenestration
- defenestrations
- defenselessnesses
- defensibilities
- defensibility
- defensivenesses
- defensives
- deferences
- deferent
- deferrable
- deferrables
- deferrer
- deferrers
- defervescence
- defervescences
- defiances
- defibrillate
- defibrillated
- defibrillates
- defibrillating
- defibrillations
- defibrinate
- defibrinated
- defibrinates
- defibrinating
- defibrination
- defibrinations
- deficiently
- deficients
- defier
- defiers
- defilade
- defiladed
- defilades
- defilading
- defilements
- definably
- definement
- definements
- definienda
- definiendum
- definiens
- definientia
- definitenesses
- definitiveness
- definitivenesses
- definitives
- definitize
- definitized
- definitizes
- definitizing
- definitude
- definitudes
- deflagrate
- deflagrated
- deflagrates
- deflagrating
- deflagration
- deflagrations
- deflater
- deflaters
Showing the first 300 of 358, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. Use the finder with a length filter to reach the rest.
What is in this list
The longest is defenselessnesses at 17 letters.
They run from 4 to 17 letters; 9 and 10 letters tie for the most common length, 65 words each.
106 of them — 30% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of D, E and F.
The one furthest down the tiers is defenceman, filed in the unranked list.
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Other openings of 3 letters
Elsewhere
- All DE…3,753
- ends ACK
- ends ADS
- ends AGE
- ends ALS
- ends AMS
- ends AND
- ends ANS
- ends ANT
- ends ARD
- ends ARS
- ends ARY
- ends ASE
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.