Words Starting With D
1,205 words accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzles since 2018 starting with D, with meanings, pronunciation, etymology and puzzle appearances for each. Browse all letters.
D Words
- dabbedVerb
simple past and past participle of dab
- dabbingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of dab
- dabblingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of dabble
- daceNoun
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
- dachaNoun
A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
- daciteNoun
An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
- dacoitNoun · Verb
A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.
- dacronNoun
A polymer, polyethylene terephthalate PET, as used for making thread and cloth.
- dactylNoun
A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |
- dactyliNoun
plural of dactylus
- dactylicAdjective · Noun
of or consisting of dactyls.
- daddleVerb · Noun
To walk unsteadily; totter; dawdle
- daddledVerb
simple past and past participle of daddle
- daddlingVerb
present participle and gerund of daddle
- daddyNoun · Verb
Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
- dadgumAdjective · Adverb
Euphemistic form of goddamned.
- dadoedAdjective · Verb
Having a dado or dados.
- dadoingVerb
present participle and gerund of dado
- daedalAdjective
Skilful, ingenious, cunning.
- daedaleanAdjective
Alternative spelling of Daedalian.
- daffNoun · Verb
A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
- daffedVerb
simple past and past participle of daff
- daffingNoun
Fun; merrymaking.
- daftAdjective
Foolish, silly, stupid.
- daggaNoun
Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.
- daggleVerb
To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush
- daggledVerb
simple past and past participle of daggle
- dagglingVerb
present participle and gerund of daggle
- dagoNoun
A person of Italian descent.
- dagobaNoun
Synonym of stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka.
- dagwoodNoun
A large thick multi-layered sandwich containing cold cuts, cheese, lettuce and any of several other fillings
- dahabeahNoun
Alternative form of dahabieh.
- dahabiahNoun
Alternative form of dahabieh.
- dahabiehNoun
A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
- dahlNoun
Alternative spelling of dal.
- dahliaNoun
Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.
- dahoonNoun
Ilex cassine, a holly native to the southeastern coast of North America.
- dailyAdjective · Noun
That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
- daimonicAdjective · Noun
In the way of a daimon; befitting a demon; fiendish.
- daintilyAdverb
In a dainty manner, delicately.
- daintyAdjective · Noun
Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
- dairyNoun · Adjective
(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
- dairymaidNoun
A woman or girl who works in a dairy.
- daleNoun
A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
- daledhNoun
Alternative form of dalet.
- dalethNoun
Alternative form of dalet.
- dalliedVerb
simple past and past participle of dally
- dallyVerb · Noun
To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- dallyingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of dally
- dalmatianNoun
Alternative spelling of Dalmatian.
- daltonNoun
the atomic mass unit
- daltonianNoun
Alternative form of Daltonian.
- damageNoun · Verb
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- damagedVerb · Adjective
simple past and past participle of damage
- damagingAdjective · Noun
Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
- damarNoun
A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
- dameNoun · Verb
Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- dammarNoun
Alternative form of damar.
- dammedVerb
simple past and past participle of dam
- dammingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of dam
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