5 letter words starting with D
D starts 457 five letter words. Most of them are ordinary and short vowelled, which makes this one of the more approachable pages on the site: you will recognise a good proportion of the list on sight.
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What is a good five letter word starting with D?
DRAIN, DRIFT and DELVE are the safest general purpose picks: common letters, one vowel, no awkward clusters. For a word game, DIZEN and DOBLA are the ones worth knowing, because they use a Z and a B that are otherwise hard to place.
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Alphabetical, grouped by second letter, which is usually the fastest way to find what you want.
DA words 55
- daces
- dacha
- dadas
- daddy
- dados
- daffs
- daffy
- dagga
- dagos
- dahls
- daily
- dairy
- daisy
- dales
- dally
- daman
- damar
- dames
- damns
- damps
- dance
- dandy
- dangs
- danio
- darbs
- dared
- darer
- dares
- daric
- darks
- darky
- darns
- darts
- dashi
- dashy
- dated
- dater
- dates
- datos
- datto
- datum
- daube
- daubs
- dauby
- daunt
- dauts
- daven
- davit
- dawed
- dawen
- dawks
- dawns
- dawts
- dazed
- dazes
DE words 91
- deads
- deair
- deals
- dealt
- deans
- dears
- deary
- deash
- death
- deave
- debar
- debit
- debts
- debug
- debut
- debye
- decaf
- decal
- decay
- decks
- decor
- decos
- decoy
- decry
- dedal
- deeds
- deedy
- deems
- deeps
- deers
- deets
- defat
- defer
- defis
- defog
- degas
- degum
- deice
- deify
- deign
- deils
- deism
- deist
- deity
- deked
- dekes
- dekko
- delay
- deled
- deles
- delfs
- delft
- delis
- dells
- delly
- delta
- delve
- demes
- demit
- demob
- demon
- demos
- demur
- denes
- denim
- dense
- dents
- deoxy
- depot
- depth
- derat
- deray
- derby
- derma
- derms
- derry
- desex
- desks
- deter
- detox
- deuce
- devas
- devel
- devil
- devon
- dewan
- dewar
- dewax
- dewed
- dexes
- dexie
DH words 7
- dhaks
- dhals
- dhobi
- dhole
- dhoti
- dhows
- dhuti
DI words 74
- dials
- diary
- diazo
- diced
- dicer
- dices
- dicey
- dicks
- dicky
- dicot
- dicta
- dicty
- didie
- didos
- didst
- diene
- diets
- dight
- digit
- diked
- diker
- dikes
- dikey
- dildo
- dills
- dilly
- dimer
- dimes
- dimly
- dinar
- dined
- diner
- dines
- dinge
- dingo
- dings
- dingy
- dinks
- dinky
- dints
- diode
- diols
- dippy
- dipso
- direr
- dirge
- dirks
- dirls
- dirts
- dirty
- disci
- disco
- discs
- dishy
- disks
- disme
- ditas
- ditch
- dites
- ditsy
- ditto
- ditty
- ditzy
- divan
- divas
- dived
- diver
- dives
- divot
- divvy
- diwan
- dixit
- dizen
- dizzy
DJ words 2
- djinn
- djins
DO words 96
- doats
- dobby
- dobie
- dobla
- dobra
- docks
- dodge
- dodgy
- dodos
- doers
- doest
- doeth
- doffs
- doges
- dogey
- doggo
- doggy
- dogie
- dogma
- doily
- doing
- doits
- dojos
- dolce
- dolci
- doled
- doles
- dolls
- dolly
- dolma
- dolor
- dolts
- domal
- domed
- domes
- domic
- donas
- donee
- donga
- dongs
- donna
- donne
- donor
- donsy
- donut
- dooly
- dooms
- doomy
- doors
- doozy
- dopas
- doped
- doper
- dopes
- dopey
- dorks
- dorky
- dorms
- dormy
- dorps
- dorrs
- dorsa
- dorty
- dosed
- doser
- doses
- dotal
- doted
- doter
- dotes
- dotty
- doubt
- douce
- dough
- douma
- doums
- doura
- douse
- doven
- doves
- dowdy
- dowed
- dowel
- dower
- dowie
- downs
- downy
- dowry
- dowse
- doxie
- doyen
- doyly
- dozed
- dozen
- dozer
- dozes
DR words 59
- drabs
- draff
- draft
- drags
- drail
- drain
- drake
- drama
- drams
- drank
- drape
- drats
- drave
- drawl
- drawn
- draws
- drays
- dread
- dream
- drear
- dreck
- dreed
- drees
- dregs
- dreks
- dress
- drest
- dribs
- dried
- drier
- dries
- drift
- drill
- drily
- drink
- drips
- dript
- drive
- droit
- droll
- drone
- drool
- droop
- drops
- dropt
- dross
- drouk
- drove
- drown
- drubs
- drugs
- druid
- drums
- drunk
- drupe
- druse
- dryad
- dryer
- dryly
DU words 60
- duads
- duals
- ducal
- ducat
- duces
- duchy
- ducks
- ducky
- ducts
- duddy
- duded
- dudes
- duels
- duets
- duffs
- duits
- duked
- dukes
- dulia
- dulls
- dully
- dulse
- dumas
- dumbs
- dumka
- dumky
- dummy
- dumps
- dumpy
- dunam
- dunce
- dunch
- dunes
- dungs
- dungy
- dunks
- dunts
- duomi
- duomo
- duped
- duper
- dupes
- duple
- dural
- duras
- dured
- dures
- durns
- duroc
- duros
- durra
- durrs
- durst
- durum
- dusks
- dusky
- dusts
- dusty
- dutch
- duvet
DW words 5
- dwarf
- dweeb
- dwell
- dwelt
- dwine
DY words 8
- dyads
- dyers
- dying
- dyked
- dykes
- dykey
- dynel
- dynes
202 of these are common enough to be in everyday use. Turn on the filter above to hide the rest.
The DR cluster dominates: DRAIN, DRIFT, DRUNK. After that come the plain consonant vowel openings, DELVE, DINAR, DONNA, and a small tail of borrowings that sit in the dictionary without ever reaching common use.
202 of these 457 words are common enough to be in everyday use. The rest are borrowings and technical terms that sit in the dictionary without ever reaching ordinary speech.
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