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5 Letter Words Starting With D

683 five-letter words start with D. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that start with D

With their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

  • drive 9to urge or propel forward
  • daily 9every day
  • deals 6to trade or do business
  • death 9the end of life
  • dance 8to move rhythmically to music
  • drugs 7a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
  • dates 6the specified day of the month
  • draft 9to conscript for military service
  • dream 8a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
  • depth 11the quality of being deep
  • drink 10to swallow liquid
  • delta 6an alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
  • dress 6to put clothes on
  • dolls 6a small replica of a person
  • delay 9to put off to a later time
  • drama 8a composition written for theatrical performance

All 683 words, A to Z

DA…DE…DH…DI…DJ…DO…DR…DS…DU…DW…DY…DZ…

DH… (11)

Top score: DHIKR, 13 points (tied with one other). Meaning: a Sufi religious ceremony

DJ… (2)

Top score: DJINN, 13 points (tied with one other). Meaning: an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth…

DS… (2)

Top score: DSOBO, 8 points (tied with one other)

DW… (12)

Top score: DWARF, 12 points. Meaning: to cause to appear small

DY… (8)

Top score: DYKED, 14 points. Meaning: to dike

DZ… (1)

Top score: DZHOS, 18 points

About these words

  • 683 of the 12,987 5-letter words start with D (5%).
  • 488 are good in NWL2023, 682 in Collins Scrabble Words and 452 in ENABLE. 113 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, dizzy scores the most (27), then doozy, ditzy and dzhos (18 each), then five words on 16.