Common 9-letter words that start with D
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- directory★15an alphabetical list of names and addresses
- different★16unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
- documents★14writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- developed★16to bring to a more advanced or effective state
- described★15to give a verbal account of
- determine★12establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- difficult★18not easy
- developer★15one that developes
- dedicated★14to set apart for some special use
- direction★12a line leading to a place or point
- decisions★12the act of making up your mind about something
- displayed★16to make evident or obvious
- delivered★14to take to the intended recipient
- directors★12one that directs
- discussed★13to talk over or write about
- discovery★18the act of discovering something
All 2,451 words
9-letter words starting with DA (166)
Top score: DAZZLINGS, 29 points
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9-letter words starting with DE (863)
Top score: DEOXIDIZE, 27 points. to remove oxygen from
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9-letter words starting with DH (1)
Top score: DHARMSALA, 15 points
9-letter words starting with DI (762)
Top score: DIZZINESS, 28 points (tied with one other). the quality of being dizzy
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9-letter words starting with DJ (2)
Top score: DJELLABAH, 22 points
9-letter words starting with DO (255)
Top score: DOCKIZING, 26 points
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9-letter words starting with DR (197)
Top score: DRIZZLING, 29 points. to rain lightly
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9-letter words starting with DU (131)
Top score: DUMBSIZED, 24 points. to reduce the workforce so low that work cannot be done effectively
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9-letter words starting with DW (6)
Top score: DWARFLIKE, 20 points. resembling a dwarf
9-letter words starting with DY (67)
Top score: DYBBUKKIM, 27 points. a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
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9-letter words starting with DZ (1)
Top score: DZIGGETAI, 21 points. Mongolian wild ass
About these words
- 2,451 of the 43,178 9-letter words start with D (6%).
- 1,834 are good in NWL2023, 2,451 in Collins Scrabble Words, 1,834 in WOW24 and 1,487 in the Words With Friends list. 158 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, drizzling and dazzlings share the top score (29), then dizziness, diazotize and drizzlier (28 each).