13-Letter Words Starting With D
There are 500 thirteen-letter words starting with D in our dictionary; 187 of them are common words.
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All 500 words
- documentation18 points
- demonstration16 points
- differentiate20 points
- disadvantages19 points
- disappointing19 points
- disconnecting19 points
- discriminated19 points
- distinguished19 points
- discriminates18 points
- distinguishes18 points
- demonstrating17 points
- discontinuing17 points
- determination16 points
- disqualifying30 points
- decentralized26 points
- decentralizes25 points
- delinquencies25 points
- dramatization25 points
- discomforting22 points
- distinctively22 points
- diametrically21 points
- dictatorships21 points
- disrespectful21 points
- dissatisfying21 points
- decomposition20 points
- disadvantaged20 points
- disappearance20 points
- discrepancies20 points
- displacements20 points
- demonstrative19 points
- disconcerting19 points
- discontinuity19 points
- discretionary19 points
- disinfectants19 points
- disrespecting19 points
- dissimilarity19 points
- domesticating19 points
- deterministic18 points
- disbursements18 points
- disheartening18 points
- disinheriting18 points
- distressingly18 points
- documentaries18 points
- disagreements17 points
- discontenting17 points
- dispossessing17 points
- disseminating17 points
- deliberations16 points
- delicatessens16 points
- demonstrators16 points
- denominations16 points
- denunciations16 points
- desegregation16 points
- discoloration16 points
- discourtesies16 points
- disentangling16 points
- disintegrated16 points
- dispassionate16 points
- dispensations16 points
- dissemination16 points
- distributions16 points
- deteriorating15 points
- disillusioned15 points
- disintegrates15 points
- disinterested15 points
- deterioration14 points
- dissertations14 points
- distillations14 points
- decriminalize27 points
- disorganizing25 points
- decaffeinated23 points
- disgracefully23 points
- decaffeinates22 points
- dysfunctional22 points
- disenchanting20 points
- disfigurement20 points
- distastefully20 points
- distrustfully20 points
- deceitfulness19 points
- disconnection18 points
- deforestation17 points
- desegregating17 points
- democratizing28 points
- depoliticized28 points
- dehumidifying27 points
- demagnetizing27 points
- depoliticizes27 points
- demilitarized26 points
- demilitarizes25 points
- descriptively24 points
- desensitizing24 points
- draftsmanship24 points
- declassifying23 points
- dehumidifiers23 points
- disfranchised23 points
- disquisitions23 points
- dependability22 points
- deprogramming22 points
- destructively22 points
- dillydallying22 points
- disemboweling22 points
- disembowelled22 points
- disfranchises22 points
- dismemberment22 points
- deceptiveness21 points
- decompressing21 points
- developmental21 points
- directorships21 points
- disencumbered21 points
- daguerreotype20 points
- decommissions20 points
- decompression20 points
- defensiveness20 points
- deferentially20 points
- differentials20 points
- disobediently20 points
- disassembling19 points
- discreditable19 points
- disharmonious19 points
- disparagement19 points
- decapitations18 points
- decontaminate18 points
- denouncements18 points
- disengagement18 points
- disproportion18 points
- domestication18 points
- decongestants17 points
- dermatologist17 points
- diagnostician17 points
- disassociated17 points
- dissimulating17 points
- deliciousness16 points
- dimensionless16 points
- disassociates16 points
- discontinuous16 points
- dispossession16 points
- dissimulation16 points
- dauntlessness14 points
- dissoluteness14 points
- depressurized26 points
- destabilizing26 points
- depersonalize25 points
- depressurizes25 points
- demagogically23 points
- denationalize23 points
- defectiveness22 points
- deprecatingly22 points
- discographies22 points
- discreditably22 points
- devastatingly21 points
- disparagingly21 points
- deconstructed19 points
- defibrillator19 points
- demigoddesses19 points
- detrimentally19 points
- dictatorially19 points
- disincentives19 points
- disinvestment19 points
- decontrolling17 points
- dessertspoons16 points
- directionless16 points
- disorientated15 points
- disorientates14 points
- denuclearized26 points
- denuclearizes25 points
- deodorization24 points
- diaphragmatic24 points
- downheartedly24 points
- dehydrogenase22 points
- dehydrogenate22 points
- dexterousness21 points
- disaffiliated21 points
- defenselessly20 points
- digestibility20 points
- disaffiliates20 points
- domineeringly20 points
- doubleheaders20 points
- demimondaines19 points
- discriminator18 points
- dismantlement18 points
- dissimilitude17 points
- desirableness16 points
- desperateness16 points
- dispositional16 points
- dissimulators16 points
- dastardliness15 points
- deliriousness14 points
- diphthongized33 points
- demythologize32 points
- diphthongizes32 points
- desexualizing31 points
- dichotomizing31 points
- disjunctively29 points
- decarbonizing28 points
- decarburizing28 points
- deliquescence27 points
- detribalizing26 points
- dexamethasone26 points
- dematerialize25 points
- demineralizer25 points
- diagonalizing25 points
- denaturalized24 points
- detachability24 points
- digitizations24 points
- diphenylamine24 points
- disconformity24 points
- decipherments23 points
- denaturalizes23 points
- deductibility22 points
- defensibility22 points
- disaccharides22 points
- decasyllables21 points
- delectability21 points
- detectability21 points
- dialectically21 points
- diastrophisms21 points
- diencephalons21 points
- disposability21 points
- dodecahedrons21 points
- decalcomanias20 points
- devolutionary20 points
- differentness20 points
- dipsomaniacal20 points
- disambiguated20 points
- distractingly20 points
- deconsecrated19 points
- decorticating19 points
- decrepitating19 points
- delightedness19 points
- determinately19 points
- determinative19 points
- deviationisms19 points
- diamagnetisms19 points
- dimensionally19 points
- divarications19 points
- divertimentos19 points
- dramaturgical19 points
- dualistically19 points
- deconsecrates18 points
- decortication18 points
- defenestrated18 points
- dialecticians18 points
- disaggregated18 points
- disassemblies18 points
- discriminants18 points
- dislodgements18 points
- doctrinairism18 points
- documentarian18 points
- documentarist18 points
- deathlessness17 points
- deciduousness17 points
- deleteriously17 points
- deviationists17 points
- devolutionist17 points
- dissimilating17 points
- decelerations16 points
- declinational16 points
- demolitionist16 points
- densitometers16 points
- denticulation16 points
- deuteranopias16 points
- disarticulate16 points
- disparateness16 points
- disseminators16 points
- dissimilation16 points
- doubtlessness16 points
- dangerousness15 points
- deuteragonist15 points
- disintegrator15 points
- desultoriness14 points
- diazotization32 points
- depolymerized31 points
- depolymerizes30 points
- deformalizing29 points
- disharmonized29 points
- decarboxylase28 points
- decarboxylate28 points
- dibenzofurans28 points
- disharmonizes28 points
- decarbonizers27 points
- deglamorizing27 points
- democratizers27 points
- desulfurizing27 points
- dieffenbachia27 points
- disquietingly27 points
- demagnetizers26 points
- demineralized26 points
- deoxygenating26 points
- desacralizing26 points
- dogmatization26 points
- dyspeptically26 points
- demineralizes25 points
- demonizations25 points
- demultiplexer25 points
- deoxygenation25 points
- deputizations25 points
- desquamations25 points
- digraphically25 points
- dimerizations25 points
- disequilibria25 points
- dolphinfishes25 points
- defervescence24 points
- demographical24 points
- dermatophytes24 points
- dichotomously24 points
- disaffirmance24 points
- disquantitied24 points
- dryopithecine24 points
- dysmenorrheic24 points
- daguerreotypy23 points
- decamethonium23 points
- decasyllabics23 points
- deionizations23 points
- derealization23 points
- desensitizers23 points
- detectivelike23 points
- detoxications23 points
- dichromatisms23 points
- dieselization23 points
- diffusiveness23 points
- diffusivities23 points
- digitoxigenin23 points
- discipleships23 points
- discriminably23 points
- disintoxicate23 points
- disquantities23 points
- dumbfoundered23 points
- damageability22 points
- declaratively22 points
- defeasibility22 points
- deinonychuses22 points
- destructivity22 points
- diffusionisms22 points
- disaffections22 points
- dischargeable22 points
- discographers22 points
- discommending22 points
- disconfirming22 points
- dodecaphonies22 points
- dodecaphonist22 points
- doublespeaker22 points
- dysmenorrheas22 points
- decompensated21 points
- demolishments21 points
- deprecatorily21 points
- deprogrammers21 points
- diminishments21 points
- disaccustomed21 points
- discomfitures21 points
- disfurnishing21 points
- disremembered21 points
- dissymmetries21 points
- documentarily21 points
- downrightness21 points
- duplicitously21 points
- dynamometries21 points
- dactylologies20 points
- dandification20 points
- dechlorinated20 points
- decompensates20 points
- defibrillated20 points
- defibrinating20 points
- demyelinating20 points
- detumescences20 points
- diffusenesses20 points
- diffusionists20 points
- disciplinable20 points
- discomposures20 points
- discriminable20 points
- disendowments20 points
- disinhibiting20 points
- dispraisingly20 points
- distressfully20 points
- doppelgangers20 points
- deactivations19 points
- decarbonating19 points
- decerebrating19 points
- dechlorinates19 points
- defibrillates19 points
- defibrination19 points
- deformational19 points
- demonological19 points
- demyelination19 points
- denominatives19 points
- densification19 points
- despondencies19 points
- deterrability19 points
- dethronements19 points
- deuteranomaly19 points
- diaphaneities19 points
- diathermanous19 points
- dinitrophenol19 points
- directivities19 points
- disallowances19 points
- disambiguates19 points
- disburdenment19 points
- discordancies19 points
- disenchanters19 points
- disfunctional19 points
- disinfections19 points
- disinhibition19 points
- disobediences19 points
- disseverances19 points
- disseverments19 points
- dissimilatory19 points
- dividednesses19 points
- doggishnesses19 points
- domiciliating19 points
- draftspersons19 points
- drivabilities19 points
- daredevilries18 points
- daunorubicins18 points
- decarbonation18 points
- decerebration18 points
- decidednesses18 points
- deconcentrate18 points
- deconditioned18 points
- deconstructor18 points
- decorticators18 points
- decrepitation18 points
- deflagrations18 points
- demagogueries18 points
- demandingness18 points
- dendrological18 points
- densitometric18 points
- depopulations18 points
- depreciations18 points
- dermabrasions18 points
- determinacies18 points
- devotednesses18 points
- digressionary18 points
- disclamations18 points
- disenthralled18 points
- documentalist18 points
- domesticities18 points
- domiciliation18 points
- doughtinesses18 points
- drapabilities18 points
- drunkennesses18 points
- decongestions17 points
- defenestrates17 points
- deglaciations17 points
- degringolades17 points
- demodulations17 points
- demonologists17 points
- deontological17 points
- dermatologies17 points
- deteriorative17 points
- deviousnesses17 points
- diabetologist17 points
- dilapidations17 points
- dingleberries17 points
- dinucleotides17 points
- disaggregates17 points
- disguisements17 points
- disinfestants17 points
- disinflations17 points
- disubstituted17 points
- ditransitives17 points
- diversenesses17 points
- diversionists17 points
- dolefulnesses17 points
- dollishnesses17 points
- doltishnesses17 points
- donnishnesses17 points
- duodecillions17 points
- dutifulnesses17 points
- debilitations16 points
- deescalations16 points
- delaminations16 points
- delimitations16 points
- dendrologists16 points
- deniabilities16 points
- deracinations16 points
- derepressions16 points
- despoliations16 points
- determinantal16 points
- determinators16 points
- deuterostomes16 points
- diastereomers16 points
- dilatometries16 points
- dilettantisms16 points
- disinterments16 points
- dispossessors16 points
- dissociations16 points
- dramatisation16 points
- dreamlessness16 points
- dubiousnesses16 points
- dumortierites16 points
- durablenesses16 points
- darlingnesses15 points
- degenerations15 points
- degranulation15 points
- deontologists15 points
- deregulations15 points
- desiderations15 points
- denaturations14 points
- desalinations14 points
- destituteness14 points
- distantnesses14 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 500
- By usage: 68 very common, 119 common, 313 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- diphthongized 33
- demythologize 32
- diazotization 32
- diphthongizes 32
- depolymerized 31
- desexualizing 31
- dichotomizing 31
- depolymerizes 30
- disqualifying 30
- deformalizing 29
Most common
- documentation
- demonstration
- differentiate
- disadvantages
- disappointing
- disconnecting
- discriminated
- distinguished
- discriminates
- distinguishes
Definitions
- documentation (noun)
- Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence.
- demonstration (noun)
- A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view.
- differentiate (verb)
- Mark as different.
- disappointing (adjective)
- Not up to expectations.
Every word in this list has thirteen letters and start with D. We count 500 of them, with 187 in common use. The score shown on each chip uses classic tile values, so DIPHTHONGIZED at 33 points is the one to remember when a premium square is open. Words with their own page, such as DOCUMENTATION, link through to a full breakdown of the shorter words hidden inside them.
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Tips
Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the thirteen-letter words starting with D?
DIPHTHONGIZED scores 33 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
313 of the 500 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.