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7-Letter Words Starting With D

There are 1,245 seven-letter words starting with D in our dictionary; 652 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 7-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

The 600 most common of 1,245 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 1,245
  • By usage: 403 very common, 249 common, 593 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. dizzily 29
  2. drizzly 29
  3. dazzled 27
  4. dizzied 27
  5. dazzler 26
  6. dazzles 26
  7. dizzier 26
  8. dizzies 26
  9. drizzle 26
  10. dazedly 21

Most common

  1. defence
  2. develop
  3. devices
  4. display
  5. divided
  6. dropped
  7. damaged
  8. decided
  9. defined
  10. derived

Definitions

defence (noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
develop (verb)
Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
devices (noun)
An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase ‘left to your own devices’.
display (noun)
Something intended to communicate a particular impression.

Looking for seven-letter words starting with D? You are in the right place. This list has 1,245 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as DEFENCE and DEVELOP appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.

How to use this page

Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.

Tips

A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.

Questions

Which seven-letter words starting with D are the most common?

DEFENCE, DEVELOP and DEVICES are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.

Can I search this list with my own letters?

Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the seven-letter words starting with D you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.

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