Words starting with DEF

Every word in the dictionary whose first 3 letters are DEF — 358 of 172,823.

Words
358
Everyday
106in the size-ranked core
Longest
17defenselessnesses
Shortest
43 words tie

Showing the first 300 of 358, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. Use the finder with a length filter to reach the rest.

What is in this list

The longest is defenselessnesses at 17 letters.

They run from 4 to 17 letters; 9 and 10 letters tie for the most common length, 65 words each.

106 of them — 30% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.

Every one of them contains each of D, E and F.

The one furthest down the tiers is defenceman, filed in the unranked list.

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Other openings of 3 letters

Elsewhere

Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.