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Three Letter Words

972 of them, all valid in ENABLE. The next rung up: enough of them to always have a play, few enough to learn.

Three-letter words are where a Scrabble board actually gets built. They fit in gaps two-letter words cannot reach, they hook onto existing words at both ends, and they are the usual way to dump an awkward consonant without giving up the turn.

The words

The 400 most common of 972, everyday words first. The word finder below reaches all of them.

Everyday words 375

Word-game words 25

What is in this list

Every entry here appears in ENABLE, so a word game will accept it. Scores are raw tile totals in Scrabble, with the Words With Friends score on hover—the two games value tiles differently, and the gap is largest exactly where it matters, on the high-value letters.

Words in total
972
Everyday words
375
Highest Scrabble score
zax at 19
Average Scrabble score
6.1
Letters that turn up most
A 31%, E 25%, O 24%, I 17%, T 15%, S 14%

Questions

How many three letter words are there?
972 in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs validate against. This page lists them all where the list is short enough, and the most common of them where it is not.
Which one scores highest?
zax, at 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. That is raw tile value: a bonus square can multiply it, and a seven-tile play adds fifty on top.
Which are worth learning first?
The ones you will actually get a chance to play: the, and, for, you, not, are, all, new. The list is ordered that way, most common first.

Search your own rack

Type the tiles you are holding, ? included for blanks, and the finder returns every word you can make from them—scored, everyday words first. It searches all 315,007 words in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.

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