3 letter words
972 words are exactly 3 letters long. ZAX scores highest at 19 points.
Results
3-letter words count:300
Showing the highest-scoring of 972 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.
The words in full
972 words are exactly 3 letters long. That is enough to fill a page many times over, so the best-scoring are shown first.
972 words reach 3 letters, the longest here. The bulk sit at 3 letters with 972 entries.
The useful details
Scrabble values put ZAX at 19 points on top. It tops both tables: 19 in Words With Friends as well.
Top of the list by length: ZAX, ZEK and FEZ, all 3 letters.
Only the highest-scoring words are shown. Use the solver above with a starting or ending filter to find the rest.
What some of these mean
- fez
- a city in north central Morocco
- pyx
- any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
- wiz
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- biz
- your occupation or line of work
- zap
- strike suddenly and with force
Common questions
- How many 3-letter words are there?
- 972 in the Tournament dictionary, which is the public-domain ENABLE word list. The Broad dictionary adds more.
- What is the highest-scoring 3-letter word?
- ZAX at 19 points, counting tile values with no board multipliers.
- Are all of them listed here?
- No. The page shows the 300 highest-scoring; the pages linked below break the full list down by starting and ending letters.