5 Letter Words That Start With D

323 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 323 5 letter words that start with D in a standard word-game dictionary, sorted so the everyday words come first. Use the Wordle helper below to add letters you know, letters to leave out and a pattern, or scan the common words with their meanings.

This page lists 323 five-letter D words. Lots of them describe action and feeling: "drive", "dance", "dream", "drink" and "doubt".

"Doubt" is a handy reminder for Wordle players that silent letters exist, so do not rule out a B just because you cannot hear it. "Daddy" and "dozen" have unusual letter patterns, with three Ds in one and a Z in the other. The "dr" start, as in "dream" and "drove", is common enough to test early.

5-letter words starting with D: 323
Most used: doing
Most common last letter: S 104 words

5 letter words starting with D: Wordle helper

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Most common 5-letter words that start with D

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	doing	engage in	verb
2	death	the event of dying or departure from life	noun
3	drive	operate or control a vehicle	verb
4	daily	every day; without missing a day	adv.
5	dance	move in a graceful and rhythmical way	verb
6	dream	a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep	noun
7	doubt	the state of being unsure of something	noun
8	drink	take in liquids	verb
9	drugs	administer a drug to	verb
10	dress	put on clothes	verb
11	drama	a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage	noun
12	dying	in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be	adj.
13	draft	draw up an outline or sketch for something	verb
14	deals	act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression	verb
15	depth	the extent downward or backward or inward	noun
16	dirty	soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime	adj.
17	dates	the specified day of the month	noun
18	doors	a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle	noun
19	drawn	showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens	adj.
20	debut	the act of beginning something new	noun
21	dutch	of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture	adj.
22	delay	cause to be slowed down or delayed	verb
23	daddy	an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk	noun
24	drove	operate or control a vehicle	verb
25	dozen	the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one	noun
26	drops	let fall to the ground	verb
27	dated	marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past	adj.
28	dealt	act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression	verb
29	delta	a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water	noun
30	derby	a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim	noun
31	draws	cause to move by pulling	verb
32	dairy	a farm where dairy products are produced	noun
33	diary	a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations	noun
34	drill	make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool	verb
35	drain	flow off gradually	verb
36	dried	not still wet	adj.
37	drone	stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the...	noun
38	debts	the state of owing something (especially money)	noun
39	dense	permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter	adj.
40	drake	English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to...	noun
41	depot	station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods	noun
42	drank	take in liquids	verb
43	dudes	an informal form of address for a man	noun
44	dodge	make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid	verb
45	downs	drink down entirely	verb
46	drums	a musical percussion instrument	noun
47	donor	person who makes a gift of property	noun
48	ditch	a long narrow excavation in the earth	noun
49	ducks	small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short...	noun
50	dough	a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll	noun
51	devon	a county in southwestern England	noun
52	donna	an Italian woman of rank	noun
53	decay	the process of gradually becoming inferior	noun
54	drift	be in motion due to some air or water current	verb
55	dolls	a small replica of a person; used as a toy	noun
56	deeds	performance of moral or religious acts	noun
57	daisy	any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a...	noun
58	disco	popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s)	noun
59	doses	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time	noun
60	digit	one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration	noun
61	dwarf	make appear small by comparison	verb
62	drown	cover completely or make imperceptible	verb
63	dusty	covered with a layer of dust	adj.
64	diets	a prescribed selection of foods	noun
65	decor	decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior	noun
66	dread	be afraid or scared of; be frightened of	verb
67	dummy	a person who does not talk	noun
68	debit	an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing	noun
69	decks	any of various platforms built into a vessel	noun
70	discs	sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove	noun
71	dwell	think moodily or anxiously about something	verb
72	docks	an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial	noun
73	deity	any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the...	noun
74	dolly	conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted	noun
75	dryer	free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet	adj.
76	dared	take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission	verb
77	denim	(usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear	noun
78	deter	try to prevent; show opposition to	verb
79	diner	a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)	noun
80	dizzy	having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling	adj.

5 letter words that start with D and end with S

drugs
dress
deals
dates
doors
drops
draws
debts
dudes
downs
drums
ducks
dolls
deeds
doses
diets
decks
discs
docks
darts
demos
desks
disks
dunes
dumps
dives
drags
dukes
dares
dries

5 letter words that start with D and end with Y

daily
dirty
delay
daddy
derby
dairy
diary
decay
daisy
dusty
dummy
deity
dolly
dizzy
doggy
dodgy
dandy
derry
dowry
decoy
duchy
dusky
dingy
dimly
dally
dicky
dorky
dopey
ducky
daffy

5 letter words that start with D and end with E

drive
dance
drove
drone
dense
drake
dodge
delve
dolce
diode
deuce
donne
drape
douse
dunce
dirge
dobie
douce
diene
dowie
debye
donee
dowse
druse
drupe
duple
doxie
dinge
daube
dhole

More 5 letter words with D

Less common words that are still valid in most word games.

darts
diver
demos
desks
disks
ditto
dunes
dumps
doggy
dodgy
donut
dives
detox
dogma
dandy
drags
dukes
dares
defer
dries
derry
drier
delve
dazed
dowry
ducts
deems
doves
duped
dolce
deans
diode
divas
decoy
diced
drool
decal
dials
domes
duchy
dorms
druid
duvet
dined
dames
dived
deuce
doped
dimes
doggo
dumas
dykes
duper
duels
debug
domed
drips
dents
dusky
dales
dingy
dunks
dimly
duets
dally
dingo
donne
drape
dicky
delft
dorky
dewar
durst
degas
dopey
ducky
daffy
dicey
devel
dwelt
dawns
dilly
dings
decaf
dinky
dobby
doers
dosed
dregs
decry
downy
dorks
douse
dinar
ditty
droll
dikes
dimer
divan
dixit
dozed
datum
droop
dewan
dotty
droit
dunce
doozy
drawl
dupes
djinn
dears
didst
duomo
dines
dower
dowdy
deets
ducal
dirge

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words start with D?

This list has 323 5-letter words starting with D, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common 5-letter words that start with D?

doing, death, drive, daily, dance, dream, doubt, drink are the most used in everyday English.

What is a good Wordle start word that begins with D?

Pick a common word with several different vowels and frequent letters. From this list, doing, death, drive, daily, dance all use five different letters and at least two vowels.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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