11 Letter Words Starting with D
There are 981 11-letter English words that start with D, ranging alphabetically from DACTYLOLOGY to DYSTROPHIES. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: DRIZZLINGLY (34), DIAZOTIZING (31), DEOXIDIZING (30). Roughly 11% of these words end in E, so an E-hook on the board is worth watching for.
Word list
D
- DACTYLOLOGY21 pts
- DAILINESSES12 pts
- DAMASCENING17 pts
- DAMSELFLIES17 pts
- DANGEROUSLY16 pts
- DAREDEVILRY19 pts
- DARLINGNESS13 pts
- DATEDNESSES13 pts
- DAUNOMYCINS19 pts
- DAUNTLESSLY15 pts
- DAYDREAMERS18 pts
- DAYDREAMING19 pts
- DAYLIGHTING20 pts
- DAZEDNESSES22 pts
- DEACIDIFIED19 pts
- DEACIDIFIES18 pts
- DEACONESSES14 pts
- DEACTIVATED18 pts
- DEACTIVATES17 pts
- DEACTIVATOR17 pts
- DEADENINGLY17 pts
- DEADHEADING18 pts
- DEADLIFTING17 pts
- DEADLOCKING20 pts
- DEADPANNERS15 pts
- DEADPANNING16 pts
- DEADWEIGHTS20 pts
- DEAERATIONS12 pts
- DEAFENINGLY19 pts
- DEALERSHIPS17 pts
- DEAMINATING15 pts
- DEAMINATION14 pts
- DEATHLESSLY18 pts
- DEBARKATION18 pts
- DEBASEMENTS16 pts
- DEBATEMENTS16 pts
- DEBILITATED15 pts
- DEBILITATES14 pts
- DEBOUCHMENT21 pts
- DEBRIDEMENT17 pts
- DEBRIEFINGS18 pts
- DECADENCIES17 pts
- DECAHEDRONS18 pts
- DECALCIFIED20 pts
- DECALCIFIES19 pts
- DECAMPMENTS20 pts
- DECANTATION14 pts
- DECAPITATED17 pts
- DECAPITATES16 pts
- DECAPITATOR16 pts
- DECARBONATE16 pts
- DECARBONIZE25 pts
- DECARBURIZE25 pts
- DECATHLETES17 pts
- DECEITFULLY20 pts
- DECEIVINGLY21 pts
- DECELERATED15 pts
- DECELERATES14 pts
- DECELERATOR14 pts
- DECEMVIRATE19 pts
- DECENNIALLY17 pts
- DECENTERING15 pts
- DECEPTIONAL16 pts
- DECEPTIVELY22 pts
- DECEREBRATE16 pts
- DECERTIFIED18 pts
- DECERTIFIES17 pts
- DECIDEDNESS16 pts
- DECIMALIZED26 pts
- DECIMALIZES25 pts
- DECIMATIONS16 pts
- DECIPHERERS19 pts
- DECIPHERING20 pts
- DECISIONING15 pts
- DECLAMATION16 pts
- DECLAMATORY19 pts
- DECLARATION14 pts
- DECLARATIVE17 pts
- DECLARATORY17 pts
- DECLENSIONS14 pts
- DECLINATION14 pts
- DECLIVITIES17 pts
- DECLIVITOUS17 pts
- DECOLLATING15 pts
- DECOLLATION14 pts
- DECOLLETAGE15 pts
- DECOLONIZED24 pts
- DECOLONIZES23 pts
- DECOLORIZED24 pts
- DECOLORIZER23 pts
- DECOLORIZES23 pts
- DECOLOURING15 pts
- DECOMPOSERS18 pts
- DECOMPOSING19 pts
- DECONDITION15 pts
- DECONGESTED16 pts
- DECONSTRUCT16 pts
- DECORATIONS14 pts
- DECORTICATE16 pts
- DECOUPAGING18 pts
- DECREMENTAL16 pts
- DECREMENTED17 pts
- DECREPITATE16 pts
- DECREPITUDE17 pts
- DECRESCENDO17 pts
- DECRYPTIONS19 pts
- DECUSSATING15 pts
- DECUSSATION14 pts
- DEDICATEDLY19 pts
- DEDICATIONS15 pts
- DEDUCTIBLES17 pts
- DEDUCTIVELY21 pts
- DEERBERRIES14 pts
- DEERSTALKER16 pts
- DEESCALATED15 pts
- DEESCALATES14 pts
- DEFACEMENTS19 pts
- DEFALCATING18 pts
- DEFALCATION17 pts
- DEFALCATORS17 pts
- DEFAMATIONS17 pts
- DEFEASANCES17 pts
- DEFECATIONS17 pts
- DEFECTIVELY23 pts
- DEFEMINIZED27 pts
- DEFEMINIZES26 pts
- DEFENSELESS15 pts
- DEFENSIVELY21 pts
- DEFERENTIAL15 pts
- DEFERRABLES17 pts
- DEFIBRINATE17 pts
- DEFICIENTLY20 pts
- DEFILEMENTS17 pts
- DEFINEMENTS17 pts
- DEFINIENDUM18 pts
- DEFINIENTIA15 pts
- DEFINITIONS15 pts
- DEFINITIVES18 pts
- DEFINITIZED25 pts
- DEFINITIZES24 pts
- DEFINITUDES16 pts
- DEFLAGRATED17 pts
- DEFLAGRATES16 pts
- DEFLECTABLE19 pts
- DEFLECTIONS17 pts
- DEFLORATION15 pts
- DEFLOWERERS18 pts
- DEFLOWERING19 pts
- DEFOCUSSING18 pts
- DEFOLIATING16 pts
- DEFOLIATION15 pts
- DEFOLIATORS15 pts
- DEFORCEMENT19 pts
- DEFORESTING16 pts
- DEFORMALIZE26 pts
- DEFORMATION17 pts
- DEFORMATIVE20 pts
- DEFORMITIES17 pts
- DEGENERATED14 pts
- DEGENERATES13 pts
- DEGLACIATED16 pts
- DEGLAMORIZE24 pts
- DEGLUTITION13 pts
- DEGRADATION14 pts
- DEGRADATIVE17 pts
- DEGRADINGLY18 pts
- DEGUSTATION13 pts
- DEHISCENCES19 pts
- DEHUMANIZED27 pts
- DEHUMANIZES26 pts
- DEHYDRATING20 pts
- DEHYDRATION19 pts
- DEHYDRATORS19 pts
- DEIFICATION17 pts
- DEINONYCHUS20 pts
- DEISTICALLY17 pts
- DELAMINATED15 pts
- DELAMINATES14 pts
- DELECTABLES16 pts
- DELECTATION14 pts
- DELEGATIONS13 pts
- DELETERIOUS12 pts
- DELIBERATED15 pts
- DELIBERATES14 pts
- DELICIOUSLY17 pts
- DELIGHTEDLY20 pts
- DELIGHTSOME18 pts
- DELINEATING13 pts
- DELINEATION12 pts
- DELINEATIVE15 pts
- DELINEATORS12 pts
- DELINQUENCY26 pts
- DELINQUENTS21 pts
- DELIQUESCED24 pts
- DELIQUESCES23 pts
- DELIRIOUSLY15 pts
- DELIVERABLE17 pts
- DELIVERANCE17 pts
- DELIVERYMAN20 pts
- DELIVERYMEN20 pts
- DELOCALIZED24 pts
- DELOCALIZES23 pts
- DELPHICALLY22 pts
- DELPHINIUMS19 pts
- DELUSIONARY15 pts
- DELUSTERING13 pts
- DEMAGNETIZE24 pts
- DEMAGOGUERY19 pts
- DEMAGOGUING17 pts
- DEMANDINGLY19 pts
- DEMARCATING17 pts
- DEMARCATION16 pts
- DEMERGERING16 pts
- DEMIGODDESS17 pts
- DEMIURGICAL17 pts
- DEMOBILIZED26 pts
- DEMOBILIZES25 pts
- DEMOCRACIES18 pts
- DEMOCRATIZE25 pts
- DEMODULATED16 pts
- DEMODULATES15 pts
- DEMODULATOR15 pts
- DEMOGRAPHER20 pts
- DEMOGRAPHIC22 pts
- DEMOISELLES14 pts
- DEMOLISHERS17 pts
- DEMOLISHING18 pts
- DEMOLITIONS14 pts
- DEMONETIZED24 pts
- DEMONETIZES23 pts
- DEMONICALLY19 pts
- DEMONSTRATE14 pts
- DEMORALIZED24 pts
- DEMORALIZER23 pts
- DEMORALIZES23 pts
- DEMOUNTABLE16 pts
- DEMYSTIFIED21 pts
- DEMYSTIFIES20 pts
- DENATURANTS12 pts
- DENAZIFYING28 pts
- DENDROGRAMS16 pts
- DENDROLOGIC16 pts
- DENEGATIONS13 pts
- DENERVATING16 pts
- DENERVATION15 pts
- DENIABILITY17 pts
- DENIGRATING14 pts
- DENIGRATION13 pts
- DENIGRATIVE16 pts
- DENIGRATORS13 pts
- DENIGRATORY16 pts
- DENITRIFIED16 pts
- DENITRIFIER15 pts
- DENITRIFIES15 pts
- DENOMINATED15 pts
- DENOMINATES14 pts
- DENOMINATOR14 pts
- DENOTATIONS12 pts
- DENOTEMENTS14 pts
- DENOUEMENTS14 pts
- DENSENESSES12 pts
- DENTICULATE14 pts
- DENTIFRICES17 pts
- DENTISTRIES12 pts
- DENUDATIONS13 pts
- DENUDEMENTS15 pts
- DENUMERABLE16 pts
- DENUMERABLY19 pts
- DEODORIZERS22 pts
- DEODORIZING23 pts
- DEOXIDATION20 pts
- DEOXIDIZERS29 pts
- DEOXIDIZING30 pts
- DEOXYGENATE23 pts
- DEOXYRIBOSE24 pts
- DEPARTMENTS16 pts
- DEPAUPERATE16 pts
- DEPENDANCES17 pts
- DEPENDENCES17 pts
- DEPENDENTLY18 pts
- DEPILATIONS14 pts
- DEPLORINGLY18 pts
- DEPLOYMENTS19 pts
- DEPOLARIZED24 pts
- DEPOLARIZER23 pts
- DEPOLARIZES23 pts
- DEPOLISHING18 pts
- DEPOPULATED17 pts
- DEPOPULATES16 pts
- DEPORTATION14 pts
- DEPORTMENTS16 pts
- DEPOSITIONS14 pts
- DEPRAVATION17 pts
- DEPRAVEMENT19 pts
- DEPRAVITIES17 pts
- DEPRECATING17 pts
- DEPRECATION16 pts
- DEPRECATORY19 pts
- DEPRECIABLE18 pts
- DEPRECIATED17 pts
- DEPRECIATES16 pts
- DEPRECIATOR16 pts
- DEPREDATING16 pts
- DEPREDATION15 pts
- DEPREDATORS15 pts
- DEPREDATORY18 pts
- DEPRESSANTS14 pts
- DEPRESSIBLE16 pts
- DEPRESSIONS14 pts
- DEPRESSIVES17 pts
- DEPRIVATION17 pts
- DEPROGRAMED18 pts
- DEPUTATIONS14 pts
- DERACINATED15 pts
- DERACINATES14 pts
- DERAILLEURS12 pts
- DERAILMENTS14 pts
- DERANGEMENT15 pts
- DEREGULATED14 pts
- DEREGULATES13 pts
- DERELICTION14 pts
- DEREPRESSED15 pts
- DEREPRESSES14 pts
- DERIVATIONS15 pts
- DERIVATIVES18 pts
- DERIVATIZED25 pts
- DERIVATIZES24 pts
- DERMATOGENS15 pts
- DERMATOLOGY18 pts
- DEROGATIONS13 pts
- DESACRALIZE23 pts
- DESALINATED13 pts
- DESALINATES12 pts
- DESALINATOR12 pts
- DESALINIZED22 pts
- DESALINIZES21 pts
- DESCENDANTS15 pts
- DESCENDENTS15 pts
- DESCENDIBLE17 pts
- DESCENSIONS14 pts
- DESCRIBABLE18 pts
- DESCRIPTION16 pts
- DESCRIPTIVE19 pts
- DESCRIPTORS16 pts
- DESECRATERS14 pts
- DESECRATING15 pts
- DESECRATION14 pts
- DESECRATORS14 pts
- DESEGREGATE14 pts
- DESELECTING15 pts
- DESENSITIZE21 pts
- DESEXUALIZE28 pts
- DESHABILLES17 pts
- DESICCATING17 pts
- DESICCATION16 pts
- DESICCATIVE19 pts
- DESICCATORS16 pts
- DESIDERATED14 pts
- DESIDERATES13 pts
- DESIDERATUM15 pts
- DESIGNATING14 pts
- DESIGNATION13 pts
- DESIGNATIVE16 pts
- DESIGNATORS13 pts
- DESIGNATORY16 pts
- DESIGNMENTS15 pts
- DESILVERING16 pts
- DESIPRAMINE16 pts
- DESISTANCES14 pts
- DESOLATIONS12 pts
- DESORPTIONS14 pts
- DESPATCHING20 pts
- DESPERADOES15 pts
- DESPERATELY17 pts
- DESPERATION14 pts
- DESPISEMENT16 pts
- DESPOILMENT16 pts
- DESPONDENCE17 pts
- DESPONDENCY20 pts
- DESQUAMATED24 pts
- DESQUAMATES23 pts
- DESTABILIZE23 pts
- DESTINATION12 pts
- DESTITUTION12 pts
- DESTRUCTING15 pts
- DESTRUCTION14 pts
- DESTRUCTIVE17 pts
- DESULFURING16 pts
- DESULFURIZE24 pts
- DESULTORILY15 pts
- DETACHMENTS19 pts
- DETAINMENTS14 pts
- DETASSELING13 pts
- DETASSELLED13 pts
- DETERIORATE12 pts
- DETERMINACY19 pts
- DETERMINANT14 pts
- DETERMINATE14 pts
- DETERMINERS14 pts
- DETERMINING15 pts
- DETERMINISM16 pts
- DETERMINIST14 pts
- DETERRENCES14 pts
- DETERRENTLY15 pts
- DETESTATION12 pts
- DETONATABLE14 pts
- DETONATIONS12 pts
- DETOXICANTS21 pts
- DETOXICATED22 pts
- DETOXICATES21 pts
- DETOXIFYING26 pts
- DETRACTIONS14 pts
- DETRAINMENT14 pts
- DETRIBALIZE23 pts
- DETRIMENTAL14 pts
- DETUMESCENT16 pts
- DEUTERANOPE14 pts
- DEUTERATING13 pts
- DEUTERATION12 pts
- DEUTOPLASMS16 pts
- DEVALUATING16 pts
- DEVALUATION15 pts
- DEVASTATING16 pts
- DEVASTATION15 pts
- DEVASTATIVE18 pts
- DEVASTATORS15 pts
- DEVELOPABLE19 pts
- DEVELOPMENT19 pts
- DEVERBATIVE20 pts
- DEVILFISHES21 pts
- DEVIOUSNESS15 pts
- DEVITALIZED25 pts
- DEVITALIZES24 pts
- DEVITRIFIED19 pts
- DEVITRIFIES18 pts
- DEVOCALIZED27 pts
- DEVOCALIZES26 pts
- DEVOLUTIONS15 pts
- DEVOTEDNESS16 pts
- DEVOTEMENTS17 pts
- DEVOTIONALS15 pts
- DEXTERITIES19 pts
- DEXTEROUSLY22 pts
- DEXTRANASES19 pts
- DIABOLIZING24 pts
- DIACHRONIES17 pts
- DIACRITICAL16 pts
- DIADELPHOUS18 pts
- DIAGNOSABLE15 pts
- DIAGNOSTICS15 pts
- DIAGONALIZE22 pts
- DIAGRAMMING18 pts
- DIALECTALLY17 pts
- DIALECTICAL16 pts
- DIALOGISTIC15 pts
- DIAMAGNETIC17 pts
- DIAMETRICAL16 pts
- DIAMONDBACK23 pts
- DIAPHANEITY20 pts
- DIAPHORASES17 pts
- DIAPHORESES17 pts
- DIAPHORESIS17 pts
- DIAPHORETIC19 pts
- DIAPOSITIVE17 pts
- DIARTHROSES15 pts
- DIARTHROSIS15 pts
- DIASTROPHIC19 pts
- DIATESSARON12 pts
- DIATHERMIES17 pts
- DIAZOTIZING31 pts
- DICHOGAMIES20 pts
- DICHOGAMOUS20 pts
- DICHOTOMIES19 pts
- DICHOTOMIST19 pts
- DICHOTOMIZE28 pts
- DICHOTOMOUS19 pts
- DICHROMATES19 pts
- DICHROMATIC21 pts
- DICHROSCOPE21 pts
- DICKCISSELS20 pts
- DICOTYLEDON18 pts
- DICOUMARINS16 pts
- DICOUMAROLS16 pts
- DICTATORIAL14 pts
- DICTIONALLY17 pts
- DICTYOSOMES19 pts
- DICTYOSTELE17 pts
- DICYNODONTS18 pts
- DIDACTICISM19 pts
- DIDDLYSQUAT26 pts
- DIDGERIDOOS15 pts
- DIDJERIDOOS21 pts
- DIELECTRICS16 pts
- DIENCEPHALA19 pts
- DIESELIZING22 pts
- DIFFERENCED21 pts
- DIFFERENCES20 pts
- DIFFERENTIA18 pts
- DIFFERENTLY21 pts
- DIFFICULTLY23 pts
- DIFFIDENCES21 pts
- DIFFIDENTLY22 pts
- DIFFRACTING21 pts
- DIFFRACTION20 pts
- DIFFUSENESS18 pts
- DIFFUSIONAL18 pts
- DIFFUSIVELY24 pts
- DIFFUSIVITY24 pts
- DIGESTIVELY19 pts
- DIGITALISES13 pts
- DIGITALIZED23 pts
- DIGITALIZES22 pts
- DIGITIGRADE15 pts
- DIGLYCERIDE19 pts
- DIGNITARIES13 pts
- DIGRESSIONS13 pts
- DILAPIDATED16 pts
- DILAPIDATES15 pts
- DILATANCIES14 pts
- DILATATIONS12 pts
- DILATOMETER14 pts
- DILATOMETRY17 pts
- DILETTANTES12 pts
- DIMENSIONAL14 pts
- DIMENSIONED15 pts
- DIMERCAPROL18 pts
- DIMETHOATES17 pts
- DIMINISHING18 pts
- DIMINUENDOS15 pts
- DIMINUTIONS14 pts
- DIMINUTIVES17 pts
- DIMORPHISMS21 pts
- DINGDONGING16 pts
- DINGINESSES13 pts
- DINGLEBERRY18 pts
- DINNERTIMES14 pts
- DINNERWARES15 pts
- DINOSAURIAN12 pts
- DIPEPTIDASE17 pts
- DIPHOSGENES18 pts
- DIPHOSPHATE22 pts
- DIPHTHERIAL20 pts
- DIPHTHERIAS20 pts
- DIPHTHEROID21 pts
- DIPHTHONGAL21 pts
- DIPLOCOCCUS20 pts
- DIPLOMACIES18 pts
- DIPLOMATIST16 pts
- DIPLOPHASES19 pts
- DIPSOMANIAC18 pts
- DIPSOMANIAS16 pts
- DIPTEROCARP18 pts
- DIRECTIONAL14 pts
- DIRECTIVITY20 pts
- DIRECTORATE14 pts
- DIRECTORIAL14 pts
- DIRECTORIES14 pts
- DIRECTRICES16 pts
- DIRECTRIXES21 pts
- DIRTINESSES12 pts
- DISABLEMENT16 pts
- DISACCORDED18 pts
- DISACCUSTOM18 pts
- DISAFFECTED21 pts
- DISAFFIRMED21 pts
- DISAGREEING14 pts
- DISALLOWING16 pts
- DISANNULLED13 pts
- DISAPPEARED17 pts
- DISAPPOINTS16 pts
- DISAPPROVAL19 pts
- DISAPPROVED20 pts
- DISAPPROVER19 pts
- DISAPPROVES19 pts
- DISARMAMENT16 pts
- DISARMINGLY18 pts
- DISARRANGED14 pts
- DISARRANGES13 pts
- DISARRAYING16 pts
- DISASSEMBLE16 pts
- DISASSEMBLY19 pts
- DISAVOWABLE20 pts
- DISBANDMENT17 pts
- DISBARMENTS16 pts
- DISBELIEVED18 pts
- DISBELIEVER17 pts
- DISBELIEVES17 pts
- DISBENEFITS17 pts
- DISBOSOMING17 pts
- DISBOWELING18 pts
- DISBOWELLED18 pts
- DISBURDENED16 pts
- DISCARDABLE17 pts
- DISCERNABLE16 pts
- DISCERNIBLE16 pts
- DISCERNIBLY19 pts
- DISCERNMENT16 pts
- DISCHARGEES18 pts
- DISCHARGERS18 pts
- DISCHARGING19 pts
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Top 10 highest-scoring words
Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.
| # | Word | Scrabble | WWF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drizzlingly | 34 | 37 |
| 2 | diazotizing | 31 | 33 |
| 3 | deoxidizing | 30 | 32 |
| 4 | dizzinesses | 30 | 31 |
| 5 | doxycycline | 29 | 31 |
| 6 | deoxidizers | 29 | 29 |
| 7 | denazifying | 28 | 30 |
| 8 | desexualize | 28 | 30 |
| 9 | dichotomize | 28 | 29 |
| 10 | dysrhythmic | 28 | 26 |
Strategy for this list
D is worth 2 in Scrabble and opens roughly 5,500 words in the dictionary. D's Scrabble value is modest per letter but its role in the -ED past-tense hook is enormous — every regular verb ending gets an extra D for a bingo-length shape. D-openers with premium potential include DAZZLE, DIZZY, DECKS, DOZEN. Two-letter D-words are limited (DA, DE, DO, ED) but the D→DE→DEN→DENS extension chain is one of the most common hook sequences in tournament play.
FAQs
How many 11-letter words start with D?
981 valid 11-letter English words begin with D in the ENABLE English word list.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).