12 Letter Words Starting with D
There are 747 12-letter English words that start with D, ranging alphabetically from DAINTINESSES to DYSRHYTHMIAS. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: DIPHTHONGIZE (31), DESEXUALIZED (30), DOXYCYCLINES (30). The longest entry here is DAINTINESSES at 12 letters.
Word list
D
- DAINTINESSES13 pts
- DAMNABLENESS17 pts
- DAMSELFISHES21 pts
- DAPPERNESSES17 pts
- DAREDEVILTRY20 pts
- DARINGNESSES14 pts
- DAUGHTERLESS17 pts
- DAUNORUBICIN17 pts
- DAYDREAMLIKE23 pts
- DAYLIGHTINGS21 pts
- DEACIDIFYING23 pts
- DEACTIVATING19 pts
- DEACTIVATION18 pts
- DEACTIVATORS18 pts
- DEADLINESSES14 pts
- DEAMINATIONS15 pts
- DEATHWATCHES24 pts
- DEBARKATIONS19 pts
- DEBAUCHERIES20 pts
- DEBILITATING16 pts
- DEBILITATION15 pts
- DEBONAIRNESS15 pts
- DEBOUCHMENTS22 pts
- DEBRIDEMENTS18 pts
- DECAFFEINATE21 pts
- DECALCIFYING24 pts
- DECALCOMANIA19 pts
- DECANTATIONS15 pts
- DECAPITATING18 pts
- DECAPITATION17 pts
- DECAPITATORS17 pts
- DECARBONATED18 pts
- DECARBONATES17 pts
- DECARBONIZED27 pts
- DECARBONIZER26 pts
- DECARBONIZES26 pts
- DECARBURIZED27 pts
- DECARBURIZES26 pts
- DECASYLLABIC22 pts
- DECASYLLABLE20 pts
- DECELERATING16 pts
- DECELERATION15 pts
- DECELERATORS15 pts
- DECEMVIRATES20 pts
- DECENTRALIZE24 pts
- DECEREBRATED18 pts
- DECEREBRATES17 pts
- DECERTIFYING22 pts
- DECHLORINATE18 pts
- DECIDABILITY21 pts
- DECIMALIZING27 pts
- DECIPHERABLE22 pts
- DECIPHERMENT22 pts
- DECISIVENESS18 pts
- DECLAMATIONS17 pts
- DECLARATIONS15 pts
- DECLASSIFIED19 pts
- DECLASSIFIES18 pts
- DECLENSIONAL15 pts
- DECLINATIONS15 pts
- DECOLLATIONS15 pts
- DECOLLETAGES16 pts
- DECOLONIZING25 pts
- DECOLORIZERS24 pts
- DECOLORIZING25 pts
- DECOMMISSION19 pts
- DECOMPENSATE19 pts
- DECOMPOSABLE21 pts
- DECOMPRESSED20 pts
- DECOMPRESSES19 pts
- DECONDITIONS16 pts
- DECONGESTANT16 pts
- DECONGESTING17 pts
- DECONGESTION16 pts
- DECONGESTIVE19 pts
- DECONSECRATE17 pts
- DECONSTRUCTS17 pts
- DECONTROLLED16 pts
- DECORATIVELY21 pts
- DECOROUSNESS15 pts
- DECORTICATED18 pts
- DECORTICATES17 pts
- DECORTICATOR17 pts
- DECREASINGLY19 pts
- DECREMENTING18 pts
- DECREPITATED18 pts
- DECREPITATES17 pts
- DECREPITUDES18 pts
- DECRESCENDOS18 pts
- DECUSSATIONS15 pts
- DEERSTALKERS17 pts
- DEESCALATING16 pts
- DEESCALATION15 pts
- DEFALCATIONS18 pts
- DEFEMINIZING28 pts
- DEFENESTRATE16 pts
- DEFIBRILLATE18 pts
- DEFIBRINATED19 pts
- DEFIBRINATES18 pts
- DEFICIENCIES20 pts
- DEFINITENESS16 pts
- DEFINITIONAL16 pts
- DEFINITIVELY22 pts
- DEFINITIZING26 pts
- DEFLAGRATING18 pts
- DEFLAGRATION17 pts
- DEFLATIONARY19 pts
- DEFLORATIONS16 pts
- DEFOLIATIONS16 pts
- DEFORCEMENTS20 pts
- DEFORMALIZED28 pts
- DEFORMALIZES27 pts
- DEFORMATIONS18 pts
- DEGENERACIES16 pts
- DEGENERATELY17 pts
- DEGENERATING15 pts
- DEGENERATION14 pts
- DEGENERATIVE17 pts
- DEGLACIATION16 pts
- DEGLAMORIZED26 pts
- DEGLAMORIZES25 pts
- DEGLUTITIONS14 pts
- DEGRADATIONS15 pts
- DEGRESSIVELY20 pts
- DEGRINGOLADE16 pts
- DEGUSTATIONS14 pts
- DEHUMANIZING28 pts
- DEHUMIDIFIED23 pts
- DEHUMIDIFIER22 pts
- DEHUMIDIFIES22 pts
- DEHYDRATIONS20 pts
- DEIFICATIONS18 pts
- DEIONIZATION22 pts
- DEJECTEDNESS23 pts
- DELAMINATING16 pts
- DELAMINATION15 pts
- DELECTATIONS15 pts
- DELIBERATELY18 pts
- DELIBERATING16 pts
- DELIBERATION15 pts
- DELIBERATIVE18 pts
- DELICATESSEN15 pts
- DELIGHTFULLY23 pts
- DELIMITATION15 pts
- DELINEATIONS13 pts
- DELINQUENTLY25 pts
- DELIQUESCENT24 pts
- DELIQUESCING25 pts
- DELIVERANCES18 pts
- DELOCALIZING25 pts
- DELUSIVENESS16 pts
- DEMAGNETIZED26 pts
- DEMAGNETIZER25 pts
- DEMAGNETIZES25 pts
- DEMARCATIONS17 pts
- DEMENTEDNESS16 pts
- DEMILITARIZE24 pts
- DEMIMONDAINE18 pts
- DEMINERALIZE24 pts
- DEMOBILIZING27 pts
- DEMOCRATIZED27 pts
- DEMOCRATIZER26 pts
- DEMOCRATIZES26 pts
- DEMODULATING17 pts
- DEMODULATION16 pts
- DEMODULATORS16 pts
- DEMOGRAPHERS21 pts
- DEMOGRAPHICS23 pts
- DEMOGRAPHIES21 pts
- DEMOLISHMENT20 pts
- DEMONETIZING25 pts
- DEMONIACALLY20 pts
- DEMONIZATION24 pts
- DEMONOLOGIES16 pts
- DEMONOLOGIST16 pts
- DEMONSTRABLE17 pts
- DEMONSTRABLY20 pts
- DEMONSTRATED16 pts
- DEMONSTRATES15 pts
- DEMONSTRATOR15 pts
- DEMORALIZERS24 pts
- DEMORALIZING25 pts
- DEMURENESSES15 pts
- DEMYSTIFYING25 pts
- DENATURALIZE22 pts
- DENATURATION13 pts
- DENDROLOGIES15 pts
- DENDROLOGIST15 pts
- DENERVATIONS16 pts
- DENIGRATIONS14 pts
- DENITRIFIERS16 pts
- DENITRIFYING20 pts
- DENOMINATING16 pts
- DENOMINATION15 pts
- DENOMINATIVE18 pts
- DENOMINATORS15 pts
- DENOUNCEMENT17 pts
- DENSITOMETER15 pts
- DENSITOMETRY18 pts
- DENTICULATED16 pts
- DENUCLEARIZE24 pts
- DENUNCIATION15 pts
- DENUNCIATIVE18 pts
- DENUNCIATORY18 pts
- DEONTOLOGIES14 pts
- DEONTOLOGIST14 pts
- DEOXIDATIONS21 pts
- DEOXYGENATED25 pts
- DEOXYGENATES24 pts
- DEOXYRIBOSES25 pts
- DEPARTMENTAL17 pts
- DEPENDENCIES18 pts
- DEPILATORIES15 pts
- DEPOLARIZERS24 pts
- DEPOLARIZING25 pts
- DEPOLITICIZE26 pts
- DEPOLYMERIZE29 pts
- DEPOPULATING18 pts
- DEPOPULATION17 pts
- DEPORTATIONS15 pts
- DEPOSITARIES15 pts
- DEPOSITIONAL15 pts
- DEPOSITORIES15 pts
- DEPRAVATIONS18 pts
- DEPRAVEDNESS19 pts
- DEPRAVEMENTS20 pts
- DEPRECATIONS17 pts
- DEPRECIATING18 pts
- DEPRECIATION17 pts
- DEPRECIATIVE20 pts
- DEPRECIATORS17 pts
- DEPRECIATORY20 pts
- DEPREDATIONS16 pts
- DEPRESSINGLY19 pts
- DEPRESSIVELY21 pts
- DEPRESSURIZE24 pts
- DEPRIVATIONS18 pts
- DEPROGRAMING19 pts
- DEPROGRAMMED21 pts
- DEPROGRAMMER20 pts
- DEPUTIZATION24 pts
- DERACINATING16 pts
- DERACINATION15 pts
- DERANGEMENTS16 pts
- DEREGULATING15 pts
- DEREGULATION14 pts
- DERELICTIONS15 pts
- DEREPRESSING16 pts
- DEREPRESSION15 pts
- DERISIVENESS16 pts
- DERIVATIONAL16 pts
- DERIVATIVELY22 pts
- DERIVATIZING26 pts
- DERMABRASION17 pts
- DERMATITIDES16 pts
- DERMATITISES15 pts
- DERMATOLOGIC18 pts
- DERMATOPHYTE23 pts
- DEROGATIVELY20 pts
- DEROGATORILY17 pts
- DESACRALIZED25 pts
- DESACRALIZES24 pts
- DESALINATING14 pts
- DESALINATION13 pts
- DESALINATORS13 pts
- DESALINIZING23 pts
- DESCRIPTIONS17 pts
- DESECRATIONS15 pts
- DESEGREGATED16 pts
- DESEGREGATES15 pts
- DESENSITIZED23 pts
- DESENSITIZER22 pts
- DESENSITIZES22 pts
- DESERVEDNESS17 pts
- DESEXUALIZED30 pts
- DESEXUALIZES29 pts
- DESICCATIONS17 pts
- DESIDERATING15 pts
- DESIDERATION14 pts
- DESIDERATIVE17 pts
- DESIGNATIONS14 pts
- DESIPRAMINES17 pts
- DESIRABILITY18 pts
- DESIROUSNESS13 pts
- DESOLATENESS13 pts
- DESOLATINGLY17 pts
- DESPAIRINGLY19 pts
- DESPERATIONS15 pts
- DESPISEMENTS17 pts
- DESPITEFULLY21 pts
- DESPITEOUSLY18 pts
- DESPOILMENTS17 pts
- DESPOLIATION15 pts
- DESPONDENCES18 pts
- DESPONDENTLY19 pts
- DESPOTICALLY20 pts
- DESQUAMATING25 pts
- DESQUAMATION24 pts
- DESSERTSPOON15 pts
- DESTABILIZED25 pts
- DESTABILIZES24 pts
- DESTINATIONS13 pts
- DESTITUTIONS13 pts
- DESTRUCTIBLE17 pts
- DESTRUCTIONS15 pts
- DESULFURIZED26 pts
- DESULFURIZES25 pts
- DETACHEDNESS19 pts
- DETAILEDNESS14 pts
- DETASSELLING14 pts
- DETERGENCIES16 pts
- DETERIORATED14 pts
- DETERIORATES13 pts
- DETERMINABLE17 pts
- DETERMINABLY20 pts
- DETERMINANTS15 pts
- DETERMINATOR15 pts
- DETERMINEDLY19 pts
- DETERMINISMS17 pts
- DETERMINISTS15 pts
- DETESTATIONS13 pts
- DETHRONEMENT18 pts
- DETONABILITY18 pts
- DETOXICATING23 pts
- DETOXICATION22 pts
- DETRACTIVELY21 pts
- DETRAINMENTS15 pts
- DETRIBALIZED25 pts
- DETRIBALIZES24 pts
- DETRIMENTALS15 pts
- DETUMESCENCE19 pts
- DEUTERANOPES15 pts
- DEUTERANOPIA15 pts
- DEUTERANOPIC17 pts
- DEUTERATIONS13 pts
- DEUTEROSTOME15 pts
- DEVALUATIONS16 pts
- DEVASTATIONS16 pts
- DEVELOPMENTS20 pts
- DEVERBATIVES21 pts
- DEVIATIONISM18 pts
- DEVIATIONIST16 pts
- DEVILISHNESS19 pts
- DEVITALIZING26 pts
- DEVITRIFYING23 pts
- DEVOCALIZING28 pts
- DEVOTIONALLY19 pts
- DEVOUTNESSES16 pts
- DEXTROROTARY23 pts
- DIABETOGENIC18 pts
- DIABOLICALLY20 pts
- DIAGEOTROPIC18 pts
- DIAGNOSEABLE16 pts
- DIAGNOSTICAL16 pts
- DIAGONALIZED24 pts
- DIAGONALIZES23 pts
- DIAGRAMMABLE20 pts
- DIAGRAMMATIC20 pts
- DIALECTICIAN17 pts
- DIALECTOLOGY19 pts
- DIALOGICALLY19 pts
- DIAMAGNETISM18 pts
- DIAMONDBACKS24 pts
- DIAPHANOUSLY21 pts
- DIAPHORETICS20 pts
- DIAPOSITIVES18 pts
- DIASTEREOMER15 pts
- DIASTROPHISM20 pts
- DIATESSARONS13 pts
- DIATOMACEOUS17 pts
- DIATONICALLY18 pts
- DIBENZOFURAN27 pts
- DICARBOXYLIC29 pts
- DICHLORVOSES21 pts
- DICHOTICALLY23 pts
- DICHOTOMISTS20 pts
- DICHOTOMIZED30 pts
- DICHOTOMIZES29 pts
- DICHROMATISM22 pts
- DICHROSCOPES22 pts
- DICOTYLEDONS19 pts
- DICTATORSHIP20 pts
- DICTIONARIES15 pts
- DICTYOSTELES18 pts
- DIDACTICALLY21 pts
- DIDACTICISMS20 pts
- DIENCEPHALIC22 pts
- DIENCEPHALON20 pts
- DIETETICALLY18 pts
- DIFFERENCING22 pts
- DIFFERENTIAE19 pts
- DIFFERENTIAL19 pts
- DIFFICULTIES21 pts
- DIFFRACTIONS21 pts
- DIFFUSIONISM21 pts
- DIFFUSIONIST19 pts
- DIFUNCTIONAL18 pts
- DIGITALIZING24 pts
- DIGITIZATION23 pts
- DIGLYCERIDES20 pts
- DIGRESSIONAL14 pts
- DIGRESSIVELY20 pts
- DILAPIDATING17 pts
- DILAPIDATION16 pts
- DILATABILITY18 pts
- DILATATIONAL13 pts
- DILATOMETERS15 pts
- DILATOMETRIC17 pts
- DILATORINESS13 pts
- DILETTANTISH16 pts
- DILETTANTISM15 pts
- DILLYDALLIED18 pts
- DILLYDALLIES17 pts
- DILUTENESSES13 pts
- DIMENSIONING16 pts
- DIMERCAPROLS19 pts
- DIMERIZATION24 pts
- DIMINISHABLE20 pts
- DIMINISHMENT20 pts
- DIMINUTIVELY21 pts
- DINUCLEOTIDE16 pts
- DIPEPTIDASES18 pts
- DIPHOSPHATES23 pts
- DIPHTHERITIC23 pts
- DIPHTHEROIDS22 pts
- DIPHTHONGIZE31 pts
- DIPLOBLASTIC19 pts
- DIPLODOCUSES18 pts
- DIPLOMATISTS17 pts
- DIPSOMANIACS19 pts
- DIPTEROCARPS19 pts
- DIRECTEDNESS16 pts
- DIRECTNESSES15 pts
- DIRECTORATES15 pts
- DIRECTORSHIP20 pts
- DIRECTRESSES15 pts
- DISABILITIES15 pts
- DISABLEMENTS17 pts
- DISACCHARIDE21 pts
- DISACCORDING19 pts
- DISACCUSTOMS19 pts
- DISADVANTAGE18 pts
- DISAFFECTING22 pts
- DISAFFECTION21 pts
- DISAFFILIATE19 pts
- DISAFFIRMING22 pts
- DISAGGREGATE16 pts
- DISAGREEABLE16 pts
- DISAGREEABLY19 pts
- DISAGREEMENT16 pts
- DISALLOWANCE18 pts
- DISAMBIGUATE18 pts
- DISANNULLING14 pts
- DISAPPEARING18 pts
- DISAPPOINTED18 pts
- DISAPPROVALS20 pts
- DISAPPROVERS20 pts
- DISAPPROVING21 pts
- DISARMAMENTS17 pts
- DISARRANGING15 pts
- DISASSEMBLED18 pts
- DISASSEMBLES17 pts
- DISASSOCIATE15 pts
- DISASTROUSLY16 pts
- DISBANDMENTS18 pts
- DISBELIEVERS18 pts
- DISBELIEVING19 pts
- DISBOWELLING19 pts
- DISBURDENING17 pts
- DISBURSEMENT17 pts
- DISCERNINGLY19 pts
- DISCERNMENTS17 pts
- DISCIPLESHIP22 pts
- DISCIPLINARY20 pts
- DISCIPLINERS17 pts
- DISCIPLINING18 pts
- DISCLAMATION17 pts
- DISCOGRAPHER21 pts
- DISCOGRAPHIC23 pts
- DISCOMFITING21 pts
- DISCOMFITURE20 pts
- DISCOMFORTED21 pts
- DISCOMMENDED21 pts
- DISCOMMODING21 pts
- DISCOMPOSING20 pts
- DISCOMPOSURE19 pts
- DISCONCERTED18 pts
- DISCONFIRMED21 pts
- DISCONNECTED18 pts
- DISCONSOLATE15 pts
- DISCONTENTED16 pts
- DISCONTINUED16 pts
- DISCONTINUES15 pts
- DISCORDANCES18 pts
- DISCORDANTLY19 pts
- DISCOTHEQUES27 pts
- DISCOUNTABLE17 pts
- DISCOURAGERS16 pts
- DISCOURAGING17 pts
- DISCOURTEOUS15 pts
- DISCOVERABLE20 pts
- DISCREDITING17 pts
- DISCREETNESS15 pts
- DISCREPANTLY20 pts
- DISCRETENESS15 pts
- DISCRIMINANT17 pts
- DISCRIMINATE17 pts
- DISCURSIVELY21 pts
- DISDAINFULLY20 pts
- DISECONOMIES17 pts
- DISEMBARKING22 pts
- DISEMBARRASS17 pts
- DISEMBODYING22 pts
- DISEMBOGUING19 pts
- DISEMBOWELED21 pts
- DISENCHANTED19 pts
- DISENCHANTER18 pts
- DISENCUMBERS19 pts
- DISENDOWMENT19 pts
- DISENTAILING14 pts
- DISENTANGLED15 pts
- DISENTANGLES14 pts
- DISENTHRALLS16 pts
- DISENTITLING14 pts
- DISESTABLISH18 pts
- DISESTEEMING16 pts
- DISFRANCHISE21 pts
- DISFUNCTIONS18 pts
- DISFURNISHED20 pts
- DISFURNISHES19 pts
- DISGRUNTLING15 pts
- DISGUISEMENT16 pts
- DISGUSTFULLY20 pts
- DISGUSTINGLY18 pts
- DISHARMONIES18 pts
- DISHARMONIZE27 pts
- DISHEARTENED17 pts
- DISHEVELLING20 pts
- DISHONESTIES16 pts
- DISHONORABLE18 pts
- DISHONORABLY21 pts
- DISILLUSIONS13 pts
- DISINCENTIVE18 pts
- DISINCLINING16 pts
- DISINFECTANT18 pts
- DISINFECTING19 pts
- DISINFECTION18 pts
- DISINFESTANT16 pts
- DISINFESTING17 pts
- DISINFLATION16 pts
- DISINGENUOUS14 pts
- DISINHERITED17 pts
- DISINHIBITED19 pts
- DISINTEGRATE14 pts
- DISINTERESTS13 pts
- DISINTERMENT15 pts
- DISINTERRING14 pts
- DISINVESTING17 pts
- DISJOINTEDLY24 pts
- DISJUNCTIONS22 pts
- DISJUNCTIVES25 pts
- DISJUNCTURES22 pts
- DISLOCATIONS15 pts
- DISLODGEMENT17 pts
- DISLODGMENTS17 pts
- DISLOYALTIES16 pts
- DISMALNESSES15 pts
- DISMEMBERING20 pts
- DISMISSIVELY21 pts
- DISOBEDIENCE18 pts
- DISORDEREDLY18 pts
- DISORGANIZED24 pts
- DISORGANIZES23 pts
- DISORIENTATE13 pts
- DISORIENTING14 pts
- DISPENSARIES15 pts
- DISPENSATION15 pts
- DISPENSATORY18 pts
- DISPERSIVELY21 pts
- DISPIRITEDLY19 pts
- DISPLACEABLE19 pts
- DISPLACEMENT19 pts
- DISPLEASURES15 pts
- DISPORTMENTS17 pts
- DISPOSITIONS15 pts
- DISPOSSESSED16 pts
- DISPOSSESSES15 pts
- DISPOSSESSOR15 pts
- DISPUTATIONS15 pts
- DISPUTATIOUS15 pts
- DISQUALIFIED26 pts
- DISQUALIFIES25 pts
- DISQUIETUDES23 pts
- DISQUISITION22 pts
- DISREGARDFUL18 pts
- DISREGARDING16 pts
- DISRELATIONS13 pts
- DISRELISHING17 pts
- DISREMEMBERS19 pts
- DISREPUTABLE17 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 | diphthongize | 31 | 32 |
| 2 | desexualized | 30 | 32 |
| 3 | doxycyclines | 30 | 32 |
| 4 | dichotomized | 30 | 31 |
| 5 | dicarboxylic | 29 | 32 |
| 6 | depolymerize | 29 | 31 |
| 7 | desexualizes | 29 | 31 |
| 8 | dichotomizes | 29 | 30 |
| 9 | devocalizing | 28 | 33 |
| 10 | defeminizing | 28 | 32 |
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 12-letter words start with D?
747 valid 12-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).