9-letter words starting with D
There are 1,487 nine-letter words starting with D in our dictionary. The most common are DESCRIBED, DIFFERENT, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS and DAUGHTERS.
Every word here is exactly 9 letters long and begins with D. Handy when you know the first letters and the length, as in crosswords and Wordle-style puzzles.
9-letter words starting with D
- described15
- different16
- difficult18
- dangerous11
- daughters14
- decisions12
- decreased13
- dedicated14
- defending15
- defensive16
- delicious12
- delighted15
- delivered14
- demanding14
- democracy19
- democrats14
- departure12
- dependent13
- depending14
- depressed13
- describes14
- designers11
- desperate12
- destroyed14
- detection12
- detective15
- determine12
- developed16
- developer15
- diagnosed12
- diagnosis11
- dimension12
- direction12
- directors12
- disappear14
- discovery18
- discussed13
- dismissed13
- disorders11
- displayed16
- districts12
- diversity16
- divisions13
- documents14
- dominated13
- donations10
- daredevil14
- dashboard16
- databases12
- davenport15
- deadliest11
- deadlines11
- debatable14
- deceiving16
- deception14
- deceptive17
- decidedly17
- deciduous13
- decimated15
- declaring13
- declining13
- decorated13
- decreases12
- deduction13
- deepening13
- defeating14
- defective18
- defendant14
- defenders14
- defiantly16
- deficient15
- deflected16
- degrading13
- delegated12
- delegates11
- delusions10
- denounced13
- densities10
- dentistry13
- deodorant11
- departing13
- depicting15
- depiction14
- depletion12
- deploying16
- deposited13
- depriving16
- descended14
- deserving14
- designate11
- designing12
- desirable12
- destitute10
- destroyer13
- detailing11
- detainees10
- detecting13
- detectors12
- detention10
- detergent11
- deterrent10
- detonated11
- detriment12
- deviation13
- dexterity20
- diagnoses11
- dialogues11
- diaphragm18
- diarrhoea13
- dichotomy20
- dictators12
- differing17
- diffusion16
- digestion11
- digestive14
- digitally14
- dignified15
- diligence13
- dinosaurs10
- diplomacy19
- diplomats14
- directing13
- directive15
- directory15
- disabling13
- disagreed12
- disagrees11
- disasters10
- disbanded14
- disbelief15
- discarded14
- discharge16
- disciples14
- disclosed13
- discounts12
- discourse12
- discovers15
- discredit13
- discusses12
- disgraced14
- disguised12
- disgusted12
- dishonest13
- dismantle12
- dismissal12
- dismisses12
- disparate12
- disparity15
- dispenser12
- dispersal12
- dispersed13
- displaced15
- disposing13
- disregard12
- disrupted13
- dissident11
- dissolved14
- dissolves13
- distances12
- distilled11
- distorted11
- disturbed13
- divergent14
- diversify19
- diversion13
- diverting14
- dividends15
- dizziness28
- doctorate12
- doctrines12
- dominance14
- dominates12
- dominique21
- dormitory15
- doubtless12
- doughnuts14
- downgrade15
- downloads14
- downright17
- downwards17
- dragonfly17
- drawbacks21
- drugstore11
- dumplings15
- duplicate14
- dwellings14
- dwindling15
- dystopian15
- dachshund19
- daffodils17
- daiquiris19
- dalliance12
- dalmatian12
- damascene14
- damnation12
- damnedest13
- dampeners14
- dampening15
- damselfly18
- danceable14
- dandelion11
- darkening15
- darnedest11
- dartboard13
- dastardly14
- databanks16
- dauntless10
- daydreams16
- daylights17
- deaconess12
- deadbeats13
- deadbolts13
- deadening12
- deadheads15
- deadlifts14
- deadlocks17
- deafening14
- deaminase12
- deathbeds16
- deathblow18
- deathless13
- deathtrap15
- debarking17
- debarment14
- debauched18
- debenture12
- debriefed16
- debuggers14
- debugging15
- debunking17
- debutante12
- debutants12
- decadence15
- decalogue13
- decanters12
- decanting13
- decathlon15
- decedents13
- deceitful15
- deceivers15
- decennial12
- decidable15
- deciliter12
- decimates14
- deciphers17
- deckhands20
- deckhouse19
- declaimed15
- declawing16
- decoction14
- decompose16
- decongest13
- decorates12
- decorator12
- decoupage15
- decoupled15
- decreeing13
- decrement14
- decretals12
- decrypted18
- decumbent16
- decurrent12
- dedicates13
- deducting14
- deductive16
- deepwater15
- defaulted14
- defaulter13
- defeatism15
- defeatist13
- defecated16
- defecates15
- defecting16
- defection15
- defectors15
- deference15
- deferment15
- deferrals13
- deferring14
- definable15
- deflating14
- deflation13
- deflector15
- defoliant13
- defoliate13
- deforming16
- deformity18
- defrauded15
- defrocked20
- defrosted14
- defroster13
- defunding15
- degassing12
- degreaser11
- dehydrate17
- deionized20
- dejection19
- deletions10
- delicates12
- delimited13
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