15-letter words starting with D

459 15-letter words starting with D play in tournament dictionaries, and 419 of them open with DE or DI.

459 wordsTop pick DIFFERENTIATIONHighest score DEMYTHOLOGIZING 35

4 of 459 are everyday words (1%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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P starts the most 15-letter words (695); Y starts the fewest (2). D ranks #5 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 459 · most-used first

DIFFERENTIATION₂₂
DISSATISFACTION₂₁
DIVERSIFICATION₂₄
DISAPPOINTMENTS₂₂
DIFFERENTIATING₂₃
DISENFRANCHISED₂₅
DISTINGUISHABLE₂₂
DECOMMISSIONING₂₃
DISILLUSIONMENT₁₈
DECONTAMINATION₂₀
DEMOCRATIZATION₂₉
DEVELOPMENTALLY₂₆
DISCONTINUATION₁₈
DESTABILIZATION₂₇
DISAPPOINTINGLY₂₄
DESERTIFICATION₂₁
DISTINCTIVENESS₂₁
DEMOGRAPHICALLY₂₉
DISADVANTAGEOUS₂₁
DESENSITIZATION₂₅
DISORGANIZATION₂₆
DEMOCRATISATION₂₀
DISCONTINUITIES₁₈
DISRESPECTFULLY₂₆
DISPASSIONATELY₂₁
DECRIMINALIZING₃₀
DISCOMBOBULATED₂₅
DESTRUCTIVENESS₂₁
DIPHENHYDRAMINE₃₀
DISCONCERTINGLY₂₄
DISTRIBUTORSHIP₂₃
DECARBOXYLATION₃₀
DENITRIFICATION₂₁
DISCRIMINATIONS₂₀
DINOFLAGELLATES₂₀
DISPROPORTIONAL₂₀
DISSIMILARITIES₁₈
DESTABILISATION₁₈
DESULFURIZATION₂₈
DICHLOROMETHANE₂₆
DECONTAMINATING₂₁
DEMONSTRATIVELY₂₄
DISORGANISATION₁₇
DEHYDROGENATION₂₄
DIFFERENTIATORS₂₂
DISCONTINUOUSLY₂₁
DECARBONISATION₂₀
DECARBONIZATION₂₉

Showing the top 48 of 459 words. See every valid word

All valid words 459

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

DACTYLIOMANCIES₂₅
DACTYLOGRAPHERS₂₇
DACTYLOGRAPHIES₂₇
DAGUERREOTYPERS₂₂
DAGUERREOTYPIES₂₂
DAGUERREOTYPING₂₃
DAGUERREOTYPIST₂₂
DAMAGEABILITIES₂₁
DANGEROUSNESSES₁₇
DASTARDLINESSES₁₇
DAUNTLESSNESSES₁₆
DEACIDIFICATION₂₄
DEATHLESSNESSES₁₉
DEBAUCHEDNESSES₂₄
DECAFFEINATIONS₂₄
DECALCIFICATION₂₅
DECARBONISATION₂₀
DECARBONIZATION₂₉
DECARBOXYLATING₃₁
DECARBOXYLATION₃₀
DECARBURISATION₂₀
DECARBURIZATION₂₉
DECASUALISATION₁₈
DECASUALIZATION₂₇
DECEITFULNESSES₂₁
DECEIVABILITIES₂₃
DECEPTIBILITIES₂₂
DECEPTIVENESSES₂₃
DECERTIFICATION₂₃
DECHLORINATIONS₂₁
DECHRISTIANISED₂₂
DECHRISTIANISES₂₁
DECHRISTIANIZED₃₁
DECHRISTIANIZES₃₀
DECIDUOUSNESSES₁₉
DECIMALISATIONS₂₀
DECIMALIZATIONS₂₉
DECIPHERABILITY₂₈
DECOLONISATIONS₁₈
DECOLONIZATIONS₂₇
DECOLORISATIONS₁₈
DECOLORIZATIONS₂₇
DECOLOURISATION₁₈
DECOLOURIZATION₂₇
DECOMMISSIONERS₂₂
DECOMMISSIONING₂₃
DECOMPENSATIONS₂₂
DECOMPOSABILITY₂₇
DECONCENTRATING₂₁
DECONCENTRATION₂₀
DECONSECRATIONS₂₀
DECONSTRUCTIONS₂₀
DECONTAMINATING₂₁
DECONTAMINATION₂₀
DECONTAMINATIVE₂₃
DECONTAMINATORS₂₀
DECONTEXTUALISE₂₅
DECONTEXTUALIZE₃₄
DECREOLIZATIONS₂₇
DECRIMINALISING₂₁
DECRIMINALIZING₃₀
DEDIFFERENTIATE₂₃
DEDUCIBLENESSES₂₁
DEDUCTIBILITIES₂₁
DEFAMILIARISING₂₂
DEFAMILIARIZING₃₁
DEFEASIBILITIES₂₁
DEFECTIBILITIES₂₃
DEFECTIVENESSES₂₄
DEFEMINISATIONS₂₁
DEFEMINIZATIONS₃₀
DEFENCELESSNESS₂₁
DEFENESTRATIONS₁₉
DEFENSELESSNESS₁₉
DEFENSIBILITIES₂₁
DEFENSIVENESSES₂₂
DEFERVESCENCIES₂₆
DEFIBRILLATIONS₂₁
DEFICIENTNESSES₂₁
DEFLOCCULATIONS₂₃
DEFORMABILITIES₂₃
DEFRAGMENTATION₂₂
DEGENERATIONIST₁₇
DEGLAMORISATION₁₉
DEGLAMORIZATION₂₈
DEGRADABILITIES₂₀
DEGRADINGNESSES₁₉
DEHUMANISATIONS₂₁
DEHUMANIZATIONS₃₀
DEHYDROGENATING₂₅
DEHYDROGENATION₂₄
DEHYDROGENISING₂₅
DEHYDROGENIZING₃₄
DEHYDRORETINOLS₂₃
DEHYPNOTISATION₂₄
DEHYPNOTIZATION₃₃
DEINDIVIDUATION₂₁
DEINDUSTRIALISE₁₇
DEINDUSTRIALIZE₂₆
DELABIALIZATION₂₇
DELECTABILITIES₂₀
DELEGITIMATIONS₁₉
DELETERIOUSNESS₁₆
DELICIOUSNESSES₁₈
DELIGHTEDNESSES₂₁
DELIRIOUSNESSES₁₆
DELOCALISATIONS₁₈
DELOCALIZATIONS₂₇
DEMAGNETISATION₁₉
DEMAGNETIZATION₂₈
DEMANDINGNESSES₂₀
DEMATERIALISING₁₉
DEMATERIALIZING₂₈
DEMERITORIOUSLY₂₁
DEMISEMIQUAVERS₃₂
DEMOBILISATIONS₂₀
DEMOBILIZATIONS₂₉
DEMOCRATIFIABLE₂₅
DEMOCRATISATION₂₀
DEMOCRATIZATION₂₉
DEMOGRAPHICALLY₂₉
DEMONETISATIONS₁₈
DEMONETIZATIONS₂₇
DEMONSTRABILITY₂₃
DEMONSTRATIONAL₁₈
DEMONSTRATIVELY₂₄
DEMORALISATIONS₁₈
DEMORALIZATIONS₂₇
DEMULSIFICATION₂₃
DEMUTUALISATION₁₈
DEMUTUALIZATION₂₇
DEMYSTIFICATION₂₆
DEMYTHOLOGISERS₂₅
DEMYTHOLOGISING₂₆
DEMYTHOLOGIZERS₃₄
DEMYTHOLOGIZING₃₅
DENATIONALISING₁₇
DENATIONALIZING₂₆
DENAZIFICATIONS₃₀
DENITRIFICATION₂₁
DENITRIFICATORS₂₁
DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN₃₄
DEPARTMENTALISE₂₀
DEPARTMENTALISM₂₂
DEPARTMENTALIZE₂₉
DEPENDABILITIES₂₁
DEPERSONALISING₁₉
DEPERSONALIZING₂₈
DEPHLOGISTICATE₂₄
DEPHOSPHORYLATE₂₉
DEPIGMENTATIONS₂₁
DEPLORABILITIES₂₀
DEPOLARISATIONS₁₈
DEPOLARIZATIONS₂₇
DEREGISTRATIONS₁₇
DERELIGIONISING₁₈
DERELIGIONIZING₂₇
DEREQUISITIONED₂₆
DERIVATISATIONS₁₉
DERIVATIZATIONS₂₈
DERMATOGLYPHICS₂₉
DERMATOGRAPHIAS₂₄
DERMATOGRAPHIES₂₄
DERMATOMYOSITIS₂₃
DERMATOPHYTOSES₂₆
DERMATOPHYTOSIS₂₆
DERMATOPLASTIES₂₀
DESACRALISATION₁₈
DESACRALIZATION₂₇
DESALINISATIONS₁₆
DESALINIZATIONS₂₅
DESCRIPTIVENESS₂₃
DESENSITISATION₁₆
DESENSITIZATION₂₅
DESERTIFICATION₂₁
DESERVINGNESSES₂₀
DESEXUALISATION₂₃
DESEXUALIZATION₃₂
DESILVERISATION₁₉
DESILVERIZATION₂₈
DESIRABLENESSES₁₈
DESPERATENESSES₁₈
DESPICABILITIES₂₂
DESPIRITUALISED₁₉
DESPIRITUALISES₁₈
DESPIRITUALIZED₂₈
DESPIRITUALIZES₂₇
DESSERTSPOONFUL₂₁
DESTABILISATION₁₈
DESTABILIZATION₂₇
DESTITUTENESSES₁₆
DESTRUCTIBILITY₂₃
DESTRUCTIONISTS₁₈
DESTRUCTIVENESS₂₁
DESTRUCTIVITIES₂₁
DESULFURISATION₁₉
DESULFURIZATION₂₈
DESULPHURATIONS₂₁
DESULTORINESSES₁₆
DETACHABILITIES₂₃
DETECTABILITIES₂₀
DETERMINABILITY₂₃
DETERMINATENESS₁₈
DETERMINATIVELY₂₄
DETERRABILITIES₁₈
DETESTABILITIES₁₈
DETOXIFICATIONS₂₈
DETRIBALISATION₁₈
DETRIBALIZATION₂₇
DEUTERANOMALIES₁₈
DEUTERANOMALOUS₁₈
DEVALORISATIONS₁₉
DEVALORIZATIONS₂₈
DEVELOPMENTALLY₂₆
DEVITALISATIONS₁₉
DEVITALIZATIONS₂₈
DEVITRIFICATION₂₄
DEVOTIONALITIES₁₉
DEXAMPHETAMINES₃₂
DEXFENFLURAMINE₃₁
DEXTEROUSNESSES₂₃
DEXTROPHOSPHATE₃₃
DEXTROROTATIONS₂₃
DIAGONALISATION₁₇
DIAGONALIZATION₂₆
DIAHELIOTROPISM₂₃
DIALECTOLOGICAL₂₁
DIALECTOLOGISTS₁₉
DIALYSABILITIES₂₁
DIALYZABILITIES₃₀
DIAMAGNETICALLY₂₄
DIAPHOTOTROPIES₂₃
DIAPHOTOTROPISM₂₅
DIAPHRAGMATITIS₂₄
DIASTEREOISOMER₁₈
DIASTROPHICALLY₂₆
DICHLOROBENZENE₃₂
DICHLOROETHANES₂₄
DICHLOROMETHANE₂₆
DICHOTOMISATION₂₃
DICHOTOMIZATION₃₂
DICHOTOMOUSNESS₂₃
DICHROMATICISMS₂₇
DICTATORIALNESS₁₈
DIFFERENTIATING₂₃
DIFFERENTIATION₂₂
DIFFERENTIATORS₂₂
DIFFERENTNESSES₂₂
DIFFICULTNESSES₂₄
DIFFRACTIVENESS₂₇
DIFFRACTOMETERS₂₆
DIFFRACTOMETRIC₂₈
DIFFRANGIBILITY₂₈
DIFFUSIBILITIES₂₄
DIFFUSIVENESSES₂₅
DIGESTIBILITIES₁₉
DIGITALISATIONS₁₇
DIGITALIZATIONS₂₆
DIGNIFIEDNESSES₂₁
DILATABLENESSES₁₈
DIMENHYDRINATES₂₅
DIMETHYLANILINE₂₄
DINITROBENZENES₂₇
DINOFLAGELLATES₂₀
DIOECIOUSNESSES₁₈
DIPHENHYDRAMINE₃₀
DIPHENYLENIMINE₂₆
DIPHENYLKETONES₂₈
DIPLOMATOLOGIES₂₁
DISACCHARIDASES₂₄
DISACCOMMODATED₂₆
DISACCOMMODATES₂₅
DISACKNOWLEDGED₂₈
DISACKNOWLEDGES₂₇
DISADVANTAGEOUS₂₁
DISAFFECTEDNESS₂₅
DISAFFECTIONATE₂₄
DISAFFILIATIONS₂₂
DISAFFIRMATIONS₂₄
DISAFFORESTMENT₂₄
DISAGGREGATIONS₁₉
DISAGREEABILITY₂₂
DISAMBIGUATIONS₂₁
DISAPPLICATIONS₂₂
DISAPPOINTINGLY₂₄
DISAPPOINTMENTS₂₂
DISAPPROBATIONS₂₂
DISAPPROPRIATED₂₃
DISAPPROPRIATES₂₂
DISARRANGEMENTS₁₉
DISARTICULATING₁₉
DISARTICULATION₁₈
DISARTICULATORS₁₈
DISASSIMILATING₁₉
DISASSIMILATION₁₈
DISASSIMILATIVE₂₁
DISASSOCIATIONS₁₈
DISATTRIBUTIONS₁₈
DISCAPACITATING₂₃
DISCIPLINARIANS₂₀
DISCIPLINARIUMS₂₂
DISCOLOURATIONS₁₈
DISCOMBOBERATED₂₅
DISCOMBOBERATES₂₄
DISCOMBOBULATED₂₅
DISCOMBOBULATES₂₄
DISCOMMENDATION₂₃
DISCOMMISSIONED₂₃
DISCOMMODIOUSLY₂₆
DISCONCERTINGLY₂₄
DISCONCERTMENTS₂₂
DISCONFIRMATION₂₃
DISCONFORMITIES₂₃
DISCONSOLATIONS₁₈
DISCONTENTMENTS₂₀
DISCONTIGUITIES₁₉
DISCONTINUANCES₂₀
DISCONTINUATION₁₈
DISCONTINUITIES₁₈
DISCONTINUOUSLY₂₁
DISCOUNTENANCED₂₁
DISCOUNTENANCES₂₀
DISCOURAGEMENTS₂₁
DISCRETIONARILY₂₁
DISCRIMINATIONS₂₀
DISEMBARKATIONS₂₄
DISEMBARRASSING₂₁
DISEMBELLISHING₂₄
DISEMBOGUEMENTS₂₃
DISEMBOWELMENTS₂₅
DISEMPOWERMENTS₂₅
DISENCHANTINGLY₂₅
DISENCHANTMENTS₂₃
DISENCUMBERMENT₂₄
DISENCUMBRANCES₂₄
DISENFRANCHISED₂₅
DISENFRANCHISES₂₄
DISENTANGLEMENT₁₉
DISENTHRALLMENT₂₁
DISENTHRALMENTS₂₁
DISENTRAINMENTS₁₈
DISENTRANCEMENT₂₀
DISEQUILIBRATED₂₈
DISEQUILIBRATES₂₇
DISEQUILIBRIUMS₂₉
DISESTABLISHING₂₂
DISFEATUREMENTS₂₁
DISFORESTATIONS₁₉
DISFURNISHMENTS₂₄
DISGRACEFULNESS₂₂
DISGRUNTLEMENTS₁₉
DISGUISEDNESSES₁₈
DISGUSTEDNESSES₁₈
DISHABILITATING₂₂
DISHABILITATION₂₁
DISHARMONIOUSLY₂₄
DISHEARTENINGLY₂₃
DISHEARTENMENTS₂₁
DISILLUMINATING₁₉
DISILLUSIONISED₁₇
DISILLUSIONISES₁₆
DISILLUSIONIZED₂₆
DISILLUSIONIZES₂₅
DISILLUSIONMENT₁₈
DISIMPRISONMENT₂₂
DISINCARCERATED₂₁
DISINCARCERATES₂₀
DISINCLINATIONS₁₈
DISINCORPORATED₂₁
DISINCORPORATES₂₀
DISINFESTATIONS₁₉
DISINFLATIONARY₂₂
DISINFORMATIONS₂₁
DISINHERITANCES₂₁
DISINTEGRATIONS₁₇
DISINTERESTEDLY₂₀
DISINTERMEDIATE₁₉
DISINTOXICATING₂₆
DISINTOXICATION₂₅
DISINVESTITURES₁₉
DISINVIGORATING₂₁
DISNATURALISING₁₇
DISNATURALIZING₂₆
DISOBLIGINGNESS₂₀
DISORGANISATION₁₇
DISORGANIZATION₂₆
DISORIENTATIONS₁₆
DISPARATENESSES₁₈
DISPASSIONATELY₂₁
DISPENSABLENESS₂₀
DISPERSEDNESSES₁₉
DISPLEASINGNESS₁₉
DISPLENISHMENTS₂₃
DISPOSABILITIES₂₀
DISPROPORTIONAL₂₀
DISPROPORTIONED₂₁
DISPUTABILITIES₂₀
DISPUTATIVENESS₂₁
DISQUISITIONARY₂₈
DISREPUTABILITY₂₃
DISRESPECTFULLY₂₆
DISSATISFACTION₂₁
DISSATISFACTORY₂₄
DISSERTATIONIST₁₆
DISSIMILARITIES₁₈
DISSOCIABLENESS₂₀
DISSOLUBILITIES₁₈
DISSOLUTENESSES₁₆
DISSOLUTIONISMS₁₈
DISSOLUTIONISTS₁₆
DISSOLVABLENESS₂₁
DISTASTEFULNESS₁₉
DISTEMPERATURES₂₀
DISTINCTIVENESS₂₁
DISTINGUISHABLE₂₂
DISTINGUISHABLY₂₅
DISTINGUISHMENT₂₂
DISTORTEDNESSES₁₇
DISTRACTIBILITY₂₃
DISTRESSFULNESS₁₉
DISTRIBUTORSHIP₂₃
DISTRUSTFULNESS₁₉
DITHIOCARBAMATE₂₅
DITHYRAMBICALLY₃₁
DIVERSIFICATION₂₄
DIVERTIBILITIES₂₁
DIVERTISSEMENTS₂₁
DIVISIBLENESSES₂₁
DIVISIONALISING₂₀
DIVISIONALIZING₂₉
DOCTRINARIANISM₂₀
DOCUMENTARISING₂₁
DOCUMENTARIZING₃₀
DOCUMENTATIONAL₂₀
DODECASYLLABLES₂₄
DOLICHOCEPHALIC₃₀
DOLICHOSAURUSES₂₁
DOLOMITISATIONS₁₈
DOLOMITIZATIONS₂₇
DOMINEERINGNESS₁₉
DORSIBRANCHIATE₂₃
DORSIVENTRALITY₂₂
DORSOVENTRALITY₂₂
DOUBTLESSNESSES₁₈
DOWNHEARTEDNESS₂₃
DOWNREGULATIONS₂₀
DOWNRIGHTNESSES₂₃
DRAMATURGICALLY₂₄
DRAUGHTSMANSHIP₂₇
DRAUGHTSPERSONS₂₂
DREADLESSNESSES₁₇
DREAMLESSNESSES₁₈
DRINKABLENESSES₂₂
DUPLICABILITIES₂₂
DURCHKOMPONIERT₂₉
DYSLOGISTICALLY₂₅
DYSMORPHOPHOBIA₃₃
DYSTELEOLOGICAL₂₂
DYSTELEOLOGISTS₂₀

Letters by positionIn 54% of these words the 15th letter is S.

2nd letter

E46%
I45%
O4%

3rd letter

S41%
C14%
M7%

9th letter

I28%
S8%
E8%

13th letter

I38%
O17%
S14%

14th letter

E29%
N27%
O14%

15th letter

S54%
N14%
G8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 21 in Scrabble; DEMYTHOLOGIZING tops the list with 35. Scores before board bonuses.

1616 points: 12 words
17 points: 14 words
1818 points: 49 words
19 points: 37 words
2020 points: 40 words
21 points: 61 words
2222 points: 36 words
23 points: 42 words
2424 points: 37 words
25 points: 25 words
2626 points: 22 words
27 points: 26 words
2828 points: 18 words
29 points: 12 words
3030 points: 10 words
31 points: 5 words
3232 points: 5 words
33 points: 3 words
3434 points: 4 words
35 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
DEMYTHOLOGIZING	35	38	All three
DECONTEXTUALIZE	34	38	NWL only
DEMYTHOLOGIZERS	34	35	All three
DEHYDROGENIZING	34	36	Collins only
DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN	34	37	NWL only
DEHYPNOTIZATION	33	34	Collins only
DEXTROPHOSPHATE	33	33	Collins only
DYSMORPHOPHOBIA	33	34	Collins only
DICHLOROBENZENE	32	36	All three
DEMISEMIQUAVERS	32	36	All three
DEXAMPHETAMINES	32	35	Collins only
DESEXUALIZATION	32	35	All three

Two prefixes do nearly all the work. DE starts 212 of the words and DI another 207, so DA, DO, DR and DU share only 36 between them. The list averages 22.6 points a word, and just four entries count as everyday English.

Where the 459 D words open

DE begins 212 and DI 207, so those two pairs cover 419 of the 459.
DIS alone accounts for 153 words, all of them inside the DI group.
DO opens 17, DA 11, DR 6 and DU 2.
63 entries finish on -tion and 39 on -ing, so long nouns and participles dominate.
Only differentiation, dissatisfaction, diversification and disappointments count as common English.

Which D words are Collins-only?

186 of the 459 entries sit in Collins but not in NWL2023. Collins accepts 443, NWL2023 only 273 and ENABLE 227, so roughly two in five of these words will never appear in a North American tournament game.

That split rewards a little planning. The strictest list still allows 273 of the words, which is plenty for a themed round, and the four everyday entries clear all three dictionaries.

Everything else is technical vocabulary. Only 350 of the 459 carry a definition at all, so expect long nouns such as decontamination, destabilization and desensitization rather than anything you can use in conversation.

Scoring 15-letter words starting with D

demythologizing leads at 35, built from a Y and two Gs. decontextualize, demythologizers, dehydrogenizing and deoxyhemoglobin each reach 34, and every name in the top ten holds a Z, a Y or an X.

The -ization endings do the heavy lifting. 58 of the 459 words carry an -iz- or -yz- spelling, and deoxyhemoglobin adds a bare X on top of its Z for the same reason.

Points are not the problem with this list. At 22.6 a word the group sits in line with any other fifteen-letter opening, so treat the score as a tiebreaker and the dictionary as the real filter.

The ending most of them share

Note

249 of the 459 words end in S, a little over half. N closes 64 and G 39, so an S tile belongs in your last square unless the clue says otherwise.

Questions people ask

How many 15-letter words start with D?

459 in the tournament dictionaries. Collins lists 443 of them, NWL2023 accepts 273 and ENABLE 227, so how many you can actually play depends on the word list your game uses.

Which letter pairs open most D-starting 15-letter words?

DE and DI, between them 419 of the 459. DE begins 212 entries and DI 207, and DIS adds a further 153 inside that DI group. Only 40 words open with something else.

What is the highest-scoring 15-letter word starting with D?

demythologizing scores 35 points. decontextualize, demythologizers, dehydrogenizing and deoxyhemoglobin follow at 34 each, so five words sit within a single point of the top, and every one of them carries a Z, a Y or an X.

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