Words That Start With

DR

English words beginning with “DR” — sorted by frequency

✦173 words found

🟩38 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With DR

38 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

DREAD DRONE DRIFT DRIVE DRAFT DRAWN DREAM DRAPE DREAR DRILL DROVE DROSS DRAWL DRYLY DRESS DROLL DROOP DRAIN DRINK DRYAD DRURY DROOL DRAKE DRUNK DREGS DRILY DREED DREVE DROWN DRUID DRECK DROIL DROOG DRUPE DROIT DRAIL DROID DREST

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With DR

10 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

DRAB DRAW DRAG DROP DREE DRIP DRUB DRUM DREG DRUG

All Words Starting With DR

173 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
dread	5	1	noun	(transitive) To fear greatly.
drab	4	1	noun	(by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
drone	5	1	noun	A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
draw	4	1	verb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
dreadful	8	2	noun	Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
drift	5	1	noun	(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
drive	5	1	noun	To operate a vehicle:
dragon	6	2	noun	A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
draft	5	1	noun	(Universal spelling) A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
drivel	6	2	noun	Nonsense; senseless talk.
drag	4	1	verb	(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
driven	6	2		Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
dreich	6	1	noun	Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
dreamy	6	2		As in a dream; resembling a dream.
drop	4	1	noun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
drawn	5	1		(of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
dreary	6	2	noun	Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
dream	5	1	noun	(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
drape	5	1	noun	(transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
drawled	7	1	verb	(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
draconian	9	4	noun	Very severe, cruel, or harsh.
drollery	8	3	noun	Something humorous, funny or comical.
dribble	7	2	noun	(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
drowsy	6	2		Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
drudge	6	1	noun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
drifter	7	2	noun	(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
drear	5	1	noun	(poetic, literary) Dreary.
dree	4	1	noun	(transitive) To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
draped	6	1		Covered by or clothed in cloth that drapes loosely around the object or body.
draught	7	1	noun	(British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
drip	4	1	noun	(transitive) To let fall in drops.
drawback	8	2	noun	A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
drastic	7	2	noun	Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
drained	7	1		Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
dretch	6	1	noun	(intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.
dry	3	1	noun	Free from or lacking moisture.
drill	5	1	noun	(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
drove	5	1	verb	(figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move.
dross	5	1	noun	Waste or impure matter.
drawl	5	1	noun	A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand, and Scots.
dramatic	8	3		Of or relating to the drama.
dryly	5	2		In a dry manner.
drenched	8	1		Completely wet; sodden
drowsily	8	3		In a drowsy manner.
dress	5	1	noun	(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
droll	5	1	noun	Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
drilling	8	2	noun	The act or process of drilling.
drub	4	1	verb	To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
draggled	8	2		Soiled and wet as by dragging in the mud.
dreamscape	10	2	noun	The landscape within a dream
drizzle	7	2	noun	(impersonal) To rain lightly.
drench	6	1	verb	(transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
dramaturgy	10	4	noun	(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.
dreaded	7	2		Causing fear, dread, or terror.
drifting	8	2	noun	Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
drifted	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
dragoon	7	2	noun	(by extension) Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
droop	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
drudgery	8	3	noun	Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
drowse	6	1	verb	(intransitive) Often followed by away or off: to be drowsy or sleepy; to be half-asleep.
droning	7	2	noun	A dull humming.
druidess	8	3	noun	A female druid.
dragsman	8	2	noun	One who drags a body of water in search of something that is submerged.
driver	6	2	noun	A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
dreamer	7	2	noun	One who dreams.
drapery	7	3	noun	(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
dreadnought	11	2	noun	(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
drastically	11	3		To a drastic degree.
dreamworld	10	2	noun	An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamchild	10	2	noun	Something produced or established as a result of someone's imagination or personal efforts.
dright	6	1	noun	A lord; ruler; chief; leader.
drain	5	1	noun	(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
drawing	7	2	noun	A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
drink	5	1	noun	(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
drainage	8	2	noun	A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
dresser	7	2	noun	(US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
dredge	6	1	noun	To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
dryad	5	2	noun	(Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.
drogue	6	1	noun	(aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
droopy	6	2		Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
driblet	7	2	noun	A small portion or part.
dreamboat	9	2	noun	(informal, dated or humorous) An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
drumble	7	2	verb	(obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy.
drury	5	2	noun	A surname.
dreamery	8	3	noun	A place suited for dreaming.
drawer	6	1	noun	An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
drool	5	1	noun	(ambitransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
drake	5	1	noun	A male duck.
draftsman	9	2	noun	A person who drafts legal documents.
drawers	7	1	noun	(slang) Any clothing covering the legs, such as shorts, trousers, or tights.
drongo	6	2	noun	(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
drawbacks	9	2	noun	A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
dramatism	9	4	noun	dramatic speech or writing
dreamlet	8	2	noun	A little dream.
drum	4	1	noun	(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
dressing	8	2	noun	The activity of getting dressed.
drunk	5	1	noun	Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
dregs	5	1	noun	(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
drily	5	2		Alternative spelling of dryly. [In a dry manner.]
drawstring	10	2	noun	A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
dreg	4	1	noun	a small amount of residue
dramaturge	10	3	noun	(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
dramaturgist	12	4	noun	A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
dreed	5	1	verb	(transitive) To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
dreckly	7	2		(Cornwall, Devon, US) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
draugr	6	1	noun	(Norse mythology) An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.
dreve	5	1	verb	(transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
drug	4	1	noun	(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
drown	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
drawbridge	10	2	noun	A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
druid	5	2	noun	(historical) One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
dramatize	9	3	verb	(transitive) To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
drafting	8	2	noun	The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
drover	6	2	noun	A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.
dripstone	9	2	noun	(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
dressy	6	2		Elegant, smart, or stylish.
drubbing	8	2	noun	A thorough defeat.
dreamland	9	2	noun	An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.
dreamlike	9	2		Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
dreck	5	1	noun	(informal) trash; worthless merchandise.