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13 Letter Words Starting With D

There are 1510 valid 13 letter words that start with D, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 13-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

dactylioglyph - 28 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

dactylioglyph - 28 points

Words With Friends

dactylioglyph - 30 points

13 Letter Words (1510)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 13 Letter Words Starting With d

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 1510 word list is 68.0 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 dacryadenitis 20 20 21 61
🏆 #2 dactylioglyph 28 28 30 86
#3 dactyliomancy 26 26 29 81
#4 dactyliotheca 24 24 25 73
#5 dactylography 28 28 29 85
#6 dactylologies 20 20 23 63
#7 dactylomegaly 25 25 28 78
#8 dactylopodite 22 22 24 68
#9 dactylopterus 21 21 24 66
#10 dactyloscopic 25 25 29 79
#11 dadaistically 20 20 22 62
#12 daguerreotype 20 20 22 62
#13 daguerreotypy 23 23 24 70
#14 damageability 22 22 25 69
#15 damnabilities 18 18 22 58
#16 damnification 21 21 25 67
#17 dampishnesses 21 21 23 65
#18 dandification 20 20 23 63
#19 dangerousness 15 15 19 49
#20 dangleberries 17 17 21 55

Where 13 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 13 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with D will give you far more flexible options try 13 letter words starting with D for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 13 letter word starting with d?

dactylioglyph — worth 86 combined points (US Scrabble: 28, UK Scrabble: 28, Words With Friends: 30).

How many 13 letter words start with d?

1510 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 13 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 13 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter d words will come up far more often.