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8-Letter Words Starting with D (38 words)
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damewort (14 points)
A flowering plant
D·2+A·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
danewort (12 points)
Eurasian shrub having serrated leaves and white flowers
D·2+A·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 12 pts
darndest (10 points)
Type of things kids say (wordplay)
Level best
D·2+A·1+R·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
decrepit (13 points)
Lacking pep, vim and vigor.
Impaired by age
Really run-down
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
deferent (12 points)
Humble before Newton, having expert around
Respectful
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
deforest (12 points)
Costar of William and Leonard
Clear-cut, as for lumber
Rid of trees
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
democrat (13 points)
Tom Daschle, for one
Person who likes the blues (wordplay)
Tom cared about this voter?
D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 pts
demurest (11 points)
Most sober dissent is coming from Paris
Most modest
Most coy
D·2+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
derelict (11 points)
Unfaithful or neglectful
An abandoned ship
Disused, in poor condition
D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
destruct (11 points)
Order for a malfunctioning rocket
Destroy a missile in flight
Do away with troubled rest in pipe
D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
diffract (17 points)
Pass light through a prism
I'd rejected truth about French to change Ray's approach
D·2+I·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 17 pts
diriment (11 points)
Nullifying
D·2+I·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
dirtiest (9 points)
With the most cleaning up to do
Most in need of a nice bath
Least family-friendly
D·2+I·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
discreet (11 points)
Careful to avoid embarrassment
Careful in keeping a secret
Tactful and trustworthy
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
disherit (12 points)
Deprive of birthright
D·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
dispirit (11 points)
Put out the fire!
Throw cold water on
Put out the fire
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 11 pts
distract (11 points)
Divert (the attention)
Divert attention or bewilder
Girl's leaflet will amuse
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
distrait (9 points)
Absent-minded characteristic down under
Distraught in France
Sid is back with a tendency to be upset
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+T·1 = 9 pts
district (11 points)
Red light, for one
Columbia, for one
Area (of town/country)
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
distrust (9 points)
Stir dust (anagram)
Have little faith in
Regard (person) with suspicion
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
doorpost (11 points)
Could one hold up entrance (wordplay)
Upright of an entrance
Upright part of entrance frame
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
dorkiest (13 points)
Most like George Michael Bluth
D·2+O·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
dormient (11 points)
{asleep=adj}
D·2+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
dosseret (9 points)
Capital in Byzantine architecture
D·2+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 9 pts
drabbest (13 points)
Most dull
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
dragonet (10 points)
Brightly colored fish
Brightly colored marine fish
Trawl collects ordinary fish
D·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
dribblet (13 points)
Little drop Var.
Little drop variable
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
drollest (9 points)
Waggish to the max
Most like Balzac's tales
Funniest.
D·2+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
dropshot (14 points)
Andy Murray's choice sinks in
Ball that just clears the net
Short return of hot tears at first
D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 14 pts
dropwort (14 points)
A perennial herb
D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
druggist (11 points)
Pill-pusher (wordplay)
Chemist instates (wordplay)
Very big vireo, extremely bright
D·2+R·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
drumbeat (13 points)
Bared tum? Could be for a tattoo!
Fourth strange knock at rub-a-dub-dub
Rock-music staple
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 pts
drunkest (13 points)
Most inebriated
Most under the influence in wild Turk's den
D·2+R·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
drupelet (11 points)
Pulpy grain of a berry.
Small peach, plum or cherry
Small individual fleshy fruit with a stone
D·2+R·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
drypoint (14 points)
Engraving of laconic fieldsman
Steel needle for engraving
Etching needle.
D·2+R·1+Y·4+P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
dumpcart (15 points)
A cart for collecting rubbish
D·2+U·1+M·3+P·3+C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
durndest (10 points)
Durned
D·2+U·1+R·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
dwarfest (15 points)
Dwarf
D·2+W·4+A·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

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