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8-Letter Words Starting with D (42 words)
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daintier (9 points)
More delicate
More squeamish.
More exquisite
D·2+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
daughter (13 points)
Dug earth (anagram)
The guard (anagram)
Changing of 'the guard' (wordplay)
D·2+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
decanter (11 points)
Perhaps slow down for a drink from there
Glass spirits container
Serving bottle for liquor
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
decenter (11 points)
Make (a thing) eccentric.
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
deemster (11 points)
Isle of Man judge
Manx judge, or novel by Hall Caine.
Novel by Hall Caine (with "The").
D·2+E·1+E·1+M·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
defeater (12 points)
One who {defeats=v}
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
defector (14 points)
One seeking asylum, perhaps
Baryshnikov, for one
Baryshnikov, for example
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
deflator (12 points)
Parking lot prankster, perhaps
Foe of the pompous.
Gas balloon emptier
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
deluster (9 points)
Reduce the sheen of yarn
D·2+E·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
dempster (13 points)
Eliot's wife-beater somehow deters MP
D·2+E·1+M·3+P·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
depicter (13 points)
Writer or painter
D·2+E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
depictor (13 points)
Artist of a sort
Delineator.
D·2+E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
desalter (9 points)
Creator of potable water, perhaps
Apparatus for making seawater potable
Creator of drinkable water
D·2+E·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
deserter (9 points)
Front runner (wordplay)
One running from the front (wordplay)
One who is AWOL, perhaps
D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
destrier (9 points)
Old warhorse of the French, one making an effort
D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
detacher (14 points)
One that {detaches=v}
D·2+E·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
detailer (9 points)
Car wash worker
One who spiffs up your wheels
Car wash employee
D·2+E·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
detainer (9 points)
Writ sought by a warden
Writ for continued custody.
Writ for holding a prisoner.
D·2+E·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
detecter (11 points)
Discoverer
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
detector (11 points)
Device for monitoring hazards
Geiger counter, for example
Device warning of, eg, smoke
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
deterger (10 points)
One that {deterges=v}
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
deterrer (9 points)
One who discourages
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
detester (9 points)
Grimace maker, maybe
Person feeling abhorrence
Lover's antithesis
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
deticker (15 points)
One that {deticks=v}
D·2+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
deviator (12 points)
One that {deviates=v}
D·2+E·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
devouter (12 points)
Devout
D·2+E·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
diameter (11 points)
Distance across, maybe
Paying back (of money)
Pizza slice (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
dictator (11 points)
Takes down what the boss says to tyrant
Takes down what boss says to tyrant
Absolute ruler (Great in Chaplin film)
D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
digester (10 points)
One who abridges books
Make of abridgments.
A condenser of articles.
D·2+I·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
digestor (10 points)
""An apparatus which softens substances, also DIGESTER""
D·2+I·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
directer (11 points)
More to the point
More straightforward
Less roundabout
D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
director (11 points)
Record it (anagram)
He puts on many an act
Member of a company board
D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
disaster (9 points)
Titanic sinking, for one
Star dies (anagram)
New star dies in Act of God, perhaps
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
disinter (9 points)
Reverse some undertaking (wordplay)
Dig up, say a body
Raise the dead (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
disputer (11 points)
One entangled in a wrangle
One in a row put in dries out
Challenger
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ditherer (12 points)
Irresolute person agitates the rider
Indecisive person
Flustered one
D·2+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
diverter (12 points)
Amusing one
D·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
doomster (11 points)
Old Scots court crier.
One predicting disaster
D·2+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
dopester (11 points)
Prognosticator of sorts
Pre-election consultant
He's got inside info
D·2+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
draftier (12 points)
Less insulated
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
dragster (10 points)
Ride for Don "The Snake" Prudhomme
Car adapted for acceleration race
Car designed for 1,320 ft. races
D·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
driftier (12 points)
Drifty
D·2+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

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