6-letter words starting with DE
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DE. This section showcases how DE at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DE, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decide | 10 | bring to an end; settle conclusively | The case was decided |
| desire | 7 | expect and wish | - |
| desert | 7 | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot |
| decent | 9 | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion | a decent burial |
| design | 8 | something intended as a guide for making something else | - |
| defend | 11 | argue or speak in defense of | - |
| deeply | 12 | to a great depth psychologically or emotionally | They felt the loss deeply |
| degree | 8 | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | a remarkable degree of frankness |
| defeat | 10 | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | it was a narrow defeat |
| demand | 10 | claim as due or just | The bank demanded payment of the loan |
| detail | 7 | a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | it was perfect in all details |
| device | 12 | any clever maneuver | he would stoop to any device to win a point |
| dealer | 7 | someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | - |
| deputy | 12 | an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | - |
| deadly | 11 | (used as intensives) extremely | deadly dull |
| denied | 8 | - | - |
| depend | 10 | have faith or confidence in | - |
| debate | 9 | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | - |
| define | 10 | show the form or outline of | The tree was clearly defined by the light |
| decade | 10 | the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | - |
| dearly | 10 | with affection | she loved him dearly |
| dental | 7 | a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | - |
| detect | 9 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water |
| depths | 12 | (plural) the deepest and most remote part | from the depths of darkest Africa |
| debris | 9 | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | - |
| denial | 7 | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | - |
| dexter | 14 | on or starting from the wearer's right | - |
| delete | 7 | wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | - |
| depart | 9 | move away from a place into another direction | The train departs at noon |
| defect | 12 | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | - |
| decree | 9 | decide with authority | The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed |
| devote | 10 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | - |
| detour | 7 | a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) | - |
| decker | 13 | English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) | - |
| devour | 10 | eat greedily | he devoured three sandwiches |
| deacon | 9 | a Protestant layman who assists the minister | - |
| deceit | 9 | a misleading falsehood | - |
| demise | 9 | the time when something ends | - |
| deploy | 12 | place troops or weapons in battle formation | - |
| deluxe | 14 | elegant and sumptuous | a deluxe car |
| detain | 7 | cause to be slowed down or delayed | - |
| deduct | 10 | reason by deduction; establish by deduction | - |
| devout | 10 | deeply religious | - |
| deport | 9 | hand over to the authorities of another country | - |
| debtor | 9 | a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt | - |
| detest | 7 | dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards | She detests politicians |
| devoid | 11 | completely wanting or lacking | the sentence was devoid of meaning |
| detach | 12 | come to be detached | His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery |
| devise | 10 | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | - |
| dented | 8 | of metal e.g. | dented fenders |
| decode | 10 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| deluge | 8 | an overwhelming number or amount | - |
| dearie | 7 | a special loved one | - |
| dearth | 10 | an insufficient quantity or number | - |
| defuse | 10 | remove the triggering device from | - |
| depict | 11 | give a description of | - |
| derive | 10 | reason by deduction; establish by deduction | - |
| deduce | 10 | reason by deduction; establish by deduction | - |
| desist | 7 | choose not to consume | - |
| deejay | 17 | - | - |
| depose | 9 | force to leave (an office) | - |
| deepen | 9 | become more intense | His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan |
| defile | 10 | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | - |
| derail | 7 | run off or leave the rails | the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks |
| denser | 7 | - | - |
| delude | 8 | be false to; be dishonest with | - |
| defame | 12 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | The journalists have defamed me! |
| despot | 9 | a cruel and oppressive dictator | - |
| dengue | 8 | an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints | - |
| deform | 12 | twist and press out of shape | - |
| demure | 9 | affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | - |
| demean | 9 | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | - |
| deface | 12 | mar or spoil the appearance of | scars defaced her cheeks |
| deftly | 13 | with dexterity; in a dexterous manner | - |
| denote | 7 | have as a meaning | `multi-' denotes `many' |
| denier | 7 | any of various former European coins of different denominations | - |
| debase | 9 | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | - |
| deride | 8 | treat or speak of with contempt | He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics |
| deafen | 10 | make or render deaf | a deafening noise |
| dermal | 9 | relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | - |
| deaden | 8 | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | deaden a sound |
| debone | 9 | remove the bones from | - |
| debunk | 13 | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas | The physicist debunked the psychic's claims |
| demote | 9 | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | She was demoted because she always speaks up |
| decant | 9 | pour out | the sommelier decanted the wines |
| deject | 16 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | - |
| delict | 9 | - | - |
| dermis | 9 | the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | - |
| decamp | 13 | leave a camp | The hikers decamped before dawn |
| decile | 9 | (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores | - |
| defray | 13 | bear the expenses of | - |
| dement | 9 | - | - |
| deuced | 10 | expletives used informally as intensifiers | a deuced idiot |
| dewlap | 12 | a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck | - |
| deaded | 9 | - | - |
| deader | 8 | - | - |
| deafer | 10 | - | - |
| deafly | 13 | - | - |
| deairs | 7 | - | - |
| deaned | 8 | - | - |
| deaner | 7 | - | - |
| deared | 8 | - | - |
| dearer | 7 | - | - |
| deares | 7 | - | - |
| dearns | 7 | - | - |
| deasil | 7 | - | - |
| deaths | 10 | - | - |
| deathy | 13 | - | - |
| deaved | 11 | - | - |
| deaves | 10 | - | - |
| deawed | 11 | - | - |
| deawie | 10 | - | - |
| debags | 10 | - | - |
| debark | 13 | go ashore | - |
| debars | 9 | - | - |
| debeak | 13 | - | - |
| debels | 9 | - | - |
| debile | 9 | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | - |
| debits | 9 | - | - |
| debosh | 12 | - | - |
| deboss | 9 | - | - |
| debted | 10 | - | - |
| debtee | 9 | - | - |
| debuds | 10 | - | - |
| debugs | 10 | - | - |
| deburr | 9 | - | - |
| deburs | 9 | - | - |
| debuts | 9 | - | - |
| debyes | 12 | - | - |
| decads | 10 | - | - |
| decaff | 15 | - | - |
| decafs | 12 | - | - |
| decals | 9 | - | - |
| decane | 9 | - | - |
| decani | 9 | - | - |
| decans | 9 | - | - |
| decarb | 11 | - | - |
| decare | 9 | - | - |
| decays | 12 | - | - |
| deccie | 11 | - | - |
| decern | 9 | - | - |
| decime | 11 | - | - |
| decked | 14 | - | - |
| deckel | 13 | - | - |
| deckle | 13 | rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper | - |
| deckos | 13 | - | - |
| declaw | 12 | remove the claws from | declaw a cat |
| decoct | 11 | be cooked until very little liquid is left | - |
| decoke | 13 | remove carbon from (an engine) | - |
| decors | 9 | - | - |
| decoys | 12 | - | - |
| decrew | 12 | - | - |
| dectet | 9 | - | - |
| decury | 12 | - | - |
| dedans | 8 | - | - |
| deeded | 9 | - | - |
| deeder | 8 | - | - |
| deeing | 8 | - | - |
| deemed | 10 | - | - |
| deeper | 9 | - | - |
| deepie | 9 | - | - |
| deeres | 7 | - | - |
| deeved | 11 | - | - |
| deeves | 10 | - | - |
| deewan | 10 | - | - |
| defang | 11 | remove the fangs from | defang the poisonous snake |
| defast | 10 | - | - |
| defats | 10 | - | - |
| defers | 10 | - | - |
| deffer | 13 | - | - |
| deffly | 16 | - | - |
| defied | 11 | - | - |
| defier | 10 | - | - |
| defies | 10 | - | - |
| deflea | 10 | - | - |
| deflex | 17 | - | - |
| defoam | 12 | - | - |
| defogs | 11 | - | - |
| defoul | 10 | - | - |
| defrag | 11 | - | - |
| defter | 10 | - | - |
| defuel | 10 | - | - |
| defund | 11 | - | - |
| defuze | 19 | - | - |
| degage | 9 | showing lack of emotional involvement | adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair |
| degame | 10 | - | - |
| degami | 10 | - | - |
| degerm | 10 | - | - |
| degged | 10 | - | - |
| degout | 8 | - | - |
| degras | 8 | - | - |
| degums | 10 | - | - |
| degust | 8 | taste with relish | degust this wonderful soup |
| dehair | 10 | - | - |
| dehorn | 10 | prevent the growth of horns of certain animals | - |
| dehors | 10 | - | - |
| dehort | 10 | - | - |
| deiced | 10 | - | - |
| deicer | 9 | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) | - |
| deices | 9 | - | - |
| deider | 8 | - | - |
| deifer | 10 | - | - |
| deific | 12 | characterized by divine or godlike nature | - |
| deigns | 8 | - | - |
| deisms | 9 | - | - |
| deists | 7 | - | - |
| deixes | 14 | - | - |
| deixis | 14 | the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs | - |
| dekare | 11 | - | - |
| deking | 12 | - | - |
| dekkos | 15 | - | - |
| delate | 7 | - | - |
| delays | 10 | - | - |
| delead | 8 | - | - |
| delfts | 10 | - | - |
| delice | 9 | - | - |
| delime | 9 | - | - |
| delink | 11 | - | - |
| delish | 10 | - | - |
| delist | 7 | remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange | - |
| delope | 9 | - | - |
| delphs | 12 | - | - |
| deltas | 7 | - | - |
| deltic | 9 | - | - |
| delved | 11 | - | - |
| delver | 10 | - | - |
| delves | 10 | - | - |
| demain | 9 | - | - |
| demans | 9 | - | - |
| demark | 13 | - | - |
| demast | 9 | - | - |
| demies | 9 | - | - |
| demiss | 9 | - | - |
| demist | 9 | free from mist | demist the car windows |
| demits | 9 | - | - |
| demobs | 11 | - | - |
| demode | 10 | out of fashion | demode (or outmoded) attire |
| demoed | 10 | - | - |
| demons | 9 | - | - |
| demurs | 9 | - | - |
| denari | 7 | - | - |
| denars | 7 | - | - |
| denary | 10 | containing ten or ten parts | - |
| denays | 10 | - | - |
| denets | 7 | - | - |
| denies | 7 | - | - |
| denims | 9 | - | - |
| denned | 8 | - | - |
| dennet | 7 | - | - |
| dentel | 7 | - | - |
| dentex | 14 | - | - |
| dentil | 7 | - | - |
| dentin | 7 | a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth | - |
| denude | 8 | lay bare | denude a forest |
| deodar | 8 | tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber | - |
| deperm | 11 | - | - |
| depone | 9 | make a deposition; declare under oath | - |
| depots | 9 | - | - |
| depute | 9 | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | - |
| derate | 7 | lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus | - |
| derats | 7 | - | - |
| derays | 10 | - | - |
| derham | 12 | - | - |
| derigs | 8 | - | - |
| dering | 8 | - | - |
| dermas | 9 | - | - |
| dermic | 11 | of or relating to or located in the dermis | - |
| derned | 8 | - | - |
| dernly | 10 | - | - |
| dernys | 10 | - | - |
| derris | 7 | any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons | - |
| derros | 7 | - | - |
| derths | 10 | - | - |
| desalt | 7 | remove salt from | - |
| desand | 8 | - | - |
| descry | 12 | catch sight of | - |
| deseed | 8 | - | - |
| deshis | 10 | - | - |
| desine | 7 | - | - |
| desman | 9 | - | - |
| desmid | 10 | freshwater green algae | - |
| desorb | 9 | go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed | - |
| desoxy | 17 | - | - |
| desses | 7 | - | - |
| desyne | 10 | - | - |
| detent | 7 | a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | - |
| detenu | 7 | - | - |
| deters | 7 | - | - |
| detick | 13 | free (a pet) of ticks | - |
| detort | 7 | - | - |
| detune | 7 | - | - |
| deuces | 9 | - | - |
| deuton | 7 | - | - |
| devall | 10 | - | - |
| devein | 10 | remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp) | - |
| devels | 10 | - | - |
| devest | 10 | - | - |
| devils | 10 | - | - |
| devoir | 10 | formal expression of respect | - |
| devons | 10 | - | - |
| devore | 10 | - | - |
| devots | 10 | - | - |
| devvel | 13 | - | - |
| dewani | 10 | - | - |
| dewans | 10 | - | - |
| dewars | 10 | - | - |
| dewier | 10 | - | - |
| dewily | 13 | - | - |
| dewing | 11 | - | - |
| dewitt | 10 | - | - |
| dewool | 10 | - | - |
| deworm | 12 | - | - |
| dexies | 14 | - | - |
| dextro | 14 | - | - |
| dezinc | 18 | - | - |
