Words Starting With DO
Dive into a delightful world of words that spark creativity and charm, all starting with "DO"! From the daring to the downright delightful, explore an array of vocabulary that will enhance your linguistic prowess and bring a dash of fun to your day. Get ready to discover and enjoy!
2 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| do | 3 | doctor's degree in osteopathy | - |
3 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| dog | 5 | a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | - |
| doc | 6 | a licensed medical practitioner | I felt so bad I went to see my doctor |
| dot | 4 | scatter or intersperse like dots or studs | - |
| dom | 6 | - | - |
| doe | 4 | the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 | - |
| dow | 7 | - | - |
| dos | 4 | an operating system that is on a disk | - |
| dod | 5 | the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 | - |
| doh | 7 | the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization | - |
| dol | 4 | the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 | - |
| dor | 4 | - | - |
| dop | 6 | - | - |
| dob | 6 | - | - |
| dof | 7 | - | - |
| don | 4 | the head of an organized crime family | - |
| doo | 4 | - | - |
| dox | 11 | - | - |
| doy | 7 | - | - |
4 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| down | 8 | English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) | - |
| does | 5 | - | - |
| done | 5 | having finished or arrived at completion | certain to make history before he's done |
| door | 5 | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | he stuck his head in the doorway |
| dogs | 6 | - | - |
| doll | 5 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
| dong | 6 | go `ding dong', like a bell | - |
| dope | 7 | slang terms for inside information | is that the straight dope? |
| dose | 5 | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | - |
| dock | 11 | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | - |
| doom | 7 | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | - |
| dorm | 7 | a college or university building containing living quarters for students | - |
| dork | 9 | a dull stupid fatuous person | - |
| dove | 8 | flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled | - |
| dome | 7 | informal terms for a human head | - |
| dory | 8 | pike-like freshwater perches | - |
| dona | 5 | a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman | - |
| doth | 8 | - | - |
| dojo | 12 | - | - |
| dole | 5 | money received from the state | - |
| doze | 14 | sleep lightly or for a short period of time | - |
| dost | 5 | - | - |
| dodo | 6 | someone whose style is out of fashion | - |
| doge | 6 | formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa | - |
| dolt | 5 | a person who is not very bright | - |
| doer | 5 | a person who acts and gets things done | when you want something done get a doer |
| dote | 5 | be foolish or senile due to old age | - |
| dozy | 17 | half asleep | a tired dozy child |
| dort | 5 | - | - |
| doxy | 15 | a woman who cohabits with an important man | - |
| dour | 5 | harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | a dour, self-sacrificing life |
| dook | 9 | - | - |
| dore | 5 | - | - |
| doss | 5 | sleep in a convenient place | - |
| doon | 5 | - | - |
| dorr | 5 | - | - |
| doff | 11 | remove | He doffed his hat |
| doux | 12 | - | - |
| doob | 7 | trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India | - |
| dopa | 7 | amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | - |
| doab | 7 | - | - |
| doat | 5 | - | - |
| dobe | 7 | - | - |
| dobs | 7 | - | - |
| doby | 10 | - | - |
| doco | 7 | - | - |
| docs | 7 | - | - |
| docu | 7 | - | - |
| dods | 6 | - | - |
| doek | 9 | - | - |
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5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| doing | 7 | - | - |
| doubt | 8 | uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | - |
| dozen | 15 | denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units | - |
| donna | 6 | an Italian woman of rank | - |
| dough | 10 | informal terms for money | - |
| dolly | 9 | a small replica of a person; used as a toy | - |
| donor | 6 | person who makes a gift of property | - |
| doggy | 11 | informal terms for dogs | - |
| dodge | 8 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | He dodged the issue |
| doris | 6 | a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken | - |
| dowry | 12 | money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | - |
| donny | 9 | - | - |
| downs | 9 | - | - |
| donut | 6 | a small ring-shaped friedcake | - |
| dodgy | 11 | of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | - |
| dolce | 8 | gently and sweetly | - |
| dopey | 11 | having or revealing stupidity | a dopey answer |
| dotty | 9 | intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | they are dotty about each other |
| dover | 9 | the capital of the state of Delaware | - |
| douse | 6 | slacken | douse a rope |
| dobby | 13 | - | - |
| doped | 9 | under the influence of narcotics | knocked out by doped wine |
| domic | 10 | - | - |
| dogma | 9 | a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | - |
| dosed | 7 | treated with some kind of application | a mustache dosed with bear grease |
| downy | 12 | covered with fine soft hairs or down | downy milkweed seeds |
| donne | 6 | English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631) | - |
| dowdy | 13 | British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) | - |
| dozer | 15 | large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground | - |
| dobie | 8 | - | - |
| doest | 6 | - | - |
| douce | 8 | - | - |
| domed | 9 | having a hemispherical vault or dome | - |
| doted | 7 | - | - |
| doily | 9 | a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl | - |
| dolor | 6 | (poetry) painful grief | - |
| dower | 9 | money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | - |
| dooms | 8 | - | - |
| doper | 8 | - | - |
| doula | 6 | an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes | - |
| dobro | 8 | - | - |
| dogie | 7 | motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | - |
| dolma | 8 | - | - |
| doeth | 9 | - | - |
| donga | 7 | - | - |
| dowel | 9 | a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | - |
| dooly | 9 | - | - |
| doric | 8 | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris | - |
| dowse | 9 | slacken | - |
| doyen | 9 | a man who is the senior member of a group | - |
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6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| doctor | 9 | a licensed medical practitioner | I felt so bad I went to see my doctor |
| double | 9 | used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | - |
| dollar | 7 | a piece of paper money worth one dollar | - |
| donkey | 14 | domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn | - |
| doomed | 10 | in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell | - |
| donate | 7 | give to a charity or good cause | I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake |
| dozens | 16 | a large number or amount | - |
| domino | 9 | United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) | - |
| doggie | 9 | informal terms for dogs | - |
| douche | 12 | a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas | - |
| domain | 9 | people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | - |
| dodger | 9 | a shifty deceptive person | - |
| doodle | 8 | an aimless drawing | - |
| dosage | 8 | the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | - |
| docile | 9 | ready and willing to be taught | docile pupils eager for instruction |
| downer | 10 | a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | - |
| dotted | 8 | having a pattern of dots | - |
| doofus | 10 | a stupid incompetent person | - |
| doable | 9 | capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | - |
| doping | 10 | - | - |
| doings | 8 | manner of acting or controlling yourself | - |
| dorado | 8 | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud | - |
| doubly | 12 | to double the degree | she was doubly rewarded |
| dozing | 17 | - | - |
| dobson | 9 | large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait | - |
| docket | 13 | a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | - |
| dogged | 10 | stubbornly unyielding | dogged persistence |
| dorsal | 7 | facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | - |
| dormer | 9 | a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window | - |
| dobbin | 11 | a quiet plodding workhorse | - |
| doting | 8 | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain |
| doling | 8 | - | - |
| dottle | 7 | the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking | - |
| dollop | 9 | a small measure (usually of food) | - |
| domine | 9 | a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | - |
| docker | 13 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | - |
| dogmas | 10 | - | - |
| dosing | 8 | - | - |
| dotage | 8 | mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations | - |
| doddle | 9 | an easy task | - |
| doodad | 9 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket |
| dosser | 7 | someone who sleeps in any convenient place | - |
| dogger | 9 | - | - |
| dolina | 7 | - | - |
| dotter | 7 | - | - |
| docent | 9 | a teacher at some universities | - |
| dogman | 10 | - | - |
| dogleg | 9 | a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway | - |
| doiled | 8 | - | - |
| doodah | 11 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| dolphin | 13 | large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | - |
| donated | 9 | - | - |
| doorman | 10 | someone who guards an entrance | - |
| doorway | 14 | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | he stuck his head in the doorway |
| doubled | 11 | twice as great or many | the dose is doubled |
| doubles | 10 | badminton played with two players on each side | - |
| dormant | 10 | inactive but capable of becoming active | her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened |
| dodging | 11 | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | - |
| docking | 15 | the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | - |
| doggone | 10 | - | - |
| dossier | 8 | a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record) | - |
| downing | 12 | United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852) | - |
| doormat | 10 | a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | - |
| dogging | 11 | relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | impossible to escape the dogging fears |
| dogsled | 10 | travel with a dogsled | - |
| dowager | 12 | a widow holding property received from her deceased husband | - |
| dollies | 8 | - | - |
| dominos | 10 | any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | - |
| donegal | 9 | - | - |
| domaine | 10 | - | - |
| doubter | 10 | someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | - |
| dogface | 14 | - | - |
| dogfish | 15 | primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | - |
| doleful | 11 | filled with or evoking sadness | the child's doleful expression |
| doublet | 10 | a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance | - |
| dousing | 9 | the act of wetting something by submerging it | - |
| dowsing | 12 | searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | - |
| dotting | 9 | - | - |
| dogwood | 13 | a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers | - |
| doglike | 13 | resembling a dog; especially in devotion | a doglike affection |
| donning | 9 | - | - |
| doughty | 15 | - | - |
| doaters | 8 | - | - |
| doating | 9 | - | - |
| dobbers | 12 | - | - |
| dobbies | 12 | - | - |
| dobbing | 13 | - | - |
| dobbins | 12 | - | - |
| dobhash | 16 | - | - |
| doblons | 10 | - | - |
| dobsons | 10 | - | - |
| docents | 10 | - | - |
| docetic | 12 | - | - |
| dochmii | 15 | - | - |
| docible | 12 | - | - |
| dociler | 10 | - | - |
| dockage | 15 | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out | - |
| dockens | 14 | - | - |
| dockers | 14 | - | - |
| dockets | 14 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| downtown | 15 | the central area or commercial center of a town or city | the heart of Birmingham's downtown |
| doorbell | 11 | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | - |
| document | 13 | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | - |
| domestic | 13 | a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | - |
| donation | 9 | act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity | - |
| download | 13 | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
| dominate | 11 | be greater in significance than | - |
| doorstep | 11 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
| doughnut | 13 | a toroidal shape | - |
| downhill | 15 | sloping down rather steeply | - |
| dominant | 11 | most frequent or common | - |
| doubting | 12 | marked by or given to doubt | - |
| doctrine | 11 | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | - |
| downfall | 15 | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | - |
| doubtful | 14 | unsettled in mind or opinion | - |
| downward | 16 | extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | the downward course of the stream |
| doomsday | 15 | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | - |
| doubling | 12 | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | - |
| doorknob | 15 | a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | - |
| doghouse | 13 | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | - |
| dominion | 11 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | - |
| donating | 10 | - | - |
| dominoes | 11 | any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | - |
| dopamine | 13 | a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension | - |
| downside | 13 | a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | there is a downside even to motherhood |
| downpour | 14 | a heavy rain | - |
| downcast | 14 | filled with melancholy and despondency | downcast after his defeat |
| doctoral | 11 | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | doctoral dissertation |
| doornail | 9 | a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | - |
| downwind | 16 | toward the wind | - |
| downtime | 14 | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) | - |
| dogfight | 17 | disorderly fighting | - |
| dominick | 17 | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs | - |
| downsize | 21 | design or manufacture in a smaller size | the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive |
| dogmatic | 14 | characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | - |
| dossiers | 9 | - | - |
| doughboy | 18 | an American infantryman in World War I | - |
| downturn | 12 | a worsening of business or economic activity | the market took a downturn |
| doldrums | 12 | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | - |
| doolally | 12 | - | - |
| downplay | 17 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
| doorpost | 11 | a jamb for a door | - |
| domicile | 13 | make one's home in a particular place or community | - |
| doubloon | 11 | a former Spanish gold coin | - |
| dogtooth | 13 | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | - |
| dovecote | 14 | a birdhouse for pigeons | - |
| downbeat | 14 | the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | - |
| dockside | 16 | the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
| dockyard | 19 | an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
| doggedly | 15 | with obstinate determination | he pursued her doggedly |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| dominated | 13 | harassed by persistent nagging | - |
| doctorate | 12 | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university | - |
| dominique | 21 | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs | - |
| downright | 17 | complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | a downright lie |
| dormitory | 15 | a college or university building containing living quarters for students | - |
| downwards | 17 | spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | - |
| dominance | 14 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her |
| doubtless | 12 | without doubt; certainly | - |
| dollhouse | 13 | a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything | - |
| downriver | 16 | away from the source or with the current | - |
| downfield | 17 | toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field | he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards |
| downgrade | 15 | rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
| downrange | 14 | - | - |
| doorframe | 15 | the frame that supports a door | - |
| dominions | 12 | - | - |
| downdraft | 17 | a strong downward air current | - |
| dominator | 12 | - | - |
| doohickey | 22 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | - |
| downstage | 14 | at or toward the front of the stage | the actors moved further and further downstage |
| doddering | 13 | mentally or physically infirm with age | his mother was doddering and frail |
| dolomites | 12 | - | - |
| downstate | 13 | - | - |
| dogmatism | 15 | the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot | - |
| doodlebug | 14 | the larva of any of several insects | - |
| downstair | 13 | on or of lower floors of a building | the downstairs (or downstair) phone |
| dosimeter | 12 | a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) | - |
| docudrama | 15 | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | - |
| doorplate | 12 | a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there | - |
| doctrinal | 12 | relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine | quibbling over doctrinal minutiae |
| domiciled | 15 | - | - |
| dowerless | 13 | lacking a dowry | - |
| downshift | 19 | a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one | - |
| dobchicks | 23 | - | - |
| dobhashes | 18 | - | - |
| dobsonfly | 18 | large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait | - |
| dochmiacs | 19 | - | - |
| docketing | 17 | - | - |
| dockhands | 20 | - | - |
| dockising | 17 | - | - |
| dockizing | 26 | - | - |
| docklands | 17 | - | - |
| docksides | 17 | - | - |
| dockyards | 20 | - | - |
| docqueted | 22 | - | - |
| doctorand | 13 | - | - |
| doctoress | 12 | - | - |
| doctorial | 12 | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | doctorial candidates |
| doctoring | 13 | - | - |
| doctrines | 12 | - | - |
| documents | 14 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| downstairs | 14 | on or of lower floors of a building | the downstairs (or downstair) phone |
| domination | 13 | power to dominate or defeat | - |
| documented | 16 | established as genuine | - |
| downstream | 16 | away from the source or with the current | - |
| dominating | 14 | most powerful or important or influential | D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe |
| downsizing | 24 | the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | - |
| dominatrix | 20 | a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) | - |
| dogcatcher | 19 | - | - |
| downgraded | 17 | - | - |
| doorkeeper | 17 | someone who guards an entrance | - |
| dollhouses | 14 | - | - |
| donnybrook | 20 | - | - |
| doubletree | 13 | a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast | - |
| documental | 15 | relating to or consisting of or derived from documents | - |
| downwardly | 21 | spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | - |
| docentship | 18 | - | - |
| dochmiacal | 20 | - | - |
| dochmiuses | 18 | - | - |
| docibility | 18 | - | - |
| docilities | 13 | - | - |
| docimasies | 15 | - | - |
| docimastic | 17 | - | - |
| docimology | 19 | - | - |
| dockmaster | 19 | - | - |
| dockworker | 24 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | - |
| docqueting | 23 | - | - |
| doctorands | 14 | - | - |
| doctorated | 14 | - | - |
| doctorates | 13 | - | - |
| doctorings | 14 | - | - |
| doctorless | 13 | - | - |
| doctorship | 18 | - | - |
| doctresses | 13 | - | - |
| doctrinism | 15 | - | - |
| doctrinist | 13 | - | - |
| docudramas | 16 | - | - |
| documenter | 15 | - | - |
| docuseries | 13 | - | - |
| dodderiest | 13 | - | - |
| doddipolls | 15 | - | - |
| doddypolls | 18 | - | - |
| dodecagons | 15 | - | - |
| dodecanoic | 16 | - | - |
| dodgeballs | 15 | - | - |
| dogaressas | 12 | - | - |
| dogberries | 14 | - | - |
| dogfighter | 19 | a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights | - |
| doggedness | 14 | persistent determination | - |
| doggoneder | 14 | - | - |
| doglegging | 15 | - | - |
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Roll up your sleeves and prepare to dive into the delightful, dynamic world of words starting with DO. These two letters are not just a mere prefix but a gateway to a plethora of meanings and sounds that add color and character to the English language. From everyday vocabulary to the quirky and rare, words beginning with DO offer an intriguing insight into how language evolves and adapts. Get ready to explore captivating examples that promise to both educate and entertain.
About words starting with DO
The letter combination "DO" holds a special place in English. It's a duo that begins countless words, infusing them with a distinct sound and sometimes even a rhythmic quality. This twosome often precedes action-packed verbs like "doze" and "dodge," providing a sense of motion or transition. The presence of "DO" can also soften the pronunciation of a word, making it more fluid and approachable. This phonetic charm is one reason why these words are commonly used in both casual conversation and literature alike.
In terms of frequency, words starting with "DO" aren't just fillers; they often carry significant weight. They can denote actions, states of being, or even serve as key terms in various fields of study. For instance, "domain" is essential in both real estate and digital contexts, while "donation" plays a crucial role in nonprofit sectors. This versatility and significance make "DO" words indispensable in everyday language. Their positioning at the start of a word often sets the tone, hinting at the word's meaning or function, which is a fascinating aspect of linguistic construction.
Popular word examples
The world of words starting with DO is teeming with popular choice. Here are ten that you'll surely recognize:
Dozen
- Definition: A group or set of twelve.
- Example in a Sentence: I bought a dozen eggs at the market.
- Fun Fact: The term "dozen" comes from the Old French word "douzaine," meaning a group of twelve.
Dogma
- Definition: A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
- Example in a Sentence: The dogma of the church was challenged by the reformers.
- Fun Fact: "Dogma" originates from the Greek word "dogma," meaning opinion or decree.
Dolphin
- Definition: A highly intelligent aquatic mammal known for its playful nature.
- Example in a Sentence: We watched the dolphin leap gracefully out of the water.
- Fun Fact: Dolphins have been known to teach, learn, cooperate, scheme, and grieve, much like humans.
Domain
- Definition: An area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.
- Example in a Sentence: The king expanded his domain through conquests.
- Fun Fact: In computer science, a domain refers to a group of computers and devices on a network that are administered under the same protocol.
Donate
- Definition: To give money or goods for a good cause, for example, to a charity.
- Example in a Sentence: She decided to donate her books to the local library.
- Fun Fact: The word "donate" comes from the Latin "donare," meaning "to give."
Dormant
- Definition: Having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period.
- Example in a Sentence: The volcano had been dormant for over a century.
- Fun Fact: "Dormant" stems from the Latin word "dormire," meaning "to sleep."
Document
- Definition: A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information.
- Example in a Sentence: Please sign the document at the bottom of the page.
- Fun Fact: The word "document" comes from the Latin "documentum," which means lesson or proof.
Doughnut
- Definition: A small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ring.
- Example in a Sentence: I couldn't resist buying a chocolate doughnut.
- Fun Fact: The doughnut's origins can be traced back to the Dutch settlers who brought oily cakes to America.
Doctor
- Definition: A qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician.
- Example in a Sentence: The doctor examined the patient thoroughly.
- Fun Fact: The word "doctor" originates from the Latin word "docere," meaning "to teach."
Doppler
- Definition: Relating to or denoting the effect whereby the frequency of a wave changes for an observer moving relative to its source.
- Example in a Sentence: The Doppler effect explains why a car's horn sounds different as it passes by.
- Fun Fact: Named after Christian Doppler, an Austrian physicist who proposed the concept in 1842.
High-scoring scrabble examples
For Scrabble enthusiasts, words starting with DO can score big. Here's a table of high-scoring examples:
| Word | Scrabble Points | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Dozily | 19 | In a dozy manner; sleepy. |
| Dovekey | 18 | A small black and white seabird. |
| Dowager | 13 | A widow holding property or title from her deceased husband. |
| Dogfish | 15 | A small shark found in coastal waters. |
| Dodge | 8 | To avoid someone or something by a sudden quick movement. |
Popular 5-letter words for Wordle
Wordle players, take note! Here are some handy five-letter words starting with DO:
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dodge | To avoid by a sudden quick movement. |
| Donut | A small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically ring-shaped. |
| Douce | Sweet or pleasant, especially in manner. |
| Dolly | A child's toy that resembles a baby or small person. |
| Dover | A seaport in the county of Kent, southeastern England. |
Unusual and rare word examples
Delve into the unusual and rare side of words starting with DO. Here are some intriguing examples:
Doggerel
- Definition: Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.
- Interesting Fact: Historically, doggerel was used as a derogatory term for poetry considered of little literary value.
- Example in a Sentence: The poet's latest work was dismissed as mere doggerel.
Dodecahedron
- Definition: A three-dimensional shape having twelve flat faces.
- Interesting Fact: In geometry, a regular dodecahedron is one of the five Platonic solids.
- Example in a Sentence: The art installation featured a giant dodecahedron made of mirrors.
Dolorous
- Definition: Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.
- Interesting Fact: The word "dolorous" has its roots in the Latin word "dolor," meaning pain or grief.
- Example in a Sentence: The dolorous ballad moved everyone to tears.
Donnybrook
- Definition: A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument.
- Interesting Fact: The term originated from the Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event held in Dublin.
- Example in a Sentence: The debate quickly turned into a donnybrook, with everyone shouting at once.
Doldrums
- Definition: A state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.
- Interesting Fact: The doldrums also refer to a region of the ocean near the equator known for calm winds.
- Example in a Sentence: After losing his job, he fell into the doldrums for months.
Final words
Words starting with DO are more than just a collection of letters—they're a doorway into understanding how language can be both functional and fun. Whether they're scoring points in Scrabble, solving puzzles in Wordle, or expanding your vocabulary with rare finds, these words showcase the richness of the English language.
