5-letter words starting with DR
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DR. This section showcases how DR 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 DR, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| drink | 10 | propose a toast to | Let's drink to the New Year |
| dream | 8 | a cherished desire | - |
| drive | 9 | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | he sliced his drive out of bounds |
| drunk | 10 | a chronic drinker | - |
| dress | 6 | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | dress the plants in the garden |
| drove | 9 | a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone | - |
| drank | 10 | - | - |
| drama | 8 | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | - |
| drown | 9 | cover completely or make imperceptible | I was drowned in work |
| drops | 8 | - | - |
| drill | 6 | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | don't drill here, there's a gas pipe |
| drawn | 9 | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness |
| dried | 7 | preserved by removing natural moisture | dried beef |
| drain | 6 | flow off gradually | The rain water drains into this big vat |
| draft | 9 | a large and hurried swallow | - |
| drift | 9 | live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school |
| drake | 10 | English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) | - |
| dryer | 9 | an appliance that removes moisture | - |
| dread | 7 | causing fear or dread or terror | the dread presence of the headmaster |
| drool | 6 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
| drone | 6 | someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | - |
| druid | 7 | a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland | - |
| draco | 8 | a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus | - |
| drape | 8 | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | - |
| drier | 6 | an appliance that removes moisture | - |
| dregs | 7 | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | - |
| droop | 8 | hang loosely or laxly | - |
| droll | 6 | comical in an odd or whimsical manner | a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor |
| druse | 6 | an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God | - |
| drawl | 9 | a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels | - |
| dross | 6 | the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | - |
| dryly | 12 | in a dry laconic manner | `I know that', he said dryly |
| dryad | 10 | a deity or nymph of the woods | - |
| droit | 6 | - | - |
| dreck | 12 | merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | - |
| drubs | 8 | - | - |
| drook | 10 | - | - |
| draws | 9 | - | - |
| drave | 9 | - | - |
| drats | 6 | - | - |
| dropt | 8 | - | - |
| draps | 8 | - | - |
| drouk | 10 | - | - |
| drant | 6 | - | - |
| drams | 8 | - | - |
| drows | 9 | - | - |
| droob | 8 | - | - |
| drugs | 7 | - | - |
| drail | 6 | - | - |
| drums | 8 | - | - |
| drags | 7 | - | - |
| drupe | 8 | fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube | - |
| draff | 12 | - | - |
| drusy | 9 | - | - |
| druxy | 16 | - | - |
| dryas | 9 | mountain avens | - |
| drack | 12 | - | - |
| drabs | 8 | - | - |
| drips | 8 | - | - |
| drest | 6 | - | - |
| dreys | 9 | - | - |
| dribs | 8 | - | - |
| drice | 8 | - | - |
| drent | 6 | - | - |
| dreks | 10 | - | - |
| dries | 6 | - | - |
| drees | 6 | - | - |
| dreer | 6 | - | - |
| drily | 9 | in a dry laconic manner | - |
| dreed | 7 | - | - |
| droog | 7 | - | - |
| dript | 8 | - | - |
| droid | 7 | - | - |
| droil | 6 | - | - |
| droke | 10 | - | - |
| drole | 6 | - | - |
| drear | 6 | causing dejection | - |
| drome | 8 | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | - |
| drays | 9 | - | - |
| drony | 9 | - | - |
| drere | 6 | - | - |
