8-letter words starting with TR
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter TR. This section showcases how TR 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 TR, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| training | 9 | activity leading to skilled behavior | - |
| treasure | 8 | accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies |
| transfer | 11 | transfer from one place or period to another | - |
| tracking | 15 | the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | - |
| trousers | 8 | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | he had a sharp crease in his trousers |
| traveled | 12 | familiar with many parts of the world | a traveled, educated man |
| troubled | 11 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | these troubled areas |
| trusting | 9 | inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust | - |
| triangle | 9 | a three-sided polygon | - |
| tropical | 12 | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) | tropical islands |
| tripping | 13 | characterized by a buoyant rhythm | a tripping singing measure |
| treasury | 11 | negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time | - |
| trillion | 8 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros | in England they call a quintillion a trillion |
| traveler | 11 | a person who changes location | - |
| truthful | 14 | expressing or given to expressing the truth | gave truthful testimony |
| transmit | 10 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | - |
| trenches | 13 | - | - |
| tribunal | 10 | an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | - |
| trespass | 10 | make excessive use of | She is trespassing upon my privacy |
| trumpets | 12 | pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids | - |
| trailing | 9 | the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | - |
| tranquil | 17 | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky |
| traction | 10 | the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) | - |
| trombone | 12 | a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide | - |
| trapping | 13 | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | - |
| travesty | 14 | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | - |
| treading | 10 | - | - |
| trickery | 17 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
| tricycle | 15 | a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | - |
| trucking | 15 | the activity of transporting goods by truck | - |
| traverse | 11 | taking a zigzag path on skis | - |
| trembles | 12 | disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot | - |
| trilling | 9 | United States literary critic (1905-1975) | - |
| trimming | 13 | cutting down to the desired size or shape | - |
| trifling | 12 | not worth considering | a trifling matter |
| trekking | 17 | - | - |
| trolling | 9 | angling by drawing a baited line through the water | - |
| treatise | 8 | a formal exposition | - |
| trickier | 14 | - | - |
| trifecta | 13 | - | - |
| trapdoor | 11 | - | - |
| trudging | 11 | - | - |
| truelove | 11 | a person loved by another person | - |
| trotting | 9 | - | - |
| tradeoff | 15 | an exchange that occurs as a compromise | I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine |
| tragical | 11 | very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | - |
| tripwire | 13 | - | - |
| trainman | 10 | an employee of a railroad | - |
| tricolor | 10 | a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) | - |
| transact | 10 | conduct business | transact with foreign governments |
| triptych | 18 | art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together) | - |
| trustful | 11 | inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust | great brown eye, true and trustful |
| tracheal | 13 | relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea | - |
| trachoma | 15 | a chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue | - |
| trembler | 12 | one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear | - |
| triassic | 10 | from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity | - |
| tripling | 11 | increase by a factor of three | - |
| treeless | 8 | not wooded | - |
| trumping | 13 | (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | - |
| transept | 10 | structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles | - |
| transfix | 18 | pierce with a sharp stake or point | - |
| truffled | 15 | - | - |
| trabeate | 10 | not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches) | - |
| traceurs | 10 | - | - |
| tracheae | 13 | - | - |
| tracheas | 13 | - | - |
| tracheid | 14 | long tubular cell peculiar to xylem | - |
| trachled | 14 | - | - |
| trachles | 13 | - | - |
| trachyte | 16 | - | - |
| tracings | 11 | - | - |
| trackage | 15 | - | - |
| trackbed | 17 | - | - |
| trackers | 14 | - | - |
| trackies | 14 | - | - |
| trackman | 16 | - | - |
| trackmen | 16 | - | - |
| trackpad | 17 | - | - |
| trackway | 20 | - | - |
| tractate | 10 | - | - |
| tractile | 10 | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | - |
| tracting | 11 | - | - |
| tractive | 13 | exerting traction and serving to pull | - |
| tractors | 10 | - | - |
| tractrix | 17 | - | - |
| tradable | 11 | - | - |
| tradeful | 12 | - | - |
| tradings | 10 | - | - |
| traditor | 9 | - | - |
| traduced | 12 | - | - |
| traducer | 11 | one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | - |
| traduces | 11 | - | - |
| traffics | 16 | - | - |
| tragopan | 11 | brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head | - |
| tragules | 9 | - | - |
| trahison | 11 | - | - |
| traiking | 13 | - | - |
| trailers | 8 | - | - |
| trainees | 8 | - | - |
| trainers | 8 | - | - |
| trainful | 11 | - | - |
| trainmen | 10 | - | - |
| trainway | 14 | - | - |
| traipsed | 11 | - | - |
| traipses | 10 | - | - |
| traitors | 8 | - | - |
| trajects | 17 | - | - |
| tramcars | 12 | - | - |
| trameled | 11 | - | - |
| tramells | 10 | - | - |
| tramless | 10 | - | - |
| tramline | 10 | the track on which trams or streetcars run | - |
| trammels | 12 | - | - |
| trammies | 12 | - | - |
| tramming | 13 | - | - |
| trampers | 12 | - | - |
| trampets | 12 | - | - |
| trampier | 12 | - | - |
| tramping | 13 | - | - |
| trampish | 15 | - | - |
| trampled | 13 | - | - |
| trampler | 12 | someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | - |
| tramples | 12 | - | - |
| tramroad | 11 | - | - |
| tramways | 16 | - | - |
| tranches | 13 | - | - |
| tranchet | 13 | - | - |
| trancier | 10 | - | - |
| trancing | 11 | - | - |
| tranects | 10 | - | - |
| trangams | 11 | - | - |
| trangles | 9 | - | - |
| tranking | 13 | - | - |
| trankums | 14 | - | - |
| trannies | 8 | - | - |
| transect | 10 | cut across or divide transversely | the trails transect the property |
| tranship | 13 | - | - |
| transire | 8 | - | - |
| transits | 8 | - | - |
| transman | 10 | - | - |
| transmen | 10 | - | - |
| transmew | 13 | - | - |
| transoms | 10 | - | - |
| transude | 9 | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | - |
| transume | 10 | - | - |
| tranters | 8 | - | - |
| tranting | 9 | - | - |
| trapball | 12 | - | - |
| trapesed | 11 | - | - |
| trapeses | 10 | - | - |
| trapezed | 20 | - | - |
| trapezes | 19 | - | - |
| trapezia | 19 | - | - |
| trapezii | 19 | - | - |
| trapfall | 13 | - | - |
| traplike | 14 | - | - |
| trapline | 10 | - | - |
| trapnest | 10 | - | - |
| trappean | 12 | - | - |
| trappers | 12 | - | - |
| trappier | 12 | - | - |
| trappose | 12 | - | - |
| trappous | 12 | - | - |
| traprock | 16 | - | - |
| trapsing | 11 | - | - |
| trapunto | 10 | - | - |
| trashcan | 13 | - | - |
| trashers | 11 | - | - |
| trashery | 14 | - | - |
| trashier | 11 | - | - |
| trashily | 14 | - | - |
| trashing | 12 | - | - |
| trashman | 13 | - | - |
| trashmen | 13 | - | - |
| trauchle | 13 | - | - |
| traumata | 10 | - | - |
| travails | 11 | - | - |
| travelog | 12 | a film or illustrated lecture on traveling | - |
| travises | 11 | - | - |
| travoise | 11 | - | - |
| trawlers | 11 | - | - |
| trawleys | 14 | - | - |
| trawling | 12 | - | - |
| trawlnet | 11 | - | - |
| traybake | 17 | - | - |
| traybits | 13 | - | - |
| trayfuls | 14 | - | - |
| trayning | 12 | - | - |
| treacher | 13 | - | - |
| treacled | 11 | - | - |
| treacles | 10 | - | - |
| treaders | 9 | - | - |
| treadled | 10 | - | - |
| treadler | 9 | - | - |
| treadles | 9 | - | - |
| treagues | 9 | - | - |
| treasons | 8 | - | - |
| treaters | 8 | - | - |
| treaties | 8 | - | - |
| treating | 9 | - | - |
| treblier | 10 | - | - |
| trebling | 11 | - | - |
| trecento | 10 | - | - |
| trecking | 15 | - | - |
| treddled | 11 | - | - |
| treddles | 10 | - | - |
| tredille | 9 | - | - |
| treelawn | 11 | - | - |
| treelike | 12 | resembling a tree in form and branching structure | - |
| treeline | 8 | - | - |
| treenail | 8 | a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | - |
| treeship | 13 | - | - |
| treetops | 10 | - | - |
| treeware | 11 | - | - |
| trefoils | 11 | - | - |
| trehalas | 11 | - | - |
| treilles | 8 | - | - |
| trekkers | 16 | - | - |
| trematic | 12 | - | - |
| trembled | 13 | - | - |
| tremblor | 12 | - | - |
| tremolos | 10 | - | - |
| tremored | 11 | - | - |
| trenails | 8 | - | - |
| trenched | 14 | - | - |
| trencher | 13 | a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved | - |
| trendier | 9 | - | - |
| trendies | 9 | - | - |
| trendify | 15 | - | - |
| trendily | 12 | - | - |
| trending | 10 | - | - |
| trendoid | 10 | - | - |
| trenises | 8 | - | - |
| trentals | 8 | - | - |
| trepangs | 11 | - | - |
| trephine | 13 | a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull | - |
| tressels | 8 | - | - |
| tressier | 8 | - | - |
| tressing | 9 | - | - |
| tressour | 8 | - | - |
| tressure | 8 | - | - |
| trestles | 8 | - | - |
| trevally | 14 | - | - |
| trevises | 11 | - | - |
| trewsman | 13 | - | - |
| trewsmen | 13 | - | - |
| treybits | 13 | - | - |
| triacids | 11 | - | - |
| triactor | 10 | - | - |
| triadics | 11 | - | - |
| triadism | 11 | - | - |
| triadist | 9 | - | - |
| triaging | 10 | - | - |
| trialing | 9 | - | - |
| trialism | 10 | - | - |
| trialist | 8 | - | - |
| triality | 11 | - | - |
| trialled | 9 | - | - |
| triapsal | 10 | - | - |
| triarchs | 13 | - | - |
| triarchy | 16 | - | - |
| triatics | 10 | - | - |
| triaxial | 15 | - | - |
| triaxons | 15 | - | - |
| triazine | 17 | any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring | - |
| triazins | 17 | - | - |
| triazole | 17 | - | - |
| tribades | 11 | - | - |
| tribadic | 13 | - | - |
| tribally | 13 | - | - |
| tribasic | 12 | - | - |
| tribbles | 12 | - | - |
| triblets | 10 | - | - |
| tribrach | 15 | - | - |
| tribunes | 10 | - | - |
| tributer | 10 | - | - |
| tributes | 10 | - | - |
| trichina | 13 | parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles | - |
| trichite | 13 | - | - |
| trichoid | 14 | - | - |
| trichome | 15 | - | - |
| trichord | 14 | - | - |
| trickers | 14 | - | - |
| trickily | 17 | in an artful manner | - |
| tricking | 15 | - | - |
| trickish | 17 | - | - |
| trickled | 15 | - | - |
| trickles | 14 | - | - |
| tricklet | 14 | - | - |
| triclads | 11 | - | - |
| tricorne | 10 | cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | - |
| tricorns | 10 | - | - |
| trictrac | 12 | - | - |
| tridacna | 11 | type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams | - |
| tridarns | 9 | - | - |
| tridents | 9 | - | - |
| triduums | 11 | - | - |
| triellas | 8 | - | - |
| triennia | 8 | - | - |
| trientes | 8 | - | - |
| triethyl | 14 | - | - |
| triffest | 14 | - | - |
| triffids | 15 | - | - |
| triffidy | 18 | - | - |
| triflers | 11 | - | - |
| trifocal | 13 | - | - |
| trifolia | 11 | - | - |
| triforia | 11 | - | - |
| triggers | 10 | - | - |
| triggest | 10 | - | - |
| trigging | 11 | - | - |
| triglots | 9 | - | - |
| triglyph | 17 | - | - |
| trigness | 9 | - | - |
| trigonal | 9 | having threefold symmetry | - |
| trigonic | 11 | - | - |
| trigrams | 11 | - | - |
| trigraph | 14 | - | - |
| trihedra | 12 | - | - |
| trilbied | 11 | - | - |
| trilbies | 10 | - | - |
| trilemma | 12 | - | - |
| triliths | 11 | - | - |
| trillers | 8 | - | - |
| trillium | 10 | any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower | - |
| trilloes | 8 | - | - |
| trilobal | 10 | - | - |
| trilobed | 11 | (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes | - |
| trilobes | 10 | - | - |
| trimaran | 10 | a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls | - |
| trimeric | 12 | - | - |
| trimeter | 10 | - | - |
| trimixes | 17 | - | - |
| trimmers | 12 | - | - |
| trimmest | 12 | - | - |
| trimness | 10 | a state of arrangement or appearance | - |
| trimorph | 15 | - | - |
| trimotor | 10 | - | - |
| trimpots | 12 | - | - |
| trimtabs | 12 | - | - |
| trindled | 10 | - | - |
| trindles | 9 | - | - |
| tringles | 9 | - | - |
| trinkets | 12 | - | - |
| trinkums | 14 | - | - |
| trinodal | 9 | - | - |
| triolein | 8 | a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils | - |
| triolets | 8 | - | - |
| trionyms | 13 | - | - |
| trioxide | 16 | an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
| trioxids | 16 | - | - |
| tripacks | 16 | - | - |
| tripedal | 11 | - | - |
| triphase | 13 | - | - |
| triphone | 13 | - | - |
| tripiest | 10 | - | - |
| triplane | 10 | - | - |
| triplets | 10 | - | - |
| triplied | 11 | - | - |
| triplies | 10 | - | - |
| triplite | 10 | - | - |
| triploid | 11 | of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes | human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted |
| tripodal | 11 | - | - |
| tripodic | 13 | - | - |
| tripolis | 10 | - | - |
| triposes | 10 | - | - |
| trippant | 12 | - | - |
| trippers | 12 | - | - |
| trippery | 15 | - | - |
| trippets | 12 | - | - |
| trippier | 12 | - | - |
| trippled | 13 | - | - |
| trippler | 12 | - | - |
| tripples | 12 | - | - |
| triptane | 10 | - | - |
| triptans | 10 | - | - |
| triptote | 10 | - | - |
| triptyca | 15 | - | - |
| tripudia | 11 | - | - |
| triremes | 10 | - | - |
| triscele | 10 | - | - |
| trisects | 10 | - | - |
| trisemes | 10 | - | - |
| trisemic | 12 | - | - |
| trishaws | 14 | - | - |
| triskele | 12 | a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | - |
| trisomes | 10 | - | - |
| trisomic | 12 | - | - |
| tristate | 8 | - | - |
| tristeza | 17 | - | - |
| tristful | 11 | - | - |
| tristich | 13 | - | - |
| trisulas | 8 | - | - |
| trithing | 12 | - | - |
| tritiate | 8 | - | - |
| tritical | 10 | - | - |
| triticum | 12 | annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions | - |
| tritides | 9 | - | - |
| tritiums | 10 | - | - |
| tritomas | 10 | - | - |
| tritones | 8 | - | - |
| tritonia | 8 | - | - |
| triumphs | 15 | - | - |
| triumvir | 13 | one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome | - |
| triunity | 11 | - | - |
| trivalve | 14 | - | - |
| triviums | 13 | - | - |
| trizonal | 17 | - | - |
| trizones | 17 | - | - |
| troaking | 13 | - | - |
| troating | 9 | - | - |
| trochaic | 15 | of or consisting of trochees | trochaic dactyl |
| trochars | 13 | - | - |
| trochees | 13 | - | - |
| trochili | 13 | - | - |
| trochils | 13 | - | - |
| trochisk | 17 | - | - |
| trochite | 13 | - | - |
| trochlea | 13 | - | - |
| trochoid | 14 | - | - |
| trocking | 15 | - | - |
| troelies | 8 | - | - |
| troffers | 14 | - | - |
| trogging | 11 | - | - |
| troilism | 10 | - | - |
| troilist | 8 | - | - |
| troilite | 8 | - | - |
| trolands | 9 | - | - |
| trollers | 8 | - | - |
| trolleys | 11 | - | - |
| trollied | 9 | - | - |
| trollies | 8 | - | - |
| trollish | 11 | - | - |
| trollius | 8 | perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers | - |
| trollops | 10 | - | - |
| trollopy | 13 | - | - |
| trominos | 10 | - | - |
| trommels | 12 | - | - |
| tromping | 13 | - | - |
| troolies | 8 | - | - |
| troopers | 10 | - | - |
| troopial | 10 | - | - |
| trooping | 11 | - | - |
| troparia | 10 | - | - |
| trophesy | 16 | - | - |
| trophied | 14 | - | - |
| trophies | 13 | - | - |
| tropines | 10 | - | - |
| tropisms | 12 | - | - |
| tropists | 10 | - | - |
| troponin | 10 | - | - |
| trossers | 8 | - | - |
| trothful | 14 | - | - |
| trothing | 12 | - | - |
| trotline | 8 | a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | - |
| trotters | 8 | - | - |
| trottoir | 8 | - | - |
| troubler | 10 | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | - |
| troubles | 10 | - | - |
| trouches | 13 | - | - |
| troughed | 13 | - | - |
| trouling | 9 | - | - |
| trounced | 11 | - | - |
| trouncer | 10 | - | - |
| trounces | 10 | - | - |
| troupers | 10 | - | - |
| troupial | 10 | - | - |
| trouping | 11 | - | - |
| trouters | 8 | - | - |
| troutful | 11 | - | - |
| troutier | 8 | - | - |
| trouting | 9 | - | - |
| troutlet | 8 | - | - |
| trouvere | 11 | - | - |
| trouveur | 11 | - | - |
| troweled | 12 | - | - |
| troweler | 11 | - | - |
| trowsers | 11 | - | - |
| truanted | 9 | - | - |
| truantly | 11 | - | - |
| truantry | 11 | - | - |
| trucages | 11 | - | - |
| truchman | 15 | - | - |
| truchmen | 15 | - | - |
| truckage | 15 | the activity of transporting goods by truck | - |
| truckers | 14 | - | - |
| truckful | 17 | - | - |
| truckies | 14 | - | - |
| truckled | 15 | - | - |
| truckler | 14 | someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | - |
| truckles | 14 | - | - |
| truckman | 16 | - | - |
| truckmen | 16 | - | - |
| trudgens | 10 | - | - |
| trudgeon | 10 | - | - |
| trudgers | 10 | - | - |
| trueblue | 10 | - | - |
| trueborn | 10 | - | - |
| truebred | 11 | - | - |
| trueness | 8 | conformity to reality or actuality | - |
