Words of Three Letters

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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• Adherent, IST
• Again, BIS
• Age, ERA
• Antelope: African, GNU, KOB
• Apricot: Japanese, UME
• Article (German), DAS, DEM, DEN, DER, DES, DIE, EIN
  (French), LES, UNE
  (Spanish), LAS, LOS, UNA
• Banana: Polynesian, FEI
• Barge, HOY
• Bass: African, IYO
• Beak, NEB, NIB
• Beard: Grain, AWN
• Beetle: June, DOR
• Being, ENS
• Berry: Hawthorn, HAW
• Beverage: Hawaiian, AVA
• Bird: Australian, EMU
  Crowlike, JAY
  Extinct, MOA
  Fabulous, ROC
  Frigate, IWA
  Parson, POE, TUE, TUI
  Sea, AUK
• Blackbird, ANI, ANO
• Born, NEE
• Bronze: Roman, AES
• Bugle: Yellow, IVA
• By way of, VIA
• Canton: Swiss, URI
• Cap: Turkish, FEZ
• Catnip, NEP
• Character: In “Faerie Queene,” UNA
• Coin (Money of account): Afghan, PUL
  Albanian, LEK
  Bulgarian, LEV, LEW
  French, ECU, SOU
  Guyanese, BIT
  Indian, PIE
  Japanese, SEN, YEN
  Korean, WON
  Lithuanian, LIT
  Macao, Timor, AVO
  Palestinian, MIL
  Persian, PUL
  Peruvian, SOL
  Rumanian, BAN, LEU, LEY
  Scandinavian, ORE
  Siamese, ATT
• Collection: Facts, ANA
• Commune: Belgian, ANS, ATH
  Netherlands, EDE, EPE
• Community: Russian, MIR
• Constellation: Southern, ARA
• Contraction: Poetic, EEN, EER, OER
• Covering: Apex of roof, EPI
• Crab: Fiddler, UCA
• Crag: Rocky, TOR
• Cry: Crow, rook, raven, CAW
• Cup: Wine, AMA
• Cymbal, Oriental, TAL, ZEL
• Disease: Silkworm, UJI
• Division: Danish territorial, AMT
  Geologic, EON
• Doctrine, ISM
• Dowry, DOT
• Dry (French), SEC
• Dynasty: Chinese, CHI, HAN, SUI, WEI, YIN
• Eagle: Sea, ERN
• Earth (comb. form), GEO
• Egg: Louse, NIT
• Eggs: Fish, ROE
• Emmet, ANT
• Enzyme, ASE
• Equal (comb. form), ISO
• Extension: building, ELL
• Far (comb. form), TEL
• Farewell, AVE
• Fiber: Palm, TAL
• Finial, EPI
• Fish: Carplike, IDE
  Pikelike, GAR
• Flatfish, DAB
• Fleur-de-lis, LIS, LYS
• Food: Hawaiian, POI
• Formerly, NEE
• Friend (French), AMI
• Game: Card, LOO
• Garment: Camel-hair, ABA
• Gateway, DAR
• Gazelle: Tibetan, GOA
• Genus: Ducks, AIX
  Grasses, POA
  Grasses (maize), ZEA
  Herbs or shrubs, IVA
  Lizards, UTA
  Rodents (incl. house mice), MUS
  Ruminants (incl. cattle), BOS
  Swine, SUS
• Gibbon: Malay, LAR
• God: Assyrian, SIN
  Babylonian, ABU, ANU, BEL, HEA, SIN, UTU
  Irish sea, LER
  Phrygian, MEN
  Polynesian, ORO
• Goddess: Babylonian, AYA
  Etruscan, UNI
  Hindu, SRI, UMA, VAC
  Teutonic, RAN
• Governor: Algerian, DEY
  Turkish, BEY
• Grampus, ORC
• Grape, UVA
• Grass: Meadow, POA
• Gypsy, ROM
• Hail, AVE
• Hare: Female, DOE
• Hawthorn, HAW
• Hay: Spread for drying, TED
• Herb: Japanese, UDO
  Perennial, PIA
  Used for blue dye, WAD
• Herd: Whales, GAM, POD
• Hero: Spanish, CID
• High (music), ALT
• Honey (pharm.), MEL
• Humorist: American, ADE
• I (Latin), EGO
• I love (Latin), AMO
• Indian: Algonquin, FOX, SAC, WEA
  Chimakuan, HOH
  Keresan, SIA
  Mayan, MAM
  Shoshonean, UTE
  Siouan, KAW, OTO
  South American, ITE, ONA, URO, URU, YAO
  Tierra del Fuego, ONA
  Wakashan, AHT
• Ingot, PIG
• Inlet: Narrow, RIA
• Island: Cyclades, IOS
  Dodecanese, COS, KOS
  (French), ILE
  River, AIT
• Jackdaw, DAW
• John (Gaelic), IAN
• Keelbill, ANI, ANO
• Kiln, OST
• King: British legendary, LUD
• Kobold, NIS
• Lace: To make, TAT
• Lamprey, EEL
• Language: Artificial, IDO
  Bantu, ILA
  Siamese, LAO, TAI
• Leaf: Palm, OLA, OLE
• Leaving, ORT
• Left: Cause to turn, HAW
• Letter: Greek, CHI, ETA, PHI, PSI, RHO, TAU
  Hebrew, MEM, NUN, SIN, TAV, VAU
• Lettuce, COS
• Life (comb. form), BIO
• Lily: Palm, TOI
• Lizard, EFT
• Louse: Young, NIT
• Love (Anglo-Irish), GRA
• Lute: Oriental, TAR
• Macaw: Brazilian, ARA
• Marble, TAW
• Match: Shooting (French), TIR
• Meadow, LEA
• Measure: Abyssinian, TAT
  Algerian, PIK
  Arabian, DEN, SAA
  Belgian, VAT
  Bulgarian, OKA, OKE
  Chinese, FEN, TOU, YIN
  Cloth, ELL
  Cyprus, OKA, OKE, PIK
  Czech, LAN, SAH
  Danish, FOD, MIL, POT
  Dominican Republic, ONA
  Dutch, old, AAM
  East Indian, KIT
  Egyptian, APT, HEN, PIK, ROB
  Electric, MHO, OHM
  Energy, ERG
  English, PIN
  Estonian, TUN
  French, POT
  German, AAM
  Greek, PIK
  Hebrew, CAB, HIN, KOR, LOG
  Hungarian, AKO
  Icelandic, FET
  Indian, GAZ, GUZ, JOW, KOS
  Japanese, BOO, CHO, KEN, RIN, SHO, SUN, TAN
  Malabar, ADY
  Metric (land), ARE
  Netherlands, KAN, KOP, MUD, VAT, ZAK
  Norwegian, FOT, POT
  Persian, GAZ, GUZ, MOU, ZAR, ZER
  Polish, CAL
  Rangoon, DHA, LAN
  Roman, PES, URN
  Russian, FUT, LOF
  Scottish, COP
  Siamese, KEN, NIU, RAI, SAT, SEN, SOK, WAH, YOT
  Somaliland, TOP
  Spanish, PIE
  Straits Settlements, PAU, TUN
  Swedish, ALN, FOT, MIL, REF, TUM
  Swiss, POT
  Tunisian, SAA
  Turkish, OKA, OKE, PIK
  Vietnamese, GON, MAU, NGU, VUO, SAO, TAO, TAT
  Wire, MIL
  Württemberg, IMI
  Yarn, LEA
  Yugoslav, OKA, RIF
• Milk, LAC
• Milkfish, AWA
• Moccasin, PAC
• Money: Yap stone, FEI
• Money of Account (also Coin): Anglo-Saxon, ORA, ORE
  French, SOU
  Indian, LAC
  Japanese, RIN
  Oman, GAJ
  Virgin Islands, BIT
• Monkey: Capuchin, SAI
• Morsel, ORT
• Mother: Peer Gynt's, ASE
• Mountain: Asia Minor, IDA
• Mulberry: Indian, AAL, ACH, AWL
• Muttonbird: New Zealand, OII
• Nahoor, SNA
• Native: Mindanao, ATA
• Neckpiece, BOA
• Newt, EFT
• No (Scottish), NAE
• Note: Guido's highest, ELA
  Of scale, SOL
• Nursemaid: Oriental, AMA, IYA
• Ocher: Yellow, SIL
• One (Scottish), YIN
• Ornament: Pagoda, TEE
• Oven: Polynesian, UMU
• Ox: Tibetan, YAK
• Pagoda: Chinese, TAA
• Parrot: Hawk, HIA
  New Zealand, KEA
• Part: Footlike, PES
• Particle: Electrified, ION
• Pasha, DEY
• Pass: Mountain, COL
• Paste: Rice, AME
• Pea: Indian split, DAL
• Peasant: Philippine, TAO
• Penpoint, NEB, NIB
• Piece out, EKE
• Pigeon, NUN
• Pine: Textile screw, ARA
• Pistol (slang), GAT
• Pit: Baking, IMU
• Plant: Pepper, AVA
• Play: By Capek, RUR
• Poem: Old French, DIT
• Porgy: Japanese, TAI
• Priest: Biblical high, ELI
• Prince: Ethiopian, RAS
• Pseudonym: Dickens', BOZ
• Queen: Fairy, MAB
• Quince: Bengal, BEL
• Record: Ship's, LOG
• Refuse: Flax (Scottish), PAB, POB
• Resin, LAC
• Resort, SPA
• Revolver (slang), GAT
• Right: Cause to turn, GEE
• River: Scottish or English, DEE
  (Spanish), RIO
  Swiss, AAR
• Room: Harem, ODA
• Rootstock: Fern, ROI
• Rose (Persian), GUL
• Ruff: Female, REE
• Rule: Indian, RAJ
• Sailor, GOB, TAR
• Saint: Female (abbr.), STE
  Islamic, PIR
• Salt, SAL
• Sash: Japanese, OBI
• Scrap, ORT
• Seed: Poppy, MAW
  Small, PIP
• Self, EGO
• Serpent: Vedic sky, AHI
• Sesame, TIL
• Sheep: Female, EWE
  Indian, SHA
  Male, RAM
• Sheepfold (Scottish), REE
• Shelter, LEE
• Shield, ECU
• Shooting match (French), TIR
• Shrew: European, ERD
• Shrub: Evergreen, YEW
• Silkworm, ERI
• Snake, ASP, BOA
• Soak, RET
• Son-in-law: Mohammed's, ALI
• Sorrel: Wood, OCA
• Spade: Long, narrow, LOY
• Spirit: Malignant, KER
• Spot: Playing-card, PIP
• Spread for drying, TED
• Spring: Mineral, SPA
• Sprite: Water, NIX
• Statesman: Japanese, ITO
• Stern: Toward, AFT
• Stomach: Bird's, MAW
• Street (French), RUE
• Summer (French), ETE
• Sun, SOL
• Swamp, BOG, FEN
• Swan: Male, COB
• Tea: Chinese, CHA
• Temple: Shinto, SHA
• Thing (law), RES
• Title: Etruscan, LAR
  Monk's, FRA
  Portuguese, DOM
  Spanish, DON
  Turkish, AGA, BEY
• Tool: Cutting, ADZ, AXE
  Mining, GAD
  Piercing, AWL
• Tree: Candlenut, AMA
  Central American, EBO
  East Indian, SAJ, SAL
  Evergreen, YEW
  Hawaiian, KOA, KOU
  Indian, BEL, DAR
  Linden, LIN
  New Zealand, AKE
  Philippine, DAO, TUA, TUI
  Rubber, ULE
  South American, APA
• Tribe: New Zealand, ATI
• Turmeric, REA
• Twice, BIS
• Twin: Siamese, ENG
• Uncle (dialect), EAM, EME
• Veil: Chalice, AER, AIR
• Vessel: Wine, AMA
• Vestment: Ecclesiastical, ALB
• Vetch: Bitter, ERS
• Victorfish, AKU
• Vine: New Zealand, AKA
  Philippine, IYO
• Wallaba, APA
• Wapiti, ELK
• Water (French), EAU
• Waterfall, LIN
• Watering place: Prussian, EMS
• Weave: Designating plain, UNI
• Weight: Bulgarian, OKA, OKE
  Burmese, MOO, VIS
  Chinese, FEN, HAO, KIN, SSU, TAN, YIN
  Cyprus, OKA, OKE
  Danish, LOD, ORT, VOG
  East Indian, TJI
  Egyptian, KAT, OKA, OKE
  English, for wool, TOD
  German, LOT
  Greek, MNA, OKA, OKE
  Indian, SER
  Japanese, FUN, KIN, RIN, SHI
  Korean, KON
  Malacca, KIP
  Mongolian, LAN
  Netherlands, ONS
  Norwegian, LOD
  Polish, LUT
  Rangoon, PAI
  Roman, BES
  Russian, LOT
  Siamese, BAT, HAP, PAI
  Swedish, ASS, ORT
  Turkish, OKA, OKE
  Vietnamese, CAN
  Yugoslav, OKA, OKE
• Whales: Herd, GAM, POD
• Wildebeest, GNU
• Wing, ALA
• Witticism, MOT
• Wolframite, CAL
• Worm: African, LOA
• Wreath: Hawaiian, LEI
• Yale, ELI
• Yam: Hawaiian, HOI
• Yes (French), OUI
• Young: Bring forth, EAN
• Z (letter), ZED