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There are 12 three-letter words beginning with DE

DEB	• deb n. (Informal) Clipping of debutante. • deb n. (Informal) Debutante ball or debut. • Deb prop.n. Abbreviated form of the female given name Deborah.
DEE	• dee v. (Northumbria) To do. • dee n. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d. • dee n. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
DEF	• def n. Abbreviation of deficit. • def n. Abbreviation of definition. • def adv. Abbreviation of definitely.
DEG	• deg n. (Mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree. • deg n. (Motorsports, uncountable) Clipping of degradation. • deg v. (Northern England, dialectal) To sprinkle, moisten.
DEI	• DEI n. Initialism of diversity, equity and inclusion. • DEUS n. (Latin) god.
DEL	• del n. (Mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator. • del n. (Mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential. • del n. (Obsolete) a part, portion.
DEN	• den n. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild… • den n. A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. • den n. A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
DEP	• dep n. Short for department. • dep n. Short for deposit. • dep n. Short for departure.
DEV	• dev n. Clipping of developer. • dev n. Clipping of development. • dev n. (Computing, UNIX) Clipping of device.
DEW	• dew n. (Uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces. • dew n. (Uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops. • dew n. (Countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
DEX	• dex n. (Physics and astrophysics) An order or factor of ten. • dex n. (Role-playing games) Dexterity. • dex n. (Colloquial) Dextromethorphan.
DEY	• dey n. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. • dey n. (Historical) The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire. • dey pron. Pronunciation spelling of they, representing dialects with th-stopping in English.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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Scrabble in French: 8 words
Scrabble in Spanish: 5 words
Scrabble in Italian: 7 words
Scrabble in German: 6 words
Scrabble in Romanian: 5 words

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