Words of Four Letters

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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• Aborigine: Borneo, DYAK
• Agave, ALOE
• Animal: Footless, APOD
• Ant: White, ANAI, ANAY
• Antelope: African, ASSE, BISA, GUIB, KOBA, KUDU, ORYX, POKU, PUKU, TOPI, TORA
• Apoplexy: Plant, ESCA
• Apple, POME
• Apricot, ANSU
• Ardor, ELAN
• Armadillo, APAR, PEBA, PEVA, TATU
• Ascetic: Islamic, SUFI
• Association: Chinese, TONG
• Astronomer: Persian, OMAR
• Avatar: Of Vishnu, RAMA
• Axillary, ALAR
• Band: Horizontal (heraldry), FESS
• Barracuda, SPET
• Bark: Mulberry, TAPA
• Base: Column, DADO
• Bearing (heraldry), ORLE
• Beer: Russian, KVAS
• Beige, ECRU
• Being, ESSE
• Beverage: Japanese rice, SAKE
• Bird: Asian, MINA, MYNA
  Egyptian sacred, IBIS
  Extinct, DODO, MAMO
  Flightless, KIWI
  Gull-like, TERN
  Hawaiian, IIWI, MAMO
  Parson, KOKO
  Unfledged, EYAS
• Birds: As class, AVES
• Black, EBON
  (French), NOIR
• Blackbird: European, MERL
• Boat: Flat-bottomed, DORY
• Bone: Forearm, ULNA
• Bones, OSSA
• Box, Japanese, INRO
• Bravo (rare), EUGE
• Buffalo: Indian wild, ARNA
• Bull (Spanish), TORO
• Burden, ONUS
• Cabbage: Sliced, SLAW
• Caliph: Islamic, OMAR
• Canoe: Malay, PRAU, PROA
• Cap: Military, KEPI
• Cape, NESS
• Capital: Ancient Irish, TARA
• Case: Article, ETUI
• Cat: Wild, BALU, EYRA
• Chalcedony, SARD
• Chamber: Indian ceremonial, KIVA
• Channel: Brain, ITER
• Cheese: Dutch, EDAM
• Chest: Sepulchral stone, CIST
• Chieftain: Arab, EMIR
• Church: Part of, APSE, NAVE
  (Scottish), KIRK
• Claim (law), LIEN
• Cluster: Flower, CYME
• Coin: Chinese, TAEL, YUAN
  German, MARK
  Indian, ANNA
  Iranian, RIAL
  Italian, LIRA
  Moroccan, OKIA
  Siamese, BAHT
  South American, PESO
  Spanish, DURO, PESO
  Turkish, PARA
• Commune: Belgian, AATH
• Composition: Musical, OPUS
• Compound: Chemical, DIOL
• Constellation: Southern, PAVO
• Council: Russian, DUMA
• Counsel, REDE
• Covering: Seed, ARIL
• Cross: Egyptian, ANKH
• Cry: Bacchanalian, EVOE
• Cup (Scottish), TASS
• Cupbearer, SAKI
• Dagger, DIRK
  Malay, KRIS
• Dam: River, WEIR
• Dash, ELAN
• Date: Roman, IDES
• Dawn: Pertaining to, EOAN
• Dean: English, INGE
• Decay: In fruit, BLET
• Deer: Sambar, MAHA
• Disease: Skin, ACNE
• Disk: Solar, ATEN
• Dog: Hunting, ALAN
• Drink: Hindu intoxicating, SOMA
• Duck, SMEE, SMEW, TEAL
• Dynasty: Chinese, CHEN, CHIN, CHOU, CHOW, HSIA, MING, SUNG, TANG, TSIN
  Mongol, YUAN
• Eagle: Biblical, GIER
  Sea, ERNE
• Ear: Pertaining to, OTIC
• Egyptian: Christian, COPT
• Entrance: Mine, ADIT
• Esau, EDOM
• Escutcheon: Voided, ORLE
• Eskers, OSAR
• Evergreen: New Zealand, TAWA
• Fairy: Persian, PERI
• Family: Italian, ESTE
• Far (comb. form), TELE
• Farewell, VALE
• Father (French), PERE
• Fennel: Philippine, ANIS
• Fever: Malarial, AGUE
• Fiber: East Indian, JUTE
• Firn, NEVE
• Fish: Carplike, DACE
  Hawaiian, ULUA
  Herringlike, SHAD
  Mackerellike, CERO
  Marine, HAKE
  Sea, LING, MERO, OPAH
  Spiny-finned, GOBY
• Food: Tropical, TARO
• Foot: Metric, IAMB
• Formerly, ERST
• Founder: Of Carthage, DIDO
• France: Southern, MIDI
• Furze, ULEX
• Gaelic, ERSE
• Gaiter, SPAT
• Game: Card, FARO, SKAT
• Garlic: European wild, MOLY
• Garment: Hindu, SARI
  Roman, TOGA
• Gazelle, CORA
• Gem, JADE, ONYX, OPAL, RUBY
• Genus: Amphibians (incl. frogs), RANA
  Amphibians (incl. tree toads), HYLA
  Antelopes, ORYX
  Auks, ALCA, URIA
  Bees, APIS
  Birds (American ostriches), RHEA
  Birds (cranes), CRUS
  Birds (magpies), PICA
  Birds (peacocks), PAVO
  Cetaceans, INIA
  Ducks (incl. mallards), ANAS
  Fishes (burbots), LOTA
  Fishes (incl. bowfins), AMIA
  Geese (snow geese), CHEN
  Gulls, XEMA
  Herbs, ARUM, GEUM
  Insects (water scorpions), NEPA
  Lilies, ALOE
  Mammals (humans), HOMO
  Orchids, DISA
  Owls, ASIO, BUBO, OTUS
  Palms, NIPA
  Sea birds, SULA
  Sheep, OVIS
  Shrubs, Eurasian, ULEX
  Shrubs (hollies), ILEX
  Shrubs (incl. Virginia Willow), ITEA
  Shrubs, tropical, EVEA
  Snakes (sand snakes), ERYX
  Swans, OLOR
  Trees, chocolate, COLA
  Trees (ebony family), MABA
  Trees (incl. maples), ACER
  Trees (olives), OLEA
  Trees, tropical, EVEA
  Turtles, EMYS
• Goat: Wild, IBEX, KRAS, TAHR, TAIR, THAR
• God: Assyrian, ASUR
  Babylonian, ADAD, ADDU, ENKI, ENZU, IRRA, NABU, NEBO, UTUG
  Celtic, LLEU, LLEW
  Hindu, AGNI, CIVA, DEVA, DEWA, KAMA, RAMA, SIVA, VAYU
  Phrygian, ATYS
  Semitic, BAAL
  Teutonic, HLER
• Goddess: Babylonian, ERUA, GULA
  Hawaiian, PELE
  Hindu, DEVI, KALI, SHRI, VACH
• Gooseberry: Hawaiian, POHA
• Gourd, PEPO
• Grafted (heraldry), ENTE
• Grandfather (obsolete), AIEL
• Grandparents: Pertaining to, AVAL
• Grass: Hawaiian, HILO
• Gray (French), GRIS
• Green (heraldry), VERT
• Groom: Indian, SYCE
• Half (prefix), DEMI, HEMI, SEMI
• Hamlet, DORP
• Hammerhead: Part of, PEEN
• Handle, ANSA
• Harp: Japanese, KOTO
• Hartebeest, ASSE, TORA
• Hautboy, OBOE
• Hawk: Taken from nest (falconry), EYAS
• Hearing (law), OYER
• Heater: For liquids, ETNA
• Herb: Aromatic, ANET, DILL
  Fabulous, MOLY
  Perennial, GEUM, SEGO
  Pot, WORT
  Used for blue dye, WADE, WOAD
• Hill: Flat-topped, MESA
  Sand, DENE, DUNE
• Hoarfrost, RIME
• Hog: Immature female, GILT
• Holly, ILEX
• House: Cow, BYRE
  (Spanish), CASA
• Ice: Floating, FLOE
• Image, ICON, IKON
• Incarnation: Of Vishnu, RAMA
• Indian: Algonquin, CREE, SAUK
  Central American, MAYA
  Iroquoian, ERIE
  Mexican, CORA
  Peruvian, CANA, INCA, MORO
  Shoshonean, HOPI
  Siouan, OTOE
  Southwestern, HOPI, PIMA, YUMA, ZUNI
• Insect: Immature, PUPA
• Instrument: Stringed, LUTE, LYRE
• Ireland, EIRE, ERIN
• Jacket: English, ETON
• Jail (British), GAOL
• Jar, OLLA
• Judge: Islamic, CADI
• Juniper: European, CADE
• Kiln, OAST, OVEN
• King: British legendary, LUDD, NUDD
• Kiss, BUSS
• Knife: Philippine, BOLO
• Koran: Section of, SURA
• Laborer: Spanish American, PEON
• Lake: Mountain, TARN
  (Scottish), LOCH
• Lamp: Miner's, DAVY
• Landing place: Indian, GHAT
• Language: Buddhist, PALI
  Japanese, AINU
• Latvian, LETT
• Layer: Of iris, UVEA
• Leaf: Palm, OLAY, OLLA
• Legislature: Ukrainian, RADA
• Lemur, LORI
• Leopard, PARD
• Let it stand, STET
• Letter: Greek, BETA, IOTA, ZETA
  Hebrew, AYIN, BETH, CAPH, KOPH, RESH, SHIN, TETH, YODH
  Papal, BULL
• Lily, ALOE
• Literature: Hindu sacred, VEDA
• Lizard, GILA
  Monitor, URAN
• Loquat, BIWA
• Magistrate: Genoese or Venetian, DOGE
• Man (Latin), HOMO
• Mark: Omission, DELE
• Marmoset: South American, MICO
• Meadow: Fertile, VEGA
• Measure: Electric, VOLT, WATT
  Force, DYNE
  Hebrew, OMER
  Printing, PICA
  Spanish or Portuguese, VARA
  Swiss land, IMMI
• Medley, OLIO
• Merganser, SMEW
• Milk (French), LAIT
• Molding, GULA
  Curved, OGEE
• Mongoose: Crab-eating, URVA
• Monk: Tibetan, LAMA
• Monkey: African, MONA, WAAG
  Ceylonese, MAHA
  Cochin-China, DOUC
  South American, SAKI, TITI
• Monkshood, ATIS
• Month: Jewish, ADAR, ELUL, IYAR
• Mother (French), MERE
• Mountain: Thessaly, OSSA
• Mouse: Meadow, VOLE
• Mythology: Norse, EDDA
• Nail (French), CLOU
• Native: Philippine, MORO
• Nest: Of pheasants, NIDE
• Network, RETE
• No (German), NEIN
• Noble: Islamic, AMIR
• Notice: Death, OBIT
• Novel: By Zola, NANA
• Nursemaid: Oriental AMAH, AYAH, EYAH
• Nut: Philippine, PILI
• Oak: Holm, ILEX
• Oil (comb. form), OLEO
• Ostrich: American, RHEA
• Oven, KILN, OAST
• Owl: Barn, LULU
• Ox: Celebes wild, ANOE
  Extinct wild, URUS
• Palm, ATAP, NIPA, SAGO
• Parliament, DIET
• Parrot: New Zealand, KAKA
• Pass: Indian mountain, GHAT
• Passage: Closing (music), CODA
• Peach: Clingstone, PAVY
• Peasant: Indian, RYOT
  Old English, CARL
• Pepper: Australasian, KAVA
• Perfume, ATAR
• Persia, IRAN
• Person: Extraordinary, ONER
• Pickerel or pike, ESOX
• Pitcher, EWER
• Plant: Aromatic, NARD
  Century, ALOE
  Indigo, ANIL
  Pepper, KAVA
• Platform: Raised, DAIS
• Plum: Wild, SLOE
• Pods: Vegetable, OKRA, OKRO
• Poem: Epic, EPOS
• Poet: Persian, OMAR
  Roman, OVID
• Poison, BANE
  Arrow, INEE
• Porkfish, SISI
• Portico: Greek, STOA
• Premium, AGIO
• Priest: Islamic, IMAM
• Prima donna, DIVA
• Prong: Fork, TINE
• Pseudonym: Lamb's, ELIA
• Queen: Carthaginian, DIDO
  Hindu, RANI
• Rabbit, CONY
• Race: Of Japan, AINU
• Rail: Ducklike, COOT
  North American, SORA
• Redshank, CLEE
• Refuse: After pressing, MARC
• Regiment: Turkish, ALAI
• Reliquary, ARCA
• Resort: Italian, LIDO
• Ridges: Sandy, ASAR, OSAR
• River: German, ELBE, ODER
  Italian, ADDA
  Siberian, LENA
• Road: Roman, ITER
• Rockfish: California, RENA
• Rodent: Mouselike, VOLE
  South American, PACA
• Rootstock, TARO
• Salamander, NEWT
• Salmon: Silver, COHO
  Young, PARR
• Same (Greek), HOMO
  (Latin), IDEM
• Sauce: Fish, ALEC
• School: English, ETON
• Seaweed, AGAR, ALGA, KELP
• Secular, LAIC
• Sediment, SILT
• Seed: Dill, ANET
  Of vetch, TARE
• Serf, ILOT
• Sesame, TEEL
• Settlement: Eskimo, ETAH
• Shark: Atlantic, GATA
  European, TOPE
• Sheep: Wild, UDAD
• Sheltered, ALEE
• Shield, EGIS
• Ship: Jason's, ARGO
  Left side of, PORT
  Two-masted, BRIG
• Shrine: Buddhist, TOPE
• Shrub: New Zealand, TUTU
• Sign: Magic, RUNE
• Silkworm, ERIA
• Skin: Beaver, PLEW
• Skink: Egyptian, ADDA
• Slave, ESNE
• Sloth: Two-toed, UNAU
• Smooth, LENE
• Snow: Glacial, NEVE
• Soapstone, TALC
• Society: African secret, EGBO, PORO
• Son: Of Seth, ENOS
• Song (German), LIED
  Unaccompanied, GLEE
• Sound: Lung, RALE
• Sour, ACID
• Sow: Young, GILT
• Spike: Brad-shaped, BROB
• Spirit: Buddhist evil, MARA
• Stake: Poker, ANTE
• Star: Temporary, NOVA
• Starch: East Indian, SAGO
• Stone: Precious, OPAL
• Strap: Bridle, REIN
• Strewn (heraldry), SEME
• Sweetsop, ATES, ATTA
• Sword: Fencing, EPEE, FOIL
• Tambourine: African, TAAR
• Tapir: Brazilian, ANTA
• Tax, CESS
• Tea: South American, MATE
• Therefore (Latin), ERGO
• Thing: Extraordinary, ONER
• Three (dice, cards, etc.), TREY
• Thrush: Hawaiian, OMAO
• Tide, NEAP
• Tipster: Racing, TOUT
• Tissue, TELA
• Title: Etruscan, LARS
  Hindu, BABU
  Indian, RAJA
  Islamic, EMIR, IMAM
  Persian, BABA
  Spanish, DONA
  Turkish, AGHA, BABA
• Toad: Largest-known, AGUA
  Tree, HYLA
• Tool: Cutting, ADZE
• Track: Deer, SLOT
• Tract: Sandy, DENE
• Tree: Apple, SORB
  Central American, EBOE
  East Indian, TEAK
  Eucalyptus, YATE
  Guyanese and Trinidadian, MORA
  Javanese, UPAS
  Linden, LIME, LINN, TEIL, TILL
  Sandarac, ARAR
  Sassafras, AGUE
  Tamarisk salt, ATLE
• Tribe: Moro, SULU
• Trout, CHAR
• Vessel: Arab, DHOW
• Vestment: Ecclesiastical, COPE
• Vetch, TARE
• Vine: East Indian, SOMA
• Violinist: Famous, AUER
• Vortex, EDDY
• Wampum, PEAG
• Wapiti, STAG
• Waste: Allowance for, TRET
• Watchman: Indian, MINA
• Water (Spanish), AGUA
• Waterfall, LINN
• Wavy (heraldry), ONDE, UNDE
• Wax, CERE
  Chinese, PELA
• Weed: Biblical, TARE
• Weight: Ancient, MINA
  Danish (pl.), ESER
  East Asian, TAEL
  Greek, MINA
  Siamese, BAHT
• Well done (rare), EUGE
• Whale, CETE
  Killer, ORCA
  White, HUSE, HUSO
• Whirlpool, EDDY
• Wife: Of Geraint, ENID
• Willow: Virginia, ITEA
• Wine, PORT
• Winged, ALAR
  (Heraldry), AILE
• Wings, ALAE
• Withered, SERE
• Without (French), SANS
• Wool: To comb, CARD
• Work, OPUS
• Wrong: Civil, TORT
• Young: Bring forth, YEAN