There are 11 words that start with 'desic'.
| desiccant | desiccate | desiccants |
| desiccated | desiccates | desiccator |
| desiccating | desiccation | desiccative |
| desiccators | desiccations | |
Note: These 11 words that start with 'desic' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.