5-Letter Words
Five-letter words are the currency of Wordle and its many variants, and this page covers all of them. Whether you need a strong opening guess, a list of candidates that fit your green and yellow letters, or an answer that dodges the letters you have already eliminated, you can narrow this list by any position or letter combination.
Quick facts
- There are 8,636 5-letter words in the ENABLE dictionary.
- The most common starting letters are S (1,056), C (665), B (589), P (565), T (548).
- The most common final letters are S (2,695), E (931), Y (906), D (582), R (523).
Game tip
Strong Wordle openers cover the most common letters in this list: E, A, R, O, and T appear far more often than any others, which is why words like STARE, RAISE, and ROAST eliminate so many candidates at once.
Browse 5-letter words by first letter
A 497 words
AAHED, AALII, AARGH…
B 589 words BAAED, BAALS, BABAS…
C 665 words CABAL, CABBY, CABER…
D 457 words DACES, DACHA, DADAS…
E 192 words EAGER, EAGLE, EAGRE…
F 430 words FABLE, FACED, FACER…
G 415 words GABBY, GABLE, GADDI…
H 334 words HAAFS, HAARS, HABIT…
I 118 words IAMBI, IAMBS, ICHOR…
J 134 words JABOT, JACAL, JACKS…
K 206 words KABAB, KABAR, KABOB…
L 401 words LAARI, LABEL, LABIA…
M 444 words MAARS, MABES, MACAW…
N 200 words NAANS, NABES, NABIS…
O 181 words OAKEN, OAKUM, OARED…
P 565 words PACAS, PACED, PACER…
Q 53 words QAIDS, QANAT, QOPHS…
R 419 words RABAT, RABBI, RABIC…
S 1,056 words SABED, SABER, SABES…
T 548 words TABBY, TABER, TABES…
U 117 words UDDER, UHLAN, UKASE…
V 161 words VACUA, VAGAL, VAGUE…
W 296 words WACKE, WACKO, WACKS…
X 13 words XEBEC, XENIA, XENIC…
Y 94 words YACHT, YACKS, YAFFS…
Z 51 words ZAIRE, ZAMIA, ZANZA…