5 Letter Words Finder & Wordle Solver

How to Solve Wordle With This Tool

This solver maps directly to Wordle's three tile colours. After each guess, enter your results into the three rows:

• Right spot — green tiles. Type the letter into the exact numbered slot it landed on.
• Wrong spot — yellow tiles. Add the letter into the position where it appeared yellow so the tool knows to exclude that slot specifically.
• Not in word — grey tiles. Add eliminated letters here to rule them out entirely.

Results update as you type — no button needed. After entering one guess you typically go from 15,921 possibilities to under 200. After two guesses most puzzles narrow to fewer than 20 options.

The Begins with and Ends with filters work alongside the slot rows for extra precision. For example: green A in position 1 plus "Ends with E" instantly narrows to words like ABODE, ADORE, AGILE, ALONE, and AMUSE.

Best Wordle Starting Words

A strong opener covers the five most frequent letters in five-letter English words — E, A, R, O, T — with no repeated letters. The best openers by letter frequency:

• CRANE — C, R, A, N, E. No repeats, covers five top-ten letters. Consistently ranks #1 across analyses.
• SLATE — S, L, A, T, E. S is the most common starting letter in Wordle answers.
• STARE — S, T, A, R, E. The statistical top pick in most frequency-based rankings.
• AROSE — four vowels in one guess, excellent for mapping the vowel landscape early.
• RAISE — R, A, I, S, E. Three vowels plus two high-frequency consonants.

See our full best Wordle starting words guide for detailed rankings, the two-opener strategy, and Hard Mode picks.

Wordle Streak Tips — How to Win Every Day

These three habits separate consistent solvers from occasional ones:

• Never re-use eliminated letters. Grey tiles are definite. If A went grey, no future guess should contain A. This is the most common mistake even experienced players make under pressure.
• Yellow means wrong position, not absent. A yellow tile means the letter IS in the answer — just not in that slot. Your next guess must use that letter somewhere else.
• Use guess 2 to test entirely new letters. Unless you have strong confirmed letters, your second guess should cover five completely new letters to double your information before narrowing down.

For a full breakdown of strategy including Hard Mode, double letters, and the two-guess system, read our complete Wordle strategy guide.

5-Letter Words With Specific Letters

The Wrong spot row handles yellow tiles — letters confirmed in the word but not yet placed. Common patterns people solve for:

• Words with double letters — about 1 in 6 Wordle answers has a repeated letter. ABBEY, CREEK, DRESS, FUNNY, HAPPY, STEEL, WORRY… See our double letter Wordle words guide.
• Words ending in -ER — AFTER, BOXER, COVER, ENTER, OUTER, RIDER, TIGER, VOTER…
• Words ending in -LY — BADLY, DIMLY, EARLY, ODDLY, SLYLY, TRULY, WRYLY…
• Words ending in -ING — BEING, BRING, CLING, STING, THING, WRING…

How Many 5-Letter Words Are There?

Our dictionary holds 15,921 valid five-letter English words accepted in Scrabble, Words With Friends, and Wordle. The Wordle answer pool is a much smaller subset — roughly 2,300 common everyday words. By starting letter:

• S — 1,853 words (most of any letter) | C — 1,021 | P — 951
• B — 836 | T — 825 | A — 786 | R — 749
• X — 17 words (fewest) | Q — 43 | Z — 53

The most common letters anywhere in five-letter words: E, A, R, O, T, L, I, S, N, C — exactly why the best Wordle openers target those letters.

Wordle Words by First Letter

Every letter has a dedicated page listing all five-letter words starting with it, with Wordle-specific strategy and the best guesses for each letter. Most searched: words starting with S (1,853 words), words starting with C (1,021), words starting with R (749). Browse by ending letter too — words ending in E is the most common final letter pattern in Wordle answers.