5 Letter Words Finder

How to Use the Word Finder

The three rows map directly to Wordle's color system. Type any confirmed letter into Right spot, placing it in the exact numbered slot it belongs in. Letters you know are in the word but haven't placed yet go into Wrong spot — put them in the position where they appeared yellow, so the tool knows to exclude that slot. Letters you've ruled out entirely go in Not in word. Results update as you type — no button needed.

The Begins with, Ends with, and Must contain filters work alongside the slot rows. For example: Right spot with A in position 2 plus "Ends with E" instantly narrows to words like BATHE, DANCE, LANCE, and SAUCE.

Best 5-Letter Words for Wordle

A strong opener tests the five most frequent letters in English five-letter words — E, A, R, O, T — with no repeated letters. These starters eliminate the most possibilities on guess one:

• CRANE — C, R, A, N, E. No repeats, covers five of the top ten most common letters.
• SLATE — S, L, A, T, E. S is the most common starting letter in Wordle answers.
• STARE — the statistical top pick in most analyses; S, T, A, R, E.
• AROSE — four vowels in one guess, great for mapping the vowel landscape early.
• TRACE — T, R, A, C, E; solid all-rounder with high elimination power.
• LATER — L, A, T, E, R; five of the top nine most common letters.

After your opener, enter your clues into the solver above. With just one guess entered you'll typically go from 15,921 possibilities to under 200. Two guesses usually leaves fewer than 20.

5-Letter Words With These Letters

The Wrong spot row handles the Wordle yellow tile — letters you know are in the word but whose position is uncertain. Common searches people run after a tough guess:

• 5-letter words containing A and E — ALIKE, BLAZE, BRAVE, CHAFE, DRAKE, GRACE, SHAME, STALE, TRACE, WAKE…
• 5-letter words containing double letters — ALLAY, ABBEY, FERRY, FUZZY, HAPPY, MESSY, OFFER, PUPPY, SPELL, SUNNY…
• 5-letter words with no vowels — CRYPT, GLYPH, LYMPH, NYMPH, PSYCH, PYGMY, SYNTH, TRYST…
• 5-letter words ending in -ING — BEING, BRING, CLING, DOING, FLING, GOING, LYING, OHING, SLING, STING, THING, WRING…
• 5-letter words ending in -ER — AFTER, BOXER, COVER, DINER, ENTER, FIXER, GAMER, LONER, MOVER, OFFER, OUTER, RIDER…

How Many 5-Letter Words Are There?

Our dictionary holds 15,921 valid five-letter English words — every word accepted in Scrabble, Words With Friends, and every Wordle guess. By starting letter:

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

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

Using This Tool for Scrabble

Every word in the database is valid in standard Scrabble and Words With Friends. Switch the sort to Score to surface the highest-value words first. The Begins with and Ends with filters help you slot words onto existing board letters. High-scoring five-letter Scrabble words include JAZZY (35 pts), FIZZY (29 pts), FUZZY (29 pts), QUAFF (21 pts), and JIFFY (20 pts).

5-Letter Words by First Letter

Need to browse rather than search? Every letter has a dedicated page listing all five-letter words that start with it — useful for crosswords, vocabulary building, and Wordle preparation. The most visited are words starting with S (1,853 words), words starting with C (1,021), and words starting with P (951). You can also browse by words ending in E — the most common final letter in five-letter English words.