5-letter words
There are 8,636 five-letter words in our dictionary. The most common are ABOUT, ABOVE, ADDED, AFTER and AGAIN.
Five-letter words are the length used by Wordle and most of its spin-offs. Start with common words that cover several vowels and frequent consonants, then use the starting-with and ending-in lists below once you know some letters.
5-letter words
- about7
- above10
- added8
- after8
- again6
- ahead9
- album9
- allow8
- alone5
- along6
- among8
- areas5
- asked10
- based8
- began8
- being8
- below10
- black13
- blood8
- board8
- books11
- break11
- bring8
- brown10
- build8
- built7
- cases7
- cause7
- check16
- chief13
- child11
- china10
- class7
- clear7
- close7
- comes9
- could8
- court7
- cover10
- crazy19
- cross7
- daily9
- death9
- doing7
- drive9
- early8
- earth8
- eight9
- enjoy15
- event8
- every11
- field9
- fight12
- final8
- first8
- focus10
- force10
- found9
- front8
- funny11
- games8
- girls6
- given9
- gives9
- going7
- great6
- green6
- group8
- guess6
- hands9
- happy15
- heard9
- heart8
- hours8
- house8
- human10
- issue5
- known12
- knows12
- large6
- later5
- learn5
- least5
- leave8
- legal6
- level8
- light9
- lives8
- local7
- looks9
- loved9
- lower8
- major14
- makes11
- march12
- match12
- maybe12
- means7
- media8
- might11
- miles7
- model8
- money10
- month10
- moved11
- movie10
- music9
- needs6
- never8
- night9
- north8
- offer11
- often8
- order6
- other8
- paper9
- parts7
- party10
- peace9
- phone10
- piece9
- place9
- plans7
- point7
- power10
- press7
- price9
- quite14
- radio6
- range6
- ready9
- right9
- river8
- round6
- rules5
- sales5
- seems7
- sense5
- seven8
- shall8
- share8
- short8
- shows11
- since7
- sleep7
- small7
- sorry8
- sound6
- south8
- space9
- speak11
- speed8
- spent7
- staff11
- stage6
- stand6
- start5
- state5
- still5
- store5
- story8
- study9
- stuff11
- style8
- super7
- table7
- taken9
- takes9
- terms7
- thank12
- their8
- there8
- these8
- thing9
- think12
- third9
- those8
- three8
- times7
- title5
- today9
- total5
- track11
- trade6
- tried6
- trust5
- truth8
- under6
- union5
- until5
- using6
- value8
- video9
- visit8
- voice10
- wants8
- watch13
- water8
- weeks12
- where11
- which16
- while11
- white11
- whole11
- whose11
- woman10
- women10
- words9
- works12
- world9
- worth11
- would9
- write8
- wrong9
- wrote8
- years8
- young9
- abuse7
- acres7
- acted8
- actor7
- acute7
- admit8
- adopt8
- adult6
- agent6
- aging7
- agree6
- aimed8
- alarm7
- alert5
- alien5
- alike9
- alive8
- alpha10
- alter5
- angel6
- anger6
- angle6
- angry9
- anime7
- apart7
- apple9
- apply12
- arena5
- argue6
- armed8
- array8
- arrow8
- aside6
- asset5
- audio6
- audit6
- avoid9
- awake12
- award9
- aware8
- awful11
- backs13
- bacon9
- badge9
- badly11
- baker11
- balls7
- bands8
- banks11
- bases7
- basic9
- basin7
- basis7
- beach12
- beans7
- beard8
- bears7
- beast7
- beats7
- begin8
- begun8
- belly10
- bench12
- bible9
- bills7
- billy10
- birds8
- birth10
- bitch12
- blade8
- blame9
- blank11
- blast7
- bless7
- blind8
- block13
- blown10
- blows10
- blues7
- boats7
- bobby14
- bombs11
- bonds8
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