5-letter words
There are 8,636 five-letter words in our dictionary. The most common are SOTHS, SOTOL, SOWAR, SOYAS and SOZIN.
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
- soths8
- sotol5
- sowar8
- soyas8
- sozin14
- spado8
- spaed8
- spaes7
- spahi10
- spail7
- spait7
- spale7
- spays10
- speel7
- speil7
- speir7
- spics9
- spiks11
- spile7
- spiry10
- spivs10
- sprag8
- sprug8
- spued8
- spues7
- spume9
- spumy12
- sputa7
- squeg15
- stagy9
- staig6
- steek9
- stere5
- stets5
- stied6
- stime7
- stimy10
- stirp7
- stoae5
- stoai5
- stoas5
- stobs7
- stogy9
- stook9
- stope7
- stopt7
- stoss5
- stowp10
- strow8
- stums7
- stupe7
- styed9
- styes8
- stymy13
- subas7
- sudds7
- sudor6
- suers5
- suets5
- suety8
- sughs9
- suint5
- sulfo8
- sulus5
- sumos7
- sunns5
- sural5
- surds6
- surfy11
- surgy9
- surra5
- swail8
- sweer8
- swith11
- swive11
- swobs10
- swops10
- swots8
- swoun8
- sycee10
- syces10
- sylis8
- syphs13
- sysop10
- tabid8
- tabus7
- taces7
- tacet7
- tachs10
- tacts7
- tafia8
- tahrs8
- tains5
- tajes12
- talcs7
- tamis7
- tamps9
- tardo6
- tared6
- taroc7
- tarok9
- taros5
- tarre5
- tarty8
- tasse5
- tauts5
- tawed9
- tawer8
- tawie8
- tawse8
- taxer12
- tazze23
- teaks9
- tecta7
- teels5
- teffs11
- tegua6
- teiid6
- teind6
- telae5
- teloi5
- tenia5
- tenty8
- tepal7
- tepas7
- tepoy10
- terce7
- terga6
- terne5
- teths8
- teuch10
- teugh9
- tewed9
- thack14
- tharm10
- theca10
- thegn9
- thens8
- thews11
- thewy14
- thirl8
- thoro8
- thraw11
- thrip10
- throe8
- thurl8
- thuya11
- thymi13
- thymy16
- tical7
- tided7
- tigon6
- tikis9
- tinct7
- tined6
- tirls5
- titis5
- toffy14
- tofts8
- tofus8
- togae6
- togue6
- toits5
- toked10
- tolas5
- toled6
- tolus5
- tolyl8
- tondi6
- toped8
- topee7
- toper7
- tophe10
- tophi10
- tophs10
- topis7
- topoi7
- toras5
- torcs7
- tores5
- torot5
- torse5
- torsi5
- torsk9
- toter5
- touse5
- towny11
- toyer8
- toyon8
- toyos8
- traik9
- trapt7
- trass5
- trets5
- triac7
- trigs6
- triol5
- troak9
- trock11
- trode6
- troke9
- trone5
- trooz14
- trows8
- troys8
- trues5
- trugs6
- tryma10
- tsade6
- tsadi6
- tsked10
- tubae7
- tufas8
- tules5
- tumid8
- tumps9
- tungs6
- tupik11
- tuque14
- turfy11
- tutee5
- tutty8
- tuyer8
- twaes8
- twier8
- twiny11
- twirp10
- twyer11
- tyees8
- tyned9
- typal10
- typey13
- typic12
- typps12
- tythe11
- tzars14
- uhlan8
- ukase9
- ulans5
- ulnad6
- ulnae5
- ulnas5
- ulpan7
- ulvas8
- umbos9
- umiac9
- umiak11
- umiaq16
- umped10
- unais5
- unapt7
- unarm7
- unaus5
- unbar7
- unbid8
- uncap9
- uncia7
- uncos7
- uncoy10
- uncus7
- undee6
- unfix15
- ungot6
- unhat8
- unhip10
- unlay8
- unled6
- unlet5
- unman7
- unmew10
- unmix14
- unpeg8
- unpen7
- unpin7
- unrig6
- unrip7
- unsew8
- unsex12
- unwit8
- unwon8
- upbow12
- upbye12
- updos8
- updry11
- uplit7
- uraei5
- urare5
- urari5
- urase5
- urbia7
- ureal5
- ureas5
- uredo6
- ureic7
- urger6
- urial5
- ursae5
- usnea5
- uveas8
- vacua10
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