5-letter words
There are 8,636 five-letter words in our dictionary. The most common are STOLE, STONE, STOOD, STOPS and STORM.
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
- stole5
- stone5
- stood6
- stops7
- storm7
- strip7
- stuck11
- sucks11
- sugar6
- suite5
- suits5
- sunny8
- swear8
- sweat8
- sweet8
- swift11
- swing9
- swiss8
- sword9
- tales5
- talks9
- tanks9
- tasks9
- taste5
- taxes12
- teach10
- teams7
- tears5
- teens5
- teeth8
- tells5
- tends6
- terry8
- tests5
- texas12
- texts12
- theft11
- theme10
- thick14
- threw11
- throw11
- thumb12
- tiger6
- tight9
- tired6
- tires5
- tommy12
- tools5
- tooth8
- topic9
- touch10
- tough9
- tours5
- tower8
- towns8
- toxic14
- trace7
- trail5
- train5
- trans5
- trash8
- treat5
- trees5
- trend6
- trial5
- tribe7
- trick11
- tries5
- trips7
- truck11
- truly8
- trump9
- trunk9
- turns5
- tweet8
- twice10
- twins8
- twist8
- types10
- ultra5
- uncle7
- units5
- unity8
- upper9
- upset7
- urban7
- urged7
- usage6
- users5
- usual5
- valid9
- valve11
- venue8
- verse8
- views11
- villa8
- vinyl11
- viral8
- virus8
- vital8
- vocal10
- voted9
- voter8
- votes8
- wages9
- wales8
- walks12
- walls8
- waste8
- waves11
- wears8
- weird9
- wells8
- welsh11
- wheat11
- wheel11
- wider9
- widow12
- width12
- winds9
- wings9
- witch13
- wives11
- woods9
- worry11
- worse8
- worst8
- wound9
- wrist8
- yards9
- yield9
- yours8
- youth11
- zones14
- abbas9
- abbey12
- abbot9
- abide8
- abode8
- abort7
- abyss10
- aches10
- acids8
- acorn7
- actin7
- adapt8
- adept8
- adobe8
- adore6
- adorn6
- aegis6
- agile6
- agony9
- aided7
- aides6
- aired6
- aisle5
- alamo7
- algae6
- alias5
- alibi7
- align6
- alley8
- alloy8
- aloft8
- aloha8
- aloud6
- altar5
- amaze16
- amber9
- amend8
- amino7
- amour7
- ample9
- amuse7
- angst6
- ankle9
- annex12
- annoy8
- anvil8
- apnea7
- apron7
- aptly10
- arbor7
- argus6
- arias5
- ariel5
- arise5
- armor7
- aroma7
- arose5
- arson5
- ascot7
- ashes8
- aspen7
- assay8
- asses5
- atlas5
- atoms7
- attic7
- aunts5
- aunty8
- autos5
- avail8
- avant8
- avert8
- avian8
- await8
- awoke12
- axial12
- axiom14
- azure14
- babes9
- bagel8
- baggy12
- baked12
- banco9
- bangs8
- banjo14
- barge8
- barks11
- barns7
- baron7
- barre7
- basal7
- basil7
- batch12
- bates7
- bathe10
- baths10
- baton7
- bayou10
- beads8
- beams9
- beech12
- beers7
- beets7
- beige8
- belle7
- bells7
- belts7
- bends8
- benny10
- berry10
- berth10
- beset7
- bigot8
- biker11
- bikes11
- binds8
- binge8
- bingo8
- birch12
- bison7
- bites7
- bland8
- blaze16
- bleak11
- bleed8
- bleep9
- blend8
- blink11
- bliss7
- blitz16
- bloke11
- blond8
- bloom9
- bluff13
- blunt7
- blush10
- boast7
- bogus8
- boils7
- bolts7
- boner7
- boobs9
- booed8
- booms9
- booty10
- booze16
- borne7
- bosom9
- bouts7
- bowed11
- bowel10
- bower10
- bowls10
- boxed15
- boxer14
- brace9
- braid8
- brake11
- bravo10
- brawl10
- brent7
- bribe9
- brill7
- brine7
- brink11
- brisk11
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