5-letter words
There are 8,636 five-letter words in our dictionary. The most common are FATES, FATTY, FAUNA, FEAST and FEATS.
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
- fates8
- fatty11
- fauna8
- feast8
- feats8
- fecal10
- feces10
- feeds9
- fella8
- felon8
- femme12
- femur10
- feral8
- ferns8
- fetal8
- fetch13
- fetus8
- fibre10
- fiend9
- fiery11
- fills8
- filly11
- filth11
- finch13
- fined9
- finer8
- fines8
- firth11
- fishy14
- fists8
- fitch13
- fives11
- fixer15
- fixes15
- flair8
- flake12
- flank12
- flaps10
- flare8
- flask12
- flats8
- flaws11
- fleas8
- flick14
- fling9
- flint8
- flips10
- flirt8
- float8
- flock14
- flops10
- flora8
- floss8
- flown11
- fluff14
- fluke12
- flung9
- flush11
- flute8
- flyer11
- focal10
- foggy13
- folds9
- folio8
- folly11
- fonts8
- fools8
- footy11
- foray11
- forge9
- forks12
- forte8
- forts8
- fouls8
- fours8
- foxes15
- foyer11
- frail8
- franc10
- freed9
- frees8
- friar8
- fries8
- fritz17
- frogs9
- frost8
- frown11
- froze17
- fucks14
- fudge10
- fuels8
- fumes10
- fungi9
- funky15
- furry11
- fused9
- fuses8
- fussy11
- fuzzy29
- gabby13
- gable8
- gamer8
- gamma10
- gangs7
- garth9
- gases6
- gated7
- gator6
- gears6
- geeks10
- geese6
- gemma10
- genie6
- genoa6
- gents6
- genus6
- germs8
- giddy11
- gills6
- gimme10
- girly9
- giver9
- gland7
- glare6
- glaze15
- glide7
- gloom8
- gloss6
- glove9
- glued7
- gnome8
- goats6
- godly10
- goers6
- golds7
- goody10
- goofy12
- goons6
- goose6
- gorge7
- gowns9
- grabs8
- graft9
- grail6
- grams8
- grape8
- grasp8
- grate6
- gravy12
- graze15
- greed7
- greet6
- grids7
- grill6
- grime8
- grind7
- grips8
- groan6
- groin6
- groom8
- grove9
- growl9
- grunt6
- guild7
- guise6
- gulls6
- gully9
- gusto6
- gusts6
- gypsy14
- hacks14
- hades9
- haiku12
- hails8
- hairs8
- hairy11
- halls8
- handy12
- hangs9
- hanks12
- hardy12
- harem10
- harms10
- haste8
- hasty11
- hatch13
- hater8
- haunt8
- haute8
- havoc13
- hawks15
- hazel17
- heals8
- heaps10
- hears8
- heath11
- heats8
- hedge10
- hefty14
- heirs8
- heist8
- helix15
- hells8
- herbs10
- herds9
- heres8
- heron8
- hertz17
- hicks14
- hides9
- highs12
- hikes12
- hilly11
- hinge9
- hints8
- hippo12
- hippy15
- hires8
- hitch13
- hives11
- hoard9
- hobby15
- hogan9
- hoist8
- holed9
- holly11
- homer10
- honda9
- honed9
- hoods9
- hooks12
- hoops10
- horde9
- horns8
- horny11
- hound9
- hover11
- howdy15
- hubby15
- humid11
- hunch13
- hunts8
- hurst8
- husky15
- hutch13
- hydra12
- hydro12
- hymns13
- hyped14
- hyper13
- icing8
- icons7
- idols6
- imply12
- incur7
- inept7
- inert5
- infer8
- inked10
- inlet5
- intro5
- ionic7
- irons5
- irony8
- isles5
- itchy13
- ivory11
- jacks18
- jails12
- jazzy33
- jelly15
- jenny15
- jerks16
- jerky19
- jetty15
- jewel15
- jihad16
- johns15
- joked17
- joker16
- jolly15
- judas13
- juicy17
- jumbo16
- jumps16
- junta12
- juror12
- kanji16
- kappa13
- karma11
- kayak16
- kebab13
- kerry12
- khaki16
- kiddo11
- kilos9
- kinks13
- kinky16
- kiosk13
- kitty12
Other word lengths
5-letter words starting with
5-letter words ending in
More word tools
Solvers and word lists for every kind of letter puzzle. New tools are added regularly.
Unscramble & anagram
- Word Unscrambler Every word you can make from a set of letters, blanks included.
- Anagram Solver Words that use every one of your letters exactly once.
- Jumble Solver Solve newspaper jumbles and scrambled word puzzles.
- Scrabble Word Finder Highest-scoring plays from your rack, with tile points.
- Text Twist Solver All the answers for a Text Twist round, grouped by length.
Word lists & patterns
- Words Starting With Words that begin with any letters you choose.
- Words Ending With Words that finish with a given suffix.
- Words Containing Words with a letter sequence anywhere inside.
- Words by Length Lists of 2- to 15-letter words.
- Advanced Word Finder Combine length, prefix, suffix and excluded letters.
Puzzle & game solvers
- Wordle Solver Enter your greens, yellows and greys; get ranked guesses.
- Quordle Solver Track four boards of constraints at once.
- Spelling Bee Helper Words from seven letters that use the centre letter.
- Crossword Solver Fill gaps like C?O?S with every matching word.
- Hangman Solver The best next letter for a partly revealed word.
- Boggle & Word Search Solver Find every word hidden in a letter grid.
- Strands Helper Trace valid words through a Strands-style grid.
- Wordscapes Helper Every word from a Wordscapes or Word Cookies wheel.
Word reference & utilities
- Word Checker Check whether a word is valid in word games.
- Word Scorer Tile points for any word.
- Rhyming Words Words that sound alike, from real pronunciations.
- Syllable Counter Accurate syllable counts from pronunciation data.
- Random Word Generator Random words by length and commonness.
- Word Ladder Solver The shortest path from one word to another.
- Letter Frequency Counter Count how often each letter appears in a text.
- Palindrome Finder Words that read the same forwards and backwards.