5-Letter Words
100 wordsFive-letter words sit at the heart of modern word gaming. From daily Wordle puzzles to competitive Scrabble boards, this length offers the sweet spot between brevity and complexity. Here you'll find over six thousand options to sharpen your vocabulary and your strategy.
Words starting with A
4Words starting with B
6Words starting with C
7Words starting with D
3Words starting with E
1Words starting with F
5Words starting with G
5Words starting with H
10Words starting with J
1Words starting with L
4Words starting with M
5Words starting with N
2Words starting with O
1Words starting with P
4Words starting with Q
1Words starting with R
2Words starting with S
10Words starting with T
11Words starting with U
2Words starting with W
13Words starting with Y
3Pattern Guide
Insights and recommendations for these words.
The five-letter format rewards players who balance common letters with high-value tiles.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
Five letters capture English at its most versatile. You'll find compact Anglo-Saxon roots like SLEEP and DRINK alongside trimmed Latin borrowings like FOCUS and VIRUS. This length also houses productive suffixes—think DUSTY, RAINY, MAKER—that turn base words into new forms without adding bulk.
Total Words
6,404
2.1% of dictionary
Top Scrabble
JAZZY
33 points
Parts of Speech
Middle English dominates this word length, reflecting the language's core vocabulary that survived from medieval times. Latin and Ancient Greek contributions appear frequently in scientific and formal terms, while Arabic loanwords surface in unexpected places. The etymology chain from TUMOR traces a clear path through Old French back to Latin, showing how medical vocabulary traveled through multiple languages before landing in English.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Top 5-Letter Words
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
hissing and bubbling
covering with fine light hairs
move along very quickly
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
Top 5-Letter Words
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
covering with fine light hairs
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
hissing and bubbling
move along very quickly
JAZZY tops both Scrabble and WWF, but the games diverge from there. WWF's boosted tile values mean FUZZY and MUZZY climb higher in that game while WHIZZ stays competitive in Scrabble. The Z-heavy words dominate both lists, but WWF players should prioritize combinations with multiple high-value letters since the scoring differences compound. Words like HUZZY and POZZY offer solid backup options when the board blocks your first choice.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
THEIR and FIRST make strong openers by testing common consonants alongside different vowel positions. THERE and THESE work well as follow-up guesses when you need to pin down that tricky E placement.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
of or relating to alga
ACKEE names a red, pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds—the flesh itself turns toxic when unripe or overripe. Beyond its culinary notoriety in Jamaican cuisine, this word earns its keep in word games by combining a rare K with common letters. Most opponents won't challenge it, and those who do will learn something new.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.
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