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5 Letter Words for Wordle

There are 2,315 words in Wordle’s official past-answer list. Every one is listed below, grouped by starting letter, so you can scan for a word you’re testing or browse for ideas. If you know more specifically what you’re looking for, like no vowels or a specific ending, jump straight to a filtered list further down.

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Most common letters in 5 letter words

We counted every letter across all 2,315 words ourselves rather than repeating another site’s numbers. Here’s what actually came out:

E 45.6% A 39.3% R 36.2% O 29.1% T 28.8% L 28.0% I 27.9% S 26.7%

Share of Wordle’s 2,315 official answer words containing each letter at least once. Full breakdown and starting-word rankings in our starting words guide.

How this list is verified

Every word below comes from Wordle’s official past-answer list, not a general dictionary and not a scraped word list of unknown accuracy. We checked the full list ourselves, so a word appearing here means it has genuinely been a Wordle answer, not just a word that happens to be five letters long.

All 2,315 words, by starting letter

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FAQ

Is this every word Wordle could ever use?

It’s every word from Wordle’s original 2,315 word answer list. Since November 2022, the New York Times has curated answers by hand and occasionally uses words outside this original list, so it’s the most complete verified list available, not an absolute guarantee of every future answer.

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Why are some letters like Z and Q so short?

Because those letters are genuinely rare in English. Only 3 words in the list start with Z and 23 start with Q, which matches how uncommon those letters are at the start of real words generally.