5-letter words
There are 8,571 five-letter words in our word list. 1,728 of them are common everyday words, such as ABOUT, AFTER, COULD and FIRST.
- Words
- 8,571
- Common words
- 1,728
- Top score
- JAZZY
- 33 points
Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.
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5-letter words (8,571)
- about
- after
- could
- first
- other
- their
- there
- these
- think
- where
- which
- would
- again
- based
- being
- doing
- every
- found
- going
- great
- group
- house
- might
- money
- music
- never
- night
- place
- point
- power
- right
- since
- small
- start
- state
- still
- thing
- those
- three
- times
- today
- under
- until
- water
- while
- white
- women
- world
- years
- above
- added
- ahead
- album
- allow
- alone
- along
- among
- areas
- asked
- began
- below
- black
- blood
- board
- books
- break
- bring
- brown
- build
- built
- cases
- cause
- check
- chief
- child
- china
- class
- clear
- close
- comes
- court
- cover
- crazy
- cross
- daily
- death
- drive
- early
- earth
- eight
- enjoy
- event
- field
- fight
- final
- focus
- force
- front
- funny
- games
- girls
- given
- gives
- green
- guess
- hands
- happy
- heard
- heart
- hours
- human
- issue
- known
- knows
- large
- later
- learn
- least
- leave
- legal
- level
- light
- lives
- local
- looks
- loved
- lower
- major
- makes
- march
- match
- maybe
- means
- media
- miles
- model
- month
- moved
- movie
- needs
- north
- offer
- often
- order
- paper
- parts
- party
- peace
- phone
- piece
- plans
- press
- price
- quite
- radio
- range
- ready
- river
- round
- rules
- sales
- seems
- sense
- seven
- shall
- share
- short
- shows
- sleep
- sorry
- sound
- south
- space
- speak
- speed
- spent
- staff
- stage
- stand
- store
- story
- study
- stuff
- style
- super
- table
- taken
- takes
- terms
- thank
- third
- title
- total
- track
- trade
- tried
- trust
- truth
- union
- using
- value
- video
- visit
- voice
- wants
- watch
- weeks
- whole
- whose
- woman
- words
- works
- worth
- write
- wrong
- wrote
- young
- abuse
- actor
- admit
- adult
- agent
- agree
- alive
- angry
- apart
- apple
- apply
- armed
- aside
- avoid
- award
- aware
- balls
- banks
- basic
- basis
- beach
- begin
- bible
- bills
- birds
- birth
- blame
- blind
- block
- brain
- brand
- bread
- brief
- broad
- broke
- bunch
- cable
- calls
- cards
- carry
- catch
- cells
- chain
- chair
- cheap
- chest
- chose
- civil
- claim
- clean
- click
- clubs
- coach
- coast
- color
- costs
- count
- crash
- cream
- crime
- crowd
- crown
- cycle
- dance
- dates
- deals
- debut
- depth
- dirty
- doors
- doubt
- draft
- drama
- drawn
- dream
- dress
- drink
- drugs
- drunk
- dying
- empty
- ended
- enemy
- enter
- entry
- equal
- error
- exact
- exist
- extra
- faces
- facts
- faith
- falls
- false
- fault
- favor
- feels
- fifth
- films
- finds
- fired
- fixed
- floor
- folks
- forms
- frame
- frank
- fresh
- fruit
- fully
- funds
- giant
- glass
- goals
- goods
- grace
- grade
- grand
- grant
- greek
- grown
- guard
- guest
- guide
- harry
- heads
- heavy
- hello
- helps
- henry
- holds
- homes
- honor
- horse
- hotel
- ideas
- image
- index
- inner
- items
- japan
- joint
- jones
- judge
- keeps
- kinds
- labor
- laugh
- leads
- liked
- likes
- limit
- lines
- links
- lived
- loans
- louis
- loves
- lucky
- lunch
- lying
- magic
- mayor
- meant
- metal
- minor
- mixed
- motor
- mouth
- moves
- named
- names
- noise
- noted
- notes
- novel
- ocean
- older
- owned
- owner
- pages
- paint
- panel
- paris
- peter
- phase
- photo
- pilot
- plane
- plant
- plate
- plays
- posts
- prime
- prior
- prize
- proof
- proud
- prove
- queen
- quick
- quiet
- quote
- raise
- rates
- reach
- reply
- roads
- roman
- rooms
- route
- royal
- rural
- saved
- scale
- scene
- score
- seats
- serve
- shame
- shape
- shift
- ships
- shirt
- shoes
- shoot
- shots
- shown
- sides
- sight
- signs
- sites
- smart
- smile
- smith
- smoke
- solar
- solid
- songs
- spend
- split
- spoke
- sport
- squad
- stars
- steam
- steel
- steps
- stick
- stock
- stone
- stood
- storm
- stuck
- sugar
- swear
- sweet
- talks
- taste
- taxes
- teach
- teams
- teeth
- tells
- tests
- texas
- theme
- throw
- tight
- tired
- tools
- touch
- tough
- tower
- train
- treat
- trees
- trend
- trial
- tries
- truck
- truly
- trump
- turns
- twice
- types
- units
- upper
- upset
- urban
- users
- usual
- views
- voted
- votes
- wales
- walls
- waste
- weird
- wheel
- worry
- worse
- worst
- yards
- yours
- youth
- acres
- acted
- acute
- adopt
- aging
- aimed
- alarm
- alert
- alien
- alike
- alpha
- alter
- angel
- anger
- angle
- anime
- arena
- argue
- array
- arrow
- asset
- audio
- audit
- awake
- awful
- backs
- bacon
- badge
- badly
- baker
- bands
- bases
- basin
- beans
- beard
- bears
- beast
- beats
- begun
- belly
- bench
- billy
- blade
- blank
- blast
- bless
- blown
- blows
- blues
- boats
- bobby
- bombs
- bonds
- bones
- bonus
- boost
- booth
- boots
- bored
- bound
- boxes
- brass
- brave
- breed
- brick
- bride
- brush
- bucks
- buddy
- burns
- burnt
- burst
- buses
- buyer
- cabin
Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.
Good first guesses
These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:
- raise
- laser
- least
- steal
- scare
Questions
How many five-letter words are there?
Our word list has 8,571 five-letter words. 1,728 of them are common everyday words.
What are some common five-letter words?
The most common are ABOUT, AFTER, COULD, FIRST, OTHER and THEIR.
Which five-letter word scores the most points?
Using standard letter tile values, JAZZY scores 33 points, the most of any five-letter word in our list.
What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?
Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are RAISE, LASER, LEAST and STEAL.
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