5 Letter Words

8,636 five-letter words in the ENABLE word list. 50 offensive or vulgar words are hidden by default, so 8,586 are shown, 4,365 of them common. Open a list below or use the finder to set letters in exact positions.

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High-coverage five-letter words

Common base words whose letters are shared by the most other common five-letter words (simple letter-frequency score):

Most common letters in each position

Counted over 2,660 common five-letter base words.

PositionRank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4Rank 5
Letter 1s · 401c · 231b · 193t · 174a · 169
Letter 2a · 374o · 341e · 279r · 272i · 256
Letter 3a · 327i · 297o · 250r · 194e · 191
Letter 4e · 387a · 201n · 200s · 189i · 181
Letter 5e · 466y · 445r · 273t · 267l · 176

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Letters in known positions

This is a pattern filter for English words. It does not apply Wordle's colour rules, such as a yellow letter being ruled out of one position. Words come from the ENABLE list; see how the lists are made.