5-Letter Words
A complete list of every 5-letter word in our dictionary — 14,856 words in total.
Every 5-letter word below appears in our general dictionary, making this list useful for word-game research and vocabulary building. Individual games use different official dictionaries, so confirm a word in the game you are playing. Since Wordle answers are always five letters, this is also the master list to study for daily puzzles. 5,636 of them (38%) are everyday words most players will recognize — those are listed first, with the rest of the dictionary alphabetically behind them. S is the letter that turns up most often here, appearing in 44% of them. Under classic English tile values, PZAZZ has the highest base score here at 34 points — tap any word to see its definition.
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