5 Letter Words

A complete, filterable list of 2,288 5-letter English words. Filter by starting letter, ending letter or the letters a word must contain.

Key facts about this word list

Words in this list
2,288
Share of the dictionary
14%
Most common first letter
S (300)
Most used
about, other, which

S (300), C (201), B (175) start the most 5-letter words in this list.

The most frequently used 5-letter words are “about”, “other”, “which”, “their”, “there”.

Five-letter words are the Wordle length: use the Wordle Word Finder if you already know which letters are placed or excluded.

2,288 wordsshowing 300

5-letter words (300 of 2,288)

  • aaron
  • abbey
  • abide
  • about
  • above
  • abuse
  • acids
  • acorn
  • acres
  • acted
  • actor
  • acute
  • adams
  • adapt
  • added
  • admin
  • admit
  • adobe
  • adopt
  • adult
  • after
  • again
  • agent
  • agile
  • aging
  • agnes
  • agree
  • ahead
  • ahmed
  • aided
  • aides
  • aimed
  • aired
  • aisle
  • akron
  • alain
  • alamo
  • alarm
  • album
  • alert
  • algae
  • alias
  • alice
  • alien
  • align
  • alike
  • alive
  • allah
  • allan
  • allen
  • alley
  • allow
  • alloy
  • aloha
  • alone
  • along
  • aloud
  • alpha
  • altar
  • alter
  • alvin
  • amber
  • amend
  • amiga
  • amino
  • among
  • ample
  • andre
  • angel
  • anger
  • angie
  • angle
  • anglo
  • angry
  • angus
  • anime
  • anita
  • ankle
  • annex
  • annie
  • annum
  • anton
  • apart
  • apple
  • apply
  • april
  • apron
  • arabs
  • arbor
  • areas
  • arena
  • argos
  • argue
  • argus
  • ariel
  • aries
  • arise
  • armed
  • armor
  • aroma
  • arose
  • array
  • arrow
  • ascii
  • ashes
  • asian
  • aside
  • asked
  • aspen
  • assay
  • asses
  • asset
  • assoc
  • atlas
  • atoms
  • attic
  • audio
  • audit
  • autos
  • avail
  • avant
  • avery
  • avian
  • avoid
  • await
  • awake
  • award
  • aware
  • awful
  • axial
  • babes
  • backs
  • bacon
  • badge
  • badly
  • baked
  • baker
  • balls
  • bands
  • banff
  • banjo
  • banks
  • baron
  • barre
  • barry
  • basal
  • based
  • bases
  • basic
  • basil
  • basin
  • basis
  • batch
  • bates
  • baths
  • baton
  • beach
  • beads
  • beams
  • beans
  • beard
  • bears
  • beast
  • beats
  • becky
  • beech
  • beers
  • began
  • begin
  • begun
  • beige
  • being
  • bella
  • belle
  • bells
  • belly
  • below
  • belts
  • bench
  • benin
  • benny
  • berry
  • betsy
  • betty
  • bezel
  • bible
  • biker
  • bikes
  • bills
  • billy
  • binds
  • bingo
  • birch
  • birds
  • birth
  • bison
  • bitch
  • bites
  • black
  • blade
  • blair
  • blake
  • blame
  • blanc
  • bland
  • blank
  • blast
  • blaze
  • bleed
  • blend
  • bless
  • blind
  • blink
  • bliss
  • blitz
  • block
  • blond
  • blood
  • bloom
  • blown
  • blows
  • blues
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • blush
  • board
  • boats
  • bobby
  • bogus
  • boing
  • boise
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bonds
  • bones
  • bonus
  • boobs
  • books
  • boone
  • boost
  • booth
  • boots
  • booty
  • bored
  • boris
  • borne
  • bosch
  • bound
  • bowel
  • bowie
  • bowls
  • boxed
  • boxer
  • boxes
  • brace
  • brain
  • brake
  • brand
  • brass
  • brave
  • bravo
  • bread
  • break
  • breed
  • brent
  • brett
  • brian
  • brick
  • bride
  • brief
  • bring
  • broad
  • brock
  • broke
  • bronx
  • brook
  • brown
  • bruce
  • bruno
  • brush
  • bryan
  • bryce
  • bucks
  • buddy
  • buffy
  • buggy
  • buick
  • build
  • built
  • bulbs
  • bulls
  • bunch
  • bunny
  • burke
  • burma
  • burns
  • burnt
  • burst
  • buses
  • busty

Showing 300 of 2,288 words — 1,988 more available.

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Frequently asked questions

How many 5 letter words are there?

Our English dictionary contains 2,288 5-letter words, about 14% of its 16,750 entries. Unabridged dictionaries list more, including rare and technical words.

Which letter starts the most 5 letter words?

S, with 300 words, followed by C with 201.

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