Complete list of five letter words in English. Perfect for Wordle, Scrabble & Words with Friends.
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Five letter words are words that contain exactly 5 letters. They are incredibly popular in word games like Wordle, Scrabble, and Words with Friends. The English language contains over 12,000 five-letter words.
When playing Wordle, start with words that have common letters like E, A, R, S, T. Good starting words include: CRANE, SLATE, TRACE, ARISE, and STARE. These words use the most frequently occurring letters in English.
In Scrabble, look for 5-letter words with high-value letters like Z (10 pts), Q (10 pts), X (8 pts), and J (8 pts). Words like JAZZY (33 pts), FUZZY (29 pts), and QUIZZ can score big points.
Many 5-letter words follow common patterns: words ending in -TION won't work (too long), but patterns like _IGHT (light, night, right, sight, tight), _OUND (bound, found, mound, round, sound), and _ATCH (batch, catch, match, patch, watch) are very common.