5 Letter Words
The 240 most common English words with 5 letters, grouped alphabetically.
Five letters is the busiest word length in English word games, and the daily guessing game that swept the internet in 2022 is the reason. This page groups the most common five-letter words alphabetically, so you can scan for a pattern, check a hunch, or simply read through until something clicks. If you are picking an opening guess, words that spread common letters wide tend to earn their keep: ARISE, SLATE, CRANE, RAISE and AUDIO each cover several of the letters that show up most often in five-letter words. From there, the useful skill is recognizing shapes, such as the double letters in APPLE and the vowel pairs in HOUSE and BEACH. Use the filter to set the first letter, the last letter, or both, and work through the words that still fit.
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Common questions
What makes a good five-letter starting word?
A strong opener covers several high-frequency letters at once and puts them in positions where they commonly sit. ARISE, SLATE, CRANE and STARE all pack three of the most frequent consonants together with two vowels, so almost any result tells you something. ADIEU and AUDIO take the opposite approach and test four vowels in a single guess, which suits players who prefer to fix the vowel pattern first and fill in consonants afterward.
Which letters appear most often in five-letter words?
E leads by a wide margin, followed by A, R, O, T, L, I and S. That ranking is why so many recommended openers are built from those exact letters. Position matters too: S is by far the most common final letter, E is common at the end as well, and words very often begin with S, C, B or T. Keeping those tendencies in mind narrows your options fast.
How does the filter help with a five-letter puzzle?
Set the length to five, then add whichever letters you have confirmed. If you know the word starts with CR and ends in E, filter on those and read the remaining candidates, which is usually a handful rather than hundreds. The list is ordered by how common each word is in everyday English, so the likeliest answers sit near the top and you can test them first.