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6,880 Matching words

  1. 7
  2. 10
  3. 7
  4. 7
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 8
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. 7
  11. 8
  12. 8
  13. 7
  14. 8
  15. 8
  16. 8
  17. 6
  18. 6
  19. 8
  20. 6
  21. 9
  22. 9
  23. 9
  24. 5
  25. 6
  26. 8
  27. 6
  28. 5
  29. 5
  30. 9
  31. 9
  32. 8
  33. 8
  34. 9
  35. 6
  36. 6
  37. 6
  38. 9
  39. 8
  40. 8
  41. 7
  42. 7
  43. 8
  44. 8
  45. 5
  46. 8
  47. 10
  48. 12
  49. 7
  50. 7
  51. 5
  52. 8
  53. 11
  54. 11
  55. 9
  56. 13
  57. 12
  58. 9
  59. 9
  60. 8
  61. 7
  62. 7
  63. 12
  64. 11
  65. 11
  66. 8
  67. 7
  68. 14
  69. 8
  70. 7
  71. 8
  72. 7
  73. 8
  74. 7
  75. 9
  76. 7
  77. 7
  78. 7
  79. 10
  80. 7
5,164CORE words
1,716extended words
6,880verified total

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5-letter word statistics

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The most common letter is S, appearing in 46.3% of this list. The leading first and final letters are S and S.

Most common letter
S3,187 words
Start with S
12.3%849 words
End in S
31.5%2,164 words
Repeated letters
34.4%2,365 words

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You know the first letterBrowse five-letter words starting with A–Z, then add more clues in the Finder.You know the final letterCompare five-letter endings from A–Z or open reviewed two-letter endings such as ER and LY.You know a required letterChoose a letter that must appear anywhere, then locate it with exact-position tiles if needed.You have several cluesCombine positions, required letters, exclusions, beginnings, endings, and exact sequence gaps.

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5 Letter Words starting with

A367B503C575D355E152F375G331H269I87J102K149L322M341N154O141P455Q51R327S849T429U74V134W237X17Y53Z31

5 Letter Words ending in

A274B31C74D475E741F46G73H209I96J0K156L268M97N283O178P99Q0R431S2,164T385U18V2W28X39Y698Z15

5 Letter Words with

A2,725B795C1,147D1,246E3,111F584G811H912I1,887J126K710L1,731M945N1,498O2,028P1,024Q66R2,146S3,187T1,689U1,251V391W530X168Y953Z158

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5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Starting With ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstack, stage, stair, stake5 Letter Words Starting With CO94 CORE · 37 extendedcoach, coast, color, comic5 Letter Words Starting With SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshade, shake, shame, shape5 Letter Words Starting With CH69 CORE · 21 extendedchain, chair, chalk, charm5 Letter Words Ending In ED297 CORE · 26 extendedasked, baked, cared, faced5 Letter Words Ending In ER240 CORE · 64 extendedafter, anger, baker, boxer5 Letter Words Ending In CH74 CORE · 11 extendedbatch, beach, bench, birch5 Letter Words Ending In LY68 CORE · 14 extendedamply, apply, aptly, badly

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5 Letter Words With Three-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Ending In TCH24 CORE · 3 extendedbatch, bitch, botch, ditch5 Letter Words Ending In NCH15 CORE · 0 extendedbench, bunch, finch, lunch5 Letter Words Ending In RCH9 CORE · 1 extendedbirch, lurch, march, parch5 Letter Words Ending In ACH8 CORE · 2 extendedbeach, leach, peach, poach

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Questions about 5-letter words

How many verified 5-letter words are in this list?

Our verified word data contains 6,880 5-letter words: 5,164 CORE and 1,716 EXTENDED.

How should I search for a 5-letter word?

Use exact-position tiles for known places, Contains for required letters anywhere, Excludes for ruled-out letters, and Sequence pattern when order and exact gaps matter.

What do the numbers beside words mean?

They are base English Scrabble tile totals without board multipliers. Across the CORE list, the average is 9.1 points.