5 letter words

Pattern index for Wordle, NYT word games, and any five-letter word puzzle. Pick how the word starts, how it ends, or which letter it contains. Each list shows the curated Wordle answers separately from the broader valid-guess dictionary.

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5 letter words with a specific letter

When you have a yellow clue and know the letter is somewhere in the word.

5 letter words ending in a letter

When the last position is green.

5 letter words starting with a letter

When the first position is green.

5 letter words by 2nd letter

When position 2 is green — narrow by the letter you already know.

5 letter words by 3rd letter

When the middle slot is green.

5 letter words by 4th letter

When position 4 is green.

5 letter words by vowel count

How many vowels (A, E, I, O, U) the word has — useful when you've ruled out most consonants.

5 letter words starting with two letters

Common English consonant blends in 5-letter words.

5 letter words ending in a common suffix

Frequent endings in past-tense, agent-noun, and gerund forms.