5 Letter Words

5 Letter Words Finder

Filter 5,757 five-letter words by position, required letters, or skips.

Known positions

Letters in this order and these slots.

Pattern ____q

0 words

No 5 letter word matches.

How to filter

  1. Put a letter in a numbered slot when you know that position.
  2. Type other letters the word must include. Order does not matter.
  3. Type letters to skip. A required letter can still appear where a rule needs it.
  4. Press Find words. The list also updates while you type.

Count repeated letters is on by default. A letter in a known slot and in Include must appear once more.

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Questions

How do I find 5 letter words?

Type known letters into the five slots, type other required letters under Include, and type letters to skip under Skip. The list updates as you type.

How many 5 letter words are in this list?

This list has 5,757 five-letter words from the Stanford GraphBase word list.

What are 5 letter S words?

5 letter S words are the 724 words that start with S. That is more than any other first letter in this list.

How many 5 letter words end with E?

595 words end with E. Words that end in ER are listed on their own page because those words end with R.

How do I find 5 letter words using specific letters?

Open the using page and type the letters. A word matches when each letter appears at least once. Using A and E matches 852 words. Order does not matter.

How do I find 5 letter words containing a letter?

Open a letter on the containing page. A appears in 2,181 words, and E appears in 2,658 words.

How do I find 5 letter words from letters?

Open the from-letters page and type the tiles you have. STARE can spell aster, rates, stare, tares, tears.

Where does this word list come from?

The words are the 5,757 five-letter entries in Donald Knuth's Stanford GraphBase list: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/sgb.html. Points follow English Scrabble tile values: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions.