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 w____

228 words

  • wacko14
  • wacky17
  • waded10
  • wader9
  • wades9
  • wadis9
  • wafer11
  • wafts11
  • waged10
  • wager9
  • wages9
  • wagon9
  • wahoo11
  • waifs11
  • wails8
  • waist8
  • waits8
  • waive11
  • waked13
  • waken12
  • waker12
  • wakes12
  • waled9
  • wales8
  • walks12
  • walls8
  • waltz17
  • wands9
  • waned9
  • wanes8
  • wanly11
  • wanna8
  • wanta8
  • wants8
  • wards9
  • wares8
  • warms10
  • warns8
  • warps10
  • warts8
  • warty11
  • washy14
  • wasps10
  • waspy13
  • wassa8
  • waste8
  • watch13
  • water8
  • watsa8
  • watts8
  • waved12
  • waver11
  • waves11
  • waxed16
  • waxen15
  • waxer15
  • waxes15
  • wazoo17
  • weald9
  • weals8
  • weans8
  • wears8
  • weary11
  • weave11
  • webby15
  • weber10
  • wedge10
  • wedgy13
  • weeds9
  • weedy12
  • weeks12
  • weeny11
  • weeps10
  • weepy13
  • weest8
  • wefts11
  • weigh12
  • weird9
  • weirs8
  • welch13
  • welds9
  • wells8
  • welsh11
  • welts8
  • wench13
  • wends9
  • wests8
  • wetly11
  • whack17
  • whale11
  • whams13
  • whang12
  • wharf14
  • whats11
  • wheal11
  • wheat11
  • wheee11
  • wheel11
  • whelk15
  • whelm13
  • whelp13
  • whens11
  • where11
  • whets11
  • whews14
  • wheys14
  • which16
  • whiff17
  • while11
  • whims13
  • whine11
  • whiny14
  • whips13
  • whipt13
  • whirl11
  • whirr11
  • whirs11
  • whish14
  • whisk15
  • whist11
  • white11
  • whits11
  • whizz29
  • whoas11
  • whole11
  • whomp15
  • whooo11
  • whoop13
  • whops13
  • whore11
  • whorl11
  • whose11
  • whoso11
  • whump15
  • wicks14
  • widen9
  • wider9
  • widow12
  • width12
  • wield9
  • wifey14
  • wilco10
  • wilds9
  • wiled9
  • wiles8
  • wills8
  • wilts8
  • wimps12
  • wimpy15
  • wince10
  • winch13
  • winds9
  • windy12
  • wined9
  • wines8
  • winey11
  • wings9
  • winks12
  • winos8
  • wiped11
  • wiper10
  • wipes10
  • wired9
  • wirer8
  • wires8
  • wised9
  • wiser8
  • wises8
  • wisps10
  • wispy13
  • wists8
  • witch13
  • withs11
  • witty11
  • wives11
  • wizen17
  • woken12
  • wolds9
  • woman10
  • wombs12
  • women10
  • wonks12
  • wonky15
  • wonts8
  • woods9
  • woody12
  • wooed9
  • wooer8
  • woofs11
  • wools8
  • wooly11
  • woosh11
  • woozy20
  • words9
  • wordy12
  • works12
  • world9
  • worms10
  • wormy13
  • worry11
  • worse8
  • worst8
  • worth11
  • worts8
  • would9
  • wound9
  • woven11
  • wowed12
  • wowee11
  • wrack14
  • wraps10
  • wrath11
  • wreak12
  • wreck14
  • wrens8
  • wrest8
  • wrier8
  • wring9
  • wrist8
  • write8
  • writs8
  • wrong9
  • wrote8
  • wroth11
  • wrung9
  • wryer11
  • wryly14
  • wurst8

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.