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 _____

502 words

  • abaft10
  • affix18
  • afire8
  • afoot8
  • afore8
  • afoul8
  • after8
  • aloft8
  • aloof8
  • awful11
  • barfs10
  • barfy13
  • beefs10
  • beefy13
  • befit10
  • befog11
  • biffs13
  • biffy16
  • bluff13
  • boffo13
  • boffs13
  • brief10
  • buffa13
  • buffo13
  • buffs13
  • cafes10
  • chafe13
  • chaff16
  • chefs13
  • chief13
  • chiff16
  • chuff16
  • clefs10
  • cleft10
  • cliff13
  • coifs10
  • comfy15
  • craft10
  • croft10
  • cruft10
  • cuffs13
  • daffy15
  • decaf11
  • defer9
  • defog10
  • defun9
  • deify12
  • delft9
  • doffs12
  • draft9
  • drift9
  • duffs12
  • dwarf12
  • edify12
  • elfin8
  • fable10
  • faced11
  • facer10
  • faces10
  • facet10
  • facie10
  • facto10
  • facts10
  • faddy13
  • faded10
  • fader9
  • fades9
  • faery11
  • fagot9
  • fails8
  • faint8
  • faire8
  • fairs8
  • fairy11
  • faith11
  • faked13
  • faker12
  • fakes12
  • fakir12
  • falls8
  • false8
  • famed11
  • fames10
  • fancy13
  • fangs9
  • fanin8
  • fanny11
  • farad9
  • farce10
  • fared9
  • fares8
  • farms10
  • farts8
  • fasts8
  • fatal8
  • fated9
  • fates8
  • fatly11
  • fatso8
  • fatty11
  • fatwa11
  • fault8
  • fauna8
  • fauns8
  • favor11
  • fawns11
  • fawny14
  • faxed16
  • faxer15
  • faxes15
  • fazed18
  • fazes17
  • fears8
  • feast8
  • feats8
  • fecal10
  • feces10
  • feeds9
  • feels8
  • feign9
  • feint8
  • feist8
  • fella8
  • fells8
  • felon8
  • felts8
  • femme12
  • femur10
  • fence10
  • fends9
  • fenny11
  • feral8
  • fermi10
  • ferns8
  • ferny11
  • ferry11
  • fetal8
  • fetch13
  • feted9
  • fetes8
  • fetid9
  • fetor8
  • fetus8
  • feuar8
  • feuds9
  • feued9
  • fever11
  • fewer11
  • fiats8
  • fiber10
  • fibre10
  • fiche13
  • fichu13
  • fiefs11
  • field9
  • fiend9
  • fiery11
  • fifes11
  • fifth14
  • fifty14
  • fight12
  • filar8
  • filch13
  • filed9
  • filer8
  • files8
  • filet8
  • fills8
  • filly11
  • films10
  • filmy13
  • filth11
  • final8
  • finch13
  • finds9
  • fined9
  • finer8
  • fines8
  • finif11
  • finis8
  • finks12
  • finny11
  • fiord9
  • fired9
  • firer8
  • fires8
  • firma10
  • firms10
  • first8
  • firth11
  • fishy14
  • fists8
  • fisty11
  • fitly11
  • fiver11
  • fives11
  • fixed16
  • fixer15
  • fixes15
  • fixit15
  • fizzy29
  • fjord16
  • flabs10
  • flack14
  • flags9
  • flail8
  • flair8
  • flake12
  • flaks12
  • flaky15
  • flame10
  • flams10
  • flank12
  • flaps10
  • flare8
  • flash11
  • flask12
  • flats8
  • flaws11
  • flays11
  • fleas8
  • fleck14
  • flees8
  • fleet8
  • flesh11
  • flick14
  • flics10
  • flied9
  • flier8
  • flies8
  • fling9
  • flint8
  • flips10
  • flirt8
  • flits8
  • float8
  • flock14
  • floes8
  • flogs9
  • flood9
  • floor8
  • flops10
  • flora8
  • floss8
  • flour8
  • flout8
  • flown11
  • flows11
  • flubs10
  • flues8
  • fluff14
  • fluid9
  • fluke12
  • fluky15
  • flume10
  • flung9
  • flunk12
  • flush11
  • flute8
  • flyby16
  • flyer11
  • foals8
  • foams10
  • foamy13
  • focal10
  • focus10
  • fogey12
  • foggy13
  • foils8
  • foist8
  • folds9
  • folia8
  • folic10
  • folio8
  • folks12
  • folky15
  • folly11
  • fondu9
  • fonts8
  • foods9
  • fools8
  • foots8
  • foray11
  • force10
  • fords9
  • fores8
  • forge9
  • forgo9
  • forks12
  • forky15
  • forma10
  • forms10
  • forte8
  • forth11
  • forts8
  • forty11
  • forum10
  • fossa8
  • fosse8
  • fouls8
  • found9
  • fount8
  • fours8
  • fovea11
  • fowls11
  • foxed16
  • foxes15
  • foyer11
  • frail8
  • frame10
  • franc10
  • frank12
  • frats8
  • fraud9
  • frays11
  • freak12
  • freed9
  • freer8
  • frees8
  • fresh11
  • frets8
  • friar8
  • fried9
  • frier8
  • fries8
  • frigs9
  • frill8
  • frisk12
  • frizz26
  • frock14
  • frogs9
  • frond9
  • front8
  • frosh11
  • frost8
  • froth11
  • frown11
  • froze17
  • fruit8
  • frump12
  • fryer11
  • ftped11
  • fucks14
  • fudge10
  • fudgy13
  • fuels8
  • fugal9
  • fugit9
  • fugue9
  • fulls8
  • fully11
  • fumed11
  • fumer10
  • fumes10
  • funds9
  • fungi9
  • fungo9
  • funks12
  • funky15
  • funny11
  • furls8
  • furor8
  • furry11
  • furze17
  • fused9
  • fusee8
  • fuses8
  • fussy11
  • fusty11
  • futon8
  • fuzed18
  • fuzes17
  • fuzzy29
  • gaffe12
  • gaffs12
  • ganef9
  • gifts9
  • gofer9
  • golfs9
  • goofs9
  • goofy12
  • graft9
  • grief9
  • grift9
  • gruff12
  • gulfs9
  • hafta11
  • hafts11
  • hefts11
  • hefty14
  • hoofs11
  • huffs14
  • huffy17
  • humpf15
  • infer8
  • infix15
  • infra8
  • jiffs18
  • jiffy21
  • kefir12
  • kenaf12
  • kerfs12
  • knife12
  • leafs8
  • leafy11
  • lefts8
  • lefty11
  • lifer8
  • lifts8
  • loafs8
  • lofts8
  • lofty11
  • mafia10
  • miffs13
  • motif10
  • muffs13
  • mufti10
  • nerfs8
  • nifty11
  • offal11
  • offed12
  • offen11
  • offer11
  • often8
  • pffft16
  • pilaf10
  • poufs10
  • profs10
  • proof10
  • puffs13
  • puffy16
  • quaff20
  • quiff20
  • rafts8
  • reefs8
  • refer8
  • refit8
  • refix15
  • refly11
  • refry11
  • reify11
  • rifer8
  • rifle8
  • rifts8
  • roofs8
  • ruffs11
  • safer8
  • safes8
  • scarf10
  • scoff13
  • scuff13
  • scurf10
  • selfs8
  • serfs8
  • serif8
  • shaft11
  • sheaf11
  • shelf11
  • shift11
  • sifts8
  • skiff15
  • sluff11
  • smurf10
  • snafu8
  • snarf8
  • sniff11
  • snuff11
  • sofas8
  • softs8
  • softy11
  • spiff13
  • spoof10
  • staff11
  • stiff11
  • stuff11
  • sulfa8
  • surfs8
  • swarf11
  • swift11
  • taffy14
  • theft11
  • thief11
  • tiffs11
  • toffs11
  • toffy14
  • tufas8
  • tufts8
  • tufty11
  • turfs8
  • turfy11
  • unfed9
  • unfit8
  • unfix15
  • unify11
  • wafer11
  • wafts11
  • waifs11
  • wefts11
  • wharf14
  • whiff17
  • wifey14
  • woofs11

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.