5 letter words
Every word of exactly 5 letters in the dictionary this site is built from — 8,636 of them.
- Words
- 8,636
- Everyday
- 3,431in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 58636 words tie
- Shortest
- 58636 words tie
- aback
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
- abyss
- ached
- aches
- acids
- acing
- acorn
- acres
- acrid
- acted
- actor
- acute
- adage
- adapt
- added
- adept
- admit
- adobe
- adopt
- adore
- adorn
- adult
- affix
- afoot
- after
- again
- agent
- agile
- aging
- aglow
- agony
- agree
- ahead
- aided
- aides
- ailed
- aimed
- aired
- aisle
- alarm
- album
- alert
- algae
- alias
- alibi
- alien
- align
- alike
- alive
- allay
- alley
- allot
- allow
- alloy
- aloft
- alone
- along
- aloof
- aloud
- alpha
- altar
- alter
- altos
- amass
- amaze
- amber
- amble
- amend
- amiss
- among
- ample
- amply
- amuse
- angel
- anger
- angle
- angry
- angst
- ankle
- annex
- annoy
- annul
- anvil
- aorta
- apart
- aping
- apple
- apply
- apron
- apter
- aptly
- arbor
- arced
- ardor
- areas
- arena
- argue
- arias
- arise
- armed
- armor
- aroma
- arose
- array
- arrow
- arson
- ashen
- ashes
- aside
- asked
- askew
- aspen
- asses
- asset
- atlas
- atoms
- atone
- attic
- audio
- audit
- aunts
- aural
- auras
- autos
- avail
- avert
- avoid
- avows
- await
- awake
- award
- aware
- awful
- awing
- awoke
- axing
- axiom
- axles
- azure
- babes
- backs
- bacon
- badge
- badly
- bagel
- baggy
- bails
- baits
- baked
- baker
- bakes
- balds
- baled
- bales
- balks
- balls
- balms
- balmy
- banal
- bands
- bandy
- bangs
- banjo
- banks
- barbs
- bards
- bared
- barer
- bares
- barge
- barks
- barns
- baron
- based
- baser
- bases
- basic
- basil
- basin
- basis
- basks
- baste
- batch
- bathe
- baths
- baton
- bawdy
- bawls
- bayed
- bayou
- beach
- beads
- beady
- beaks
- beams
- beans
- beard
- bears
- beast
- beats
- beech
- beefs
- beefy
- beers
- beets
- befit
- began
- begin
- begun
- beige
- being
- belch
- belie
- bells
- belly
- below
- belts
- bench
- bends
- bents
- beret
- berry
- berth
- beset
- bests
- bible
- bides
- bigot
- biked
- bikes
- bills
- binds
- bingo
- biped
- birch
- birds
- birth
- bison
- bitch
- bites
- blabs
- black
- blade
- blame
- bland
- blank
- blare
- blase
- blast
- blaze
- bleak
- bleat
- bleed
- blend
- bless
- blimp
- blind
- blink
- blips
- bliss
- blitz
- blobs
- block
- blocs
- blond
- blood
- bloom
- blots
- blown
- blows
- blued
- bluer
- blues
- bluff
- blunt
- blurb
- blurs
- blurt
- blush
- board
- boars
- boast
- boats
- boded
- bodes
- bogus
- boils
- bolts
Showing the first 300 of 8,636, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The openings and endings below split this list into pieces small enough to read.
What is in this list
Every one of them has 5 letters.
3,431 of them — 40% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
The letter most of them carry is S: 4,001 of the 8,636 words, 46%.
The one furthest down the tiers is abaci, filed in the unranked list.
5 letter words by opening letter
- A497
- B589
- C665
- D457
- E192
- F430
- G415
- H334
- I118
- J134
- K206
- L401
- M444
- N200
- O181
- P565
- Q53
- R419
- S1,056
- T548
- U117
- V161
- W296
- X13
- Y94
- Z51
5 letter words by ending letter
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.