Five-letter words
The ENABLE word list used by this site has 8,636 five-letter words. They make up about 5.0% of the whole list. Choose a first letter below to see every five-letter word that starts with it.
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Five-letter words by first letter
A (497) B (589) C (665) D (457) E (192) F (430) G (415) H (334) I (118) J (134) K (206) L (401) M (444) N (200) O (181) P (565) Q (53) R (419) S (1,056) T (548) U (117) V (161) W (296) Y (94) Z (51)
Highest-scoring five-letter words
- jazzy 33 points
- fizzy 29 points
- fuzzy 29 points
- whizz 29 points
- muzzy 28 points
- dizzy 27 points
- frizz 26 points
- huzza 26 points
- lezzy 26 points
- tizzy 26 points
- abuzz 25 points
- mezzo 25 points
- pizza 25 points
- tazza 23 points
- tazze 23 points
- zanza 23 points
- zazen 23 points
- zizit 23 points
- hajji 22 points
- jacky 21 points
- jiffy 21 points
- quaky 21 points
- zappy 21 points
- zaxes 21 points
Common starts and endings
The most common first letters are S (1,056), C (665), B (589). The most common last letters are S (2,695), E (931), Y (906).
Palindromes
Five-letter words that read the same backwards include alula, civic, deked, deled, dewed, kaiak, kayak, level.
Keep going
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