5 Letter Words
Here are 5-letter words that start with every letter from A to Z: 5,987 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
Across the alphabet there are 5,987 five-letter words in this collection. S is far ahead with 779, helped by all the plurals, then C with 495 and B with 452. P and T also run past 390. At the other end, X has only five, Z has 18 and Y has 36, while Q, U and I stay under 70 each.
The A to Z grid is handy for letter-by-letter challenges in which everyone must supply a word for each row. Common starters like about, every, house and music are easy, but the X, Q and Z rows need a little homework, so check them before the game begins.
- 5-letter words listed
- 5,987
- Most common first letter
- S
5-letter words by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 312 | about, after, again, along, among |
| B | 452 | being, based, black, bring, board |
| C | 495 | could, court, class, close, comes |
| D | 323 | doing, death, drive, daily, dance |
| E | 128 | every, early, event, enjoy, earth |
| F | 316 | first, found, final, front, field |
| G | 275 | going, great, group, games, given |
| H | 241 | house, hours, happy, human, heart |
| I | 69 | issue, image, ideas, items, index |
| J | 81 | judge, japan, jones, joint, jimmy |
| K | 109 | known, knows, keeps, kinds, kelly |
| L | 290 | later, least, local, level, large |
| M | 337 | might, money, music, makes, maybe |
| N | 131 | never, night, needs, north, named |
| O | 104 | other, order, often, offer, older |
| P | 403 | place, point, power, party, phone |
| Q | 40 | quite, quick, queen, quiet, quote |
| R | 281 | right, ready, round, range, rules |
| S | 779 | still, state, since, start, small |
| T | 393 | their, there, think, these, those |
| U | 53 | under, until, using, union, users |
| V | 103 | video, value, voice, visit, views |
| W | 213 | which, would, where, world, while |
| X | 5 | xerox, xenon, xenia, xylem, xeric |
| Y | 36 | years, young, yours, youth, yards |
| Z | 18 | zones, zebra, zoned, zeros, zaire |
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By last letters
ending in A ending in B ending in C ending in D ending in E ending in F ending in G ending in H ending in I ending in K ending in L ending in M ending in N ending in O ending in P ending in R ending in S ending in T ending in U ending in W ending in X ending in Y ending in Z ending in AE ending in AL ending in AN ending in AR ending in AT ending in CE ending in DE ending in DY ending in ED ending in EE ending in EL ending in EN ending in ER ending in ET ending in EY ending in GE ending in IA ending in IC ending in ID ending in IE ending in IL ending in IN ending in IR ending in IT ending in LE ending in LY ending in MO ending in OR ending in OT ending in PH ending in RA ending in RE ending in SE ending in TE ending in TH ending in TI ending in UE ending in UT ending in AKE ending in ART ending in ATE ending in AVE ending in EAL ending in EET ending in GUE ending in IDE ending in INE ending in ODE ending in RIE
With certain letters
with A with B with C with D with E with F with G with H with I with J with K with L with M with N with O with P with Q with R with S with T with U with V with W with X with Y with Z with AE with AI with AR with AU with IE with OE with OR with OU with RA with RE with UA with UE with UI with A and E with A and I with A and L with A and O with A and R with A and U with E and I with E and O with E and R with E and T with E and U with I and O with I and U with O and R
By letter position
with A in the middle with E in the middle with I in the middle with N in the middle with O in the middle with R in the middle with U in the middle with Y in the middle with ATE in the middle with ERI in the middle with RIT in the middle with A as the second letter with E as the second letter with I as the second letter with O as the second letter with U as the second letter with E as the fourth letter with I as the fourth letter
By vowels
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Which letter do the most 5-letter words start with?
S, with 779 on this site's list.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet.