5 Letter Words Ending in ED

253 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 253 5 letter words ending in ED, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 69 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Most of these words start with C, F, B. Good picks with five different letters include based, asked, tried, moved.

Words found: 253
Most used: based
Most common first letter: C

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Common 5 letter words ending in ED

#	Word	Meaning
1	based	having a base
2	asked	inquire about
3	added	make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
4	tried	make an effort or attempt
5	moved	change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
6	loved	have a great affection or liking for
7	speed	distance travelled per unit time
8	named	assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
9	ended	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
10	lived	inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
11	liked	prefer or wish to do something
12	owned	having an owner; often used in combination
13	tired	depleted of strength or energy
14	fixed	(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
15	noted	widely known and esteemed
16	saved	rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
17	mixed	consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; ; ; ; ; ; - I.A.Richards
18	fired	start firing a weapon
19	voted	express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
20	armed	(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
21	faced	having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
22	filed	record in a public office or in a court of law
23	hired	having services engaged for a fee
24	rated	assign a rank or rating to
25	ruled	subject to a ruling authority
26	cited	make reference to
27	dated	marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
28	acted	perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
29	hoped	expect and wish
30	sized	having a specified size
31	aimed	point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
32	bored	tired of the world
33	hated	treated with contempt
34	cried	utter a sudden loud cry
35	cared	feel concern or interest
36	breed	call forth
37	lined	bordered by a line of things
38	fried	cooked by frying in fat
39	dried	not still wet
40	urged	force or impel in an indicated direction

5 letter words ending in ed, by first letter

A (11)

asked
added
armed
acted
aimed
aired
aided
ached
arced
ailed
anted

B (19)

based
bored
breed
baked
bleed
boxed
bowed
booed
boned
bared
bated
biked
blued
bused
biped
baled
bided
bayed
boded

C (23)

cited
cried
cared
cured
creed
coded
caged
ceded
caved
caked
coped
cased
cubed
clued
cowed
caped
coked
cored
caned
cooed
coned
coved
coxed

D (14)

dated
dried
dared
dazed
duped
diced
dined
dived
doped
domed
dosed
dozed
doled
doted

E (8)

ended
edged
eased
embed
eared
erred
egged
ebbed

F (20)

fixed
fired
faced
filed
fried
freed
faded
fined
famed
fused
faked
fated
fared
faxed
fazed
fayed
fumed
feted
flied
foxed

G (8)

greed
glued
gated
gazed
gamed
gored
gaped
guyed

H (14)

hired
hoped
hated
hyped
holed
honed
hiked
hosed
homed
hazed
hewed
hexed
hived
hawed

I (3)

inked
irked
idled

J (5)

joked
jaded
jawed
juked
joyed

K (2)

keyed
kneed

L (11)

loved
lived
liked
lined
laced
lured
lobed
layed
lysed
lamed
lated

M (14)

moved
mixed
muted
mined
mated
mired
moped
mowed
mused
meted
mimed
maned
maced
miked

N (5)

named
noted
nosed
nuked
nixed

O (8)

owned
opted
oiled
outed
oozed
offed
ogled
oared

P (18)

posed
paved
paced
piled
poked
piped
payed
puked
pared
plied
paged
pried
paled
pored
pined
pawed
paned
poled

R (13)

rated
ruled
raced
raged
raked
riled
roped
razed
rowed
raved
robed
rayed
roved

S (18)

speed
saved
sized
sided
shred
spied
steed
sewed
sawed
sited
sired
sowed
shied
sexed
skied
sated
soled
shoed

T (18)

tried
tired
tuned
timed
taxed
typed
taped
toned
towed
tweed
tamed
tiled
toyed
tubed
treed
toted
tyred
trued

U (4)

urged
upped
unwed
unfed

V (3)

voted
vowed
vexed

W (12)

wiped
wired
waved
waged
waxed
waned
wowed
waded
wooed
waked
wined
wised

Y (1)

yoked

Z (1)

zoned

Questions people ask

How many 5 letter words ending in ED are there?

This list has 253, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

What are common 5 letter words ending in ED?

based, asked, added, tried, moved, loved, speed, named.

Which 5 letter words ending in ED are good Wordle guesses?

based, asked, tried, moved, loved, named use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

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. Offensive words are left out.

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