Five-Letter Words by Letter
Two ways in. Starting with is the one to use when you know the first letter. Containing is the one to use when you know a letter is in there somewhere but not where — which, in most guessing games, is the more common situation.
Starting with
Containing
Which letters are worth knowing
The share of five-letter words containing each letter. The top five appear in more than a third of the list each, which is why they are worth testing early.
- s45.8% of words
- e44.0% of words
- a41.1% of words
- o30.1% of words
- r30.1% of words
- i27.7% of words
- l24.0% of words
- t23.4% of words
- n21.5% of words
- u18.8% of words
- d17.7% of words
- y15.7% of words