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5-Letter Words by Last Letter

If you know how a word ends, pick its last letter to see every five-letter word with that ending, how many there are, and a handful of familiar examples.

Playing Wordle? Enter your green, yellow and grey letters to see exactly which words are left.

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Why the last letter matters

Endings carry a lot of structure in English. Plurals and verb forms pile words onto a handful of final letters: together S, E and Y end 6,537 of our 12,479 five-letter words, while J, Q, V end only a few.

Last letters in Wordle

Wordle’s answer list behaves differently from the dictionary. It avoids most plurals, so S drops from the top spot to just 2% of answers. The most common answer endings are E (18%), Y (16%), T (11%), R (9%). If your final tile is still unknown, these are the letters to test first. Many of the best starting words, such as ROATE and RAISE, put E in the last slot for exactly this reason.

Common endings to know

  • -ER and -ED: comparatives and past tenses such as LATER or ASKED; very common in word games, less so in Wordle answers.
  • -Y: adjectives like HAPPY, DIRTY and FUNNY make Y one of the best final-letter guesses in Wordle.
  • -CH, -SH and -TH: two-letter endings that make a single sound, so they’re easy to miss when you think letter by letter.

Explore further with all five-letter words, words of any length ending in Y, or the first-letter lists.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most common last letter in five-letter words?
In the full dictionary it is S (3,806 words), mostly thanks to plurals and verb forms. In the classic Wordle answer list it is E, which ends 424 of the 2,315 answers.
Do Wordle answers end in S?
Rarely. Only 36 classic answers end in S (about 2%), because the answer list leaves out simple plurals like CARDS or BOOKS. Words such as GLASS or BONUS, where S belongs to the base word, do appear.
Which letters almost never end a five-letter word?
J (2), Q (3), V (4). A word ending in one of these is a strong hint on its own.
How can I find words with a specific ending like -ER or -ING?
Use the popular two-letter endings below the cards, or open any letter page and pick a longer ending from there. For Wordle, type the known letters into the green slots of the Wordle solver instead.