5-letter word lists for Wordle & Knoodle

Every list below comes from the Knoodle dictionary of 12,970 valid five-letter words — the accepted-guess list behind Knoodle and most daily word games, including Wordle. Pick the pattern you're stuck on.

Starting with…

A 736 B 909 C 922 D 685 E 303 F 598 G 638 H 489 I 165 J 202 K 376 L 577 M 693 N 325 O 262 P 859 Q 78 R 628 S 1565 T 815 U 189 V 242 W 413 X 16 Y 181 Z 104

Ending in…

A 680 B 59 C 127 D 822 E 1522 F 82 G 143 H 370 I 280 K 259 L 475 M 182 N 530 O 389 P 147 R 673 S 3958 T 727 U 67 W 64 X 70 Y 1301 Z 32

Trivia: only 3 words end in J (AFLAJ, BASIJ, FALAJ); only 4 words end in Q (QAJAQ, TALAQ, TRANQ, UMIAQ); only 4 words end in V (GANEV, OLLAV, PAREV, SCHAV).

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