5-Letter Words
There are 8,636 five-letter words in our dictionary; 4,975 of them are common words. This page shows the most common ones and the top scorers; the full list is split by letter below.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
Most common five-letter words
- quick20 points
- crazy19 points
- check16 points
- fixed16 points
- jumps16 points
- which16 points
- dozen15 points
- enjoy15 points
- fixes15 points
- happy15 points
- knock15 points
- mixed15 points
- boxes14 points
- equal14 points
- exact14 points
- heavy14 points
- judge14 points
- lucky14 points
- major14 points
- mixes14 points
- queue14 points
- quiet14 points
- quite14 points
- quits14 points
- quote14 points
- sizes14 points
- backs13 points
- black13 points
- block13 points
- clock13 points
- fancy13 points
- index13 points
- picks13 points
- watch13 points
- apply12 points
- awake12 points
- catch12 points
- cheap12 points
- chips12 points
- cycle12 points
- empty12 points
- exist12 points
- extra12 points
- fight12 points
- folks12 points
- handy12 points
- imply12 points
- joins12 points
- joint12 points
- known12 points
- knows12 points
- march12 points
- match12 points
- maybe12 points
- patch12 points
- thank12 points
- think12 points
- walks12 points
- weeks12 points
- works12 points
- awful11 points
- badly11 points
- blank11 points
- books11 points
- break11 points
- broke11 points
- child11 points
- depth11 points
- every11 points
- faith11 points
- favor11 points
- fewer11 points
- flash11 points
- flown11 points
- forth11 points
- fresh11 points
- fully11 points
- funny11 points
- graph11 points
- hoped11 points
- hurry11 points
- keeps11 points
- lacks11 points
- locks11 points
- makes11 points
- marks11 points
- might11 points
- moved11 points
- offer11 points
- payed11 points
- shelf11 points
- shift11 points
- shown11 points
- shows11 points
- speak11 points
- spoke11 points
- staff11 points
- stick11 points
- stock11 points
- stuck11 points
- stuff11 points
- threw11 points
- throw11 points
- track11 points
- trick11 points
- truck11 points
- typed11 points
- views11 points
- wheel11 points
- where11 points
- while11 points
- white11 points
- whole11 points
- whose11 points
- worry11 points
- worth11 points
- above10 points
- asked10 points
- below10 points
- brief10 points
- brown10 points
- bytes10 points
- carry10 points
- chain10 points
- chair10 points
- chaos10 points
- chars10 points
- chose10 points
- cover10 points
- crash10 points
- drink10 points
- dying10 points
- enemy10 points
- facts10 points
- force10 points
- forms10 points
- frame10 points
- habit10 points
- helps10 points
- hence10 points
- hopes10 points
- human10 points
- kinds10 points
- leach10 points
- liked10 points
- lunch10 points
- magic10 points
- marry10 points
- messy10 points
- money10 points
- month10 points
- mouth10 points
- moves10 points
- movie10 points
- party10 points
- phase10 points
- phone10 points
- plays10 points
- power10 points
- proof10 points
- prove10 points
- reach10 points
- reply10 points
- shame10 points
- shape10 points
- sharp10 points
- shops10 points
- teach10 points
- touch10 points
- twice10 points
- types10 points
- voice10 points
- woman10 points
- women10 points
- ahead9 points
- album9 points
- angry9 points
- apple9 points
- avoid9 points
- award9 points
- basic9 points
- blame9 points
- claim9 points
- coded9 points
- comes9 points
- crisp9 points
- daily9 points
- death9 points
- delay9 points
- dirty9 points
- drawn9 points
- draws9 points
- drive9 points
- drove9 points
- eight9 points
- feeds9 points
- field9 points
- filed9 points
- finds9 points
- flied9 points
Highest-scoring five-letter words
- jazzy33 points
- fizzy29 points
- fuzzy29 points
- whizz29 points
- muzzy28 points
- dizzy27 points
- frizz26 points
- huzza26 points
- lezzy26 points
- tizzy26 points
- abuzz25 points
- mezzo25 points
- pizza25 points
- tazza23 points
- tazze23 points
- zanza23 points
- zazen23 points
- zizit23 points
- hajji22 points
- jacky21 points
- jiffy21 points
- quaky21 points
- zappy21 points
- zaxes21 points
- zinky21 points
- zippy21 points
- furzy20 points
- hafiz20 points
- quack20 points
- quaff20 points
- quick20 points
- quiff20 points
- woozy20 points
- boozy19 points
- cozey19 points
- crazy19 points
- enzym19 points
- hamza19 points
- jammy19 points
- jemmy19 points
- jerky19 points
- jimmy19 points
- jimpy19 points
- jokey19 points
- jujus19 points
- jumpy19 points
- junky19 points
- kudzu19 points
- kylix19 points
- qophs19 points
All five-letter words by letter
Quick facts
- Total words: 8,636
- By usage: 3,466 very common, 1,509 common, 3,661 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- jazzy 33
- fizzy 29
- fuzzy 29
- whizz 29
- muzzy 28
- dizzy 27
- frizz 26
- huzza 26
- lezzy 26
- tizzy 26
Most common
- quick
- crazy
- check
- fixed
- jumps
- which
- dozen
- enjoy
- fixes
- happy
Definitions
- quick (adjective)
- Accomplished rapidly and without delay.
- crazy (adjective)
- Affected with madness or insanity.
- check (noun)
- A written order directing a bank to pay money.
- fixed (adjective)
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value.
The five-letter words in our dictionary number 8,636. That is more than anyone can read in one sitting, so this hub picks out what matters: the words in common use, the best scorers led by JAZZY with 33 points, and an index of every sub-list by letter. Every linked word opens a page listing all the shorter words that can be made from its letters, which is a good way to explore the vocabulary further.
How to use this page
The page is arranged from most useful to most detailed: everyday words, then the best-scoring ones, then the full index by letter. The search box at the top accepts your rack and keeps the 5-letter length fixed.
Tips
Longer words often grow from shorter ones on the board. A five-letter word with an S hook becomes six letters, a verb takes ED or ING, and many nouns take ER. When you scan this list, look for words that are extensions of common shorter words, because those are the plays you can actually make on a real board. Extending a word that already sits on a premium square can multiply your score even though you only laid down a few tiles.
Questions
Which five-letter words are the most common?
QUICK, CRAZY and CHECK are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Where is the complete list of five-letter words?
It is split by letter so each page stays readable. Use the index on this page to open the five-letter words starting with, ending in, or containing any letter; each of those pages is complete.