5-Letter Words Starting with

People around the world play Wordle-like games every day. Some players make their first guess when they wake up to a new puzzle and enter words throughout the day. Others will not move on with their morning until they find the secret answer.
In NYT Wordle, players have six guesses to determine a five-letter word. There are no hints or definitions involved. Instead, the game reveals information as you guess. If you put a letter in the word in the right spot, the game will change the color of the square to green. A yellow square means your letter is part of the word but in the wrong place.
With only six guesses, a strategic starting word is essential to your best performance. In the early stages, you want to eliminate as many letters as possible, so focus on words with five different letters. You will also want to start will some of the more common letters in the alphabet like R, S, T, A, and E. Words like STARE, CRANE, and TRACE are popular choices. If your first word comes up empty, your second word must incorporate a different letter group: MOUND, CLOUD, and BROIL.

For the NYT game, we recommend you to use this tool. Stay on this page and read further for Dordle, WordGuessr, or other Wordle clones. Once you have a few green and yellow squares, our word tool can help you make informed guesses. Using our filters will narrow down your choices. First, you must set the Length filter to five. Our word tool can provide words up to 15 letters long for word games like Scrabble and Words with Friends. It will save you some scrolling time if you set your search for the appropriate Wordle number.

If you know the correct placement of a letter, you can use the Contains filter. This tool allows you to place letters as they appear on the board. You will use an underscore for blank spaces. For example, to get a list of all the five letter words starting with FL, you would enter FL___.
When looking at a gameboard with only yellow squares, you want to use the Include filter. This resource will give you a list of five-letter words that include the letters you input in any position. You can also use the Include and Contains filters together for even great accuracy.
Our word tool uses dictionaries designed for Scrabble players. This list is more extensive than the Wordle dictionary. For example, Wordle does not include plural nouns or past-tense verbs in its official list of five-letter words, but other Wordle clones have them. The list you receive from the word tool also takes Scrabble letter values into account. You may notice unusual words with high-scoring letters like X and Z at the top of your results. It is usually best to look further down the list for the more common Wordle answers.

5 Letter Words Start with S, C and A

Starts with S

Many words begin with the letter S. For your opening guess, focus on words with five different letters like SPECK, SILKY, and SWAMP. S words can be tricky because there are plenty of five-letter words that include more than one S: SMASH, SALSA, and SASSY.

Starts with C

Some players like to start with a more common letter than C. However, there are plenty of potential answers the begin with it: CRACK, CATCH, CRATE, and COACH.

Starts with A

An A in a yellow square poses a problem. You might assume it will be somewhere in the middle of the word, but the Wordle dictionary has many answers that start with the letter: ANGRY, AWAKE, ALBUM, and ALIVE.

5 Letter Words Starting with ST, SH, STA, SHA

Starts with ST

We can begin with START for this family of words. Other potential answers include STORM, STRIP, STEAM, and STAND.

Starts with SH

The SH combination is normally followed by a vowel as in the words SHOCK, SHOWY, SHIRT, SHEER, and SHEET. However, there are a few SHR answers: SHRUB, SHREW, and SHRUG.

Starts with SHA

The SHA combination has the potential to break your heart. Imagine having four out of five letters with green squares: SHA_E. You could quickly go through your guesses without success since several common words use that combination: SHAKE, SHALE, SHARE, SHAME, SHADE, SHAVE, and SHAPE. At this point, all you can do is try your best.