About the project

About Five Letter Words

Five Letter Words is an independent, browser-based finder for crossword clues, spelling questions, and word-game patterns. It is free and requires no account.

Our purpose

A five-letter puzzle often starts with incomplete information: one fixed letter, a pair that must appear somewhere, or several letters that cannot be used. The finder turns those clues into a useful shortlist without complicated search syntax.

How the finder works

Place known letters in exact positions, require or exclude other letters, or add a prefix, suffix, or sequence. Matching happens inside your browser, so your clues are not submitted to our server.

What the list means

English has no single universal word list. Our list is based on the English Speller Database and favors American spelling, but individual games may use different sources. See Sources & Methodology for the full selection rules.

Five Letter Words is not affiliated with The New York Times, Wordle, Hasbro, Mattel, Merriam-Webster, Collins, or another game or dictionary publisher.

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