5 Letter Words Wordle Hasn't Used Yet (Updated Daily)

Wordle, the popular word-guessing game hosted by The New York Times, has over 1,700 words remaining as possible solutions.

Wordle, the five-letter word guessing game that has taken the world by storm, challenges players each day to figure out the winning word. Since its release in 2021, Wordle has become immensely popular on social media and has even inspired variations of the game including Quordle, Octordle, and, for math lovers, Nerdle.

Wordle started on June 19, 2021, with a listed 2,315 possible solutions. When The New York Times purchased Wordle in 2022, six words were removed from this list: agora, pupal, lynch, fibre, slave, and wench. When players connect to the Wordle site, their browser downloads a script that stores all past answers and future, unused Wordle words.

All Possible Remaining Wordle Answers

The following list of 1,739 words is all possible words Wordle has left as of January 9, 2023. Since the script for Wordle is already written through October 2027, it is possible to get the exact date for each answer. In honor of good sportsmanship and fair play, this list of Wordle words not used yet is in alphabetical order instead.

Letter A

abbot
abhor
abide
abled
abode
abort
about
abuse
acorn
acrid
actor
adage
adapt
adept
admin
adorn
adult
affix
afire
afoot
afoul
after
again
agent
agile
aging
aglow
agony
aider
aisle
alarm
alert
algae
alibi
align
alive
allay
alley
allot
alloy
along
aloof
amass
amaze
amble
amend
amiss
amity
among
amply
amuse
angel
anger
angle
angst
anime
ankle
annex
annoy
annul
anode
anvil
apart
aping
apnea
ardor
arena
arise
armor
arose
array
arrow
arson
artsy
ascot
ashen
assay
attic
audio
augur
aunty
avian
avoid
await
award
aware
awash
awoke
axial
axion
azure

Letter B

bacon
bagel
baggy
baler
balmy
banjo
barge
baron
basal
basil
basin
basis
baste
batch
bathe
bawdy
beach
beard
beast
beech
befit
began
begat
beget
begun
belle
below
beret
berry
beset
betel
bevel
bezel
bible
bicep
biddy
bigot
bilge
billy
binge
bingo
birch
birth
bison
bitty
blade
blame
blank
blare
blast
blaze
bleak
bleat
bleep
blend
bless
blimp
blind
blink
bliss
blitz
bloat
block
blond
blood
bloom
bluer
blunt
board
boast
bobby
boney
bongo
bonus
booth
booty
borax
borne
bosom
bossy
botch
boule
bound
bowel
boxer
brace
brain
brand
brash
brass
bravo
brawl
brawn
bread
breed
brick
bride
brief
briny
broad
broil
broke
brood
brook
broom
broth
brown
brunt
brush
brute
buddy
budge
bugle
build
built
bulge
bulky
bully
bunch
bunny
burly
burnt
burst
bused
bushy
butch
butte
buxom
buyer
bylaw

Letter C

cabal
cabby
cabin
cable
cacti
caddy
cadet
cagey
cairn
camel
cameo
canal
candy
canoe
canon
caper
caput
carat
carol
carve
caste
catty
cause
cavil
cease
cedar
cello
chaff
chain
chair
chalk
chaos
chart
chase
chasm
cheap
check
cheer
chess
chick
chide
child
chili
chime
china
chirp
chock
choir
chore
chose
chuck
chump
churn
cider
circa
civil
clack
claim
clamp
clang
clank
clash
clasp
clear
cleat
cleft
clerk
cliff
climb
clink
cloak
clone
close
cloud
clout
clove
clued
clump
clung
coach
cobra
cocoa
color
comfy
comic
conch
copse
coral
corer
couch
cough
coupe
court
coven
cover
covet
covey
cower
crack
craft
crane
crash
crawl
cream
credo
creed
creek
creep
creme
crepe
cress
crest
crick
cried
crier
crime
crisp
crock
crone
crony
crook
croup
crowd
crown
crude
cruel
crumb
crump
crush
crypt
cubic
cumin
curio
curly
curry
curse
curve
curvy
cutie
cyber
cycle

Letter D

daddy
daily
dairy
daisy
dally
datum
daunt
dealt
debar
debit
debut
decal
decay
decor
decoy
decry
defer
deign
deity
delay
demon
demur
dense
derby
deter
detox
deuce
devil
diary
dicey
dilly
dimly
diner
dingo
dingy
diode
dirge
dirty
disco
ditch
ditto
ditty
diver
dizzy
dodgy
dogma
doing
dolly
donut
dopey
dough
dowdy
dowel
downy
draft
drake
drama
drank
drape
drawl
drawn
dread
dress
dried
drier
drift
drill
droit
drone
drool
droop
dross
drove
drown
druid
drunk
dryer
dryly
dully
dummy
dumpy
dunce
dusky
dusty
duvet
dwell
dwelt
dying

Letter E

eager
eagle
early
earth
easel
eaten
eater
ebony
eclat
edict
edify
eerie
eight
eking
elate
elbow
elect
elegy
elfin
elide
elite
email
embed
ember
emcee
empty
enact
endow
enemy
ennui
ensue
enter
entry
envoy
equip
erase
erect
erupt
ester
ether
ethic
ethos
etude
event
every
evict
evoke
exact
exalt
exert
exile
expel
extol
eying

Letter F

fable
facet
faint
fairy
faith
false
fancy
fanny
fatal
fatty
fauna
fecal
fella
felon
femme
femur
fence
feral
fetal
fetch
fetid
fetus
fever
fiber
ficus
fiend
fiery
fifth
fight
filer
filet
filly
filmy
filth
final
finch
fizzy
flack
flake
flaky
flame
flank
flare
flash
flask
fleck
fleet
flier
flint
flora
flour
flown
fluid
fluke
flung
flunk
flush
flute
flyer
foamy
foist
folio
folly
force
forte
forty
forum
frail
frank
fraud
freak
freed
freer
friar
fried
frill
frisk
fritz
frond
frost
frown
froze
fruit
fudge
fugue
fully
funky
funny
furor
furry
fussy
fuzzy

Letter G

gaffe
gaily
gamut
gassy
gauge
gaunt
gavel
gayer
gayly
gazer
geeky
geese
genie
genre
ghost
ghoul
giddy
gipsy
girly
given
giver
glade
gland
glare
glaze
gleam
glide
glint
globe
gloss
glove
gnash
gnome
godly
going
golly
gonad
goody
gooey
goofy
gourd
grace
graft
grail
grain
grand
grant
grape
graph
grasp
grass
grave
gravy
graze
greed
green
grief
grill
grind
groan
groom
grope
gross
grout
grown
gruff
grunt
guard
guava
guess
guest
guide
guile
guilt
guise
gulch
gumbo
gummy
guppy
gusto
gusty
gypsy

Letter H

habit
halve
handy
hardy
harem
harpy
harsh
haste
hasty
hater
haunt
haute
haven
hazel
heard
heart
heave
heavy
hedge
hefty
hello
hence
hilly
hippo
hippy
hitch
hobby
hoist
holly
honey
honor
horde
horny
horse
hotel
hotly
hound
house
hovel
hover
humid
humus
hunch
hurry
husky
hussy
hydro
hyena
hymen

Letter I

icily
icing
ideal
idiom
idiot
idler
idyll
igloo
iliac
image
imbue
imply
inbox
incur
index
ingot
inlay
inlet
inner
intro
irate
issue

Letter J

jazzy
jelly
jerky
jetty
jewel
jiffy
joint
joist
joker
jolly
juice
juicy
jumbo
jumpy
junta
junto
juror

Letter K

kappa
kayak
kinky
kitty
knack
knave
knead
kneed
kneel
knelt
knife
known
krill

Letter L

laden
ladle
lager
lance
lanky
large
lasso
latch
later
lathe
latte
laugh
leach
leafy
leaky
leant
learn
lease
leash
least
ledge
leech
lefty
legal
leggy
lemur
leper
level
lever
liege
liken
limbo
limit
liner
lingo
lipid
lithe
livid
llama
loamy
loath
lobby
local
locus
lodge
logic
login
loose
lorry
louse
lousy
lover
lower
loyal
lucid
lucky
lumen
lumpy
lunch
lunge
lupus
lurch
lurid
lymph
lyric

Letter M

macaw
macho
macro
madly
mafia
magma
maker
mambo
mamma
mammy
manga
mange
mango
mangy
mania
manic
march
mason
match
mauve
maybe
mayor
mealy
meant
meaty
mecca
media
medic
melee
melon
mercy
merge
merry
meter
metro
micro
might
milky
miner
minim
minor
minty
minus
mirth
miser
missy
mocha
modal
modem
mogul
moldy
moody
moral
moron
morph
mossy
motel
motif
mound
mouse
mouth
mover
mower
mucus
muddy
mulch
munch
mural
murky
mushy
music
musky
musty
myrrh

Letter N

nadir
nanny
nasal
navel
neigh
nerdy
nerve
never
newer
newly
nicer
niche
niece
ninja
ninny
noble
nobly
noise
noisy
nomad
noose
north
nosey
notch
novel
nudge
nurse
nutty
nylon

Letter O

oaken
obese
occur
ocean
octal
octet
odder
oddly
offer
often
olden
older
ombre
omega
onion
opine
opium
optic
orbit
order
organ
otter
ounce
outer
outgo
ovary
ovate
overt
ovine
ovoid
owing
owner
ozone

Letter P

paddy
pagan
paint
paler
palsy
pansy
papal
parka
parse
party
pasta
paste
pasty
patch
patio
patsy
payee
payer
peace
pearl
pecan
pedal
penal
pence
penne
penny
peril
pesky
pesto
petal
petty
phone
phony
piano
piece
piggy
pinch
pinky
piper
pique
pitch
pivot
pixel
pizza
place
plaid
plain
plait
plane
plank
plate
plaza
plead
plied
plier
plumb
plume
plump
plunk
plush
poesy
polar
polyp
pooch
poppy
porch
poser
posit
posse
pouch
pouty
prank
prawn
preen
press
price
pried
prior
prism
privy
prone
prong
proof
prose
proud
prowl
prude
prune
psalm
pubic
pudgy
puffy
pulse
punch
pupil
puppy
puree
purer
purse
pushy
putty
pygmy

Letter Q

quack
quail
quake
qualm
quark
quash
quasi
queen
queer
quell
quest
queue
quick
quill
quilt
quite
quota
quote
quoth

Letter R

rabbi
rabid
racer
radar
radii
raise
rajah
rally
ralph
ramen
ranch
randy
range
rapid
rarer
raspy
ratio
ratty
raven
rayon
razor
reach
ready
realm
rearm
rebar
rebel
recur
recut
reedy
refer
refit
regal
rehab
reign
relax
relay
relic
remit
renal
repel
reply
rerun
reset
resin
retry
reuse
revel
revue
rider
ridge
rifle
right
rigid
rigor
rinse
ripen
risen
riser
risky
river
rivet
roach
roast
rocky
rodeo
roger
roost
rotor
rough
rouse
route
rover
rowdy
rower
rugby
ruler
rumba
rumor
rural

Letter S

sadly
safer
sally
salon
salty
salve
salvo
sandy
saner
sappy
sassy
satin
satyr
sauce
saucy
sauna
savor
savoy
savvy
scale
scalp
scaly
scamp
scant
scarf
scary
scene
scent
scion
scoff
scone
scoop
scope
score
scout
scowl
scram
scree
screw
scrub
scrum
scuba
segue
seize
semen
sense
sepia
serif
serum
setup
seven
sewer
shack
shade
shady
shaft
shaky
shale
shalt
shank
shape
share
shark
sharp
shave
shear
sheen
sheep
sheer
sheet
sheik
shelf
shell
shied
shift
shiny
shirt
shoal
shock
shone
shook
shoot
shore
shorn
short
shout
shove
shrew
shuck
shunt
shush
shyly
sieve
sight
sigma
silky
silly
since
sinew
singe
siren
sixth
sixty
skate
skier
skiff
skimp
skulk
skull
skunk
slack
slain
slang
slant
slash
sleep
sleet
slept
slice
slick
slide
slime
slimy
sling
slink
sloop
slope
slunk
slurp
slush
slyly
smack
small
smash
smell
smile
smirk
smith
smock
smoke
smoky
smote
snack
snail
snake
snaky
snare
sneer
snide
sniff
snipe
snoop
snore
snort
snowy
snuck
snuff
soapy
sober
solid
sonar
sooth
sooty
sorry
south
space
spank
spare
spark
spasm
spawn
speak
spear
speck
speed
spell
spelt
spent
sperm
spice
spied
spiky
spilt
spine
spiny
spite
splat
split
spoil
spoof
spook
spool
spoon
spore
sport
spout
spree
sprig
spunk
spurn
spurt
squib
stack
staid
stain
stake
stalk
stall
stamp
stank
stare
stark
stash
state
stave
steak
steal
steam
steel
steep
steer
stern
stiff
still
stilt
stint
stock
stoic
stoke
stole
stone
stony
stood
stoop
stork
storm
strap
straw
stray
strip
strut
stuck
stuff
stump
stung
stunk
stunt
style
suave
suing
suite
sulky
sully
sumac
sunny
super
surge
surly
sushi
swami
swamp
swarm
swash
swath
swear
sweep
swell
swept
swift
swine
swing
swish
swoon
swoop
sword
swore
sworn
swung
synod

Letter T

tabby
table
taboo
tacky
taffy
taint
taken
taker
tally
talon
tamer
tango
tardy
tarot
taste
tatty
tawny
teach
teary
teddy
teeth
tempo
tenet
tenor
tense
tenth
tepee
terra
terse
testy
thank
theft
these
theta
thick
thief
thigh
thing
think
thong
three
threw
throb
throw
thrum
thump
tidal
tight
timer
timid
titan
tithe
title
toast
toddy
token
tonal
tonga
tonic
tooth
topaz
topic
torch
torus
total
touch
tough
towel
tower
toxic
toxin
track
tract
trade
trail
tramp
trash
tread
trend
trial
tribe
trick
tried
tripe
troop
trout
truce
truck
truer
truly
trump
trunk
trust
truth
tubal
tuber
tulip
tulle
tumor
tunic
turbo
tutor
tweak
tweet
twirl
twist
twixt
tying

Letter U

udder
umbra
uncle
uncut
under
undid
union
unity
unset
untie
until
unwed
unzip
upper
urban
urine
utile
utter

Letter V

valor
value
valve
vapid
vapor
vault
vaunt
vegan
venom
venue
verge
verse
verso
verve
vicar
video
vigil
villa
vinyl
viola
viper
virus
visit
visor
vista
vixen
vocal
vogue
voila
vomit
voter
vowel
vying

Letter W

wafer
wager
wagon
waist
waive
warty
water
waver
waxen
weave
weedy
weigh
weird
welch
welsh
whale
wharf
wheat
wheel
where
which
whiff
while
whiny
whirl
whisk
white
whole
whose
widen
wider
widow
width
wield
wight
willy
wimpy
winch
windy
wiser
wispy
witch
witty
woman
women
woody
wooly
woozy
wordy
worst
worth
would
wound
wrack
wrath
wreak
wreck
wrest
wring
wrist
write
wrong
wryly

Letter X

There are no longer any five-letter words that start with X that Wordle hasn’t used.

Letter Y

Letter Z

The New York Times offers players a new five-letter word from the list of unused Wordle words above to guess each day, never repeating words, so there is a finite list of words left to be played. There are many strategies players use to guess the daily word whether it’s choosing the best Wordle starter words, eliminating vowels first, or knowing the statistics of letters. Players are given six chances to guess the word, being notified of correct letters and correct letter placement each turn.

Having trouble winning even though you are using an unused Wordle word to start every time? Check out this video from BuzzFeed Multiplayer, which shows some handy methods for never losing at Wordle!

As of right now, the script allows for over 1,700 more days of its famous five-letter puzzles, keeping Wordle a popular puzzle game for at least five more years. No matter what strategy players use, now they at least have a reference for which possible words Wordle may use next. With almost 9,000 possible five-letter words according to The Scrabble Dictionary, it is very possible that Wordle will add even more to its vocabulary over time.

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5 Letter Words Wordle Hasn’t Used Yet (Updated Daily)