Updated Daily: 5 Letter Words Not Used in Wordle Yet

Wordle has captivated audiences worldwide since its launch in June 2021. This innovative five-letter word guessing game invites players each day to uncover the day’s secret word. Its meteoric rise in popularity is reflected on social media and has paved the way for numerous derivative games, such as Quordle, Octordle, and the math-centric Nerdle.

Initially, earlier versions of this list displayed today’s Wordle solution at the beginning of the day. However, in response to user feedback, the answers will be revealed toward the day’s end.

When Wordle debuted, it featured a selection of 2,315 potential solutions. Following The New York Times’ acquisition of the game in 2022, six words—agora, pupal, lynch, fibre, slave, and wench—were excluded from the pool. Upon accessing the Wordle website, users download a script that maintains both completed and upcoming word solutions.

Remaining Possible Wordle Solutions

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As of January 9, 2023, a compilation of 1,739 possible Wordle words remains. Given that the game’s script is designed through October 2027, each future answer can be precisely mapped out. In alignment with the principles of fair play, this fresh list of unused Wordle words is organized alphabetically.

Words Starting with A

abbot
abhor
abled
abode
abort
abuse
adept
admin
adorn
adieu
afire
afoot
afoul
help
alarm
alert
algae
alibi
align
allay
alley
allot
alloy
along
amaze
amble
amend
amity
among
amply
amuse
angle
anime
ankle
annex
annoy
annul
aping
apnea
arena
arise
armor
arose
array
arrow
arson
artsy
ashen
assay
attic
augur
aunty
avian
avoid
award
aware
awoke
axial
axion

Words Starting with B

baggy
baler
balmy
banjo
baron
basal
basil
basis
baste
batch
beard
beech
befit
began
begat
begun
belle
berry
betel
bezel
bible
bicep
biddy
bigot
bilge
billy
bingo
bison
bitty
blank
blast
naked
blend
bless
blind
blink
bliss
blitz
bloat
blood
bloom
bluer
blunt
board
bobby
boney
the brain
bonus
booth
booty
borne
bosom
botch
burn
bound
bowel
brand
brawl
brick
broil
brood
brunt
budge
bulge
bunny
burnt
burst
bused
bushy
butch
butte
buxom
buyer
bylaw

Words Starting with C

cabal
cabby
cabin
cacti
caddy
cagey
cairn
canal
the head
caste
catty
cave
cease
cello
chaff
chair
chase
chasm
check
chess
chick
chide
chili
china
chirp
chore
chuck
chump
churn
civil
clack
claim
clamp
clang
clank
clash
clasp
cleat
cliff
clink
cloak
clout
clove
clued
clump
clung
cobra
color
comfy
comic
conch
copse
coral
couch
cough
coupe
coven
covey
crack
crash
cream
creed
creek
creep
creme
crepe
cress
crest
crick
cried
crier
crisp
crock
crony
crook
croup
crude
cruel
crump
cubic
curio
curry
curse
curve
curvy
cutie
cycle

Words Starting with D

daily
dairy
dally
datum
daunt
dealt
palpitations
debit
decor
defer
deign
deity
demon
demur
dense
derby
detox
deuce
dilly
dimly
diode
dirge
dirty
ditch
ditty
diver
dizzy
dodgy
dopey
dough
dowdy
dowel
downy
drake
drama
drank
drape
drawl
dread
dress
dried
drier
drift
drill
right
drone
dross
drown
druid
drunk
dryer
dryly
dully
dummy
dumpy
dunce
dusky
dusty
dying

Words Starting with E

eager
eaten
eater
glow
edify
eerie
eight
eking
you live
elbow
elect
elegy
elfin
long
elite
embed
emcee
enemy
entry
envoy
erase
erect
ester
etude
evict
exile
extol
eying

Words Starting with F

fable
fairy
false
fancy
fanny
fatal
fatty
fauna
fecal
fella
felon
women
femur
fence
fetal
fetch
fetid
fetus
fever
ficus
fiery
fifth
fight
files
filly
movies
filth
fizzy
flack
flaky
fleck
fleet
flier
flint
fluid
fluke
flush
flute
foamy
foist
folio
forum
fraud
freak
freed
freer
friar
frill
fresh
fritz
fruit
fudge
fugue
furor
furry
fussy
fuzzy

Words Starting with G

gaffe
gaily
gassy
gauge
gavel
gayer
gayly
gas
geeky
geese
genie
ghost
gipsy
girly
gives
happy
gland
glare
glint
gloss
gnome
godly
golly
gonad
goody
gooey
gourd
graft
grape
grass
grave
gravy
graze
greed
grill
groan
grope
gross
grown
gruff
grunt
guava
guess
guilt
guise
gulch
gumbo
like
gypsy

Words Starting with H

habit
hardy
harem
harpy
haste
hasty
haunt
high
haven
hazel
hedge
hippy
hoist
holly
honor
horny
hotly
hovel
hover
humus
husky
hussy
hydro
hymen

Words Starting with I

icily
icing
ideal
idiom
idiot
idler
idyll
iliac
imbue
imply
inbox
incur
ingot
inlet
issue

Words Starting with J

jetty
jewel
joist
juicy
jumbo
jumpy
board
together
juror

Words Starting with K

kappa
kinky
kitty
knack
kneed
knife
known
krill

Words Starting with L

laden
ladle
lance
lasso
latch
later
lathe
laugh
leach
leant
lease
least
lefty
legal
leper
level
lever
liege
liken
limbo
lipid
livid
calls
loamy
loath
lobby
lodge
login
loose
lorry
lousy
lumen
lumpy
lupus
lurch
lurid
lymph
lyric

Words Starting with M

eyes
macro
madly
mafia
maker
mother
mammy
many
mango
mangy
manic
meaty
mecca
melee
might
milky
minimum
minor
minty
mirth
miser
missy
mocha
capital
mogul
moldy
moody
moral
moron
morph
motel
motif
mound
mouth
mover
mower
mucus
muddy
munch
murky
musky
myrrh

Words Starting with N

rare
nasal
navel
newer
newly
niece
ninny
nobly
noisy
nomad
noose
nosey
notch
novel
nudge
nurse
nutty
nylon

Words Starting with O

oaken
obese
octal
otter
oddly
offer
olden
ombre
omega
opine
opium
optic
orbit
otter
outgo
ovary
ovate
ovine
ovoid
owing
ozone

Words Starting with P

paddy
pagan
paler
palsy
pansy
parka
parse
paste
pasty
patch
patsy
payee
payer
pecan
pedal
penal
pence
penny
peril
pesto
petal
petty
piece
piggy
pitch
pivot
pizza
plaid
plain
plane
plead
plied
bend
plume
plump
plush
poetry
polar
pooch
poppy
to set down
posit
posse
pouch
pouty
prank
prawn
preen
pried
prism
privy
proof
prose
prude
pubic
pudgy
puffy
pulse
punch
pupil
puppy
puree
purer
purse
pushy
putty
pygmy

Words Starting with Q

quack
quail
quake
quark
quash
Almost
queer
that
quill
quilt
quota
quoth

Words Starting with R

rabbi
rabid
racer
radar
radii
diagram
rally
ralph
randy
rapid
rarer
raspy
ratty
raven
razor
reach
rearm
rebar
annealed
reedy
refit
rehab
reign
relay
remit
renal
reply
reset
reuse
revue
rifle
rigid
rigor
rinse
ripen
riser
risky
river
rivet
roach
roast
roger
roost
rotor
rough
rowdy
rower
rugby
ruler
rumba
rumor
rural

Words Starting with S

sadly
safer
salon
salve
saved
saner
sappy
satin
satyr
sauce
savoy
savvy
scalp
scaly
scamp
scary
scene
scion
scoop
score
scree
screw
scrum
scuba
he follows
seize
semen
sepia
serif
setup
sewer
shack
shady
shale
shalt
shark
shear
sheen
sheep
sheer
sheet
sheik
shelf
shied
shiny
shirt
shoal
shock
shone
shook
shoot
short
shrew
shuck
shunt
shush
sieve
sigma
silky
silly
sinew
singe
siren
sixty
howl
skull
slack
slain
slant
slash
sleet
slept
slick
slide
slime
slimy
sling
slink
sloop
slunk
slurp
slush
slyly
smack
smell
smoky
smote
sneer
snide
sniff
snipe
snore
snowy
snuck
snuff
soapy
sober
sonar
sooth
sooty
sorry
south
spank
spare
spark
spasm
spawn
spear
speed
spell
sperm
spied
spiky
played
spiny
spite
split
spoil
spoof
spook
spool
spore
sport
spree
spunk
spurn
squib
stack
stalk
stamp
stank
stave
steak
steal
steep
steer
silenced
stoke
stood
stoop
stork
strip
strut
stuck
stuff
stump
stunk
stunt
suave
suing
suite
sully
sumac
sunny
surge
swami
swamp
swarm
swash
swath
sweat
swear
swept
swift
swing
swoop
sword
swore
sworn
synod

Words Starting with T

tabby
taffy
taint
taker
tamer
remove
tarot
tatty
teddy
teeth
tenet
tenor
tense
tepee
Earth
tests
theft
theta
thick
thong
throb
thrum
tight
timer
timid
toast
toddy
token
tonal
come
tooth
torus
total
tower
toxin
track
trail
tramp
trash
tread
trial
tribe
trick
tried
tripe
troop
trout
truce
truck
truer
trump
trunk
tubal
tuber
tulip
tulle
tumor
turbo
tweet
twixt
tying

Words Starting with U

udder
shading
uncut
undid
union
unity
unset
unwed
upper
urine
useful

Words Starting with V

value
valve
vapor
vaunt
vegan
venue
verse
towards
vicar
vigil
villa
vinyl
viper
virus
visit
vista
vixen
vocal
vogue
vomit
vowel

Words Starting with W

wager
waist
waive
worth
water
waver
waxing
weave
weedy
weigh
welch
welsh
wharf
wheat
white
whole
whose
wider
widow
width
wield
wight
willy
wimpy
winch
wiser
wispy
witty
women
woody
wooly
woozy
worth
wound
wrack
wreck
wrest
wring
wryly

Words Starting with X

Currently, there are no five-letter words beginning with “X”remaining in the Wordle future list.

Words Starting with Y

yeast

Words Starting with Z

zonal

The New York Times launches a new five-letter puzzle each day derived from the above list of yet-to-be-used Wordle words. With this system in place, words are never repeated, forming a limited compilation for future plays. Players can implement various techniques for guessing the day’s word, such as selecting optimal starting words, prioritizing vowel elimination, or leveraging statistical letter data. Each round presents six opportunities for players to identify the target word, with feedback provided regarding correct letters and their placement after each guess.

Struggling to clinch a win even with optimal starting words? Explore this informative video featured on BuzzFeed Multiplayer, showcasing strategies to enhance your Wordle experience!

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With the current script accommodating extensive wordplay for over 1,700 additional days, Wordle’s popularity is assured for at least five more years. Regardless of your guessing strategy, this reference to the potential upcoming words helps enhance your gameplay. Given the existence of around 9,000 five-letter combinations according to The Scrabble Dictionary, it’s feasible that Wordle will continue to expand its vocabulary.

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