5 Letter Words Ending in SE

211 5 letter words ending in se, of which 51 could still come up as the answer. Those are marked, the rest are ordered behind them.

A solver checking a crossword answer by ear will notice that 5 letter words ending in SE do not all finish on the same sound.

In HOUSE the final SE hisses like an S, but in THESE it buzzes like a Z, though the spelling stays exactly the same.

Either sound, then, is a fair reason to pencil SE into the last squares of a stubborn answer.

List of 5 Letter Words Ending in SE

ABASE
ABUSE
AMUSE
ARISE
AROSE
CAUSE
CEASE
CHASE
CHOSE
CLOSE
COPSE
CURSE
DENSE
ERASE
FALSE
GEESE
GOOSE
GUISE
HORSE
HOUSE
LAPSE
LEASE
LOOSE
LOUSE
MOOSE
MOUSE
NOISE
NOOSE
NURSE
OBESE
PARSE
PAUSE
PHASE
POISE
POSSE
PROSE
PULSE
PURSE
RAISE
REUSE
RINSE
ROUSE
SENSE
TEASE
TENSE
TERSE
THESE
THOSE
VERSE
WHOSE
WORSE
JESSE
ALOSE
ANISE
ARASE
AVISE
BARSE
BASSE
BIOSE
BIRSE
BLASE
BOISE
BOOSE
BOUSE
BOWSE
BRISE
BROSE
BTISE
BULSE
BURSE
CAESE
CARSE
CASSE
CENSE
CESSE
CHESE
CHUSE
CORSE
COSSE
CRISE
CROSE
CRUSE
DANSE
DESSE
DIOSE
DORSE
DOUSE
DOWSE
DRUSE
DULSE
EROSE
EVASE
EVESE
FARSE
FAUSE
FEASE
FEESE
FESSE
FNESE
FOSSE
FRASE
FRISE
GARSE
GEASE
GEMSE
GESSE
GILSE
GIRSE
GORSE
GOSSE
GRESE
GRISE
GUYSE
HALSE
HANSE
HAUSE
HAWSE
HERSE
HIRSE
HOISE
HOOSE
HYRSE
IDOSE
JUISE
KESSE
LEESE
LENSE
LIPSE
LOWSE
LYASE
MAISE
MANSE
MARSE
MASSE
MEASE
MEESE
MENSE
MERSE
MESSE
MEUSE
MINSE
MOISE
MORSE
MOWSE
MULSE
MUSSE
NEESE
NISSE
NORSE
NYUSE

Common 5 Letter Words Ending in SE

THESE
THOSE
HOUSE
CLOSE
CAUSE
SENSE
WHOSE
WORSE
HORSE
RAISE
ABUSE
PHASE
FALSE
CHOSE
NOISE
LOOSE
CHASE
NURSE
MOUSE
VERSE
LEASE
PULSE
DENSE
PURSE
ARISE
JESSE

Best 5 Letter Words Ending in SE for Wordle

ARISE
RAISE
HORSE
THESE
THOSE
HOUSE
CLOSE
CAUSE
SENSE
WHOSE
WORSE
ABUSE
PHASE
FALSE
CHOSE
NOISE
LOOSE
CHASE
NURSE
MOUSE
VERSE
LEASE
PULSE
DENSE
PURSE
CURSE
CEASE
PAUSE
TENSE
GOOSE
AROSE
PROSE
OBESE
ERASE
MOOSE
TEASE
LAPSE
RINSE
GUISE
REUSE
GEESE
POSSE
AMUSE
ROUSE
POISE
NOOSE
PARSE
TERSE
LOUSE
COPSE
ABASE

5 Letter Words Ending in SE by Third Letter

5 Letter Words Ending in ASE

PHASE
CHASE
LEASE
CEASE
ERASE
TEASE
ABASE
PEASE
BLASE
LYASE
FRASE
UKASE

5 Letter Words Ending in ESE

THESE
OBESE
GEESE
REESE
MEESE
LEESE
NEESE
PRESE
GRESE
CHESE
CAESE
EVESE

5 Letter Words Ending in ISE

RAISE
NOISE
ARISE
GUISE
POISE
BOISE
ANISE
PRISE
WEISE
PAISE
MOISE
FRISE

5 Letter Words Ending in LSE and MSE

FALSE
PULSE
VALSE
HALSE
DULSE
RAMSE
BULSE
GEMSE
GILSE
MULSE
SALSE
TEMSE

5 Letter Words Ending in NSE

SENSE
DENSE
TENSE
RINSE
MANSE
DANSE
LENSE
HANSE
PENSE
MENSE
CENSE
MINSE

5 Letter Words Ending in OSE

THOSE
CLOSE
WHOSE
CHOSE
LOOSE
GOOSE
AROSE
PROSE
MOOSE
NOOSE
ROOSE
HOOSE

5 Letter Words Ending in RSE

WORSE
HORSE
NURSE
VERSE
PURSE
CURSE
PARSE
TERSE
MORSE
NORSE
CORSE
GORSE

5 Letter Words Ending in SSE

POSSE
JESSE
MASSE
PASSE
FOSSE
MESSE
RUSSE
SASSE
BASSE
GOSSE
CASSE
WISSE

5 Letter Words Ending in USE

HOUSE
CAUSE
ABUSE
MOUSE
PAUSE
REUSE
AMUSE
ROUSE
LOUSE
DOUSE
MEUSE
YOUSE

5 Letter Words Ending in WSE and YSE

DOWSE
PRYSE
HAWSE
TAWSE
TOWSE
GUYSE
BOWSE
LOWSE
MOWSE
PEYSE
POYSE
SOWSE

5 Letter Words Ending in SE by Starting Letter

5 Letter Words Starting With B and Ending in SE

BOISE
BLASE
BASSE
BROSE
BURSE
BRISE
BOOSE
BOUSE
BARSE
BIRSE
BIOSE
BOWSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With C and Ending in SE

CLOSE
CAUSE
CHOSE
CHASE
CURSE
CEASE
COPSE
CORSE
CRUSE
CASSE
CRISE
CARSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With F and Ending in SE

FALSE
FOSSE
FRISE
FRASE
FESSE
FARSE
FAUSE
FEASE
FEESE
FNESE

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5 Letter Words Starting With G and Ending in SE

GOOSE
GUISE
GEESE
GORSE
GOSSE
GRISE
GRESE
GUYSE
GARSE
GEASE
GEMSE
GESSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With H and Ending in SE

HOUSE
HORSE
HANSE
HOOSE
HAUSE
HALSE
HERSE
HAWSE
HOISE
HIRSE
HYRSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With M and Ending in SE

MOUSE
MOOSE
MORSE
MASSE
MANSE
MEUSE
MESSE
MEESE
MOISE
MENSE
MARSE
MERSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With P and Ending in SE

PHASE
PULSE
PURSE
PAUSE
PROSE
POSSE
POISE
PARSE
PEASE
PASSE
PRISE
PAISE

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5 Letter Words Starting With R and Ending in SE

RAISE
RINSE
REUSE
ROUSE
REESE
ROOSE
RUSSE
RASSE
RAMSE
RANSE
ROTSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With S and Ending in SE

SENSE
SASSE
SCUSE
SOUSE
SKUSE
SEASE
SALSE
SCASE
SEISE
SLUSE
SMUSE
SONSE

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5 Letter Words Starting With T and Ending in SE

THESE
THOSE
TENSE
TEASE
TERSE
TASSE
TAWSE
TOUSE
TOWSE
TURSE
TORSE
TAISE

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Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Ending in SE in Scrabble

HAWSE 11 points
BOWSE 10 points
CHASE 10 points
PHASE 10 points
COPSE 9 points
DOWSE 9 points
UKASE 9 points
FALSE 8 points
FOSSE 8 points
HORSE 8 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Ending in SE

TAWSE: A leather strap for punishing children.
CENSE: Perfume especially with a censer.
HAWSE: The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
UKASE: An edict of the Russian tsar.
DULSE: Coarse edible red seaweed.
BOUSE: Haul with a tackle.
TASSE: One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
ABASE: Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. It is on the answer list.
SOUSE: Cook in a marinade.
VALSE: A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
DOWSE: Slacken.
BLASE: Nonchalantly unconcerned.
CRUSE: Small jar; holds liquid (oil or water).
LENSE: A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words ending in SE?

There are 211 of them. The everyday ones include THESE, THOSE, HOUSE, CLOSE and CAUSE.

How many 5 letter words end in SE?

211 in total, and 51 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words ending in SE are Wordle answers?

51 of them have been answers, among them SENSE, WHOSE, WORSE, HORSE and RAISE.

What 5 letter words start with P and end in SE?

23 of them, including PHASE, PULSE, PURSE, PAUSE and PROSE.

Can a Wordle answer end in SE?

Yes. THESE, THOSE and HOUSE all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. THESE and SENSE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is BOWSE really a word?

Yes. Haul with a tackle. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

THESE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZORSE and WOWSE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

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