Closing a word in SE? 211 options fit, from ABASE, ABUSE, AMUSE onward, with 51 possible answers marked in green.
All 211 are here, ordered by what each one rules out rather than alphabetically.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 211 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- ARISE: takes 211 down to 77 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- RAISE: down to 77. It is on the answer list.
- HORSE: down to 92. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
If you need a second letter to test, A (68), R (63) and O (62) appear here more than any others. Roughly one word in six here is everyday English, 26 of the 211. Build a guess from the common letters rather than the unusual words.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in SE
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- 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
5 Letter Words Ending in SE by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with A and Ending in SE
- ABASE
- ABUSE
- AMUSE
- ARISE
- AROSE
- ALOSE
- ANISE
- ARASE
- AVISE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in SE
- BARSE
- BASSE
- BIOSE
- BIRSE
- BLASE
- BOISE
- BOOSE
- BOUSE
- BOWSE
- BRISE
- BROSE
- BTISE
- BULSE
- BURSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in SE
- CAUSE
- CEASE
- CHASE
- CHOSE
- CLOSE
- COPSE
- CURSE
- CAESE
- CARSE
- CASSE
- CENSE
- CESSE
- CHESE
- CHUSE
- CORSE
- COSSE
- CRISE
- CROSE
- CRUSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with D and Ending in SE
- DENSE
- DANSE
- DESSE
- DIOSE
- DORSE
- DOUSE
- DOWSE
- DRUSE
- DULSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D
5 Letter Words Starting with F and Ending in SE
- FALSE
- FARSE
- FAUSE
- FEASE
- FEESE
- FESSE
- FNESE
- FOSSE
- FRASE
- FRISE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with F
5 Letter Words Starting with G and Ending in SE
- GEESE
- GOOSE
- GUISE
- GARSE
- GEASE
- GEMSE
- GESSE
- GILSE
- GIRSE
- GORSE
- GOSSE
- GRESE
- GRISE
- GUYSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G
5 Letter Words Starting with H and Ending in SE
- HORSE
- HOUSE
- HALSE
- HANSE
- HAUSE
- HAWSE
- HERSE
- HIRSE
- HOISE
- HOOSE
- HYRSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H
5 Letter Words Starting with L and Ending in SE
- LAPSE
- LEASE
- LOOSE
- LOUSE
- LEESE
- LENSE
- LIPSE
- LOWSE
- LYASE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in SE
- MOOSE
- MOUSE
- MAISE
- MANSE
- MARSE
- MASSE
- MEASE
- MEESE
- MENSE
- MERSE
- MESSE
- MEUSE
- MINSE
- MOISE
- MORSE
- MOWSE
- MULSE
- MUSSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in SE
- PARSE
- PAUSE
- PHASE
- POISE
- POSSE
- PROSE
- PULSE
- PURSE
- PAISE
- PANSE
- PASSE
- PEASE
- PEISE
- PENSE
- PERSE
- PEYSE
- PHESE
- PHOSE
- POYSE
- PRASE
- PRESE
- PRISE
- PRYSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in SE
- RAISE
- REUSE
- RINSE
- ROUSE
- RAMSE
- RANSE
- RASSE
- REESE
- ROOSE
- ROTSE
- RUSSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in SE
- SENSE
- SALSE
- SASSE
- SCASE
- SCUSE
- SEASE
- SEISE
- SKUSE
- SLUSE
- SMUSE
- SONSE
- SOUSE
- SOWSE
- SPISE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in SE
- TEASE
- TENSE
- TERSE
- THESE
- THOSE
- TAISE
- TARSE
- TASSE
- TAWSE
- TEISE
- TEMSE
- TOISE
- TORSE
- TOUSE
- TOWSE
- TURSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
5 Letter Words Starting with W and Ending in SE
- WHOSE
- WORSE
- WAISE
- WARSE
- WEISE
- WHASE
- WISSE
- WOOSE
- WOWSE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with W
5 Letter Words Starting with E, I, J and other letters and Ending in SE
- ERASE
- EROSE
- EVASE
- EVESE
- IDOSE
- JESSE
- JUISE
- KESSE
- NOISE
- NOOSE
- NURSE
- NEESE
- NISSE
- NORSE
- NYUSE
- OBESE
- UKASE
- UNUSE
- URASE
- VERSE
- VALSE
- VEPSE
- VYASE
- YOUSE
- ZORSE
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in E
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- 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
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.