A TE ending narrows this to 197 words, 38 of which are possible answers.
14 words here are both everyday English and still able to be the solution. Those are the ones to guess first.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 197 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- PASTE: takes 197 down to 83 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- WASTE: down to 83. It is on the answer list.
- ACUTE: down to 88. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The company these words keep: A (67), S (51) and O (50). 15 words out of 197 would pass unnoticed in conversation. That thin share is why the letter counts above matter more here than the list itself.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in TE
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ABATE
- ACUTE
- AGATE
- BASTE
- BRUTE
- CASTE
- CHUTE
- CRATE
- ELATE
- ELITE
- FLUTE
- FORTE
- GRATE
- HASTE
- HAUTE
- IRATE
- LATTE
- OVATE
- PASTE
- PLATE
- QUITE
- QUOTE
- ROUTE
- SAUTE
- SKATE
- SLATE
- SMITE
- SMOTE
- SPITE
- STATE
- SUITE
- TASTE
- TRITE
- UNITE
- WASTE
- WHITE
- WRITE
- WROTE
- MONTE
5 Letter Words Ending in TE by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with A and Ending in TE
- ABATE
- ACUTE
- AGATE
- ABOTE
- ACATE
- AGETE
- ALATE
- ALITE
- AMATE
- ARETE
- ARITE
- AXITE
- AZOTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in TE
- BASTE
- BRUTE
- BITTE
- BLATE
- BLITE
- BLOTE
- BOITE
- BOTTE
- BRITE
- BUTTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in TE
- CASTE
- CHUTE
- CRATE
- CAITE
- CARTE
- CESTE
- CLITE
- CLOTE
- COATE
- COMTE
- CONTE
- COSTE
- COTTE
- CRETE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with E and Ending in TE
- ELATE
- ELITE
- ELUTE
- EMOTE
- ENATE
- ENTTE
- EVITE
- EXITE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with E
5 Letter Words Starting with F and Ending in TE
- FLUTE
- FORTE
- FAUTE
- FESTE
- FEUTE
- FITTE
- FLITE
- FLOTE
- FLYTE
- FOUTE
- FRATE
- FRITE
- FYTTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with F
5 Letter Words Starting with H and Ending in TE
- HASTE
- HAUTE
- HALTE
- HATTE
- HECTE
- HEFTE
- HIATE
- HOTTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in TE
- MONTE
- MACTE
- MANTE
- MATTE
- MEUTE
- MIXTE
- MOSTE
- MOTTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in TE
- PASTE
- PLATE
- PARTE
- PATTE
- PESTE
- PIETE
- PINTE
- PISTE
- PIUTE
- PLOTE
- PLUTE
- POETE
- PORTE
- POSTE
- PRATE
- PROTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in TE
- ROUTE
- REATE
- RECTE
- RENTE
- RIFTE
- ROATE
- RONTE
- ROTTE
- ROWTE
- RUOTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in TE
- SAUTE
- SKATE
- SLATE
- SMITE
- SMOTE
- SPITE
- STATE
- SUITE
- SAITE
- SCOTE
- SCUTE
- SENTE
- SHITE
- SHOTE
- SHUTE
- SIXTE
- SKETE
- SKITE
- SKYTE
- SLETE
- SLITE
- SLOTE
- SNITE
- SOOTE
- SOWTE
- SPATE
- SPETE
- SPUTE
- STITE
- STYTE
- SUETE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in TE
- TASTE
- TRITE
- TANTE
- TARTE
- TESTE
- THETE
- TORTE
- TWITE
- TYSTE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
5 Letter Words Starting with W and Ending in TE
- WASTE
- WHITE
- WRITE
- WROTE
- WAITE
- WEETE
- WEFTE
- WESTE
- WHUTE
- WISTE
- WRATE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with W
5 Letter Words Starting with D, G, I and other letters and Ending in TE
- DANTE
- DENTE
- DETTE
- DRATE
- GRATE
- GESTE
- GLUTE
- GRETE
- GROTE
- GUTTE
- IRATE
- IDITE
- IZOTE
- JUSTE
- KENTE
- KETTE
- KNUTE
- LATTE
- LEFTE
- LESTE
- LOTTE
- LUITE
- NANTE
- OVATE
- OCOTE
- OCYTE
- OLATE
- ORATE
- OTATE
- QUITE
- QUOTE
- QUATE
- QUETE
- QUYTE
- UNITE
- URATE
- URITE
- UVATE
- VAUTE
- VAWTE
- VELTE
- VERTE
- VOLTE
- YENTE
- ZANTE
- ZLOTE
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.
- ELATE: Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. It is on the answer list.
- ELUTE: Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
- ORATE: Talk pompously.
- PRATE: Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
- SCUTE: Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake.
- SENTE: 100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-hundredth of a loti.
- URATE: A salt of uric acid.
- ARETE: A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
- GLUTE: Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
- TORTE: Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria.
- BASTE: Strike violently and repeatedly. It is on the answer list.
- PISTE: A ski run densely packed with snow.
- EMOTE: Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
- SAUTE: A dish of sauteed food. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in TE?
Yes. STATE, WHITE and QUITE 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. STATE and TASTE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is BLATE really a word?
Yes. Cry plaintively. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
STATE. 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. ZLOTE and WRATE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
BASTE, ELATE and OVATE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.