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5 Letter Words by Vowels

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels

The 12,191 5 letter words with 2 vowels, 1,317 of them still able to come up as the answer. Sorted by what each guess rules out rather than by alphabet.

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels with Wordle answers like ABACK, ABBEY, ABBOT

Building a Wordle guess around 5 letter words with 2 vowels means deciding where those vowels go before anything else.

Their commonest home is the second and fourth squares, as in TAKEN and MAJOR, with consonants on either side.

An opener shaped like TAKEN therefore tests both of those squares at once, and a yellow vowel then moves to the squares left over.

List of 5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels

  • ABACK
  • ABBEY
  • ABBOT
  • ABHOR
  • ABLED
  • ABORT
  • ACORN
  • ACRID
  • ACTOR
  • ADAPT
  • ADEPT
  • ADMIN
  • ADMIT
  • ADOPT
  • ADORN
  • ADULT
  • AFFIX
  • AFTER
  • AGENT
  • AGING
  • AGLOW
  • AGONY
  • ALARM
  • ALBUM
  • ALERT
  • ALIGN
  • ALLAY
  • ALLEY
  • ALLOT
  • ALLOW
  • ALLOY
  • ALOFT
  • ALONG
  • ALPHA
  • ALTAR
  • ALTER
  • AMBER
  • AMBLE
  • AMEND
  • AMISS
  • AMITY
  • AMPLE
  • ANGEL
  • ANGER
  • ANGLE
  • ANKLE
  • ANNEX
  • ANNOY
  • ANNUL
  • ANTIC
  • ANVIL
  • APART
  • APHID
  • APING
  • APPLE
  • APRON
  • ARBOR
  • ARDOR
  • ARMOR
  • ARRAY
  • ARROW
  • ARSON
  • ASCOT
  • ASHEN
  • ASKEW
  • ATOLL
  • ATTIC
  • AUNTY
  • AVERT
  • AWARD
  • AWASH
  • AWFUL
  • BACON
  • BADGE
  • BAGEL
  • BAKER
  • BALER
  • BANJO
  • BARGE
  • BARON
  • BASAL
  • BASIC
  • BASIL
  • BASIN
  • BASIS
  • BASTE
  • BATHE
  • BATON
  • BEACH
  • BEADY
  • BEARD
  • BEAST
  • BEECH
  • BEEFY
  • BEFIT
  • BEGAN
  • BEGAT
  • BEGET
  • BEGIN
  • BEGUN
  • BEING
  • BELLE
  • BELOW
  • BERET
  • BESET
  • BETEL
  • BEVEL
  • BEZEL
  • BIBLE
  • BICEP
  • BIGOT
  • BILGE
  • BINGE
  • BINGO
  • BISON
  • BLADE
  • BLAME
  • BLARE
  • BLAZE
  • BLEAK
  • BLEAT
  • BLEED
  • BLEEP
  • BLOAT
  • BLOKE
  • BLOOD
  • BLOOM
  • BLUER
  • BOARD
  • BOAST
  • BONEY
  • BONGO
  • BONUS
  • BOOST
  • BOOTH
  • BOOTY
  • BOOZY
  • BORAX
  • BORNE
  • BOSOM
  • BOUGH
  • BOUND
  • BOWEL
  • BOXER
  • BRACE
  • BRAID
  • BRAIN
  • BRAKE
  • BRAVE
  • BRAVO

Common 5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels

  • THEIR
  • THERE
  • WOULD
  • OTHER
  • AFTER
  • COULD
  • THESE
  • WHERE
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • NEVER
  • THOSE
  • GREAT
  • WHILE
  • EVERY
  • STATE
  • THREE
  • SINCE
  • UNDER
  • PLACE
  • FOUND
  • MONEY
  • UNTIL
  • DOING
  • GROUP
  • WOMEN
  • TODAY
  • POINT
  • MUSIC
  • POWER
  • WATER
  • WHITE
  • LATER
  • ORDER
  • USING
  • WHOLE
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LOCAL
  • YOUNG
  • COURT
  • GIVEN
  • LEVEL
  • OFTEN
  • DEATH
  • SOUTH
  • LARGE
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • MAJOR
  • PHONE
  • FINAL
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels for Wordle

  • DATES
  • ALTER
  • ACRES
  • THEIR
  • THERE
  • WOULD
  • OTHER
  • AFTER
  • COULD
  • THESE
  • WHERE
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • NEVER
  • THOSE
  • GREAT
  • WHILE
  • EVERY
  • STATE
  • THREE
  • SINCE
  • UNDER
  • PLACE
  • FOUND
  • MONEY
  • UNTIL
  • DOING
  • GROUP
  • WOMEN
  • TODAY
  • POINT
  • MUSIC
  • POWER
  • WATER
  • WHITE
  • LATER
  • ORDER
  • USING
  • WHOLE
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LOCAL
  • YOUNG
  • COURT
  • GIVEN
  • LEVEL
  • OFTEN
  • DEATH
  • SOUTH
  • LARGE
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • MAJOR
  • PHONE
  • FINAL

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels by Vowel Pair

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels A and E

  • AFTER
  • GREAT
  • STATE
  • PLACE
  • WATER
  • LATER
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • DEATH
  • LARGE
  • TAKEN

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels E and I

  • THEIR
  • BEING
  • WHILE
  • SINCE
  • WHITE
  • GIVEN
  • FIELD
  • PRICE
  • TRIED
  • DRIVE
  • CHIEF
  • RIVER

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels E and O

  • OTHER
  • THOSE
  • MONEY
  • WOMEN
  • POWER
  • ORDER
  • WHOLE
  • OFTEN
  • CLOSE
  • PHONE
  • FORCE
  • MODEL

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels A and I

  • FINAL
  • CHINA
  • DAILY
  • TRAIN
  • CLAIM
  • BRAIN
  • BASIC
  • TRIAL
  • FAITH
  • BASIS
  • MAGIC
  • CHAIR

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels A and O

  • TODAY
  • LOCAL
  • ALONG
  • WOMAN
  • MAJOR
  • BOARD
  • TOTAL
  • ALLOW
  • COACH
  • COAST
  • ROYAL
  • LABOR

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels A and U

  • HUMAN
  • ALBUM
  • ADULT
  • GUARD
  • SUGAR
  • SQUAD
  • LAUGH
  • URBAN
  • FAULT
  • RURAL
  • AWFUL
  • FRAUD

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels E and U

  • UNDER
  • GUESS
  • SUPER
  • JUDGE
  • UPPER
  • UPSET
  • GUEST
  • DEBUT
  • UNCLE
  • NURSE
  • BEGUN
  • QUEST

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels I and O

  • GOING
  • DOING
  • POINT
  • PRIOR
  • SOLID
  • JOINT
  • MINOR
  • PILOT
  • TOPIC
  • COMIC
  • LOGIC
  • ROBIN

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels O and U

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • FOUND
  • GROUP
  • YOUNG
  • COURT
  • SOUTH
  • SOUND
  • ROUND
  • FOCUS
  • TOUCH
  • DOUBT

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels I and U

  • UNTIL
  • MUSIC
  • USING
  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • QUICK
  • FRUIT
  • VIRUS
  • INPUT
  • FLUID
  • UNITY
  • MINUS

5 Letter Words With Two Different Vowels

  • THEIR
  • WOULD
  • OTHER
  • AFTER
  • COULD
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • THOSE
  • GREAT
  • WHILE
  • STATE
  • SINCE
  • UNDER
  • PLACE
  • FOUND
  • MONEY
  • UNTIL
  • DOING
  • GROUP
  • WOMEN
  • TODAY
  • POINT
  • MUSIC
  • POWER
  • WATER
  • WHITE
  • LATER
  • ORDER
  • USING
  • WHOLE
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LOCAL
  • YOUNG
  • COURT
  • GIVEN
  • OFTEN
  • DEATH
  • SOUTH
  • LARGE
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • MAJOR
  • PHONE
  • FINAL
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR
  • BOARD
  • FIELD
  • FORCE
  • PRICE
  • SPACE
  • TOTAL
  • SHARE

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels and Y

  • EVERY
  • MONEY
  • TODAY
  • MAYBE
  • EARLY
  • YOUNG
  • READY
  • ENJOY
  • DAILY
  • HEAVY
  • ROYAL
  • YOUTH
  • ENEMY
  • MAYOR
  • DELAY
  • LAYER
  • HONEY
  • ESSAY
  • UNITY
  • YIELD
  • ARRAY
  • DAIRY
  • DIARY
  • FAIRY
  • BUYER
  • RELAY
  • IVORY
  • HAIRY
  • DAISY
  • YEAST
  • QUERY
  • ALLOY
  • BOOTY
  • EBONY
  • LOYAL
  • ABBEY
  • ALLEY
  • IRONY
  • DECAY
  • WOODY
  • RAINY
  • JUICY
  • MOODY
  • NOISY
  • REPAY
  • WEARY
  • AGONY
  • NEEDY
  • FIERY
  • GOOFY
  • DEITY
  • ENVOY
  • ANNOY
  • LOUSY
  • LEAFY
  • KAYAK
  • PAYER
  • AUNTY
  • EPOXY
  • FOYER

5 Letter Words Starting With Two Vowels

  • EARLY
  • EARTH
  • EIGHT
  • OUGHT
  • AUNTY
  • EARNS
  • AUNTS
  • OATHS
  • EARLS
  • AIGHT
  • OOMPH
  • AUGHT
  • EARNT
  • EASTS
  • AARGH
  • OUSTS
  • OOPSY
  • AITCH
  • AIRTH
  • IAMBS
  • OINKS
  • AILLT
  • AIRNS
  • AIRTS
  • AUCHT
  • AURYL
  • EABLY
  • EAGLY
  • EARDS
  • EARSH
  • EARST
  • EENSY
  • EEVNS
  • EILDS
  • EORLS
  • EUGHS
  • IORTN
  • OASTS
  • OICKS
  • OINTS
  • OOLLY
  • OONTS
  • OUCHT
  • OULKS
  • OUNDS
  • OUNDY
  • OUPHS
  • OUTBY
  • OUTLY

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels by Starting Letter

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With A

  • AFTER
  • ALONG
  • ALBUM
  • ALLOW
  • AWARD
  • AGENT
  • ADULT
  • APART
  • APPLE
  • ACTOR
  • ADMIT
  • AWFUL

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With B

  • BEING
  • BOARD
  • BREAK
  • BLOOD
  • BEGAN
  • BUILT
  • BELOW
  • BUILD
  • BRAIN
  • BEACH
  • BASIC
  • BROKE

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With C

  • COULD
  • COURT
  • CLOSE
  • CLEAR
  • CHIEF
  • CHINA
  • COVER
  • CLEAN
  • COACH
  • CLAIM
  • CIVIL
  • COLOR

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With D

  • DOING
  • DEATH
  • DRIVE
  • DAILY
  • DANCE
  • DREAM
  • DOUBT
  • DRAMA
  • DEBUT
  • DELAY
  • DROVE
  • DOZEN

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With E

  • EVERY
  • EARLY
  • EVENT
  • ENJOY
  • EARTH
  • EIGHT
  • EXTRA
  • ENTER
  • EXIST
  • ENEMY
  • ERROR
  • EXACT

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With F

  • FOUND
  • FINAL
  • FIELD
  • FORCE
  • FOCUS
  • FLOOR
  • FAITH
  • FAULT
  • FALSE
  • FAVOR
  • FRAME
  • FRUIT

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With G

  • GOING
  • GREAT
  • GROUP
  • GIVEN
  • GUESS
  • GREEN
  • GRADE
  • GUARD
  • GIANT
  • GUEST
  • GRACE
  • GRAVE

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With H

  • HUMAN
  • HEART
  • HEARD
  • HEAVY
  • HOTEL
  • HORSE
  • HELLO
  • HONOR
  • HENCE
  • HONEY
  • HUMOR
  • HAVEN

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With I

  • INDEX
  • INNER
  • INPUT
  • INTER
  • IVORY
  • INTRO
  • INBOX
  • IRONY
  • ICING
  • INLET
  • INCUR
  • INFER

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With J

  • JUDGE
  • JOINT
  • JEWEL
  • JOKER
  • JUICY
  • JUMBO
  • JUNTA
  • JUROR
  • JAUNT
  • JOUST
  • JOIST
  • JUNTO

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With K

  • KNIFE
  • KARMA
  • KAPPA
  • KAYAK
  • KNEEL
  • KHAKI
  • KEBAB
  • KIOSK
  • KNEAD
  • KNAVE
  • KNEED
  • KEEPS

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With L

  • LATER
  • LEAST
  • LOCAL
  • LEVEL
  • LARGE
  • LEARN
  • LOWER
  • LEGAL
  • LABOR
  • LIMIT
  • LAUGH
  • LABEL

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With M

  • MONEY
  • MUSIC
  • MAYBE
  • MAJOR
  • MODEL
  • MEANT
  • MOUTH
  • METAL
  • MAGIC
  • MAYOR
  • MINOR
  • MOTOR

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With N

  • NEVER
  • NOVEL
  • NURSE
  • NAVAL
  • NOBLE
  • NERVE
  • NEWER
  • NINJA
  • NICHE
  • NOISY
  • NICER
  • NEEDY

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With O

  • OTHER
  • ORDER
  • OFTEN
  • OFFER
  • OLDER
  • OWNER
  • OCCUR
  • OUGHT
  • ORGAN
  • ORBIT
  • OWING
  • ONSET

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With P

  • PLACE
  • POINT
  • POWER
  • PHONE
  • PRICE
  • PAPER
  • PHOTO
  • PRIOR
  • PRIME
  • PROUD
  • PROVE
  • PLANE

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With Q

  • QUICK
  • QUEST
  • QUERY
  • QUILT
  • QUIRK
  • QUILL
  • QUACK
  • QUARK
  • QUART
  • QUELL
  • QUASH
  • QUOTH

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With R

  • READY
  • ROUND
  • RANGE
  • RIVER
  • REACH
  • ROYAL
  • RURAL
  • ROUGH
  • REFER
  • ROGER
  • RAPID
  • ROBIN

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With S

  • STATE
  • SINCE
  • SOUTH
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • SENSE
  • SOUND
  • STAGE
  • SEVEN
  • SUPER
  • SLEEP
  • SPEAK

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With T

  • THEIR
  • THERE
  • THESE
  • THOSE
  • THREE
  • TODAY
  • TAKEN
  • TOTAL
  • TRIED
  • TRADE
  • TABLE
  • TRAIN

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With U

  • UNDER
  • UNTIL
  • USING
  • UPPER
  • URBAN
  • UPSET
  • UNCLE
  • ULTRA
  • UNITY
  • UTTER
  • UNFIT
  • USHER

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With V

  • VISIT
  • VIRUS
  • VALID
  • VITAL
  • VILLA
  • VERSE
  • VOCAL
  • VALVE
  • VIRAL
  • VAULT
  • VISTA
  • VOTER

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With W

  • WOULD
  • WHERE
  • WHILE
  • WOMEN
  • WATER
  • WHITE
  • WHOLE
  • WOMAN
  • WHOSE
  • WROTE
  • WRITE
  • WORSE

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With X

  • XEROX
  • XENON
  • XENOS
  • XERIC
  • XOLOS
  • XEBEC
  • XENIC
  • XERES
  • XERUS
  • XICAK
  • XINCA
  • XUREL

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With Y

  • YOUNG
  • YOUTH
  • YIELD
  • YEAST
  • YEARN
  • YEARS
  • YOURS
  • YEMEN
  • YATES
  • YIKES
  • YUKON
  • YARRA

5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels Starting With Z

  • ZEBRA
  • ZONAL
  • ZONES
  • ZONED
  • ZEROS
  • ZORRO
  • ZOOMS
  • ZEISS
  • ZAMAN
  • ZETAS
  • ZIPPO
  • ZULUS

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With 2 Vowels

  • HALER: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
  • MAMEY: Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind.
  • SEROW: Short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia.
  • BARYE: The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
  • BEAMY: Broad in the beam.
  • FILUM: A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
  • SPILE: A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
  • STOEP: Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house.
  • HADAL: Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
  • MYOMA: A benign tumor composed of muscle tissue.
  • ORMER: An abalone found near the Channel Islands.
  • OTTAR: Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
  • TERCE: The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
  • UNSEX: Make infertile.
  • THROE: Severe spasm of pain.
  • VOLVA: Cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi.
  • LIMEN: The smallest detectable sensation.
  • LOTIC: Of or relating to or living in actively moving water.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with 2 vowels?

There are 12,191 of them. The everyday ones include THEIR, THERE, WOULD, OTHER and AFTER.

How many 5 letter words have 2 vowels?

12,191 in total, and 1,317 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with 2 vowels are Wordle answers?

1,317 of them have been answers, among them COULD, THESE, WHERE, BEING and GOING.

What 5 letter words have 2 vowels A and E?

1,871 of them, including AFTER, GREAT, STATE, PLACE and WATER.

Can a Wordle answer be a word with 2 vowels?

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

Is ABAMP really a word?

Yes. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

THEIR. 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. ZUZIM and ZUPAS 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?

ABLED, ACRID and AGLOW. 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.

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