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5 Letter Words by Vowels

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels

2,655 5 letter words with 3 vowels in full, with the 88 you would actually say out loud separated from the rest.

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels for Wordle, among them ABASE, ABATE, ABIDE

A Wordle guess built from 5 letter words with 3 vowels tests the vowels before the consonants, which suits an opening row.

Their commonest last letter is E, as in HOUSE and CAUSE.

For the first row, CAUSE tests that final E along with the A and U, leaving the consonants for a later row of guesses.

List of 5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels

  • ABASE
  • ABATE
  • ABIDE
  • ABODE
  • ABOUT
  • ABOVE
  • ABUSE
  • ACUTE
  • ADAGE
  • ADOBE
  • ADORE
  • AFIRE
  • AFOOT
  • AFOUL
  • AGAIN
  • AGAPE
  • AGATE
  • AGILE
  • AGORA
  • AGREE
  • AHEAD
  • AIDER
  • AISLE
  • ALGAE
  • ALIBI
  • ALIEN
  • ALIKE
  • ALIVE
  • ALONE
  • ALOOF
  • ALOUD
  • AMAZE
  • AMUSE
  • ANIME
  • ANODE
  • AORTA
  • APNEA
  • ARENA
  • ARGUE
  • ARISE
  • AROMA
  • AROSE
  • ASIDE
  • ATONE
  • AUDIT
  • AUGUR
  • AVAIL
  • AVIAN
  • AVOID
  • AWAIT
  • AWAKE
  • AWARE
  • AWOKE
  • AXIAL
  • AXIOM
  • AXION
  • AZURE
  • BAYOU
  • BELIE
  • BIOME
  • BOOZE
  • BOULE
  • CACAO
  • CAMEO
  • CANOE
  • CAUSE
  • CEASE
  • COCOA
  • COUPE
  • CURIO
  • CUTIE
  • DEUCE
  • DIODE
  • EAGER
  • EAGLE
  • EASEL
  • EATEN
  • EATER
  • ELATE
  • ELIDE
  • ELITE
  • ELOPE
  • ELUDE
  • EMAIL
  • EMCEE
  • ENEMA
  • ENNUI
  • ENSUE
  • EQUAL
  • EQUIP
  • ERASE
  • ERODE
  • ETUDE
  • EVADE
  • EVOKE
  • EXILE
  • FAUNA
  • FOLIO
  • FUGUE
  • GAUGE
  • GAUZE
  • GEESE
  • GENIE
  • GOOEY
  • GOOSE
  • GOUGE
  • GUAVA
  • GUIDE
  • GUILE
  • GUISE
  • HAUTE
  • HEAVE
  • HOUSE
  • IDEAL
  • IDIOM
  • IDIOT
  • IGLOO
  • ILIAC
  • IMAGE
  • IMBUE
  • INANE
  • IONIC
  • IRATE
  • ISSUE
  • JUICE
  • KOALA
  • LEASE
  • LEAVE
  • LIEGE
  • LOOSE
  • LOUSE
  • MAFIA
  • MAIZE
  • MANIA
  • MAUVE
  • MEDIA
  • MELEE
  • MOOSE
  • MOUSE
  • MOVIE
  • NAIVE
  • NIECE
  • NOISE
  • NOOSE
  • OAKEN
  • OBESE
  • OCEAN
  • OLIVE
  • OMEGA
  • ONION

Common 5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels

  • ABOUT
  • HOUSE
  • AGAIN
  • VIDEO
  • CAUSE
  • LEAVE
  • MEDIA
  • QUITE
  • ISSUE
  • ABOVE
  • ALONE
  • MOVIE
  • VALUE
  • UNION
  • VOICE
  • PIECE
  • PEACE
  • AHEAD
  • RADIO
  • AGREE
  • IMAGE
  • AVOID
  • QUEEN
  • AWARE
  • ALIVE
  • GUIDE
  • RAISE
  • OCEAN
  • EMAIL
  • ROUTE
  • ABUSE
  • EQUAL
  • QUIET
  • USUAL
  • ASIDE
  • NOISE
  • QUOTE
  • ARGUE
  • LOOSE
  • IDEAL
  • ELITE
  • RATIO
  • JUICE
  • ARENA
  • MOUSE
  • PIANO
  • SAUCE
  • ALIEN
  • OPERA
  • ANIME
  • OUTER
  • VENUE
  • USAGE
  • SUITE
  • LEASE
  • ALIKE
  • EAGLE
  • OLIVE
  • AUDIT
  • GAUGE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels for Wordle

  • RAISE
  • ALONE
  • RATIO
  • ABOUT
  • HOUSE
  • AGAIN
  • VIDEO
  • CAUSE
  • LEAVE
  • MEDIA
  • QUITE
  • ISSUE
  • ABOVE
  • MOVIE
  • VALUE
  • UNION
  • VOICE
  • PIECE
  • PEACE
  • AHEAD
  • RADIO
  • AGREE
  • IMAGE
  • AVOID
  • QUEEN
  • AWARE
  • ALIVE
  • GUIDE
  • OCEAN
  • EMAIL
  • ROUTE
  • ABUSE
  • EQUAL
  • QUIET
  • USUAL
  • ASIDE
  • NOISE
  • QUOTE
  • ARGUE
  • LOOSE
  • IDEAL
  • ELITE
  • JUICE
  • ARENA
  • MOUSE
  • PIANO
  • SAUCE
  • ALIEN
  • OPERA
  • ANIME
  • OUTER
  • VENUE
  • USAGE
  • SUITE
  • LEASE
  • ALIKE
  • EAGLE
  • OLIVE
  • AUDIT
  • GAUGE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels by Vowel Set

5 Letter Words With A E and I

  • MEDIA
  • IMAGE
  • ALIVE
  • RAISE
  • EMAIL
  • ASIDE
  • IDEAL
  • ALIEN
  • ANIME
  • ALIKE
  • ARISE
  • NAIVE

5 Letter Words With A I and O

  • RADIO
  • AVOID
  • RATIO
  • PIANO
  • PATIO
  • VIOLA
  • AXIOM
  • VOILA
  • AXION
  • AMINO
  • OASIS
  • MARIO

5 Letter Words With E I and O

  • VIDEO
  • MOVIE
  • VOICE
  • NOISE
  • OLIVE
  • OXIDE
  • DIODE
  • POISE
  • BIOME
  • OPINE
  • OVINE
  • DIEGO

5 Letter Words With A E and O

  • ABOVE
  • ALONE
  • OCEAN
  • OPERA
  • OMEGA
  • ADOBE
  • AROSE
  • ADORE
  • CANOE
  • CAMEO
  • AWOKE
  • ABODE

5 Letter Words With A E and U

  • CAUSE
  • VALUE
  • ABUSE
  • EQUAL
  • ARGUE
  • SAUCE
  • USAGE
  • GAUGE
  • ACUTE
  • PAUSE
  • VAGUE
  • QUAKE

5 Letter Words With A I and U

  • AUDIT
  • QUASI
  • QUAIL
  • JULIA
  • SAUDI
  • LUCIA
  • HAIKU
  • GAIUS
  • URIAH
  • CURIA
  • NUBIA
  • UMAMI

5 Letter Words With E O and U

  • HOUSE
  • ROUTE
  • QUOTE
  • MOUSE
  • OUTER
  • ROUGE
  • ROGUE
  • OUNCE
  • VOGUE
  • COUPE
  • ROUSE
  • GOUGE

5 Letter Words With E I and U

  • QUITE
  • ISSUE
  • GUIDE
  • QUIET
  • JUICE
  • SUITE
  • UNITE
  • URINE
  • EQUIP
  • GUISE
  • CUTIE
  • PIQUE

5 Letter Words With A O and U

  • ABOUT
  • QUOTA
  • ALOUD
  • BAYOU
  • AFOUL
  • AUTOS
  • OUTTA
  • AMOUR
  • OTAKU
  • GUANO
  • ANJOU
  • GOUDA

5 Letter Words With I O and U

  • UNION
  • OPIUM
  • CURIO
  • LOUIS
  • RUBIO
  • SIOUX
  • JULIO
  • PIOUS
  • GUIDO
  • QUITO
  • BIJOU
  • SUOMI

5 Letter Words With 3 Different Vowels

  • ABOUT
  • HOUSE
  • VIDEO
  • CAUSE
  • MEDIA
  • QUITE
  • ISSUE
  • ABOVE
  • ALONE
  • MOVIE
  • VALUE
  • UNION
  • VOICE
  • RADIO
  • IMAGE
  • AVOID
  • ALIVE
  • GUIDE
  • RAISE
  • OCEAN
  • EMAIL
  • ROUTE
  • ABUSE
  • EQUAL
  • QUIET
  • ASIDE
  • NOISE
  • QUOTE
  • ARGUE
  • IDEAL
  • RATIO
  • JUICE
  • MOUSE
  • PIANO
  • SAUCE
  • ALIEN
  • OPERA
  • ANIME
  • OUTER
  • USAGE
  • SUITE
  • ALIKE
  • OLIVE
  • AUDIT
  • GAUGE
  • ACUTE
  • ARISE
  • OMEGA
  • OXIDE
  • ROUGE
  • ADOBE
  • PATIO
  • PAUSE
  • UNITE
  • ROGUE
  • VAGUE
  • URINE
  • OUNCE
  • NAIVE
  • AROSE

5 Letter Words With 3 Consecutive Vowels

  • QUEEN
  • QUIET
  • QUEER
  • QUAIL
  • GOOEY
  • WOOER
  • LOUIS
  • SEOUL
  • SIOUX
  • PIOUS
  • BOOED
  • GAIUS
  • XVIII
  • XXIII
  • ROUEN
  • BEAUX
  • ZOOEY
  • LIEUT
  • BEAUT
  • WOOED
  • PAEAN
  • VIEUX
  • AEONS
  • BOEUF
  • SIEUR
  • CHIAO
  • REAIS
  • BRAAI
  • SQUEE
  • COOED
  • MIAOW
  • HOOEY
  • MIEUX
  • GEOID
  • NAIAD
  • LAIUS
  • BEAUS
  • REUEL
  • POOED
  • QUOAD
  • QUOIN
  • QUOIT
  • NGAIO
  • NAIAS
  • QUAIS
  • NOOIT
  • ZOOID
  • MAIUS
  • LUAUS
  • MOOED
  • COOEY
  • PAEON
  • LAUAN
  • POOEY
  • QUEAN
  • REAAL
  • LOOEY
  • QUAIR
  • SAIID
  • AIERY

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels and Y

  • BAYOU
  • GOOEY
  • PAYEE
  • YAHOO
  • YOURE
  • YOUVE
  • ZOOEY
  • YAZOO
  • YOUSE
  • EYRIE
  • ABAYA
  • ALIYA
  • YAQUI
  • OYAMA
  • ORIYA
  • HOOEY
  • AKOYA
  • YOWIE
  • AYAYA
  • YEARA
  • UPAYA
  • COOEY
  • POOEY
  • LOOEY
  • AIYAH
  • LAYIA
  • AGUEY
  • AIERY
  • AIYOH
  • ALEYE
  • AYOUS
  • AYRIE
  • AYUYU
  • BOOAY
  • BOYAU
  • COYAU
  • EDIYA
  • HOOYE
  • INEYE
  • KIEYE
  • LOUEY
  • MOOEY
  • NOYAU
  • OOYAH
  • OUREY
  • OXEYE
  • OYANA
  • PEEOY
  • PIOYE
  • POOAY
  • POYOU
  • QUEYU
  • ROYOU
  • SAYEE
  • SOOEY
  • TEAEY
  • UAYEB
  • ULYIE
  • UNEYE
  • WAYAO

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels by Starting Letter

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With A

  • ABOUT
  • AGAIN
  • ABOVE
  • ALONE
  • AHEAD
  • AGREE
  • AVOID
  • AWARE
  • ALIVE
  • ABUSE
  • ASIDE
  • ARGUE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With B

  • BOOZE
  • BAYOU
  • BIOME
  • BELIE
  • BOULE
  • BOWIE
  • BOONE
  • BOISE
  • BEIGE
  • BOOED
  • BUENA
  • BUENO

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With C

  • CAUSE
  • CEASE
  • COCOA
  • CANOE
  • CAMEO
  • COUPE
  • CUTIE
  • CACAO
  • CURIO
  • CAIRO
  • CELIA
  • CURIE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With D

  • DIODE
  • DEUCE
  • DIANA
  • DIANE
  • DIEGO
  • DIXIE
  • DALAI
  • DUANE
  • DELIA
  • DEERE
  • DOUSE
  • DUOMO

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With E

  • EMAIL
  • EQUAL
  • ELITE
  • EAGLE
  • EATEN
  • EAGER
  • EXILE
  • ERASE
  • EQUIP
  • EATER
  • EVADE
  • EVOKE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With F

  • FAUNA
  • FOLIO
  • FUGUE
  • FAIRE
  • FACIE
  • FIERI
  • FERIA
  • FOLIE
  • FOVEA
  • FIXIE
  • FOLIA
  • FILII

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With G

  • GUIDE
  • GAUGE
  • GOOSE
  • GUISE
  • GENIE
  • GEESE
  • GAUZE
  • GOOEY
  • GUILE
  • GOUGE
  • GUAVA
  • GENOA

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With H

  • HOUSE
  • HAUTE
  • HEAVE
  • HAITI
  • HAGUE
  • HEIDI
  • HANOI
  • HOMIE
  • HAIKU
  • HAUSA
  • HOSEA
  • HAIDA

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With I

  • ISSUE
  • IMAGE
  • IDEAL
  • IDIOT
  • IONIC
  • IDIOM
  • IRATE
  • INANE
  • IGLOO
  • IMBUE
  • ILIAC
  • INDIA

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With J

  • JUICE
  • JULIA
  • JAMIE
  • JULIE
  • JAIME
  • JULIO
  • JOLIE
  • JOSIE
  • JOULE
  • JAINA
  • JEUNE
  • JAUNE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With K

  • KOALA
  • KOREA
  • KATIE
  • KEITA
  • KENAI
  • KIOWA
  • KAZOO
  • KAROO
  • KAABA
  • KAURI
  • KOINE
  • KANAE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With L

  • LEAVE
  • LOOSE
  • LEASE
  • LIEGE
  • LOUSE
  • LOUIS
  • LAURA
  • LEONE
  • LUCIA
  • LUIGI
  • LEILA
  • LAUDE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With M

  • MEDIA
  • MOVIE
  • MOUSE
  • MAFIA
  • MOOSE
  • MANIA
  • MAIZE
  • MELEE
  • MAUVE
  • MARIA
  • MIAMI
  • MOORE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With N

  • NOISE
  • NIECE
  • NAIVE
  • NOOSE
  • NAOMI
  • NOONE
  • NUEVO
  • NOIRE
  • NAIRA
  • NUBIA
  • NUDIE
  • NIOBE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With O

  • OCEAN
  • OPERA
  • OUTER
  • OLIVE
  • ONION
  • OMEGA
  • OXIDE
  • OZONE
  • OUNCE
  • OBESE
  • OPIUM
  • OUTDO

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With P

  • PIECE
  • PEACE
  • PIANO
  • PATIO
  • PAUSE
  • PIXIE
  • POISE
  • PIQUE
  • PUREE
  • PAYEE
  • PAULA
  • PAPUA

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With Q

  • QUITE
  • QUEEN
  • QUIET
  • QUOTE
  • QUEER
  • QUOTA
  • QUASI
  • QUAKE
  • QUAIL
  • QUITO
  • QUESO
  • QUINE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With R

  • RADIO
  • RAISE
  • ROUTE
  • RATIO
  • ROUGE
  • ROGUE
  • RODEO
  • REUSE
  • ROUSE
  • REVUE
  • RUPEE
  • RADII

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With S

  • SAUCE
  • SUITE
  • SIEGE
  • SEIZE
  • SAUNA
  • SIEVE
  • SUAVE
  • SEPIA
  • SEGUE
  • SAUTE
  • SAUDI
  • SEOUL

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With T

  • TEASE
  • TABOO
  • TIARA
  • TIBIA
  • TEPEE
  • TANIA
  • TAIGA
  • TAUPE
  • TAPIA
  • TAIKO
  • TAURI
  • TORII

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With U

  • UNION
  • USUAL
  • USAGE
  • UNITE
  • URINE
  • UNDUE
  • UNTIE
  • UTILE
  • UTERO
  • UHURU
  • UNSEE
  • URIEL

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With V

  • VIDEO
  • VALUE
  • VOICE
  • VENUE
  • VAGUE
  • VOGUE
  • VIOLA
  • VOILA
  • VITAE
  • VIEUX
  • VEUVE
  • VARIA

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With W

  • WEAVE
  • WAIVE
  • WOOER
  • WAITE
  • WAHOO
  • WOOED
  • WEISE
  • WAZOO
  • WOWEE
  • WUXIA
  • WEEKE
  • WAISE

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With Y

  • YAHOO
  • YOURE
  • YOUVE
  • YAZOO
  • YOUSE
  • YAQUI
  • YOWIE
  • YEARA
  • YABOO
  • YAGUA
  • YAMEO
  • YEEEK

5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels Starting With Z

  • ZAIRE
  • ZOOEY
  • ZOWIE
  • ZAIDA
  • ZOOID
  • ZAMIA
  • ZAIDE
  • ZAQUE
  • ZEERA
  • ZIARA
  • ZIEGA
  • ZIRAI

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels in Scrabble

  1. JIQUI 21 points
  2. KAZOO 18 points
  3. QUAKE 18 points
  4. FUZEE 17 points
  5. AMAZE 16 points
  6. AZOIC 16 points
  7. BAIZA 16 points
  8. BAIZE 16 points
  9. BOOZE 16 points
  10. EQUIP 16 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With 3 Vowels

  • AROID: Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
  • EQUID: Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck.
  • HOURI: A voluptuously beautiful young woman.
  • ZAMIA: Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads.
  • AZIDO: Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
  • APIAN: Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
  • DOURA: Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
  • OVOLO: A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
  • POILU: A French soldier (especially in World War I).
  • ZOOID: One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.
  • ELATE: Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. It is on the answer list.
  • REAVE: Steal goods; take as spoils.
  • OUTGO: Money paid out; an amount spent. It is on the answer list.
  • RETIE: Tie again or anew.
  • IMIDE: Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
  • AMAIN: With all your strength.
  • GIGUE: Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
  • UKASE: An edict of the Russian tsar.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with 3 vowels?

There are 2,655 of them. The everyday ones include ABOUT, HOUSE, AGAIN, VIDEO and CAUSE.

How many 5 letter words have 3 vowels?

2,655 in total, and 227 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with 3 vowels are Wordle answers?

227 of them have been answers, among them LEAVE, MEDIA, QUITE, ISSUE and ABOVE.

What 5 letter words have 3 different vowels?

1,295 of them, including ABOUT, HOUSE, VIDEO, CAUSE and MEDIA.

Can a Wordle answer be a word with 3 vowels?

Yes. ABOUT, HOUSE and AGAIN 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. AGAIN and LEAVE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ARAME really a word?

Yes. An edible seaweed with a mild flavor. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

ABOUT. 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. ZOWEE and ZOQUE 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?

ABASE, AFIRE and AIDER. 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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