5 Letter Words With A, E and P

315 5 letter words with a, e and p, taken in any order and any position. Sorted so the strongest guesses land first.

315 words hold A and P and E, wherever they fall. ADEPT, AGAPE, AMPLE lead, and 44 can be the answer.

All 315 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 315 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.

PASTE: takes 315 down to 42 at worst. It is on the answer list.
PEARL: down to 51. It is on the answer list.
PAPER: down to 54. It is on the answer list.

What These Words Have in Common

E is the ending to expect here, closing 96 of these words. If you need a second letter to test, S (93), R (88) and L (70) appear here more than any others. Only 19 of the 315 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.

Best 5 Letter Words With A, E and P

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ADEPT
AGAPE
AMPLE
APNEA
APPLE
CAPER
CHEAP
LAPEL
LAPSE
LEAPT
MAPLE
OPERA
PALER
PANEL
PAPER
PARER
PARSE
PASTE
PAUSE
PAYEE
PAYER
PEACE
PEACH
PEARL
PECAN
PEDAL
PENAL
PETAL
PHASE
PLACE
PLANE
PLATE
PLEAD
PLEAT
RECAP
REPAY
SEPIA
SHAPE
SPACE
SPADE
SPARE
SPEAK
SPEAR
TAPER
PAGES
TAPES

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With A

ADEPT
AGAPE
AMPLE
APNEA
APPLE
ADEEP
ADEPS
AESOP
AHEAP
AKPEK
ALEPH
ALPEN
AMPED
AMPER
APACE
APAGE
APEAK
APEEK
APERS
APERT
APERU
APERY
APODE
APPEL
APPET
APRES
APSES
APTED
APTER
AREPA
ARPEN
ASPEN
ASPER
ASPIE
AYELP

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With C

CAPER
CHEAP
CAMPE
CAPED
CAPEL
CAPES
CAPEX
CAPLE
CARPE
CHAPE
CLAPE
CRAPE

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With E

ELAMP
ELAPS
ENAPT
ENPIA
EPACT
EPENA
EPHAH
EPHAS
ETAPE
EUPAD
EXPAT

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With L

LAPEL
LAPSE
LEAPT
LAPJE
LEAPS
LEPAK
LEPAL
LEPAS
LEPRA
LEPTA

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With P

PALER
PANEL
PAPER
PARER
PARSE
PASTE
PAUSE
PAYEE
PAYER
PEACE
PEACH
PEARL
PECAN
PEDAL
PENAL
PETAL
PHASE
PLACE
PLANE
PLATE
PLEAD
PLEAT
PAGES
PACED
PACER
PACES
PACEY
PADGE
PADLE
PADRE
PAEAN
PAEDO
PAEON
PAGED
PAGER
PAGLE
PAGNE
PAINE
PAIPE
PAIRE
PAISE
PALEA
PALED
PALES
PALET
PALEW
PANCE
PANED
PANES
PANNE
PANSE
PAPES
PAPEY
PAQUE
PARAE
PARDE
PARED
PAREL
PAREN
PAREO
PARES
PAREU
PAREV
PARGE
PARLE
PARTE
PARVE
PASEO
PASES
PASSE
PATED
PATEE
PATEL
PATEN
PATER
PATES
PATTE
PAVED
PAVEN
PAVER
PAVES
PAVIE
PAWED
PAWER
PAXES
PAYED
PAYEN
PEAGE
PEAGS
PEAKE
PEAKS
PEAKY
PEALS
PEANS
PEARE
PEARS
PEART
PEASE
PEASY
PEATS
PEATY
PEAVY
PEAZE
PEBAN
PEBAS
PECIA
PEGMA
PEKAN
PEKAU
PEKEA
PELAS
PELAU
PELMA
PELTA
PENDA
PENNA
PENTA
PEOLA
PEPLA
PERAE
PERAI
PERAU
PERCA
PEREA
PERLA
PESAH
PESTA
PETAR
PHAET
PHAGE
PHANE
PHARE
PHEAL
PICAE
PICEA
PIETA
PILAE
PILEA
PLAGE
PLEAS
PLENA
POAKE
POENA
PORAE
POTAE
PRASE
PRATE
PREAK
PRELA
PRESA

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With R

RECAP
REPAY
RAPED
RAPEE
RAPER
RAPES
RAPHE
RAPPE
REAPS
RELAP
REMAP
REPAD
REPAS
REPAT
REPLA

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With S

SEPIA
SHAPE
SPACE
SPADE
SPARE
SPEAK
SPEAR
SALEP
SAPEK
SAPLE
SCAPE
SEPAD
SEPAL
SEPPA
SEPTA
SLAPE
SNAPE
SNEAP
SPAED
SPAER
SPAES
SPAKE
SPALE
SPANE
SPATE
SPAVE
SPEAL
SPEAN
SPEAT
SWAPE

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With T

TAPER
TAPES
TAPED
TAPEN
TAPET
TAUPE
TEPAL
TEPAS
TERAP
TRAPE

5 Letter Words With A, E and P Starting With B, D, F and other letters

BECAP
BEHAP
BELAP
BEPAT
BEPAW
DECAP
DEPAS
DRAPE
FRAPE
GAPED
GAPER
GAPES
GRAPE
HEAPS
HEAPY
HEPAR
JAPED
JAPER
JAPES
JASPE
KAPPE
KNAPE
MAPLE
MAPES
NAPED
NAPES
NAPPE
NEAPS
NEPAL
NIEPA
OPERA
OLPAE
UAUPE
UPEAT
VAPED
VAPER
VAPES
VERPA
VESPA

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.

PEKAN: Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
EPHAH: An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
PRATE: Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
PARER: A manicurist who trims the fingernails. It is on the answer list.
SEPAL: One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
CRAPE: Curl tightly.
RAPHE: A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
ASPER: 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey.
PIETA: A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
PLAGE: The beach at a seaside resort.
PEAVY: A stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs.
PLEAT: Fold into pleats,. It is on the answer list.
PAYEE: A person to whom money is paid. It is on the answer list.
PEATY: Of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain A, E and P?

Yes. PLACE, SPACE and PAPER have all been answers, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

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

Is APERY really a word?

Yes. The act of mimicking; imitative behavior. It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

PLACE. It is the most ordinary word on this list that has already been the puzzle, 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. VERPA and UPEAT are among them. Only a smaller set has ever been the answer, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

PARER, PAYEE and PLEAT. 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.