With A and T and E and R somewhere in the word, 149 options remain. AFTER, ALERT, ALTER are the ones to try.
36 of them end in R, which is the ending that repeats most here.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 149 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- TREAT: takes 149 down to 38 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- TEARS: down to 46.
- TRADE: down to 52. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The last square lands on T more than any other letter: 36 words, about a quarter of the set. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (19), P (12) and C (11). 15 of the 149 are words you already use. That is a small share, so a guess made of the letters above beats a guess made of rare ones.
Best 5 Letter Words With A, E, R and T
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- AFTER
- ALERT
- ALTER
- AVERT
- CATER
- CRATE
- EARTH
- EATER
- EXTRA
- GRATE
- GREAT
- HATER
- HEART
- IRATE
- LATER
- REACT
- STARE
- TAKER
- TAMER
- TAPER
- TEARY
- TERRA
- TRACE
- TRADE
- TREAD
- TREAT
- WATER
- RATED
- RATES
- TEARS
5 Letter Words With A, E, R and T Starting With A
- AFTER
- ALERT
- ALTER
- AVERT
- ABRET
- ADRET
- AFRET
- ANTRE
- APERT
- APTER
- ARENT
- AREST
- ARETE
- ARETS
- ARETT
- ARITE
- ARMET
- ARRET
- ARTEL
- ARTER
- ARTIE
- ASTER
- ASTRE
- ATREN
- ATTER
- AUTRE
5 Letter Words With A, E, R and T Starting With R
- REACT
- RATED
- RATES
- RAMET
- RATEL
- RATER
- RATHE
- RAZET
- REAST
- REATA
- REATE
- RECTA
- REPAT
- RESAT
- RETAG
- RETAL
- RETAM
- RETAN
- RETAR
- RETAX
- RETIA
- ROATE
5 Letter Words With A, E, R and T Starting With T
- TAKER
- TAMER
- TAPER
- TEARY
- TERRA
- TRACE
- TRADE
- TREAD
- TREAT
- TEARS
- TABER
- TALER
- TARDE
- TAREA
- TARED
- TAREQ
- TARES
- TARGE
- TARIE
- TARRE
- TARSE
- TARTE
- TARVE
- TASER
- TATER
- TAVER
- TAWER
- TAXER
- TAYER
- TEAER
- TEART
- TELAR
- TERAI
- TERAP
- TERAS
- TERGA
- TERMA
- TERNA
- TERZA
- TETRA
- THRAE
- TIARE
- TRAME
- TRAPE
- TRAVE
- TREAS
- TREFA
- TREMA
5 Letter Words With A, E, R and T Starting With B, C, D and other letters
- BARET
- BATER
- BERAT
- CATER
- CRATE
- CARET
- CARTE
- CERAT
- CREAT
- CRETA
- DATER
- DERAT
- DETAR
- DRATE
- EARTH
- EATER
- EXTRA
- EARNT
- EARST
- ECART
- ERATO
- FEART
- FRATE
- GRATE
- GREAT
- GATER
- GRETA
- HATER
- HEART
- HERAT
- IRATE
- KERAT
- LATER
- MATER
- MERAT
- METRA
- OATER
- ORATE
- PARTE
- PATER
- PEART
- PETAR
- PRATE
- PRETA
- STARE
- SATER
- SERTA
- STEAR
- STRAE
- URATE
- WATER
- WRATE
- WREAT
Less Familiar Words Here
A few here appear in puzzles more often than in speech. Worth reading before one of them costs you a guess.
- RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
- REATA: A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
- ORATE: Talk pompously.
- PRATE: Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
- TRAVE: A horizontal beam that extends across something.
- URATE: A salt of uric acid.
- CARET: A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
- ARETE: A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
- TATER: An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
- TETRA: Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain A, E, R and T?
Yes. AFTER, GREAT and WATER 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. TREAT and TERRA are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is ARMET really a word?
Yes. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
AFTER. 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. WREAT and WRATE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.