5 Letter Words With A, R and T

All 496 5 letter words with a, r and t, with the likely Wordle answers marked. Browse the full list and filter to answers or common words.

Know A and R and T belong in the word but not where? ABORT, ACTOR, AFTER and more contain them, and 69 are past Wordle answers, marked green.

About 14% (69) have been actual Wordle answers. ACTOR is among the most familiar to reach for.

Best First Guesses

With 496 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

TREAT: takes 496 down to 94 at worst. It has been an answer before.
TEARS: down to 105.
RATES: down to 126.

What These Words Have in Common

125 of them end in T, about a quarter of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are E (149), S (116) and I (80). Only 36 of the 496 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, R and T

The strongest picks, with likely Wordle answers first.

ABORT
ACTOR
AFTER
ALERT
ALTAR
ALTER
AORTA
APART
ARTSY
AVERT
CARAT
CATER
CHART
CRAFT
CRATE
DRAFT
EARTH
EATER
EXTRA
GRAFT
GRANT
GRATE
GREAT
HATER
HEART
IRATE
LATER
PARTY
QUART
RATIO
RATTY
REACT
ROAST
SATYR
SMART
STAIR
STARE
STARK
START
STRAP
STRAW
STRAY
TAKER
TAMER
TAPER
TAPIR
TARDY
TAROT
TEARY
TERRA
TIARA
TRACE
TRACK
TRACT
TRADE
TRAIL
TRAIN
TRAIT
TRAMP
TRASH
TRAWL
TREAD
TREAT
TRIAD
TRIAL
ULTRA
WARTY
WATER
WRATH
PARTS
RATED
RATES
STARS
TEARS
TRANS

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With A

ABORT
ACTOR
AFTER
ALERT
ALTAR
ALTER
AORTA
APART
ARTSY
AVERT
AARTI
ABRET
ABSTR
ADRET
AFRET
AFRIT
AIRTH
AIRTS
AMORT
AMRIT
ANTAR
ANTRA
ANTRE
APERT
APORT
APTER
ARATI
ARCHT
ARENT
AREST
ARETE
ARETS
ARETT
ARGOT
ARHAT
ARIOT
ARIST
ARITE
ARITH
ARMET
ARMIT
ARNUT
ARRET
ARRGT
ARTAL
ARTAR
ARTEL
ARTER
ARTHA
ARTIC
ARTIE
ARTIS
ARTLY
ARTOU
ARTUS
ASTER
ASTIR
ASTOR
ASTRE
ASTUR
ATHAR
ATOUR
ATREN
ATRIA
ATRIP
ATTAR
ATTER
ATTRY
AUTOR
AUTRE

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With B

BARAT
BARET
BARIT
BARTH
BATER
BERAT
BLART
BOART
BRACT
BRANT
BRAST
BRATS
BRUTA

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With C

CARAT
CATER
CHART
CRAFT
CRATE
CARET
CAROT
CARTA
CARTE
CARTS
CARTY
CATUR
CERAT
CLART
COART
CORTA
CREAT
CRETA
CROAT
CURAT

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With D

DRAFT
DAIRT
DARAT
DARST
DARTS
DATER
DERAT
DETAR
DRANT
DRATE
DRATS
DUTRA

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With F

FARTH
FARTS
FATOR
FEART
FRACT
FRATE
FRATI
FRATS
FRITA

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With G

GRAFT
GRANT
GRATE
GREAT
GARTH
GATER
GATOR
GOTRA
GRATA
GRATS
GRETA
GROAT

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With K

KARAT
KARST
KARTS
KATAR
KERAT
KITAR
KORAT
KOTAR
KRAFT
KRAIT
KRAUT
KURTA

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With M

MARTS
MARTU
MARTY
MATAR
MATER
MATRA
MERAT
METRA
MITRA
MORAT
MURAT

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

PARTY
PARTS
PAIRT
PARTE
PARTI
PARTO
PATER
PEART
PETAR
PORTA
PRATE
PRATS
PRATT
PRATY
PRETA
PRUTA

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With R

RATIO
RATTY
REACT
ROAST
RATED
RATES
RABAT
RABOT
RAFTS
RAFTY
RAITA
RAITH
RAITS
RAKIT
RAMET
RAMTA
RANTS
RANTY
RASTA
RASTY
RATAL
RATAN
RATAS
RATCH
RATEL
RATER
RATHA
RATHE
RATHS
RATOO
RATOS
RATTI
RATUS
RATWA
RAYAT
RAZET
REAST
REATA
REATE
RECTA
REPAT
RESAT
RETAG
RETAL
RETAM
RETAN
RETAR
RETAX
RETIA
RHYTA
RIANT
RIATA
RIATO
RIBAT
ROATE
ROCTA
ROTAL
ROTAN
ROTAS
ROTTA
RYBAT

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With S

SATYR
SMART
STAIR
STARE
STARK
START
STRAP
STRAW
STRAY
STARS
SATER
SCART
SCRAT
SERTA
SHART
SHTAR
SITAR
SKART
SLART
SORTA
SPART
SPRAT
STARN
STARR
STARW
STARY
STEAR
STRAD
STRAE
STRAG
STRAK
STRAM
STRIA
SURAT
SUTRA
SWART

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With T

TAKER
TAMER
TAPER
TAPIR
TARDY
TAROT
TEARY
TERRA
TIARA
TRACE
TRACK
TRACT
TRADE
TRAIL
TRAIN
TRAIT
TRAMP
TRASH
TRAWL
TREAD
TREAT
TRIAD
TRIAL
TEARS
TRANS
TABER
TABOR
TAHAR
TAHRS
TAIRA
TAIRN
TAKAR
TAKYR
TALAR
TALER
TARAF
TARAI
TARAS
TARAU
TARDE
TARDO
TARDS
TAREA
TARED
TAREQ
TARES
TARFA
TARGA
TARGE
TARIE
TARIN
TARKA
TARMI
TARNS
TAROC
TAROK
TAROS
TARPS
TARRE
TARRI
TARRY
TARSE
TARSI
TARTE
TARTS
TARTY
TARVE
TARZY
TASAR
TASER
TATAR
TATER
TAURI
TAVER
TAWER
TAXER
TAXIR
TAXOR
TAYER
TAYIR
TAYRA
TEAER
TEART
TELAR
TERAI
TERAP
TERAS
TERGA
TERMA
TERNA
TERZA
TETRA
THARF
THARM
THARS
THRAE
THRAM
THRAP
THRAW
THRAX
TIARE
TIARS
TIMAR
TIRAZ
TIRMA
TISAR
TITAR
TOLAR
TORAH
TORAL
TORAN
TORAS
TORMA
TORTA
TOVAR
TRABS
TRABU
TRACY
TRADS
TRADY
TRAGA
TRAGI
TRAGS
TRAGU
TRAIK
TRAMA
TRAME
TRAMS
TRANK
TRANQ
TRANT
TRAPA
TRAPE
TRAPO
TRAPS
TRAPT
TRASS
TRASY
TRATS
TRATT
TRAVE
TRAYF
TRAYS
TREAS
TREFA
TREMA
TRIAC
TRIAS
TRICA
TRIFA

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With W

WARTY
WATER
WRATH
WARNT
WARST
WARTH
WARTS
WHART
WRAPT
WRAST
WRATE
WREAT

5 Letter Words With A, R and T Starting With E, H, I and other letters

EARTH
EATER
EXTRA
EARNT
EARST
ECART
ERATO
HATER
HEART
HARST
HARTS
HERAT
IRATE
IFTAR
INTRA
JARTA
JURAT
LATER
LARNT
LATRO
LIART
LITRA
LUTRA
LYART
NRTTA
NRTYA
OATER
ORANT
ORATE
ORBAT
OTARY
OTTAR
QUART
QATAR
ULTRA
UNTAR
URATE
VITRA
YARTA
YARTH
YARTO
YATRA
YRAPT
YURTA

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.

OTTAR: Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
RIATA: A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
REATA: A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
ORATE: Talk pompously.
PRATE: Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
ASTIR: Out of bed.
STRIA: A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
TRAVE: A horizontal beam that extends across something.
URATE: A salt of uric acid.
ATHAR: Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
BRACT: A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
KRAIT: Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
CARET: A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain A, R and T?

Yes. AFTER, GREAT and START 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. START and STARS are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is AMORT really a word?

Yes. Utterly cast down. It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

AFTER. 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. YURTA and YRAPT 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?

RATTY, SATYR and TAPIR. All three have been answers, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.