5 Letter Words With E, R and T

All 495 5 letter words with e, r and t, with the likely Wordle answers marked. Browse the full list and filter to answers or common words.

Know E and R and T belong in the word but not where? AFTER, ALERT, ALTER and more contain them, and 90 are past Wordle answers, marked green.

About 18% (90) have been actual Wordle answers. AFTER is among the most familiar to reach for.

Best First Guesses

With 495 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.

TRIES: takes 495 down to 93 at worst.
TEARS: down to 98.
RATES: down to 101.

What These Words Have in Common

127 of them end in T, about a quarter of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (149), S (101) and O (91). 49 of the 495 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 E, R and T

The strongest picks, with likely Wordle answers first.

AFTER
ALERT
ALTER
AVERT
BERET
BERTH
BRUTE
CATER
CRATE
CREPT
CREST
DETER
EARTH
EATER
EGRET
ENTER
ENTRY
ERECT
ERUPT
ESTER
ETHER
EXERT
EXTRA
FORTE
GRATE
GREAT
GREET
HATER
HEART
INERT
INTER
IRATE
LATER
MERIT
METER
METRO
OTHER
OTTER
OUTER
OVERT
REACT
REBUT
RECUT
REFIT
REMIT
RESET
RETCH
RETRO
RETRY
RIVET
ROUTE
STARE
STEER
STERN
STORE
TAKER
TAMER
TAPER
TEARY
TENOR
TERRA
TERSE
THEIR
THERE
THREE
THREW
TIGER
TIMER
TOWER
TRACE
TRADE
TREAD
TREAT
TREND
TRIBE
TRICE
TRIED
TRIPE
TRITE
TROPE
TROVE
TRUCE
TRUER
TUBER
UTTER
VOTER
WATER
WREST
WRITE
WROTE
PETER
RATED
RATES
TEARS
TERMS
TERRY
TIRED
TIRES
TONER
TREES
TRIES
TUNER
TYLER

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

BERET
BERTH
BRUTE
BARET
BATER
BERAT
BITER
BLERT
BRENT
BREST
BRETH
BRETT
BRITE
BRUET
BURET

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

CATER
CRATE
CREPT
CREST
CARET
CARTE
CERAT
CERTS
CERTY
CHERT
CITER
CREAT
CRETA
CRETE
CRUET
CURET
CUTER

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

DETER
DATER
DERAT
DERTH
DETAR
DETUR
DITER
DOTER
DRATE
DRENT
DREST
DURET

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

EARTH
EATER
EGRET
ENTER
ENTRY
ERECT
ERUPT
ESTER
ETHER
EXERT
EXTRA
EARNT
EARST
ECART
ENRUT
ENTRE
ERATO
EREPT
ERGOT
ERMIT
ERNST
ERUCT
ESTRE
ESTRO
ETROG
EVERT
EXTER

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

FORTE
FEART
FERTH
FETOR
FORET
FRATE
FREET
FREIT
FREMT
FRETS
FRETT
FRITE

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

GRATE
GREAT
GREET
GATER
GOTER
GREIT
GRETA
GRETE
GREWT
GROTE

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

MERIT
METER
METRO
MATER
MBRET
MERAT
METRA
METRE
MITER
MITRE
MOTER
MPRET
MSTER
MTIER
MUTER

5 Letter Words With E, R and T Starting With O

OTHER
OTTER
OUTER
OVERT
OATER
OFTER
OPTER
ORATE
ORLET
ORTET
ORVET
OSETR
OUTRE
OXTER

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

PETER
PARTE
PATER
PEART
PEERT
PERIT
PERST
PERTS
PERTY
PETAR
PETRE
PETRI
PETRO
PIERT
PORET
PORTE
POTER
PRATE
PRENT
PREST
PRETA
PROTE
PUTER

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

REACT
REBUT
RECUT
REFIT
REMIT
RESET
RETCH
RETRO
RETRY
RIVET
ROUTE
RATED
RATES
RAMET
RATEL
RATER
RATHE
RAZET
REAST
REATA
REATE
REBIT
RECIT
RECPT
RECTA
RECTE
RECTI
RECTO
REEST
REGET
REGOT
REIST
RELET
RELIT
RELOT
REMET
RENET
RENTE
RENTS
REPAT
REPOT
REPUT
RESAT
RESIT
RESTO
RESTR
RESTS
RESTY
RETAG
RETAL
RETAM
RETAN
RETAR
RETAX
RETEM
RETES
RETHE
RETIA
RETIE
RETIN
RETIP
RETOX
REVET
REWET
REWTH
RIFTE
RITES
RITHE
ROATE
RONTE
ROSET
ROTED
ROTER
ROTES
ROTGE
ROTSE
ROTTE
ROUET
ROVET
ROWET
ROWTE
ROYET
ROZET
RUOTE
RYTHE

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

STARE
STEER
STERN
STORE
SATER
SERGT
SERTA
SERUT
SETER
SOTER
SPRET
STEAR
STERE
STERI
STERK
STERO
STERT
STIRE
STRAE
STREE
STREP
STRET
STREW
STREY
STRUE
STURE
STYRE

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

TAKER
TAMER
TAPER
TEARY
TENOR
TERRA
TERSE
THEIR
THERE
THREE
THREW
TIGER
TIMER
TOWER
TRACE
TRADE
TREAD
TREAT
TREND
TRIBE
TRICE
TRIED
TRIPE
TRITE
TROPE
TROVE
TRUCE
TRUER
TUBER
TEARS
TERMS
TERRY
TIRED
TIRES
TONER
TREES
TRIES
TUNER
TYLER
TABER
TALER
TARDE
TAREA
TARED
TAREQ
TARES
TARGE
TARIE
TARRE
TARSE
TARTE
TARVE
TASER
TATER
TAVER
TAWER
TAXER
TAYER
TEAER
TEART
TEERS
TEHRS
TELAR
TEPOR
TERAI
TERAP
TERAS
TERCE
TEREK
TERES
TEREU
TERFE
TERFS
TERGA
TERMA
TERNA
TERNE
TERNS
TERRE
TERRI
TERTS
TERZA
TERZO
TETRA
TETRI
TEWER
THEER
THEOR
THERM
THORE
THRAE
THROE
TIARE
TIBER
TICER
TIERS
TIGRE
TILER
TIRER
TIRVE
TITER
TITRE
TIVER
TOHER
TOKER
TOPER
TORED
TORES
TORET
TORSE
TORTE
TORVE
TOTER
TOYER
TOZER
TRAME
TRAPE
TRAVE
TREAS
TRECK
TREED
TREEN
TREEY
TREFA
TREIF
TREKS
TREMA
TREMS
TRENT
TRESS
TREST
TRETS
TREWS
TREYF
TREYS
TRIDE
TRIER
TRIKE
TRINE
TRODE
TROKE
TRONE
TROUE
TRUED
TRUES
TRYER
TRYKE
TSERE
TURME
TURSE

5 Letter Words With E, R and T Starting With U

UTTER
UPTER
URATE
URENT
URITE
USTER
UTERI
UTERO
UTHER

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

HATER
HEART
HERAT
HERTZ
HUTRE
INERT
INTER
IRATE
ITERS
ITHER
KERAT
KITER
LATER
LEROT
LITER
LITRE
LUTER
NERTS
NERTZ
NETER
NITER
NITRE
NOTER
NOTRE
VOTER
VERST
VERTE
VERTS
VERTU
VERTY
VETER
WATER
WREST
WRITE
WROTE
WRATE
WREAT
YERTH
YRENT
YTTER

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.

TERCE: The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
THROE: Severe spasm of pain.
RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
VERST: A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
RETIE: Tie again or anew.
REATA: A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
ORATE: Talk pompously.
PRATE: Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
STREW: Cover; be dispersed over.
CRUET: Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table.
TRAVE: A horizontal beam that extends across something.
URATE: A salt of uric acid.
REPOT: Put in a new, usually larger, pot.
TREWS: Tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain E, R and T?

Yes. THEIR, THERE and OTHER 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. THERE and THREE 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 has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

THEIR. 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. YTTER and YRENT 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?

EGRET, RECUT and RETCH. 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.