5 Letter Words With E, S and T

All 634 5 letter words with e, s and t, with the likely Wordle answers marked. Browse the full list and filter to answers or common words.

Know E and S and T belong in the word but not where? BASTE, BEAST, BESET and more contain them, and 74 are past Wordle answers, marked green.

About 12% (74) have been actual Wordle answers. BEAST is among the most familiar to reach for.

Best First Guesses

With 634 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.

SEATS: takes 634 down to 92 at worst.
TEARS: down to 146.
BEATS: down to 151.

What These Words Have in Common

299 of them end in S, close to half of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (145), I (107) and R (101). 64 of the 634 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, S and T

The strongest picks, with likely Wordle answers first.

BASTE
BEAST
BESET
CASTE
CHEST
CREST
ESTER
ETHOS
EXIST
FEAST
FETUS
GUEST
HASTE
HEIST
ISLET
LEAST
ONSET
PASTE
PESTO
QUEST
RESET
SAUTE
SCENT
SETUP
SHEET
SKATE
SLATE
SLEET
SLEPT
SMELT
SMITE
SMOTE
SPELT
SPENT
SPITE
STAGE
STAKE
STALE
STARE
STATE
STAVE
STEAD
STEAK
STEAL
STEAM
STEED
STEEL
STEEP
STEER
STEIN
STERN
STOKE
STOLE
STONE
STORE
STOVE
STYLE
SUITE
SWEAT
SWEET
SWEPT
TASTE
TEASE
TENSE
TERSE
TESTY
THESE
THOSE
UNSET
UPSET
WASTE
WREST
YEAST
ZESTY
BEATS
BELTS
BYTES
CENTS
DATES
GATES
ITEMS
MEETS
NOTES
RATES
SEATS
SITES
STEPS
TAKES
TALES
TAPES
TAXES
TEAMS
TEARS
TEENS
TELLS
TERMS
TESTS
TEXAS
TEXTS
TILES
TIMES
TIRES
TONES
TREES
TRIES
TUBES
TUNES
TYPES
VOTES

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

ABETS
ANTES
AOTES
AREST
ARETS
ASHET
ASSET
ASTEL
ASTER
ASTRE
ATEES
AWEST

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

BASTE
BEAST
BESET
BEATS
BELTS
BYTES
BATES
BEEST
BEETS
BENTS
BESAT
BESIT
BESOT
BESTI
BESTS
BETAS
BETES
BETHS
BETIS
BETSO
BETSY
BISET
BITES
BLEST
BLETS
BOETS
BOTES
BREST
BTISE
BUTES

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

CASTE
CHEST
CREST
CENTS
CATES
CELTS
CERTS
CESTA
CESTE
CESTI
CETES
CETUS
CITES
COSET
COSTE
COTES
CSECT
CSNET
CUTES
CYTES

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

DATES
DEBTS
DEETS
DEIST
DELTS
DENTS
DESTO
DIETS
DITES
DOEST
DOTES
DREST
DSECT
DTSET
DUETS

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

ESTER
ETHOS
EXIST
EARST
EASTS
EDITS
EFITS
EGEST
EMITS
EMPTS
EPIST
ERNST
ESCOT
ESTAB
ESTOC
ESTOP
ESTRE
ESTRO
ESTUS
ETATS
ETENS
ETICS
ETNAS
ETUIS
ETWAS
EVETS
EWEST
EXITS
EXUST
EYOTS

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

FEAST
FETUS
FATES
FEATS
FEEST
FEIST
FELTS
FENTS
FESTA
FESTE
FESTS
FESTY
FETAS
FETES
FETIS
FETTS
FIEST
FRETS

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

GUEST
GATES
GEAST
GEATS
GEEST
GEIST
GEITS
GELTS
GENTS
GESTE
GESTS
GETAS
GHEST
GITES
GOEST
GYTES

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

HASTE
HEIST
HAETS
HATES
HEAST
HEATS
HEFTS
HENTS
HESTS
HETES
HETHS

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

KEATS
KEEST
KEETS
KEIST
KELTS
KENTS
KESTS
KETAS
KETES
KHETS
KITES
KYTES

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

LEAST
LEATS
LEETS
LEFTS
LESTE
LESTS
LIEST
LITES
LOTES
LUTES
LYTES

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

MEETS
MATES
MEATS
MELTS
MENTS
MESTO
METAS
METES
METHS
METIS
METUS
MITES
MOSTE
MOTES
MSTER
MUSET
MUTES

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

NOTES
NATES
NEATS
NEIST
NERTS
NESTS
NESTY
NETAS
NETES
NETTS
NEWTS
NEXTS
NITES

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

PASTE
PESTO
PATES
PEATS
PECTS
PELTS
PENTS
PERST
PERTS
PESTA
PESTE
PESTS
PESTY
PETOS
PIEST
PIETS
PISTE
PLETS
POETS
POSET
POSTE
POTES
PREST
PYETS

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

RESET
RATES
REAST
REEST
REIST
RENTS
RESAT
RESIT
RESTO
RESTR
RESTS
RESTY
RETES
RITES
ROSET
ROTES
ROTSE

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

SAUTE
SCENT
SETUP
SHEET
SKATE
SLATE
SLEET
SLEPT
SMELT
SMITE
SMOTE
SPELT
SPENT
SPITE
STAGE
STAKE
STALE
STARE
STATE
STAVE
STEAD
STEAK
STEAL
STEAM
STEED
STEEL
STEEP
STEER
STEIN
STERN
STOKE
STOLE
STONE
STORE
STOVE
STYLE
SUITE
SWEAT
SWEET
SWEPT
SEATS
SITES
STEPS
SAETA
SAITE
SALET
SATED
SATEM
SATER
SATES
SCEAT
SCOTE
SCUTE
SEBAT
SECTS
SEDAT
SEITY
SEKTS
SENIT
SENTE
SENTI
SENTS
SEPTA
SEPTI
SEPTS
SERGT
SERTA
SERUT
SESTI
SETAE
SETAL
SETER
SETHS
SETON
SETTS
SEXTO
SEXTS
SHEAT
SHENT
SHETH
SHETS
SHITE
SHOTE
SHUTE
SIENT
SIEST
SIETH
SIKET
SITED
SITHE
SIXTE
SKEAT
SKEET
SKETE
SKETS
SKITE
SKYTE
SLENT
SLETE
SLITE
SLOTE
SMETH
SNITE
SOGET
SOMET
SOOTE
SOTER
SOTIE
SOWTE
SPATE
SPEAT
SPECT
SPEKT
SPETE
SPETS
SPLET
SPRET
SPUTE
SQUET
STADE
STANE
STEAN
STEAR
STECH
STEDD
STEDE
STEDS
STEEK
STEEM
STEEN
STEEZ
STEGH
STEID
STEIK
STEIL
STELA
STELE
STELL
STEMA
STEME
STEMS
STEND
STENG
STENO
STENS
STENT
STEPT
STERE
STERI
STERK

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

TASTE
TEASE
TENSE
TERSE
TESTY
THESE
THOSE
TAKES
TALES
TAPES
TAXES
TEAMS
TEARS
TEENS
TELLS
TERMS
TESTS
TEXAS
TEXTS
TILES
TIMES
TIRES
TONES
TREES
TRIES
TUBES
TUNES
TYPES
TABES
TACES
TAELS
TAISE
TAJES
TAMES
TARES
TARSE
TASED
TASER
TASES
TASSE
TATES
TAWSE
TEADS
TEAKS
TEALS
TEASY
TEATS
TECHS
TEELS
TEEMS
TEERS
TEEST
TEETS
TEFFS
TEGGS
TEGUS
TEHRS
TEILS
TEINS
TEISE
TELES
TELOS
TEMES
TEMPS
TEMSE
TENDS
TENES
TENSO
TENTS
TEPAS
TERAS
TERES
TERFS
TERNS
TERTS
TESLA
TESTA
TESTE
TETES
TETHS
TEXES
THEES
THENS
THEOS
THESP
THEWS
TICES
TIDES
TIEFS
TIENS
TIERS
TIGES
TIKES
TINES
TIZES
TOEAS
TOGES
TOISE
TOKES
TOLES
TOMES
TOPES
TORES
TORSE
TOSED
TOSES
TOTES
TOUSE
TOWSE
TOZES
TREAS
TREKS
TREMS
TRESS
TREST
TRETS
TREWS
TREYS
TRUES
TSADE
TSERE
TSINE
TSKED
TULES
TURSE
TUTES
TUXES
TWAES
TWOES
TYEES
TYERS
TYKES
TYNES
TYRES
TYSTE

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

UNSET
UPSET
UMEST
UMSET
USENT
USETA
USTER
UTEES

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

VOTES
VATES
VENTS
VERST
VERTS
VESTA
VESTS
VETUS

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

WASTE
WREST
WEEST
WEETS
WEFTS
WELTS
WENTS
WESTE
WESTS
WESTY
WETAS
WHETS
WISTE
WITES
WYTES

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

YEAST
YATES
YELTS
YESTS
YESTY
YETIS
YETTS
YITES

5 Letter Words With E, S and T Starting With I, J, O and other letters

ISLET
ITEMS
IDEST
INSET
ISTLE
ITERS
JEATS
JESTS
JETES
JUSTE
JUTES
ONSET
OSETR
OSSET
OVEST
QUEST
ZESTY
ZEIST
ZESTS
ZETAS

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.

STOEP: Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house.
TAWSE: A leather strap for punishing children.
VERST: A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
TASSE: One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
SCUTE: Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake.
STREW: Cover; be dispersed over.
TABES: Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
SENTE: 100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-hundredth of a loti.
TREWS: Tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan.
NATES: The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
TERES: Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
STELA: An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
DEIST: Of or relating to deism.
BLEST: Highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace).
FEIST: A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog.
STELE: An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
TRESS: A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
BASTE: Strike violently and repeatedly. It has been an answer.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain E, S and T?

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

Is BESOT really a word?

Yes. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation. It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

THESE. 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. ZESTS and YITES 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?

BASTE, SAUTE and SMOTE. 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.