5 Letter Words With SH

381 5 letter words with sh in full, with the 36 you would actually say out loud separated from the rest.

Need SH side by side, in that order? ASHEN, AWASH, BLUSH and more keep the run intact, and 85 can still be the answer, marked green.

36 of the 381 are common enough to guess without hesitation.

Best First Guesses

Start with one of these. All three are among the 381 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.

SHARE: takes 381 down to 59 at worst. It is on the answer list.
SHAKE: down to 67. It is on the answer list.
SHAPE: down to 70. It is on the answer list.

What These Words Have in Common

H is the ending to expect here, closing 97 of these words. If you need a second letter to test, A (157), E (100) and I (95) appear here more than any others. Roughly one word in six here is everyday English, 36 of the 381. Build a guess from the common letters rather than the unusual words.

Best 5 Letter Words With SH

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ASHEN
AWASH
BLUSH
BRASH
BRUSH
BUSHY
CLASH
CRASH
CRUSH
FISHY
FLASH
FLESH
FLUSH
FRESH
GNASH
HARSH
LEASH
MARSH
MUSHY
PLUSH
PUSHY
QUASH
SHACK
SHADE
SHADY
SHAFT
SHAKE
SHAKY
SHALE
SHALL
SHALT
SHAME
SHANK
SHAPE
SHARD
SHARE
SHARK
SHARP
SHAVE
SHAWL
SHEAR
SHEEN
SHEEP
SHEER
SHEET
SHEIK
SHELF
SHELL
SHIED
SHIFT
SHINE
SHINY
SHIRE
SHIRK
SHIRT
SHOAL
SHOCK
SHONE
SHOOK
SHOOT
SHORE
SHORN
SHORT
SHOUT
SHOVE
SHOWN
SHOWY
SHREW
SHRUB
SHRUG
SHUCK
SHUNT
SHUSH
SHYLY
SLASH
SLOSH
SLUSH
SMASH
STASH
SUSHI
SWASH
SWISH
TRASH
USHER
WELSH
SHIPS
SHOES
SHOPS
SHOTS
SHOWS

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With A

ASHEN
AWASH
ABASH
ABUSH
AGUSH
AHUSH
ALISH
AMISH
APISH
ARISH
ASHED
ASHER
ASHES
ASHET
ASHIR
ASHOT
ASHUR

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With B

BLUSH
BRASH
BRUSH
BUSHY
BASHA
BASHO
BENSH
BILSH
BLASH
BUSHI

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With D

DASHI
DASHT
DASHY
DEASH
DESHI
DISHY
DOSHA
DUNSH

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With F

FISHY
FLASH
FLESH
FLUSH
FRESH
FISHO
FLOSH
FROSH
FRUSH
FUSHT

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With H

HARSH
HALSH
HASHT
HASHY
HOOSH
HUSHO
HUSHT
HUSHY

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With M

MARSH
MUSHY
MASHA
MASHY
MENSH
MESHY
MULSH
MUSHA

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With P

PLUSH
PUSHY
PASHA
PASHM
PELSH
PHISH
PISHU
PLASH
PLESH
PLISH
POSHO
PSHAV
PSHAW
PSHUT
PTISH

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With S

SHACK
SHADE
SHADY
SHAFT
SHAKE
SHAKY
SHALE
SHALL
SHALT
SHAME
SHANK
SHAPE
SHARD
SHARE
SHARK
SHARP
SHAVE
SHAWL
SHEAR
SHEEN
SHEEP
SHEER
SHEET
SHEIK
SHELF
SHELL
SHIED
SHIFT
SHINE
SHINY
SHIRE
SHIRK
SHIRT
SHOAL
SHOCK
SHONE
SHOOK
SHOOT
SHORE
SHORN
SHORT
SHOUT
SHOVE
SHOWN
SHOWY
SHREW
SHRUB
SHRUG
SHUCK
SHUNT
SHUSH
SHYLY
SLASH
SLOSH
SLUSH
SMASH
STASH
SUSHI
SWASH
SWISH
SHIPS
SHOES
SHOPS
SHOTS
SHOWS
SHADO
SHADS
SHAGS
SHAHI
SHAHS
SHAKA
SHAKO
SHAKT
SHAKU
SHALM
SHALY
SHAMA
SHAMS
SHAND
SHANE
SHANG
SHANS
SHANT
SHAPS
SHAPY
SHARI
SHARN
SHART
SHASH
SHAUL
SHAUP
SHAWM
SHAWN
SHAWS
SHAWY
SHAYA
SHAYS
SHCHI
SHEAF
SHEAL
SHEAN
SHEAS
SHEAT
SHEDS
SHEDU
SHEEL
SHELA
SHELD
SHEMA
SHEMU
SHEND
SHENG
SHENT
SHEOL
SHERD
SHERE
SHERO
SHETH
SHETS
SHEVA
SHEWA
SHEWN
SHEWS
SHIAH
SHIAI
SHICE
SHICK
SHIDE
SHIEL
SHIER
SHIES
SHIKO
SHILF
SHILH
SHILL
SHILY
SHIMS
SHINA
SHINS
SHIOK
SHIPT
SHIRL
SHIRR
SHIRS
SHISH
SHISN
SHISO
SHIST
SHITA
SHITE

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With W

WELSH
WALSH
WASHI
WASHO
WASHY
WEESH
WERSH
WHISH
WHUSH
WISHA
WISHT
WISHY
WOOSH
WUSHU

5 Letter Words With SH Starting With C, E, G and other letters

CLASH
CRASH
CRUSH
CASHA
CLOSH
CUISH
CUSHY
EARSH
ECASH
ESHIN
GNASH
GASHY
GIRSH
GOSHT
GRUSH
GURSH
GUSHY
IMSHI
IMSHY
IRISH
ISHES
JOSHI
KASHA
KASHI
KISHY
KLOSH
KNISH
KOSHA
KUSHA
LEASH
LEISH
LIESH
LUSHY
NAISH
NASHI
NASHO
NOSHI
OSHAC
OSHEA
QUASH
QURSH
RAASH
RAMSH
RISHI
ROSHA
ROSHI
RUSHY
TRASH
TAISH
TOOSH
TOSHY
TRUSH
TUSHS
TUSHY
USHER
UDISH
UNSHY
USHAK
USHAS
YASHT
YEESH
ZHUSH

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.

PLASH: Interlace the shoots of.
SHERD: A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
RUSHY: Abounding in rushes.
SHOED: Wearing footgear.
SHAKO: Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
WOOSH: Move with a sibilant sound.
GUSHY: Extravagantly demonstrative.
SHOGI: A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces.
KASHA: Boiled or baked buckwheat.
WHISH: Make a sibilant sound.
GNASH: Grind together, of teeth. It is on the answer list.
SLOSH: Make a splashing sound. It is on the answer list.
SWASH: Show off. It is on the answer list.
SHOJI: A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer have SH side by side?

Yes. SHORT, SHARE and SHALL 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. SHOWS and SHALL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is MENSH really a word?

Yes. A decent responsible person with admirable characteristics. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

SHORT. 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. ZHUSH and YASHT are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

ASHEN, GNASH and SHIED. 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.