Know H and O and T belong in the word but not where? BOOTH, BOTCH, BROTH and more contain them, and 37 are possible answers, marked green.
Everyday English accounts for 25 of these 163 words. The rest are worth reading before you need them.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 163 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- TOOTH: takes 163 down to 24 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- TOUCH: down to 30. It is on the answer list.
- SOUTH: down to 38. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
54 of them end in H, about a third of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (41), R (32) and C (30). 25 of these 163 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.
Best 5 Letter Words With H, O and T
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- BOOTH
- BOTCH
- BROTH
- CLOTH
- ETHOS
- FORTH
- FROTH
- GHOST
- HOIST
- HOTEL
- HOTLY
- LOATH
- MONTH
- MOUTH
- NORTH
- NOTCH
- OTHER
- OUGHT
- PHOTO
- QUOTH
- SHOOT
- SHORT
- SHOUT
- SLOTH
- SOOTH
- SOUTH
- THONG
- THORN
- THOSE
- THROB
- THROW
- TOOTH
- TORCH
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- WORTH
- YOUTH
- HOSTS
- HOWTO
- SHOTS
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With C
- CLOTH
- CAHOT
- CHIOT
- CHORT
- CHOTA
- CHOTT
- CHOUT
- COOTH
- COTCH
- COTHE
- COTHS
- COTHY
- COUTH
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With H
- HOIST
- HOTEL
- HOTLY
- HOSTS
- HOWTO
- HELOT
- HOAST
- HOLTS
- HOOTS
- HOOTY
- HORST
- HOSTA
- HOTCH
- HOTEN
- HOTIS
- HOTTA
- HOTTE
- HOTTY
- HOULT
- HOUTS
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With M
- MONTH
- MOUTH
- METHO
- MOOTH
- MORTH
- MOTHS
- MOTHY
- MOWTH
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With O
- OTHER
- OUGHT
- OATHS
- ORTHO
- OTHIN
- OTHYL
- OUCHT
- OWGHT
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With S
- SHOOT
- SHORT
- SHOUT
- SLOTH
- SOOTH
- SOUTH
- SHOTS
- SHOAT
- SHOTE
- SHOTT
- SOCHT
- SOTHO
- SOTHS
- SOWTH
- STOSH
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With T
- THONG
- THORN
- THOSE
- THROB
- THROW
- TOOTH
- TORCH
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- TACHO
- TAHOU
- THEOL
- THEOR
- THEOS
- THEOW
- THIOL
- THOFT
- THOKE
- THOLE
- THOLI
- THONE
- THOOM
- THORE
- THORO
- THORP
- THORT
- THOTS
- THOUS
- THOWL
- THOWT
- THROE
- THROU
- THUOC
- TOHER
- TOHOS
- TOOSH
- TOPHE
- TOPHI
- TOPHS
- TORAH
- TOSHY
- TOVAH
- TROCH
- TROTH
5 Letter Words With H, O and T Starting With A, B, D and other letters
- AHOLT
- ALTHO
- ASHOT
- AZOTH
- BOOTH
- BOTCH
- BROTH
- BHOOT
- BOTEH
- BOTHY
- BUTOH
- DHOTI
- DHOTY
- DOCHT
- DOETH
- ETHOS
- EOITH
- FORTH
- FROTH
- FOHAT
- FOTCH
- FOUTH
- FOWTH
- GHOST
- GOETH
- GOSHT
- GOTCH
- GOTHA
- GOTHS
- GOTHY
- KOTCH
- LOATH
- LHOTA
- LITHO
- LOTAH
- LOWTH
- NORTH
- NOTCH
- NOCHT
- PHOTO
- PHOTA
- PHOTS
- PHOTY
- PORTH
- POTCH
- QUOTH
- ROTCH
- ROUTH
- ROWTH
- UNHOT
- WORTH
- WHOOT
- WHORT
- WROTH
- YOUTH
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.
- THROE: Severe spasm of pain.
- DHOTI: A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
- WROTH: Vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
- TROTH: A mutual promise to marry.
- SOOTH: Truth or reality. It is on the answer list.
- BOTCH: An embarrassing mistake. It is on the answer list.
- LOATH: Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom. It is on the answer list.
- THROB: A deep pulsating type of pain. It is on the answer list.
- FROTH: Exude or expel foam. It is on the answer list.
- HOTLY: In a heated manner. It is on the answer list.
- SLOTH: A disinclination to work or exert yourself. It is on the answer list.
- HOIST: Raise. It is on the answer list.
- THONG: Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip. It is on the answer list.
- BROTH: A thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain H, O and T?
Yes. OTHER, THOSE and SOUTH 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. PHOTO and SHOOT are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is MOTHY really a word?
Yes. Infested with moths. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
OTHER. 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. WHORT and UNHOT 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?
BOTCH, QUOTH and SOOTH. 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.