5 FiveLetterWords

Rare five-letter words

Words that appear less than once per ten million words of English — many too rare for the corpus to measure at all.

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All 9,025 words, below Zipf 2

Each word links to its full page. The Zipf figure is the word's corpus frequency turned into a plain rate; definitions are selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0), and long entries may be shortened. A “past Wordle answer” line means the word appears in this site's recorded answer history; its solver-pressure figure ranks that recorded puzzle against all other recorded puzzles for a reference solver, so 70/100 reads “harder than 70% of them.” CEFR chips (A1–B2) estimate when English learners typically meet a word.

  1. NAGGY Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    Prone to nag, irritable. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  2. NIVEL Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words
  3. NOLLE Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words
  4. OSIER Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    A willow, of species Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America, considered the best willow for wickerwork. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  5. PEERY Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    spinning top — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  6. PRONK Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    To jump with all four limbs at once. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  7. REEDE Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    Obsolete form of reed. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  8. ROSTI Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    Alternative spelling of rösti. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  9. TILTH Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    Agricultural labour; husbandry. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  10. TOCKS Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    plural of tock — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  11. VIRGA Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  12. WOLLY Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    Alternative form of wally. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  13. ZAPPY Zipf 1.54 · about 1 use per 29 million words

    Lively or energetic. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  14. ANTED Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    simple past and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  15. APSES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of apse — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  16. AREPA Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  17. AVGAS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  18. AZUKI Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Alternative spelling of adzuki. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  19. BABUS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of babu — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  20. BOOMY Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Characterized by heavy bass sounds. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  21. BOYOS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of boyo — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  22. BRUME Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Mist, fog, vapour. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  23. CYMES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of cyme — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  24. DADOS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of dado — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  25. DOSHA Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  26. FABBY Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    fabulous, very good, excellent — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  27. FONES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of fone — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  28. HOLMS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of holm — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  29. HOSEN Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  30. HYSON Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A Chinese green tea. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  31. ICERS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of icer — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  32. JAGIR Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  33. KALES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of kale — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  34. KIPPA Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Alternative spelling of kippah. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  35. MENSE Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Property, owndom; possessions. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  36. POCAN Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  37. PREMS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of prem — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  38. PROBY Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Alternative form of probie. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  39. QUOLL Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a domestic cat. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  40. REDDS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of redd — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  41. RERAN Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    simple past of rerun — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  42. REXES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of rex — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  43. ROTES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of rote — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  44. RUBBY Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    rubbing alcohol. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  45. SCUZZ Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A scuzzy person, an unpleasant or disgusting person. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  46. SHOOS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    third-person singular simple present indicative of shoo — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  47. STUDE Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A student. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  48. SWARF Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  49. TEETS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of teet — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  50. TITAS Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words
  51. TULPA Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  52. VIBED Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    simple past and past participle of vibe — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  53. VISES Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of vise — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  54. WECHT Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  55. WENGE Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  56. WHEEN Zipf 1.53 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A little; a small number. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  57. ALIST Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    An association list. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  58. BLINI Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  59. BOODY Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    To sulk or mope. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  60. BORTZ Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  61. CIRCS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of circ — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  62. COZEN Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  63. DARZI Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Alternative form of durzi. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  64. DOSAS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of dosa — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  65. FASCI Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of fascio — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  66. FLANS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of flan — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  67. GHAST Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Alternative form of gast. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  68. GLADS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    third-person singular simple present indicative of glad — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  69. GODET Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  70. GUANA Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    An iguana. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  71. GUYED Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Fitted with or attached to a guy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  72. HEIAU Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A temple in traditional Hawaiian society. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  73. KIGHT Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Obsolete spelling of kite (“bird of prey”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  74. KOPJE Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A small hill or mound, especially on the African veld. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  75. LANED Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Divided into lanes, as with a road. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  76. LEGNO Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words
  77. MOTTS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of mott — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  78. MURES Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of mure — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  79. PAVON Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  80. PELLS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of pell — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  81. PERFS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    plural of perf — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  82. PETTI Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A petticoat. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  83. POCHO Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A Mexican-American, especially one regarded by Mexicans as being assimilated into mainstream American culture, often implying limited to no fluency in Spanish and disconnection from Mexican culture. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  84. PRATE Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  85. REJIG Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  86. SICKS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    third-person singular simple present indicative of sick — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  87. SMOLT Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  88. SWOLL Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    Alternative spelling of swole. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  89. TENUE Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    bearing, carriage, deportment — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  90. TONUS Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    tonicity; tone — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  91. TRONC Zipf 1.52 · about 1 use per 30 million words

    A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  92. ADMAN Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  93. ASCUS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  94. BOOSE Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Alternative spelling of booze. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  95. CAMES Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of came — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  96. CHURL Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  97. CORNO Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    French horn — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  98. GADES Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of gade — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  99. GOBBO Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A goblin. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  100. HAMAL Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A porter in Turkey and nearby countries. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  101. HAWED Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    simple past and past participle of haw — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  102. HOPER Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    One who hopes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  103. KALIS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A Filipino sword akin to the kris. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  104. KALUA Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  105. KEEMA Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Finely chopped mince as used in South Asia cookery, typically lamb with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  106. KORAT Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A blue-grey short-haired breed of domestic cat with heart-shaped head and large green eyes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  107. LULUS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of lulu — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  108. MANGI Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words
  109. MESES Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of mese — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  110. MICAS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of mica — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  111. NABIS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of nabi — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  112. NAVED Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Having a (specified kind or number of) nave. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  113. NEWBS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of newb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  114. NISSE Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A town in Borsele, Netherlands. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  115. NITRE Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    UK standard spelling of niter. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  116. OAKUM Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  117. PATTE Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  118. PONGS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of pong — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  119. POODS Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of pood — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  120. POORI Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Alternative form of puri (“type of unleavened bread”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  121. QUOIT Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  122. RALLI Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A surname. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  123. RESID Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A residual solvent. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  124. SAINE Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A surname. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  125. SAURY Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  126. SHOED Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Alternative form of shod (“wearing shoes”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  127. SKORT Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  128. STIES Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    plural of sty — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  129. SURES Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words
  130. TAGUA Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    The fruit of the tagua palm. When dried, it can be carved like ivory, and is used for beads, buttons, etc. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  131. TALER Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A talker; a teller — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  132. TANKY Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  133. TOMME Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    Any of a class of skimmed-milk cheeses produced mainly in the French Alps and Switzerland. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  134. TSUBA Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    The guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword or bladed weapon. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  135. UNSAY Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    To withdraw, retract (something said). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  136. WAXER Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A device used to apply wax. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  137. WELKE Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    A surname. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  138. WYLES Zipf 1.51 · about 1 use per 31 million words

    An English surname, a variant of Wiles — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  139. ABORD Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Alternative form of aboard. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  140. AKARA Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  141. AMICE Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  142. AQUAS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of aqua — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  143. ARRAH Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    An expletive. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  144. BESOM Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  145. BOTTY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Bottom. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  146. CECAL Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Alternative spelling of caecal. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  147. CIGGY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A cigarette. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  148. CODAS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of coda — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  149. CONKY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Having a prominent nose. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  150. COSET Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  151. COXES Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of cox — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  152. ESTRO Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Clipping of estrogen. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  153. GADIS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of gadi — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  154. GARBE Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Obsolete form of garb (“clothing”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  155. GARBS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of garb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  156. GENOM Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Dated form of genome. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  157. HARIM Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Archaic spelling of harem. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  158. IHRAM Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  159. JAKIE Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  160. LOLAS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words
  161. MBIRA Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  162. MIKVA Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Alternative form of mikveh. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  163. MUSKS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of musk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  164. OCTYL Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₈H₁₇, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  165. ONCES Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of once — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  166. PICHI Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the only armadillo known to hibernate. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  167. PIZER Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A (front) porch (on a house). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  168. PLING Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A soft bell-like sound; ding. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  169. POLJE Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  170. RENDS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    third-person singular simple present indicative of rend — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  171. ROADY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words
  172. RUSKS Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of rusk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  173. RUTTY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Imprinted with ruts. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  174. STROY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    To destroy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  175. TABUN Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, with the molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  176. TYRAN Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Obsolete form of tyrant. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  177. VARIX Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  178. YUPPY Zipf 1.50 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Alternative spelling of yuppie. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  179. ACHAR Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A spicy and salty pickle in Indian cuisine. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  180. AMNIO Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    amniocentesis — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  181. ANELE Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  182. EBENE Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A psychoactive material, variously described as obtained from plants of either the genus Virola or of Anadenanthera peregrina, used ritually as snuff by the Yanomamo people of South America. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  183. EPPIE Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  184. GATER Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  185. HERPS Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of herp — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  186. HEVEA Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  187. KEDGE Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A small anchor used for warping a vessel. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  188. KYATS Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    plural of kyat — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  189. LETUP Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A pause or period of slackening. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  190. LOWED Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    simple past and past participle of low — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  191. MIMEO Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    To make one or more copies using a mimeograph (machine). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  192. MUNDU Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A garment resembling a dhoti, worn around the waist in Kerala, the Tulunadu region, and Maldives. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  193. NABBY Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A skiff used for fishing. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  194. NELIS Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words
  195. OAKED Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    Of a wine: aged in oak so that it acquires flavor from tannins in the wood. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  196. OFTER Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    comparative form of oft: more oft; more often — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  197. ORATE Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    To speak formally; to give a speech. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  198. PARGO Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    common seabream, red porgy, Pagrus pagrus — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  199. PLICA Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  200. POORT Zipf 1.49 · about 1 use per 32 million words

    A mountain pass. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How these scores are measured

Frequency scores come from the wordfreq project (data CC BY-SA 4.0), which averages word rates across books, subtitles, news and web text. A Zipf score is the base-10 logarithm of a word's uses per billion words, so each whole point is a tenfold change in frequency: Zipf 4 is ten uses per million words, Zipf 3 is one. The four bands split the site's accepted-guess list of 14,855 five-letter words at Zipf 4, 3 and 2 — round thresholds chosen from the observed distribution, not judgments about individual words.

A score of 0.0 is a marker, not a measurement: wordfreq's corpus never saw the word often enough to score it, which is true of 5,062 words in this band. Those entries say “below the measurement floor” and sort after every measured word.

“Past Wordle answer” claims come only from this site's recorded answer history, and the working answer pool never predicts what the NYT will choose. Solver-pressure figures are percentiles among recorded puzzles for a reference solver — a claim about those puzzles, not about players. Learner levels: The CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.5. Compiled by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Retrieved from http://www.cefr-j.org/download.html on 1/20/2020.