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. DOWPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  2. DOWTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  3. DOXES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  4. DOYLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic form of doily. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  5. DRAFF below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  6. DRAIL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A hook with a lead shank. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  7. DRANT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To drawl; to drone. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  8. DRAPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  9. DRAPY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  10. DREED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  11. DREER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    comparative form of dree: more dree — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  12. DREKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  13. DRERE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  14. DREYS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  15. DRICE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  16. DRIPT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  17. DROCK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A drainage ditch, sometimes covered; a small watercourse, especially one used for drainage or sewerage. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  18. DROIL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  19. DROKE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  20. DRONY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  21. DROOB below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An ineffectual or unattractive person; a dag. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  22. DROOK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To drench, to soak. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  23. DROUK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  24. DROWS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  25. DRUBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  26. DRUXY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour; rotten, decayed. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  27. DSOBO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  28. DSOMO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  29. DUADS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  30. DUANS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  31. DUARS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  32. DUCTI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  33. DUDED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  34. DUITS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of doits; plural of duit — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  35. DUKKA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  36. DUKUN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A Malay shaman or witch doctor. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  37. DULES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  38. DUMKY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  39. DUNSH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  40. DUNTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  41. DUOMI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  42. DUPLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A second reply in Scots law. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  43. DURED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  44. DURGY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Small; undersized. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  45. DURNS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  46. DURRS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  47. DURZI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A tailor, especially a personal one. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  48. DUXES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  49. DWAAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  50. DWALE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Belladonna or a similar soporific plant. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  51. DWALM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A swoon; a sudden sickness. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  52. DWAMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  53. DWAMY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  54. DWANG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  55. DWAUM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  56. DWILE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The beer-soaked cloth thrown in the game of dwile flonking. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  57. DWINE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To wither, decline, pine away. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  58. DYKED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Containing a dyke (ditch). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  59. DYKEY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having stereotypically masculine characteristics. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  60. DYKON below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A celebrity, especially a woman (often a lesbian), who is much admired by lesbians. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  61. DYNEL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A type of synthetic fiber used in fibre-reinforced plastic composite materials, especially for marine applications. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  62. DZHOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  63. EAGLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  64. EAGRE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    a tidal bore — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  65. EALED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  66. EANED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  67. EARDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  68. EARST below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete spelling of erst. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  69. EASLE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Misspelling of easel. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  70. EATHE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  71. EAVED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  72. EAVER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  73. EBANK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  74. EBBET below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  75. EBENA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  76. EBONS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  77. ECADS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  78. ECASH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  79. ECHED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  80. ECHES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  81. ECRUS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  82. EDILE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  83. EDUCT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    That which is educed. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  84. EENSY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Very small. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  85. EEVEN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  86. EEVER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  87. EEVNS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  88. EFITS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  89. EGERS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  90. EGEST below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  91. EGMAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  92. EHING below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    present participle and gerund of eh — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  93. EIGNE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    eldest; firstborn — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  94. EIKED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  95. EILDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  96. EIRON below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  97. EKDAM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  98. EKKAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  99. ELANS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  100. ELCHI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  101. ELEET below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Dated form of leet (“elite”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  102. ELIAD below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  103. ELMEN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of or pertaining to an elm tree. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  104. ELOGE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  105. ELOGY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Praise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  106. ELOIN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete spelling of eloign. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  107. ELOPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  108. ELPEE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  109. ELSIN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A shoemaker's awl. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  110. EMBAY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  111. EMBOG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  112. EMBOW below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To bend like a bow; to curve. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  113. EMBOX below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To enclose in a box, or as if in a box. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  114. EMBUS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    to put (troops) onto a bus — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  115. EMEER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  116. EMEUS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  117. EMICS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The use of an emic approach. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  118. EMMEW below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To mew or coop up. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  119. EMOVE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  120. EMURE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  121. EMYDE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Synonym of emys (type of tortoise). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  122. EMYDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  123. ENARM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To arm; to provide with weapons. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  124. ENATE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  125. ENDEW below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete spelling of endue. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  126. ENFIX below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  127. ENLIT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  128. ENMEW below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  129. ENNOG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An alley situated between terraced houses. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  130. ENOLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  131. ENORM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    enormous — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  132. ENOWS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  133. ENSEW below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  134. ENSKY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To place in the sky. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  135. ENURN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  136. ENZYM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic form of enzyme. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  137. EOLID below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Any nudibranch of the former genus Eolidia — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  138. EORLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  139. EPEES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  140. EPENA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  141. EPENE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  142. EPHAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  143. EPHOR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A superintendent or curator. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  144. EPOPT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  145. EPRIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  146. ERBIA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    erbium oxide Er₂O₃; Discovered in 1843, by Carl Gustaf Mosander. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  147. EREVS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  148. ERGOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  149. ERHUS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  150. ERNED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  151. ERNES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  152. EROSE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Irregularly notched, eaten away, as though bitten. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  153. ERSES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  154. ERUCT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To burp or belch. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  155. ERUGO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  156. ERUVS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  157. ERVIL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  158. ESCAR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  159. ESCOT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  160. ESILE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  161. ESKAR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  162. ESNES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  163. ESROG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  164. ESTOC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  165. ETENS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  166. ETHAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    cetyl alcohol — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  167. ETICS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The use of an etic approach. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  168. ETNAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  169. ETTLE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To propose, intend. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  170. ETUIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  171. ETWEE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  172. ETYMA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  173. EUGHS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  174. EUKED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  175. EUPAD below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A powder made from chlorinated lime and boric acid. It is mixed with water to produce eusol. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  176. EUSOL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An antiseptic made from chlorinated lime and boric acid. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  177. EVEGS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  178. EVETS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  179. EVHOE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of euoi (“Bacchic cry”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  180. EVOHE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of euoi (“Bacchic cry”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  181. EWEST below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  182. EWHOW below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  183. EWKED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  184. EXEEM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  185. EXEME below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To release; to exempt. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  186. EXIER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  187. EXIES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Expenses (charged to one's employer). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  188. EXINE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  189. EXING below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    present participle and gerund of ex — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  190. EXITE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An additional lobe on the outer side of the protopodite of a crustacean limb. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  191. EXODE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The final chorus; the catastrophe. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  192. EXULS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  193. EYASS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  194. EYOTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  195. EYRAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  196. EYRIR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  197. FABBO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  198. FACTY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Consisting principally of facts — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  199. FADGE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

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

  200. FADOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fado — 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.