Sift the English language.
Type what you know, exclude what you don't — LetterSift sifts 6,159 five-letter words down to your answer in milliseconds. Built for Wordle, Scrabble and crosswords.
Fill known positions (_ = unknown), add must-have and banned letters. Results update live.
Start from a pattern, not a blank page.
Each page is a complete computed list for one high-value word pattern — the exact situations Wordle players actually get stuck in. No thin filler: a real list, an exact count, real stats.
5-Letter Words with X in Them
Rare-letter gold. When X shows up, this short list ends the search.
5-Letter Words with 4 Vowels
Skeleton-key openers that reveal your whole vowel layout.
5-Letter Words with No Repeating Letters
Five fresh letters per guess — maximum information, zero waste.
5-Letter Words with OU in Them
House, sound, count — the OU family, complete and counted.
5-Letter Words Starting with STR
A locked-in STR leaves a small, knowable set. Here it is.
5-Letter Words Ending in ER
The most common ending in the game, fully enumerated.
5-Letter Words Starting with CH
The deep CH bench — every option, no brainstorming needed.
5-Letter Words Ending in ED
Past-tense endings, exhaustively listed.
5-Letter Words Ending in LY
Adverb territory — the complete LY set.
5-Letter Words Starting with TR
Train to truce: the whole TR family in one place.
5-Letter Words with AU in Them
The quiet vowel pair — audio, cause, fault, all of them.
5-Letter Words with 3 Vowels
The sweet spot: three vowels, two consonants, best second guesses.
5-Letter Words with V in Them
A confirmed V slashes the field — this is what's left.
5-Letter Words Ending in ING
Two letters to find. The shortest search in Wordle.
5-Letter Words Starting with S
The most common start in English, fully sifted.
Guessing is slow. Sifting is instant.
Wordle gives you six tries; most players burn three on vibes. LetterSift turns your green and yellow tiles into a precise filter over 6,159 words — so every guess is information, not hope. Every number on this site is computed from our dictionary on build day, reproducibly. If a count is here, it was counted, not estimated.