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WordLetters Daily Word ChallengeDaily no. 13

5 Letter Words With One Vowel

Words with a single vowel are packed with consonants, which makes them useful once you know the vowel and need to pin down the rest. Our list has 2,692 five-letter words that contain exactly one of A, E, I, O or U (Y counts as a consonant here), such as STERN, CREST and ENTRY.

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5 Letter Words With One Vowel 2,692 words

Highlighted words are common and more likely to be the Wordle answer.

Quick facts

Words on this page: 2,692
Common words: 1,119 (42%)
Likely Wordle answers: 689
Most common letters: S 63% · Y 33% · R 32%
Top Scrabble score: JAZZY (33 pts)
Average vowels per word: 1
A–Z range: ABYSM – ZYMES

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When to play a one-vowel word

In Wordle, a one-vowel guess tests four consonants at once. After a vowel-heavy opener, a word such as STERN, STRAY and STYLE can confirm the most common consonants in a single row.

How the 2,692 words split by vowel: A: 752 · I: 558 · O: 491 · U: 455 · E: 436.

Frequently asked questions

How many 5 letter words have only one vowel?

2,692 of the 8,636 five-letter words in our list have exactly one vowel.

Which of these words scores highest in Scrabble?

JAZZY scores 33 points at face value, the highest on this page.

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