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5 Letter Words Starting with EL

32 valid five-letter words that begin with EL – helpful when you have green tiles in positions 1 and 2 in Wordle.

There are 32 five-letter words matching this pattern in the Wordle word list, including 10 possible Wordle answers. Common examples include ELDER, ELITE, ELBOW, ELOPE, ELECT.

32 words  ·  10 possible Wordle answers

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"Answers" are the 2,315 words from the official NYT Wordle answer pool – these are the only words that can appear as the day's puzzle. All other valid 5-letter words can be used as guesses but will never be the answer.
ELAIN
ELAIN
ELANS
ELANS
ELINT
ELINT
ELOIN
ELOIN
ELAND
ELAND
ELIAD
ELIAD
ELATE
ELATE
Answer
ELSIN
ELSIN
ELITE
ELITE
Answer
ELDIN
ELDIN
ELOPS
ELOPS
ELUTE
ELUTE
ELVAN
ELVAN
ELECT
ELECT
Answer
ELIDE
ELIDE
Answer
ELFIN
ELFIN
Answer
ELOGY
ELOGY
ELDER
ELDER
Answer
ELOPE
ELOPE
Answer
ELOGE
ELOGE
ELCHI
ELCHI
ELUDE
ELUDE
Answer
ELMEN
ELMEN
ELVER
ELVER
ELBOW
ELBOW
Answer
ELEMI
ELEMI
ELEET
ELEET
ELVEN
ELVEN
ELVES
ELVES
ELEGY
ELEGY
Answer
ELFED
ELFED
ELPEE
ELPEE

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This page lists all 32 five-letter words matching the constraint above from the complete Wordle-valid word list of 14,855 words. Words marked Answer are from the NYT Wordle answer pool of 2,315 words – these are the ones that can actually appear as the day's puzzle.

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