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5 Letter Words Starting with ES

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

There are 13 five-letter words matching this pattern in the Wordle word list, including 2 possible Wordle answers. Common examples include ESSAY, ESTER, ESCAR, ESCOT, ESILE.

13 words  ·  2 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.
ESCAR
ESCAR
ESTRO
ESTRO
ESCOT
ESCOT
ESILE
ESILE
ESKAR
ESKAR
ESROG
ESROG
ESTOC
ESTOC
ESTER
ESTER
Answer
ESTOP
ESTOP
ESKER
ESKER
ESSAY
ESSAY
Answer
ESNES
ESNES
ESSES
ESSES

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This page lists all 13 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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