Since its launch in 2021, the popular puzzle game Wordle has generated over 1,600 unique answers. However, many potential five-letter words remain untapped in the game’s vast repository, as it never repeats a word. Eliminating words that have already appeared can streamline your guessing strategy.

With a new Wordle challenge appearing daily, it’s essential to keep track of which words are still in play. Our list of possible Wordle words is updated every day to help players stay informed and strategize effectively. From A to Z, this comprehensive list includes every five-letter word yet to be used as of December 2, 2025. For the latest solution in December, refer to our continually updated Wordle answer archive.

Because there’s a new Wordle word every day, this list of potential Wordle words is updated daily so that players always have an up-to-date word list to choose from. From A to Z, these are all of the five-letter Wordle words that haven’t been used as of Dec. 2, 2025. For today’s Wordle, check this list of every Wordle answer for December.

All Unused Five-Letter A Words for Wordle

• abbot
• abled
• abode
• abort
• abuse
• adorn
• adieu
• afire
• afoot
• afoul
• aider
• algae
• alibi
• align
• allay
• alley
• allot
• alloy
• amaze
• amend
• amity
• among
• amply
• anime
• ankle
• annoy
• annul
• aping
• apnea
• arena
• armor
• arose
• array
• arson
• attic
• augur
• aunty
• avian
• avoid
• axial
• axion

All Unused Five-Letter B Words for Wordle

• baggy
• baron
• basal
• basil
• basis
• batch
• beard
• beech
• befit
• began
• begat
• begun
• belle
• berry
• betel
• bezel
• bible
• biddy
• bigot
• billy
• bingo
• bison
• bitty
• blast
• bleat
• bless
• blind
• blitz
• bloat
• bloom
• bluer
• blunt
• bobby
• boney
• booth
• bosom
• botch
• boule
• bound
• bowel
• brawl
• brick
• broil
• brood
• brunt
• budge
• burst
• bused
• bushy
• butch
• butte
• buxom
• buyer
• bylaw

All Unused Five-Letter C Words for Wordle

• cabal
• cabby
• cabin
• caddy
• cagey
• cairn
• canal
• caput
• caste
• cavil
• cello
• chaff
• chasm
• chess
• chick
• chide
• chili
• china
• chuck
• chump
• churn
• clack
• claim
• clang
• clank
• clasp
• cleat
• cliff
• clink
• clout
• clued
• clump
• cobra
• color
• comic
• conch
• copse
• couch
• cough
• coupe
• covey
• crack
• crash
• creed
• creek
• creep
• creme
• cress
• crick
• cried
• crier
• crock
• crony
• croup
• crude
• cruel
• crump
• cubic
• curry
• curvy
• cutie
• cycle

All Unused Five-Letter D Words for Wordle

• daily
• dairy
• dealt
• debar
• decor
• deign
• demon
• demur
• dense
• derby
• dilly
• dimly
• diode
• dirty
• ditch
• diver
• dizzy
• dodgy
• dowdy
• downy
• drake
• drama
• drank
• drawl
• dress
• dried
• drier
• droit
• dross
• drown
• druid
• drunk
• dryly
• dully
• dumpy
• dunce
• dusky
• dusty
• dying

All Unused Five-Letter E Words for Wordle

• eaten
• eater
• eclat
• eerie
• eight
• eking
• elect
• elegy
• elfin
• elide
• embed
• emcee
• enemy
• entry
• envoy
• erase
• erect
• ester
• etude
• evict
• eying

All Unused Five-Letter F Words for Wordle

• fable
• fairy
• fanny
• fatal
• fatty
• fauna
• fecal
• fella
• felon
• femme
• femur
• fence
• fetal
• fetus
• ficus
• fiery
• fight
• filer
• filly
• filmy
• filth
• fizzy
• flack
• flaky
• fleck
• fleet
• flier
• fluid
• fluke
• flush
• flute
• fraud
• freak
• freed
• freer
• friar
• frisk
• fruit
• fudge
• furor
• furry
• fussy

All Unused Five-Letter G Words for Wordle

• gaffe
• gaily
• gassy
• gavel
• gayer
• gayly
• gazer
• geeky
• gipsy
• girly
• giver
• glint
• gloss
• godly
• golly
• gonad
• gourd
• grape
• grass
• gravy
• graze
• grill
• grope
• grown
• grunt
• guava
• guess
• guilt
• gulch
• gumbo
• gusto
• gypsy

All Unused Five-Letter H Words for Wordle

• harem
• harpy
• haste
• hasty
• haute
• hedge
• hippy
• hoist
• honor
• horny
• hotly
• humus
• husky
• hussy
• hydro
• hymen

All Unused Five-Letter I Words for Wordle

• icily
• idiot
• idyll
• iliac
• imply
• ingot
• inlet

All Unused Five-Letter J Words for Wordle

• jetty
• joist
• juicy
• jumbo
• junta
• junto
• juror

All Unused Five-Letter K Words for Wordle

All Unused Five-Letter L Words for Wordle

• laden
• lance
• latch
• leant
• legal
• leper
• liege
• liken
• lipid
• loamy
• loath
• lobby
• login
• loose
• lorry
• lumen
• lupus
• lurch
• lymph
• lyric

All Unused Five-Letter M Words for Wordle

• macro
• mafia
• mamma
• mammy
• mange
• mangy
• manic
• meaty
• mecca
• melee
• milky
• minim
• minor
• miser
• missy
• mocha
• mogul
• moody
• moron
• morph
• motif
• mound
• mover
• mower
• mucus
• muddy
• murky
• musky
• myrrh

All Unused Five-Letter N Words for Wordle

• newer
• newly
• niece
• ninny
• nobly
• noose
• nosey
• notch
• nutty

All Unused Five-Letter O Words for Wordle

• oaken
• obese
• octal
• odder
• olden
• ombre
• opium
• optic
• orbit
• outgo
• ovary
• ovate
• ovine
• ovoid
• owing

All Unused Five-Letter P Words for Wordle

• paddy
• pagan
• paler
• palsy
• pansy
• parka
• parse
• paste
• pasty
• payee
• payer
• pecan
• penal
• pence
• penny
• pesto
• piggy
• pivot
• pizza
• plied
• plier
• plume
• plush
• poesy
• pooch
• poser
• posit
• posse
• pouch
• prawn
• pried
• prism
• privy
• proof
• prude
• pubic
• pudgy
• puffy
• pulse
• punch
• puppy
• puree
• purer
• purse
• pushy
• putty
• pygmy

All Unused Five-Letter Q Words for Wordle

• quack
• quark
• quasi
• queer
• quell
• quilt
• quoth

All Unused Five-Letter R Words for Wordle

• rabbi
• racer
• radar
• radii
• rajah
• rally
• ralph
• randy
• rarer
• raspy
• raven
• razor
• rearm
• rebar
• recut
• reedy
• refit
• rehab
• reign
• renal
• reply
• reset
• rifle
• rigor
• rinse
• ripen
• riser
• risky
• river
• rivet
• roast
• roger
• roost
• rotor
• rugby
• ruler
• rumor
• rural

All Unused Five-Letter S Words for Wordle

• sadly
• safer
• salon
• salve
• salvo
• saner
• sappy
• satin
• satyr
• sauce
• savoy
• scalp
• scaly
• scamp
• scary
• scene
• scion
• scoop
• scree
• screw
• scuba
• segue
• seize
• semen
• sepia
• serif
• setup
• sewer
• shack
• shady
• shale
• shalt
• shark
• sheen
• sheep
• sheer
• sheik
• shied
• shiny
• shirt
• shoal
• shock
• shone
• shook
• shoot
• shrew
• sieve
• sigma
• silky
• sinew
• singe
• siren
• sixty
• skulk
• skull
• slack
• slain
• slant
• slash
• sleet
• slept
• slick
• slide
• slime
• slimy
• sling
• slink
• sloop
• slunk
• slurp
• slush
• slyly
• smack
• smell
• smoky
• smote
• sneer
• snide
• sniff
• snipe
• snore
• snowy
• snuck
• snuff
• soapy
• sober
• sonar
• sooth
• sooty
• spank
• spawn
• speed
• spell
• sperm
• spied
• spiky
• spilt
• spiny
• spook
• spool
• spree
• spunk
• spurn
• squib
• stalk
• stank
• stave
• steak
• steal
• steer
• stoke
• stoop
• strip
• strut
• stuck
• stuff
• stunk
• suing
• sully
• sumac
• surge
• swami
• swamp
• swarm
• swash
• swear
• swept
• swift
• swing
• swoop
• swore
• sworn
• synod

All Unused Five-Letter T Words for Wordle

• taint
• taker
• tamer
• tango
• tarot
• tatty
• teddy
• tenet
• tense
• tepee
• terra
• testy
• theft
• theta
• thong
• tight
• timid
• toddy
• token
• tonal
• tonga
• torus
• toxin
• tramp
• trash
• tread
• trial
• tribe
• tried
• truce
• truck
• truer
• trump
• trunk
• tubal
• tulip
• tulle
• tumor
• turbo
• tweet
• twixt
• tying

All Unused Five-Letter U Words for Wordle

• umbra
• uncut
• unity
• unset
• unwed
• urine
• utile

All Unused Five-Letter V Words for Wordle

• valor
• valve
• vapor
• vaunt
• vegan
• verso
• vicar
• vigil
• vinyl
• viper
• virus
• visit
• vista
• vocal
• vogue
• vomit

All Unused Five-Letter W Words for Wordle

• wager
• waist
• waive
• warty
• waver
• waxen
• weave
• weigh
• welch
• welsh
• wharf
• white
• wider
• widow
• wight
• willy
• wimpy
• winch
• wiser
• wispy
• women
• woody
• wooly
• woozy
• worth
• wrack
• wreck
• wrest
• wring
• wryly

All Unused Five-Letter X Words for Wordle

There are currently no potential Wordle words that start with X.

All Unused Five-Letter Y Words for Wordle

There are no remaining five-letter Wordle words that start with Y. The last Y word, YEAST, was the Wordle answer on May 10, 2025.

All Unused Five-Letter Z Words for Wordle