5-letter words with one vowel
Exactly one of A, E, I, O or U, counted once even if Y also appears. 2,046 words match in our dictionary (SCOWL, everyday English), 1,682 of them common. Common words come first; rare ones are grey. Tap a word for its meaning. Scrabble word lists are longer because they also include obscure, archaic and dialect words.
Quintle · Maintained by Wren Calder (pen name) · automated checks · Data: SCOWL word list (Kevin Atkinson) and WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University) · Updated · How the checks work
5-letter words with one vowel, most common first
- angry
- apply
- backs
- badly
- binds
- black
- blank
- block
- brand
- bring
- brown
- bytes
- calls
- cards
- carry
- catch
- chars
- check
- child
- chips
- class
- clock
- costs
- crash
- crazy
- crisp
- cross
- cycle
- depth
- dirty
- discs
- drawn
- draws
- drink
- drops
- dying
- empty
- entry
- facts
- falls
- fancy
- fight
- fills
- finds
- first
- flash
- flown
- folks
- forms
- forth
- fresh
- front
- fully
- funds
- funny
- glass
- grand
- grant
- graph
- grind
- gross
- grown
- grows
- hands
- handy
- hangs
- happy
- helps
- hints
- holds
- hurry
- imply
- jumps
- kills
- kinds
- knock
- known
- knows
- lacks
- lands
- lasts
- light
- links
- lists
- locks
- lorry
- lucky
- lunch
- lying
- march
- marks
- marry
- match
- messy
- might
- minds
- month
- nasty
- night
- north
- parts
- party
- patch
- picks
- plans
- plant
- plays
- plots
- posts
- press
- pulls
- putts
- reply
- right
- sadly
- scrap
- sells
- sends
- shall
- sharp
- shelf
- shell
- shift
- shops
- short
- shown
- shows
- shuts
- sight
- signs
- silly
- skill
- small
- sorry
- sorts
- spell
- spend
- spent
- split
- spots
- staff
- stand
- start
- stays
- stick
- still
- stock
- stops
- story
- stuck
- study
- stuff
- style
- talks
- tanks
- tasks
- tells
- tends
- terms
- tests
- thank
- thing
- think
- third
- threw
- throw
- tight
- track
- traps
- trash
- trick
- truck
- truly
- trunk
- trust
- truth
- turns
- tying
- typed
- types
- walks
- walls
- wants
- warns
- watch
- which
- wills
- words
- works
- world
- worry
- worst
- worth
- wrong
- balls
- bands
- banks
- barks
- batch
- baths
- bells
- bench
- bends
- bills
- birds
- birth
- blast
- bless
- blind
- blink
- bliss
- blown
- blows
- blurb
- bombs
- brass
- brick
- brush
- bucks
- bulbs
- bunch
- burns
- burnt
- burst
- camps
- casts
- cells
- chalk
- chaps
- charm
- chart
- chats
- chess
- chest
- chews
- chops
- chord
- chuck
- chunk
- clash
- click
- cliff
- climb
- clips
- cloth
- clubs
- crack
- craft
- cramp
- crass
- crawl
- crops
- crowd
- crown
- crush
- curly
- curry
- cynic
- damns
- ditch
- draft
- drags
- drank
- dress
- drift
- drill
- drips
- drown
- drugs
- drums
- drunk
- ducks
- dummy
- dumps
- dusty
- fetch
- fifth
- fifty
- films
- firms
- fizzy
- flags
- flaws
- flesh
- flips
- flows
- flush
- folds
- fonts
- forty
- frank
- frogs
- frown
- furry
- fussy
- fuzzy
- ghost
- gifts
- girls
- glory
- glows
- grabs
- grasp
- grass
- grips
- hacks
- halls
- halts
- hardy
- harsh
- hasty
- hills
- hobby
- hosts
- hunts
- hurts
- jelly
- jolly
- kicks
- kings
- lends
- lifts
- limbs
- lobby
- lords
- lumps
- lungs
- lurks
- lyric
- mends
- mercy
- merry
- mists
- mucks
- mummy
- nests
- newly
- nicks
- oddly
- packs
- pants
- parks
- paths
- pends
- penny
- petty
- pills
- pinch
- pints
- pitch
- plugs
- polls
- ports
- prays
- pumps
- punch
- punts
- racks
- ranks
- rants
- rends
- rests
- rhyme
- rings
- risks
- risky
- rocks
- rolls
- rusty
- sacks
- scans
- scarf
- screw
- sects
- shaky
- sheds
- shiny
- ships
- shirt
- shock
- shots
- sings
- sinks
- sixth
- sixty
- skips
- skirt
- skull
- slang
- slash
- slept
- slips
- slots
- slows
- smart
- smash
- smell
- smith
- snack
- sniff
- socks
- songs
- spill
- spits
- sport
- spray
- stack
- stall
- stamp
- stark
- stars
- stems
- steps
- stiff
- stirs
- storm
- straw
- stray
- strip
- stuns
- stunt
- sunny
- swamp
- swaps
- swept
- swims
- swing
- sword
- sworn
- tacks
- tempt
- tenth
- texts
- theft
- thick
- thumb
- towns
- trend
- trips
- twins
- twist
- vends
- verbs
- vinyl
- warms
- warps
- width
- winds
- wings
- witch
- witty
- worms
- wraps
- wrath
- wreck
- wrist
- yards
- abyss
- amply
- angst
- aptly
- baggy
- balds
- balms
- balmy
- bandy
- bangs
- barbs
- bards
- barns
- basks
- bawdy
- bawls
- belch
- belly
- belts
- bents
- berry
- berth
- bests
- birch
- blabs
- bland
- blend
- blimp
- blips
- blitz
- blobs
- blocs
- blogs
- blond
- blots
- bluff
- blunt
- blurs
- blurt
- blush
- bolts
- bonds
- bossy
- botch
- bowls
- brags
- brash
- brats
- brawl
- brawn
- brays
- brews
- brims
- brink
- briny
- brisk
- broth
- brows
- brunt
- buddy
- buffs
- buggy
- bulks
- bulky
- bulls
- bully
- bumps
- bumpy
- bunks
- bunny
- burly
- burps
- burrs
- bushy
- busts
- butts
- byway
- calms
- candy
- canny
- carps
- carts
- casks
- cents
- chaff
- champ
- chant
- chasm
- chefs
- chewy
- chick
- chill
- chimp
- chins
- chirp
- chows
- chugs
- chums
- churn
- cinch
- clack
- clamp
- clams
- clang
- clank
- clans
- claps
- clasp
- claws
- clefs
- cleft
- clerk
- cling
- clink
- clods
- clogs
- clots
- clown
- cluck
- clump
- clung
- cocks
- cocky
- colds
- colts
- combs
- cords
- corks
- corns
- corny
- corps
- crabs
- crags
- crams
- crank
- crept
- crest
- crews
- cribs
- crock
- crony
- crows
- crumb
- crust
- cuffs
- culls
- cults
- curbs
- curds
- curls
- daddy
- dally
- damps
- dandy
- darns
- darts
- dawns
- debts
- decks
- decry
- dents
- desks
- dills
- dimly
- dingy
- disks
- ditty
- dizzy
- docks
- dolls
- dolly
- dowdy
- downs
- downy
- dowry
- drabs
- drawl
- dregs
- droll
- dross
- dryer
- ducts
- dulls
- dully
- dumpy
- dungs
- dunks
- dusky
- dusts
- dwarf
- dwell
- dwelt
- fangs
- farms
- fasts
- fatty
- fawns
- fells
- felts
- fends
- ferns
- ferry
- filch
- filly
- filmy
- filth
- finch
- fishy
- fists
- flaky
- flank
- flaps
- flask
- flats
- fleck
- flick
- fling
- flint
- flirt
- flits
- flock
- flogs
- flops
- floss
- fluff
- flung
- flunk
- foggy
- folly
- fords
- forks
- forts
- fowls
- franc
- frays
- frets
- frill
- frisk
- frock
- frond
- frost
- froth
- fulls
- furls
- galls
- gangs
- garbs
- gasps
- gawks
- gawky
- gelds
- gents
- germs
- giddy
- gilds
- gills
- gilts
- girth
- glads
- gland
- glens
- glint
- gloss
- gluts
- gnarl
- gnash
- gnats
- gnaws
- godly
- golds
- golfs
- gongs
- gowns
- graft
- grams
- gravy
- grids
- grill
- grimy
- grins
- grits
- growl
- grubs
- gruff
- grunt
- gulch
- gulfs
- gulls
- gully
- gulps
- gummy
- guppy
- gusts
- gusty
- harks
- harms
- harps
- harry
- harts
- hatch
- hawks
- hefty
- helms
- herbs
- herds
- hicks
- highs
- hilly
- hilts
- hinds
- hippy
- hitch
- hocks
- holly
- honks
- horns
- hotly
- howls
- huffs
- huffy
- hulks
- hulls
- humps
- hunch
- hunks
- hurls
- husks
- husky
- hutch
- itchy
- jacks
- jambs
- jells
- jerks
- jerky
- jests
- jetty
- jiffy
- jilts
- jolts
- jumpy
- junks
- kilns
- kilts
- kinks
- kinky
- kitty
- knack
- knelt
- knits
- knobs
- knoll
- knots
- lambs
- lamps
- lanky
- lards
- larks
- latch
- laths
- lawns
- lefts
- licks
- lilts
- limps
- lisps
- lofts
- lofty
- lolls
- longs
- lowly
- lucks
- lulls
- lumpy
- lurch
- lusts
- lusty
- lyres
- madly
- malls
- malts
- mangy
- manly
- marsh
- marts
- masks
- masts
- melts
- midst
- milks
- milky
- mills
- minks
- mints
- mirth
- misty
- mitts
- mocks
- monks
- morns
- mossy
- moths
- muddy
- muffs
- muggy
- mulch
- mulls
- mumps
- munch
- murky
- mushy
- musts
- musty
- mutts
- nappy
- natty
- necks
- newsy
- newts
- nifty
- ninny
- ninth
- nippy
- nobly
- norms
- notch
- nulls
- numbs
- nutty
- nylon
- pacts
- paddy
- palls
- palms
- pangs
- pansy
- parch
- pasts
- pasty
- patty
- pawns
- pecks
- pelts
- perch
- perks
- perky
- pesky
- pests
- picky
- pinks
- pithy
- plank
- plods
- plops
- ploys
- pluck
- plumb
- plump
- plums
- plush
- polyp
- ponds
- poppy
- porch
- prank
- prawn
- preys
- prick
- primp
- prism
- privy
- prods
- proms
- prong
- props
- prowl
- prows
- proxy
- psalm
- pucks
- pudgy
- puffs
- puffy
- pulps
- punks
- puppy
- purrs
- pushy
- putty
- pyres
- rafts
- rally
- ramps
- ranch
- rasps
- ratty
- rents
- retch
- retry
- rifts
- rinds
- rinks
- rocky
- romps
- rowdy
- ruddy
- ruffs
- rugby
- rummy
- rumps
- rungs
- runny
- runts
- rusts
- sally
- salts
- salty
- sands
- sandy
- sangs
- sassy
- savvy
- scabs
- scald
- scalp
- scaly
- scant
- scars
- scary
- scent
- scoff
- scold
- scorn
- scowl
- scram
- scrub
- scuff
- scums
- shack
- shady
- shaft
- shams
- shark
- shawl
- shins
- shirk
- showy
- shred
- shrew
- shrub
- shrug
- shuck
- shuns
- shunt
- shyer
- sicks
- sifts
- sighs
- silks
- sills
- silts
- sissy
- skews
- skids
- skimp
- skims
- skins
- skits
- skulk
- skunk
- slabs
- slack
- slams
- slant
- slaps
- slats
- slays
- sleds
- slews
- slick
- slims
- slimy
- sling
- slink
- slits
- slobs
- slogs
- slops
- slosh
- sloth
- slugs
- slump
- slums
- slung
- slunk
- slurs
- slush
- smack
- smelt
- smirk
- smock
- smoky
- smuts
- snags
- snaps
- snarl
- snips
- snobs
- snort
- snots
- snows
- snowy
- snubs
- snuff
- snugs
- soggy
- spank
- spans
- spark
- spars
- spasm
- spats
- spawn
- spays
- speck
- sperm
- spews
- spicy
- spins
- splat
- sprig
- spuds
- spunk
- spurn
- spurs
- spurt
- stabs
- stags
- stalk
- stank
- stern
- stews
- sting
- stink
- stint
- stomp
- stony
- stork
- stows
- strap
- strew
- strum
- strut
- stubs
- studs
- stump
- stung
- stunk
- sucks
- sulks
- sulky
- surfs
- surly
- swabs
- swans
- swarm
- swats
- sways
- swell
- swift
- swigs
- swill
- swirl
- swish
- swung
- syrup
- tabby
- tacky
- tally
- tangs
- tardy
- tarry
- tarts
- tasty
- tatty
- tawny
- tents
- thaws
- thigh
- thins
- thong
- thorn
- throb
- thuds
- thugs
- thump
- thyme
- ticks
- tiffs
- tills
- tilts
- tings
- tinny
- tints
- tipsy
- tolls
- tombs
- tongs
- torch
- tract
- tramp
- trawl
- trays
- treks
- trill
- trims
- troll
- trots
- trump
- tucks
- tufts
- tummy
- turfs
- tusks
- twang
- twigs
- twirl
- vasts
- vents
- vests
- volts
- vying
- wafts
- waltz
- wands
- wards
- warts
- wasps
- watts
- welds
- wells
- welts
- whack
- wharf
- whats
- whens
- whets
- whiff
- whims
- whips
- whirl
- whisk
- wicks
- wilds
- wilts
- winch
- windy
- winks
- wisps
- wispy
- wolfs
- wombs
- wordy
- wrens
- wrest
- wring
- writs
- wrung
- wryer
- yacht
- yanks
- yarns
- yawns
- yells
- yelps
- yolks
- yowls
- zests
- zincs
- artsy
- barfs
- bylaw
- cabby
- catty
- chits
- chump
- clunk
- comfy
- craps
- crick
- crimp
- curvy
- derby
- dorks
- dorky
- dorms
- fanny
- farts
- fests
- fjord
- flubs
- frats
- frizz
- funks
- funky
- gabby
- gassy
- glitz
- globs
- golly
- grads
- gushy
- gutsy
- hertz
- howdy
- hyped
- hyper
- hypes
- jazzy
- jocks
- johns
- jowls
- klutz
- leggy
- melds
- miffs
- minty
- mommy
- nanny
- narcs
- nerds
- nerdy
- peppy
- perms
- piggy
- pimps
- pings
- plunk
- potty
- preps
- profs
- pylon
- raspy
- ritzy
- scads
- scams
- shush
- silky
- slurp
- snits
- softy
- splay
- stash
- stats
- stilt
- swank
- synod
- taffy
- tangy
- tarps
- temps
- testy
- tizzy
- torts
- tromp
- tubby
- twerp
- twits
- tykes
- typos
- wacky
- welsh
- whams
- wimps
- wimpy
- yucky
- yummy
- ankhs
- balky
- banns
- batty
- becks
- bergs
- berms
- beryl
- biddy
- bight
- bilks
- billy
- bling
- bobby
- boggy
- bolls
- bongs
- bonny
- bract
- brads
- brigs
- bulgy
- bungs
- bunts
- burgs
- busby
- butch
- calyx
- campy
- cants
- carbs
- chary
- chock
- chomp
- churl
- clews
- clits
- clomp
- clops
- cloys
- conch
- conks
- corms
- cowls
- coyly
- craws
- cress
- cushy
- cusps
- daffy
- dells
- dilly
- dings
- dinky
- dirks
- divvy
- doffs
- doggy
- dolts
- dotty
- drams
- drays
- drubs
- dryad
- duchy
- dyers
- finks
- finny
- firth
- fitly
- flack
- flays
- fluky
- frack
- frump
- fryer
- fusty
- gaffs
- gimpy
- girds
- girts
- grist
- gunny
- gyros
- hafts
- hanks
- harpy
- hasps
- hefts
- hubby
- hussy
- hydra
- hying
- hypos
- idyll
- jimmy
- ketch
- khans
- kicky
- knell
- larch
- laxly
- lefty
- limns
- mewls
- middy
- milch
- milfs
- molls
- mucky
- murks
- musky
- mussy
- nervy
- noddy
- palmy
- palsy
- parry
- patsy
- pawls
- phish
- phlox
- phyla
- pocks
- prigs
- prosy
- pshaw
- pulpy
- purls
- pwned
- pyxes
- randy
- rangy
- ricks
- riffs
- rills
- rusks
- sappy
- satyr
- scamp
- scats
- schwa
- scows
- scrip
- scrod
- scuds
- scull
- scurf
- serfs
- shads
- shags
- shahs
- shalt
- shank
- shard
- shill
- shims
- shirr
- sibyl
- skiff
- slags
- snaky
- sonny
- soppy
- spams
Questions
How many 5-letter words with one vowel are there?
2,046 in our list, of which 1,682 are everyday words.
What are good Wordle guesses among 5-letter words with one vowel?
ANGRY, APPLY, BACKS, BADLY, BINDS are the most common.