5-Letter Words Ending in SE
103 five-letter words end in SE; 48 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arose | 0.53 | 1.30 |
| 2 | arise | 0.55 | 1.28 |
| 3 | raise | 0.56 | 1.26 |
| 4 | erase | 0.54 | 1.19 |
| 5 | rinse | 0.48 | 1.18 |
| 6 | tease | 0.58 | 1.07 |
| 7 | lease | 0.55 | 1.06 |
| 8 | horse | 0.51 | 1.09 |
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103 words ending in SE
- thesecommon
- thosecommon
- housecommon
- closecommon
- causecommon
- sensecommon
- whosecommon
- worsecommon
- horsecommon
- raisecommon
- abusecommon
- phasecommon
- falsecommon
- chosecommon
- noisecommon
- loosecommon
- chasecommon
- nursecommon
- mousecommon
- versecommon
- leasecommon
- cursecommon
- pulsecommon
- jessecommon
- ceasecommon
- pausecommon
- densecommon
- pursecommon
- tensecommon
- arisecommon
- goosecommon
- arosecommon
- prosecommon
- obesecommon
- erasecommon
- moosecommon
- teasecommon
- morsecommon
- lapsecommon
- rinsecommon
- guisecommon
- reusecommon
- geesecommon
- possecommon
- massecommon
- amusecommon
- rousecommon
- poisecommon
- noose
- parse
- pease
- terse
- anise
- louse
- douse
- passe
- manse
- prise
- fosse
- corse
All 103 five-letter words
Starting with A 6
abase abuse amuse anise arise arose
Starting with B 6
birse blase bouse bowse brose burse
Starting with C 11
carse cause cease cense chase chose close copse corse cruse curse
Starting with D 5
dense douse dowse druse dulse
Starting with E 2
erase erose
Starting with F 5
false fease fesse fosse frise
Starting with G 4
geese goose gorse guise
Starting with H 5
hanse hawse hoise horse house
Starting with J 1
jesse
Starting with L 7
lapse lease lense loose louse lowse lyase
Starting with M 7
manse marse masse mense moose morse mouse
Starting with N 3
noise noose nurse
Starting with O 1
obese
Starting with P 16
paise parse passe pause pease peise perse phase poise posse prase prese prise prose pulse purse
Starting with R 5
raise reuse rinse roose rouse
Starting with S 3
seise sense souse
Starting with T 9
tasse tawse tease tense terse these those torse touse
Starting with U 2
ukase urase
Starting with V 2
valse verse
Starting with W 2
whose worse
Starting with Y 1
youse
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in SE?
Our list has 103. 48 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in SE?
THESE, THOSE, HOUSE, CLOSE, CAUSE — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in SE?
AROSE. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.53 green and 1.3 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.