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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.

#WordGreenYellow
1arose0.531.30
2arise0.551.28
3raise0.561.26
4erase0.541.19
5rinse0.481.18
6tease0.581.07
7lease0.551.06
8horse0.511.09

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  • 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.