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5-Letter Words Ending in ST

73 five-letter words end in ST; 32 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
1least0.461.25
2roast0.491.14
3crest0.451.17
4yeast0.421.19
5beast0.491.07
6feast0.481.07
7heist0.431.08
8coast0.530.92

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  • firstcommon
  • leastcommon
  • trustcommon
  • worstcommon
  • coastcommon
  • existcommon
  • guestcommon
  • chestcommon
  • ghostcommon
  • boostcommon
  • blastcommon
  • beastcommon
  • questcommon
  • twistcommon
  • burstcommon
  • wristcommon
  • toastcommon
  • waistcommon
  • feastcommon
  • frostcommon
  • midstcommon
  • roastcommon
  • crustcommon
  • moistcommon
  • yeastcommon
  • crestcommon
  • boastcommon
  • heistcommon
  • angstcommon
  • hoistcommon
  • hurstcommon
  • roostcommon
  • horst
  • durst
  • grist
  • wrest
  • prost
  • tryst
  • karst
  • joust
  • avast
  • didst
  • whist
  • canst
  • joist
  • feist
  • wurst
  • blest
  • foist
  • deist
  • doest
  • prest
  • hadst
  • mayst
  • roust
  • geest
  • clast
  • alist
  • ghast
  • curst

All 73 five-letter words

Starting with A 5

adust agist alist angst avast

Starting with B 6

beast blast blest boast boost burst

Starting with C 7

canst chest clast coast crest crust curst

Starting with D 5

deist didst doest drest durst

Starting with E 2

egest exist

Starting with F 5

feast feist first foist frost

Starting with G 6

geest ghast ghost glost grist guest

Starting with H 5

hadst heist hoist horst hurst

Starting with J 2

joist joust

Starting with K 1

karst

Starting with L 1

least

Starting with M 4

maist mayst midst moist

Starting with N 1

neist

Starting with O 1

odist

Starting with P 2

prest prost

Starting with Q 1

quest

Starting with R 4

reest roast roost roust

Starting with S 2

sayst shist

Starting with T 4

toast trust tryst twist

Starting with V 1

verst

Starting with W 7

waist weest whist worst wrest wrist wurst

Starting with Y 1

yeast

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in ST?

Our list has 73. 32 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 ST?

FIRST, LEAST, TRUST, WORST, COAST — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in ST?

LEAST. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.46 green and 1.25 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.