5-Letter Words Starting With TH
56 five-letter words start with TH; 23 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 | their | 0.38 | 1.25 |
| 2 | there | 0.47 | 1.06 |
| 3 | three | 0.58 | 0.96 |
| 4 | those | 0.49 | 1.03 |
| 5 | thine | 0.52 | 0.98 |
| 6 | theta | 0.31 | 1.12 |
| 7 | threw | 0.39 | 1.04 |
| 8 | these | 0.48 | 0.93 |
Narrow it down
Add the other letters you know — yellows, grays, a letter in its spot — and the list shrinks as you type.
56 words starting with TH
- theircommon
- therecommon
- thinkcommon
- thesecommon
- thosecommon
- threecommon
- thingcommon
- thankcommon
- thirdcommon
- throwcommon
- themecommon
- thickcommon
- threwcommon
- theftcommon
- thumbcommon
- thiefcommon
- thighcommon
- thugscommon
- thorncommon
- thinecommon
- thetacommon
- thongcommon
- thymecommon
- thump
- thane
- throb
- thunk
- thins
- thorp
- thein
- thaws
- thiol
- therm
- thuds
- thrum
- thole
- thous
- thuja
- thebe
- thill
- thurl
- theca
- thack
- throe
- thens
- thegn
- thoro
- thrip
- tharm
- thews
- thewy
- thirl
- thraw
- thuya
- thymi
- thymy
All 56 five-letter words
Starting with THA 5
thack thane thank tharm thaws
Starting with THE 14
thebe theca theft thegn thein their theme thens there therm these theta thews thewy
Starting with THI 11
thick thief thigh thill thine thing think thins thiol third thirl
Starting with THO 7
thole thong thorn thoro thorp those thous
Starting with THR 8
thraw three threw thrip throb throe throw thrum
Starting with THU 8
thuds thugs thuja thumb thump thunk thurl thuya
Starting with THY 3
thyme thymi thymy
More word lists
Have a jumble of letters instead? Unscramble finds every word they make. Playing Wordle? The Wordle Solver takes your colors and suggests the next guess.
Questions people ask
How many five-letter words start with TH?
Our list has 56. 23 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 start with TH?
THEIR, THERE, THINK, THESE, THOSE — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that starts with TH?
THEIR. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.38 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.