5-Letter Words With No Vowels
36 five-letter words have no A, E, I, O or U; 8 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 | crypt | 0.32 | 0.83 |
| 2 | synth | 0.35 | 0.77 |
| 3 | lynch | 0.25 | 0.77 |
| 4 | myths | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 5 | hymns | 0.17 | 0.79 |
| 6 | psych | 0.21 | 0.70 |
| 7 | lymph | 0.16 | 0.68 |
| 8 | gypsy | 0.28 | 0.51 |
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36 words without A, E, I, O, U
- lynchcommon
- mythscommon
- gypsycommon
- psychcommon
- synthcommon
- hymnscommon
- lymphcommon
- cryptcommon
- cysts
- nymph
- pygmy
- glyph
- myrrh
- tryst
- synch
- flyby
- slyly
- syncs
- shyly
- wryly
- dryly
- sylph
- wynns
- ghyll
- byrls
- crwth
- mythy
- phpht
- rynds
- stymy
- syphs
- thymy
- typps
- wynds
- xylyl
- xysts
All 36 five-letter words
Starting with B 1
byrls
Starting with C 3
crwth crypt cysts
Starting with D 1
dryly
Starting with F 1
flyby
Starting with G 3
ghyll glyph gypsy
Starting with H 1
hymns
Starting with L 2
lymph lynch
Starting with M 3
myrrh myths mythy
Starting with N 1
nymph
Starting with P 3
phpht psych pygmy
Starting with R 1
rynds
Starting with S 8
shyly slyly stymy sylph synch syncs synth syphs
Starting with T 3
thymy tryst typps
Starting with W 3
wryly wynds wynns
Starting with X 2
xylyl xysts
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words have no A, E, I, O or U?
Our list has 36. 8 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 have no A, E, I, O or U?
LYNCH, MYTHS, GYPSY, PSYCH, SYNTH — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that has no A, E, I, O or U?
CRYPT. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.32 green and 0.83 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.