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Wordle game help: 5-letter words with ‘E’, ‘L’, and ‘T’

A little help.

Wordle is simple and fun and can be played virtually anywhere, just access the New York Times website from a PC or mobile device. To consistently win, many players look for strategies that help them extract more information from their hunches. As there is no initial hint, many looks for the best word to guess first.

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Each player has their own preference when it comes to choosing how to start Wordle. While some guess “AUDIO”, using more common cards can be successful.

Some of the best words to guess first are “CARES”, “ARISE”, and “SLATE”. Other words with the same letters or with other common letters can also perform the same function, but these are some guaranteed options for your next matches.

Related: Wordle Game Help: 5-letter words with ‘A’ and E in them

If you used your first few guesses and could only figure out the secret word has the letters “E”, “L”, and “T”, but you don’t know their positions or what to try to guess next, here are some five-letter words with those letters sorted alphabetically so you have less work to filter your choices by the letters you’ve already eliminated.

Five-letter words with ‘E’, ‘L’, and ‘T’ to try on Wordle

  • ablet
  • aglet
  • alate
  • aleft
  • alert
  • alter
  • artel
  • belts
  • betel
  • blate
  • bleat
  • blent
  • blert
  • blest
  • blets
  • blite
  • bluet
  • botel
  • butle
  • celts
  • cetyl
  • cleat
  • cleft
  • clept
  • clote
  • culet
  • dealt
  • delft
  • delta
  • delts
  • dwelt
  • eclat
  • elate
  • elect
  • elint
  • elite
  • elute
  • enlit
  • ethal
  • ethyl
  • ettle
  • exalt
  • extol
  • exult
  • felts
  • felty
  • fetal
  • filet
  • fleet
  • flite
  • flote
  • flute
  • flyte
  • gelts
  • gilet
  • gleet
  • glent
  • glute
  • helot
  • hotel
  • inlet
  • intel
  • islet
  • istle
  • ixtle
  • kelts
  • kelty
  • ketol
  • klett
  • knelt
  • lacet
  • lated
  • laten
  • later
  • latex
  • lathe
  • latke
  • latte
  • leant
  • leapt
  • least
  • leats
  • leets
  • lefte
  • lefts
  • lefty
  • legit
  • lenti
  • lento
  • lepta
  • lests
  • letch
  • lethe
  • letup
  • lited
  • liter
  • lites
  • lithe
  • litre
  • lotes
  • lotte
  • lunet
  • lutea
  • luted
  • luter
  • lutes
  • lyted
  • lytes
  • lythe
  • melts
  • melty
  • metal
  • metol
  • motel
  • olent
  • owlet
  • palet
  • pelta
  • pelts
  • petal
  • plate
  • pleat
  • ratel
  • relet
  • relit
  • salet
  • setal
  • slate
  • sleet
  • slept
  • smelt
  • spelt
  • stale
  • steal
  • steel
  • steil
  • stela
  • stele
  • stell
  • stile
  • stole
  • style
  • swelt
  • table
  • taels
  • talea
  • taler
  • tales
  • teals
  • teels
  • teils
  • telae
  • telco
  • teles
  • telex
  • telia
  • telic
  • tells
  • telly
  • teloi
  • telos
  • tepal
  • tesla
  • tewel
  • thelf
  • thole
  • tilde
  • tiled
  • tiler
  • tiles
  • title
  • toile
  • toled
  • toles
  • towel
  • tules
  • tulle
  • tuple
  • tweel
  • tyler
  • unlet
  • utile
  • valet
  • veldt
  • volet
  • volte
  • welkt
  • welts
  • wetly
  • yelts
  • zlote

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Freelance writer for Dot Esports. Playing video games since childhood, Raul Rocha has over twenty years experience as a gamer and four years translating and writing gaming news.