5-Letter Words Starting With THE

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THEIR​8
THERE​8
THESE​8
THEME​10
THEFT​11
THETA​8
THEMA​10
THERM​10
THEIN​8
THEES​8
THECA​10
THEBE​10
THEED​9
THEEK​12
THEGN​9
THEIC​10
THELF​11
THENS​8
THEOW​11
THESP​10


There are 23 words with 5 letters that start with THE in the English language. If you’re here to solve your daily Wordle puzzle, the fastest way is with our Wordle Solver, especially if you’ve already guessed some of the letters or you can even get a Wordle hint.

You should also know that, among the words on this list, 6 of them could be accepted as Wordle solutions, according to the list of 2,309 words from the NYT. For more options, look at 5-letter words ending in THE or 5-letter words that contain THE in any position.

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For people looking at 5-letter words starting with THE for Scrabble, we prepared a few insights into this group:

– The average word from this group is worth 9.7 in Scrabble.
– Most points you can score by playing a word from this group is 47 by playing the word CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES.

For other THE starting words, we have a list of all words containing THE on this page.

We also have a full list of Wordle words, all 2,309 potential Wordle answers, available for you.