Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: LARES, RALES, TARES, RATES, TALES and DARES. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 378 of the 531 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- ZAXES21 points
- ZYMES19 points
- FAZES17 points
- FEZES17 points
- FUZES17 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third-to-last letter is R (49 words), followed by L (47).
More 5 letter words ending with S
- …TS 280
- …KS 183
- …LS 181
- …AS 172
- …NS 158
- …DS 153
- …PS 127
- …OS 115
- …RS 111
- …MS 90
- …IS 89
- …US 87
- …GS 84
- …FS 73
- …BS 58
- …WS 50
- …HS 45
ES at other lengths
Questions
How many 5 letter words end in ES?
There are 531 5 letter words that end in ES in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that end in ES?
ZAXES, worth 21 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
What is a good Wordle guess that ends in ES?
LARES, RALES and TARES use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.