ARD closes a five letter word with three of the five tiles, so only two letters remain unsolved. Wordle players who confirm this ending face a much shorter list than on a two letter pattern, and the 5 letter words ending in ARD number fewer than twenty.
Most of them open on a single consonant followed by a vowel or a second consonant. Board, Beard, Guard, Heard, Hoard and Shard cover the shapes you are most likely to meet, and Award is the one that opens on a vowel instead.
There are 14 five letter words ending in ARD. Heard, Board, Guard, Beard and Award are the ones most players know. Izard scores 15 in Scrabble, the highest of the group.
5 Letter Words Ending In ARD
Three of the five slots are already fixed, which leaves only the first two letters to identify.
| Award | Beard | Board | Chard |
| Guard | Heard | Hoard | Izard |
| Liard | Lyard | Shard | Spard |
| Sward | Yeard |
5 Letter Words Ending In ARD For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Heard | Board | Guard |
| Beard | Hoard | Shard |
| Chard | Izard | Sward |
| Liard | Yeard | Lyard |
| Spard |
Board and Guard give the widest letter spread. Beard and Heard differ by one letter, so guessing one narrows the other immediately.
5 Letter Words Ending In ARD For Scrabble
Z and C carry the scoring here, and Izard reaches 15 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Izard | 15 |
| Chard | 11 |
| Yeard | 9 |
| Sward | 9 |
| Shard | 9 |
| Lyard | 9 |
| Hoard | 9 |
| Heard | 9 |
| Award | 9 |
| Spard | 8 |
| Board | 8 |
| Beard | 8 |
| Guard | 7 |
| Liard | 6 |
5 Letter Words Ending In ARD And Their Meanings
Every word on this pattern with what it means.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Award | A prize given for achievement |
| Beard | Hair grown on the chin and cheeks |
| Board | A flat piece of wood, or to get on a vehicle |
| Chard | A leafy vegetable with thick stalks |
| Guard | To watch over and protect |
| Heard | Past tense of hear |
| Hoard | A store of something valuable kept hidden |
| Izard | A chamois of the Pyrenees |
| Liard | A small old French coin |
| Lyard | Streaked with grey |
| Shard | A sharp broken piece of pottery or glass |
| Spard | An old past form of spar |
| Sward | An expanse of short grass |
| Yeard | An old form of the word earth |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Heard, Board, Guard and Award. Beard, Hoard, Shard and Chard follow behind them.
There are 14 five letter words ending in ARD in standard word game dictionaries. Eight of those are words most players already recognise, which makes this one of the shortest patterns in the game.
Try Board. It tests B and O alongside the ARD ending and uses five different letters. Guard covers G and U instead and works equally well.
The top score is 15 points before any board bonus, which Izard reaches. Chard scores 11, and Yeard and Sward each reach 9.
The two differ by a single opening letter, so confirming four green tiles still leaves both alive. Testing B or H early is the only way to separate them.
Three do. Board names a flat piece of wood, Shard a broken fragment and Chard a leafy vegetable, while Hoard names a hidden store rather than a single object.
One does. Award is the only word on this pattern that opens on a vowel, which makes it worth testing early if your board rules out consonant openers.
Two are. Heard is the past tense of hear and Spard is an old past form of spar, while Yeard is an older spelling of earth rather than a verb.
