ET closes a five letter word with a short vowel and a hard stop, and Wordle players confirm the pair once both tiles turn green. Those letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in ET leave the opening three unsolved.
L before the ending does more work than any other letter here. It gives you Filet, Gilet, Inlet, Islet, Owlet and Valet, so an L guess in the third position tests a wide part of the field at once.
There are 87 five letter words ending in ET. Quiet, Upset, Onset, Comet and Cadet are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. L in the middle position opens 15 of these words, more than any other letter.
5 Letter Words Ending In ET
E and T take the final two slots, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Ablet | Aglet | Armet | Arret |
| Ashet | Asset | Beget | Benet |
| Beret | Beset | Bewet | Bidet |
| Bluet | Bowet | Buret | Cadet |
| Caret | Civet | Comet | Coset |
| Covet | Cruet | Culet | Curet |
| Denet | Duvet | Ebbet | Egret |
| Emmet | Facet | Filet | Fleet |
| Fouet | Freet | Fumet | Genet |
| Gilet | Gleet | Godet | Greet |
| Gulet | Inlet | Inset | Islet |
| Lacet | Lunet | Manet | Motet |
| Mpret | Muset | Nonet | Objet |
| Octet | Oncet | Onset | Owlet |
| Palet | Pipet | Quiet | Ramet |
| Relet | Remet | Reset | Revet |
| Rewet | Rivet | Roset | Rozet |
| Salet | Sheet | Skeet | Sleet |
| Sweet | Tacet | Tapet | Tenet |
| Tweet | Unget | Unlet | Unmet |
| Unset | Unwet | Upjet | Upset |
| Valet | Volet | Zibet |
5 Letter Words Ending In ET By Starting Letter
Three opening letters reach nine ET words each, and B, C and R share that mark.
5 Letter Words Ending In ET Starting With B
| Beret | Beset | Bidet |
| Beget | Benet | Bewet |
| Bluet | Bowet | Buret |
5 Letter Words Ending In ET Starting With C
| Comet | Cadet | Covet |
| Caret | Civet | Coset |
| Cruet | Culet | Curet |
5 Letter Words Ending In ET Starting With R
| Reset | Rivet | Ramet |
| Relet | Remet | Revet |
| Rewet | Roset | Rozet |
5 Letter Words Ending In ET For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Quiet | Upset | Onset |
| Comet | Inlet | Cadet |
| Facet | Valet | Duvet |
| Inset | Covet | Filet |
| Islet | Unmet | Rivet |
| Bidet | Manet | Civet |
Quiet and Cadet give the widest letter spread. Onset and Islet work better once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In ET For Scrabble
Z and J carry the scoring here, and Zibet reaches 16 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Zibet | 16 |
| Upjet | 14 |
| Rozet | 14 |
| Quiet | 14 |
| Objet | 14 |
| Fumet | 10 |
| Facet | 10 |
| Covet | 10 |
| Civet | 10 |
| Bowet | 10 |
| Bewet | 10 |
| Skeet | 9 |
| Pipet | 9 |
| Mpret | 9 |
| Emmet | 9 |
5 Letter Words Ending In ET And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Aglet | The plastic tip of a shoelace |
| Armet | A medieval helmet |
| Asset | Something valuable that is owned |
| Beget | To bring about or father |
| Beret | A soft round flat cap |
| Beset | To trouble persistently |
| Bidet | A low basin for washing |
| Cadet | A trainee in the armed forces or police |
| Caret | A mark showing where to insert text |
| Civet | A small nocturnal mammal |
| Comet | An icy body that orbits the sun |
| Covet | To desire something belonging to another |
| Cruet | A small container for salt or vinegar |
| Duvet | A soft quilt used as a bedcover |
| Egret | A long legged white heron |
| Facet | One side of a cut gemstone |
| Fleet | A group of ships, or moving fast |
| Greet | To welcome someone |
| Inlet | A small arm of the sea |
| Islet | A small island |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Quiet, Upset, Sheet and Sweet. Asset, Comet, Onset and Reset follow closely behind them.
There are 87 five letter words ending in ET in standard word game dictionaries. Around 30 of those are words most players already recognise.
Fifteen words take L in the third position. Filet, Gilet, Inlet, Islet, Owlet, Valet, Culet, Palet and Salet are the ones to know.
Try Cadet. It tests C, A and D alongside the ET pair and uses five different letters. Quiet works equally well and covers Q, U and I.
The top score is 16 points before any board bonus, which Zibet reaches. Upjet, Rozet and Quiet each score 14.
Yes, six of them. Fleet, Greet, Sheet, Sleet, Sweet and Tweet all place a double E before the final T, along with Freet and Skeet.
Several do. Aglet names a shoelace tip, Caret an editing mark, Cruet a small condiment holder, Islet a small island and Rivet a metal pin.
Six words open on a vowel. Aglet, Armet, Arret, Ashet, Asset and Egret all qualify, along with Emmet, Inlet, Inset, Islet and Onset.
