LD closes a five letter word with two consonants that run together, 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 LD leave the opening three unsolved.
This pattern hides two of the most awkward Wordle answers in the game. Could and Would place OU before the ending and differ by a single letter, while Build, Child, Field, Guild, Wield and Yield take a different vowel pair there.
There are 35 five letter words ending in LD. Would, Could, World, Child and Field are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. E and U each open 10 of these words in the middle position.
5 Letter Words Ending In LD
L and D take the final two slots as a blend, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Acold | Ahold | Bield | Build |
| Cauld | Child | Could | Fauld |
| Field | Fjeld | Gould | Guild |
| Gyeld | Hauld | Heald | Mould |
| Neeld | Nould | Scald | Scold |
| Seeld | Sield | Skald | Spald |
| Speld | Tauld | Trild | Viold |
| Weald | Wield | Woald | World |
| Would | Yauld | Yield |
5 Letter Words Ending In LD For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Would | Could | World |
| Child | Field | Build |
| Yield | Guild | Mould |
| Gould | Wield | Ahold |
| Scold | Heald | Weald |
| Scald | Skald | Cauld |
World and Child give the widest letter spread. Would and Could share four letters, so guessing one tells you little about the other.
5 Letter Words Ending In LD For Scrabble
J and F carry the scoring here, and Fjeld reaches 16 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Fjeld | 16 |
| Child | 11 |
| Skald | 10 |
| Gyeld | 10 |
| Yield | 9 |
| Yauld | 9 |
| Would | 9 |
| World | 9 |
| Woald | 9 |
| Wield | 9 |
| Weald | 9 |
| Viold | 9 |
| Heald | 9 |
| Hauld | 9 |
| Field | 9 |
5 Letter Words Ending In LD And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ahold | A grasp or grip on something |
| Bield | A shelter from wind or weather |
| Build | To construct something |
| Cauld | A weir across a river |
| Child | A young human being |
| Could | Past tense of can |
| Fauld | A piece of armour protecting the waist |
| Field | An area of open land |
| Fjeld | A high barren plateau in Scandinavia |
| Guild | An association of people in a trade |
| Heald | A part of a weaving loom |
| Mould | A hollow form for shaping material |
| Neeld | A needle |
| Scald | To burn with hot liquid |
| Scold | To rebuke angrily |
| Skald | An ancient Scandinavian poet |
| Weald | Wooded open country |
| Wield | To hold and use a tool or power |
| World | The earth and all its people |
| Would | Past tense of will |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Would, Could, World and Child. Field, Build, Yield and Guild follow closely behind them.
There are 35 five letter words ending in LD in standard word game dictionaries. Around 13 of those are words most players already recognise, which makes this a friendly pattern once the ending is green.
The two share four of five letters, so confirming one tells you almost nothing about the other. Mould and Yield sit close behind them for the same reason.
Try World. It tests W, O and R alongside the LD pair and uses five different letters. Child covers C, H and I instead and works equally well.
The top score is 16 points before any board bonus, which Fjeld reaches. Child scores 11, and Skald and Gyeld each reach 10.
Six words take that pair. Bield, Field, Sield, Wield, Yield and Neeld sit close to it with a double E instead.
Yes, several. Field names open ground, Weald wooded country, Fjeld a barren plateau and World the earth itself.
Two words open on a vowel. Acold and Ahold both qualify, and neither turns up often outside a word game.
