SE closes a five letter word with a soft ending that Wordle players confirm once both tiles turn green. Those letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in SE leave the opening three unsolved, and this is one of the largest ending patterns in the game.
The middle letter splits the field more evenly here than in most patterns. R gives you Curse, Horse, Nurse, Purse and Verse, U gives you Cause, House and Mouse, and I leads to Guise, Noise, Poise and Raise.
There are 149 five letter words ending in SE. Those, House, Close, Cause and Worse are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. R in the middle position opens 21 of these words, more than any other letter.
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Word Reference
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5 Letter Words Ending In SE
S and E take the final two slots, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
Abase
Abuse
Amuse
Anise
Arise
Arose
Avise
Basse
Birse
Blase
Boose
Bouse
Bowse
Brise
Bulse
Burse
Caese
Carse
Cause
Cease
Cense
Cesse
Chase
Chose
Chuse
Close
Copse
Corse
Crise
Cruse
Curse
Dense
Desse
Dorse
Douse
Dowse
Druse
Dulse
Erase
Erose
False
Farse
Fease
Feese
Fesse
Fosse
Frise
Geese
Gesse
Goose
Gorse
Gosse
Grese
Grise
Guise
Guyse
Halse
Hanse
Hause
Hawse
Herse
Hoise
Horse
House
Jesse
Lapse
Lease
Leese
Lense
Loose
Louse
Lowse
Lyase
Maise
Manse
Marse
Masse
Mease
Mense
Merse
Meuse
Moose
Morse
Mouse
Mulse
Musse
Neese
Nisse
Noise
Noose
Nurse
Obese
Paise
Parse
Passe
Pause
Pease
Peise
Perse
Peyse
Phase
Phese
Poise
Posse
Poyse
Prase
Prese
Prise
Prose
Pryse
Pulse
Purse
Raise
Rasse
Reuse
Rinse
Roose
Rouse
Russe
Salse
Sasse
Scuse
Sease
Seise
Sense
Sluse
Sonse
Souse
Sowse
Tasse
Tawse
Tease
Temse
Tense
Terse
These
Those
Toise
Torse
Towse
Ukase
Urase
Valse
Verse
Weise
Whose
Woose
Worse
Youse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE By Starting Letter
Nine opening letters reach eight SE words or more, and P leads them with twenty.
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With B
Basse
Blase
Boose
Brise
Burse
Birse
Bouse
Bowse
Bulse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With C
Cause
Cease
Chase
Chose
Close
Curse
Carse
Copse
Corse
Crise
Cruse
Caese
Cense
Cesse
Chuse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With G
Goose
Geese
Guise
Gorse
Gosse
Grise
Gesse
Grese
Guyse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With H
Horse
House
Halse
Hanse
Hause
Hawse
Herse
Hoise
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With L
Lease
Loose
Lapse
Louse
Leese
Lense
Lyase
Lowse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With M
Moose
Morse
Mouse
Masse
Manse
Mense
Meuse
Maise
Marse
Mease
Merse
Mulse
Musse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With P
Pause
Phase
Prose
Pulse
Purse
Parse
Passe
Pease
Poise
Posse
Paise
Perse
Prese
Prise
Peise
Peyse
Phese
Poyse
Prase
Pryse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With S
Sense
Sasse
Scuse
Souse
Salse
Sease
Seise
Sluse
Sonse
Sowse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE Starting With T
Tease
Tense
These
Those
Terse
Tasse
Tawse
Temse
Toise
Torse
Towse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE By Middle Letter
No single letter dominates the middle position here. R reaches 21 words, with U and I close behind.
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With R In The Middle
Curse
Horse
Morse
Nurse
Purse
Verse
Worse
Parse
Terse
Burse
Carse
Corse
Gorse
Perse
Birse
Dorse
Farse
Herse
Marse
Merse
Torse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With U In The Middle
Abuse
Cause
House
Mouse
Pause
Amuse
Douse
Louse
Reuse
Rouse
Cruse
Druse
Hause
Meuse
Scuse
Souse
Youse
Bouse
Chuse
Sluse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With I In The Middle
Arise
Noise
Raise
Anise
Guise
Poise
Brise
Crise
Frise
Grise
Paise
Prise
Weise
Avise
Hoise
Maise
Peise
Seise
Toise
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With S In The Middle
Jesse
Masse
Passe
Posse
Basse
Fosse
Gosse
Nisse
Russe
Sasse
Cesse
Desse
Fesse
Gesse
Musse
Rasse
Tasse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With A In The Middle
Cease
Chase
Erase
Lease
Phase
Tease
Pease
Abase
Blase
Lyase
Fease
Mease
Prase
Sease
Ukase
Urase
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With O In The Middle
Arose
Chose
Close
Goose
Loose
Moose
Prose
Those
Whose
Noose
Boose
Roose
Erose
Woose
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With E In The Middle
Obese
These
Geese
Leese
Neese
Prese
Caese
Feese
Grese
Phese
5 Letter Words Ending In SE With N In The Middle
Dense
Sense
Tense
Rinse
Hanse
Lense
Manse
Mense
Cense
Sonse
5 Letter Words Ending In SE For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
Those
House
Close
Cause
Whose
Worse
Horse
Raise
Abuse
Phase
False
Chose
Noise
Chase
Nurse
Mouse
Curse
Pulse
Those and Cause give the widest letter spread. Horse and Raise work better as a second guess, once a vowel is already green.
5 Letter Words Ending In SE For Scrabble
J and W carry the scoring here, and Jesse reaches 12 before any board bonus.
Word
Points
Jesse
12
Whose
11
Hawse
11
Pryse
10
Poyse
10
Phese
10
Phase
10
Peyse
10
Chuse
10
Chose
10
Chase
10
Bowse
10
Ukase
9
Guyse
9
Dowse
9
5 Letter Words Ending In SE And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
Word
Meaning
Abuse
To treat someone or something badly
Amuse
To make someone laugh or smile
Arise
To come into being or get up
Cause
A reason something happens
Cease
To stop
Chase
To pursue in order to catch
Close
To shut, or near in distance
Curse
A word or phrase wishing harm
Dense
Closely packed together
Erase
To rub out or remove
False
Not true
Goose
A large waterbird
Guise
An outward appearance that conceals
Horse
A large hoofed animal
House
A building people live in
Lapse
A brief failure or gap
Lease
A contract to rent property
Noise
Unwanted or loud sound
Nurse
A person who cares for the sick
Pulse
The rhythmic beat of the heart
FAQs
What are the most common 5 letter words ending in SE?
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Those, House, Close and Cause. Whose, Worse, Horse and Raise follow closely behind them.
How many 5 letter words end in SE?
There are 149 five letter words ending in SE in standard word game dictionaries. Around 56 of those are words most players already recognise.
Which 5 letter words ending in SE have R in the middle?
Twenty one words take R in the third position. Curse, Horse, Nurse, Purse, Verse, Worse, Corse and Gorse are the strongest of them.
What 5 letter words end in SE and start with P?
Twenty words match both conditions. Pause, Phase, Poise, Prose, Pulse and Purse are the ones worth knowing, with Paise, Parse and Passe close behind.
What is a good Wordle guess ending in SE?
Try Cause. It tests C, A and U alongside the SE pair, which covers two vowels in one guess. Those works equally well and swaps in T, H and O.
Which 5 letter words ending in SE score highest in Scrabble?
The top score is 12 points before any board bonus, which Jesse reaches. Whose and Hawse each score 11.
Are there 5 letter words ending in SE with a double S?
Yes, several. Basse, Fosse, Masse, Passe, Posse and Russe each carry a double S before the final E.
What 5 letter words ending in SE start with a vowel?
Nine words open on a vowel. Abase, Abuse, Amuse, Anise, Arise, Arose, Avise, Erase and Erose all qualify.
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