SH closes a five letter word with one sound spread across two tiles, and Wordle players confirm it once both turn green. The pair fixes the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in SH leave the opening three unsolved.
The third letter narrows the field faster than the first or the second. A takes that slot in Clash, Crash, Flash, Smash and Trash, which is why an A guess in the middle tests more of these words than any other letter, while I and U each leave a much smaller set to check.
There are 61 five letter words ending in SH. Fresh, Crash, Brush, Trash and Welsh are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. A in the middle position opens 19 of these words, more than any other letter.
5 Letter Words Ending In SH
S and H take the final two slots as one sound, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Abash | Apish | Arish | Awash |
| Blash | Blush | Brash | Brush |
| Clash | Crash | Crush | Cuish |
| Deash | Dunsh | Flash | Flesh |
| Flosh | Flush | Fresh | Frosh |
| Frush | Girsh | Gnash | Gursh |
| Harsh | Hoosh | Knish | Leash |
| Leish | Marsh | Mensh | Mulsh |
| Phish | Plash | Plesh | Plush |
| Quash | Qursh | Shash | Shish |
| Shush | Skosh | Slash | Slish |
| Slosh | Slush | Smash | Smush |
| Snash | Snush | Sposh | Stash |
| Swash | Swish | Taish | Trash |
| Welsh | Wersh | Whish | Woosh |
| Yeesh |
5 Letter Words Ending In SH By Middle Letter
The middle letter does more to narrow the field than the opener. Nineteen of these words take A in that position.
5 Letter Words Ending In SH With A In The Middle
| Clash | Crash | Flash |
| Slash | Smash | Stash |
| Trash | Awash | Brash |
| Leash | Quash | Gnash |
| Swash | Abash | Blash |
| Deash | Plash | Shash |
| Snash |
5 Letter Words Ending In SH With I In The Middle
| Phish | Swish | Arish |
| Knish | Shish | Whish |
| Apish | Cuish | Leish |
| Slish | Taish |
5 Letter Words Ending In SH With U In The Middle
| Blush | Brush | Crush |
| Flush | Plush | Shush |
| Slush | Smush | Frush |
| Snush |
5 Letter Words Ending In SH For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so a single guess tests five positions at once.
| Fresh | Crash | Flash |
| Trash | Brush | Flesh |
| Crush | Welsh | Clash |
| Marsh | Flush | Blush |
| Leash | Plush | Brash |
| Quash | Frosh | Arish |
Fresh and Crash give the widest letter spread. Marsh and Welsh work better once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In SH For Scrabble
Q and Z carry the scoring here, and Qursh and Quash tie at 17.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Qursh | 17 |
| Quash | 17 |
| Whish | 14 |
| Phish | 13 |
| Skosh | 12 |
| Knish | 12 |
| Yeesh | 11 |
| Woosh | 11 |
| Wersh | 11 |
| Welsh | 11 |
| Swish | 11 |
| Swash | 11 |
| Shush | 11 |
| Shish | 11 |
| Shash | 11 |
5 Letter Words Ending In SH And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Awash | Covered or flooded with water |
| Blush | To redden in the face from embarrassment |
| Brash | Confident in a rude or noisy way |
| Brush | A tool with bristles for cleaning or painting |
| Clash | To come into conflict or disagreement |
| Crash | A violent collision or sudden failure |
| Crush | To press something until it breaks or deforms |
| Flash | A sudden brief burst of light |
| Flesh | The soft tissue of the body |
| Flush | To clean with a rush of water |
| Fresh | Recently made, picked or produced |
| Gnash | To grind the teeth together |
| Harsh | Unpleasantly rough or severe |
| Knish | A baked or fried dumpling with a filling |
| Leash | A strap for holding an animal |
| Marsh | Low wet ground |
| Plush | Rich and luxurious in feel |
| Quash | To reject or put an end to something |
| Slash | To cut with a sweeping stroke |
| Trash | Waste material or rubbish |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Fresh, Crash, Brush and Flash. Trash, Clash, Crush and Harsh follow closely behind them.
There are 61 five letter words ending in SH in standard word game dictionaries. Around 25 of those are words most players already recognise.
Nineteen words take A in the third position. Clash, Crash, Flash, Smash, Slash, Stash and Trash are the strongest of them for a Wordle board.
Sixteen words match both conditions. Slash, Slosh, Slush, Smash, Snash, Stash, Swash and Swish are the ones worth knowing.
Try Fresh. It tests F, R and E alongside the SH pair, which makes it a strong opener. Crash covers C, R and A instead and works equally well.
The top score is 17 points before any board bonus, shared by Qursh and Quash. Whish scores 14 and Phish reaches 13.
Ten words take U in the third position. Blush, Brush, Crush, Flush, Plush and Slush are the recognisable ones.
Every word on this pattern carries at least one vowel in the first three positions, because SH supplies no vowel sound of its own.
