ST occupies the fourth and fifth positions of a five letter word, and Wordle players confirm the pair once both tiles turn green. Those two letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in ST still leave the opening three unsolved.
The third position narrows the field faster than the first or the second. More ST words take I there than any other letter, which is why Exist, Twist, Wrist and Grist all share that pattern, while U in the same slot leaves far fewer candidates to test.
There are 111 five letter words ending in ST. First, Worst, Chest, Blast and Coast are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. I opens more of these words in the middle position than any other letter, so test I first once S and T are green.
5 Letter Words Ending In ST
S and T take the final two slots without touching a vowel, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Adust | Agast | Agist | Alist |
| Angst | Avast | Beast | Blast |
| Blest | Blist | Boast | Boost |
| Brast | Brust | Buist | Burst |
| Canst | Chest | Clast | Coast |
| Coost | Crest | Crost | Crust |
| Curst | Deist | Didst | Doest |
| Drest | Durst | Earst | Egest |
| Ewest | Exist | Feast | Feist |
| Fiest | First | Foist | Frist |
| Frost | Frust | Geest | Geist |
| Ghast | Ghest | Ghost | Giust |
| Glost | Goest | Grist | Guest |
| Hadst | Heast | Heist | Hoast |
| Hoist | Horst | Hurst | Inust |
| Joist | Joust | Karst | Kydst |
| Least | Loast | Maist | Mayst |
| Midst | Moist | Moust | Muist |
| Neist | Odist | Ovist | Perst |
| Plast | Prest | Prost | Quest |
| Quist | Reast | Reest | Reist |
| Roast | Roist | Roost | Roust |
| Royst | Saist | Sayst | Shist |
| Toast | Trest | Trist | Trust |
| Tryst | Twist | Verst | Waist |
| Warst | Weest | Whist | Worst |
| Wrast | Wrest | Wrist | Wurst |
| Yeast | Ytost | Zoist |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST By Starting Letter
Six opening letters reach eight ST words or more, and B and G reach ten each.
5 Letter Words Ending In ST Starting With B
| Beast | Blast | Boast |
| Boost | Burst | Blest |
| Brust | Buist | Blist |
| Brast |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST Starting With C
| Chest | Coast | Crest |
| Crust | Canst | Clast |
| Coost | Crost | Curst |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST Starting With F
| Feast | First | Frost |
| Feist | Foist | Frist |
| Fiest | Frust |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST Starting With G
| Ghost | Guest | Geist |
| Grist | Geest | Ghast |
| Goest | Ghest | Giust |
| Glost |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST Starting With R
| Roast | Roost | Roust |
| Reast | Reest | Reist |
| Roist | Royst |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST Starting With W
| Waist | Worst | Wrist |
| Wrest | Whist | Wurst |
| Warst | Weest | Wrast |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST By Middle Letter
The middle letter narrows the field faster than the opener. Thirty one of these words take I in that position.
5 Letter Words Ending In ST With I In The Middle
| Exist | Moist | Twist |
| Waist | Wrist | Geist |
| Grist | Heist | Hoist |
| Alist | Buist | Deist |
| Feist | Foist | Frist |
| Joist | Quist | Trist |
| Whist | Agist | Blist |
| Maist | Muist | Neist |
| Odist | Ovist | Reist |
| Roist | Saist | Shist |
| Zoist |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST With A In The Middle
| Beast | Blast | Boast |
| Coast | Feast | Least |
| Roast | Toast | Yeast |
| Avast | Clast | Ghast |
| Plast | Agast | Brast |
| Heast | Hoast | Loast |
| Reast | Wrast |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST With E In The Middle
| Chest | Crest | Guest |
| Quest | Wrest | Blest |
| Doest | Geest | Goest |
| Prest | Drest | Egest |
| Ewest | Fiest | Ghest |
| Reest | Trest | Weest |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST With R In The Middle
| Burst | First | Worst |
| Durst | Horst | Hurst |
| Karst | Wurst | Curst |
| Earst | Perst | Verst |
| Warst |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST With U In The Middle
| Crust | Trust | Brust |
| Joust | Roust | Adust |
| Frust | Giust | Inust |
| Moust |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so a single guess tests five positions at once.
| First | Least | Worst |
| Coast | Exist | Guest |
| Chest | Ghost | Blast |
| Beast | Quest | Burst |
| Wrist | Waist | Feast |
| Frost | Midst | Roast |
First and Least give the widest letter spread of the group. Ghost and Chest work better as second guesses, once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In ST For Scrabble
Z, Q, J and X carry the scoring here, and Zoist and Quist tie at the top.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Zoist | 14 |
| Quist | 14 |
| Quest | 14 |
| Kydst | 13 |
| Joust | 12 |
| Joist | 12 |
| Exist | 12 |
| Whist | 11 |
| Mayst | 10 |
| Chest | 10 |
| Karst | 9 |
| Hadst | 9 |
| Ghost | 9 |
| Ghest | 9 |
| Ghast | 9 |
5 Letter Words Ending In ST And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Angst | A feeling of deep anxiety or dread |
| Beast | A large or dangerous animal |
| Blast | A sudden strong rush of air or sound |
| Boast | To speak with excessive pride about oneself |
| Boost | To raise or increase something |
| Burst | To break open suddenly under pressure |
| Chest | The upper front part of the body |
| Coast | Land beside the sea |
| Crest | The top of a hill or wave |
| Crust | The hard outer layer of bread or earth |
| Exist | To have being or reality |
| Feast | A large meal for a celebration |
| First | Coming before all others in order |
| Frost | A thin layer of ice on a cold surface |
| Ghost | The spirit of a dead person |
| Grist | Grain that is ground into flour |
| Guest | A person invited to visit or stay |
| Heist | A robbery carried out with planning |
| Hoist | To raise something with ropes or a pulley |
| Midst | The middle part of a group or period |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are First, Worst, Chest and Coast. Trust, Ghost, Guest and Blast follow closely behind them.
There are 111 five letter words ending in ST in standard word game dictionaries. Around 40 of those are words most players already recognise.
Ten words match both conditions. Beast, Blast, Boast, Boost and Burst are the ones worth guessing, with Blest, Brast, Buist and Blist filling out the rest.
Thirty one words take I in the third position. Exist, Moist, Twist, Waist and Wrist are the strongest of them for a Wordle board.
Try First. It gives you five different letters and covers a vowel alongside the R that follows it. Least works equally well and tests E and A together.
The top score is 14 points before any board bonus, shared by Zoist, Quist and Quest. Joust and Joist each reach 12.
Yes, one word fits. Tryst uses Y for the vowel sound in the third position, which makes it a useful trap on a Wordle board.
Nine words fit. Waist, Worst, Wrist and Wrest are the recognisable ones, joined by Whist, Wurst, Warst, Weest and Wrast.
