3 Letter Word Finder
Enter your 3-letter guesses, tap the tiles to match your colors, and see every 3-letter word that still fits.
3-letter word finder tool
Type a guess, press Enter, then tap tiles to set their colors.
- Gray not in word
- Yellow wrong spot
- Green right spot
On a keyboard, focus a tile and press 1, 2 or 3 for gray, yellow or green.
Results
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Strong starting words
Tap a word to add it to the board.
The word list is built from open dictionaries (ENABLE2K and SCOWL), so it may differ slightly from the official game list. How the finder works.
How to use the 3-letter word finder
This page is set to 3 letters. Type the word you played and press Enter.
Tap each tile until it matches your game: gray, then yellow, then green.
The list of 3-letter words updates as you tap. Tap any word to add it as your next guess.
3-letter words by the numbers
Computed from the exact list the finder uses, so these figures match the results you see.
- 9723-letter words in the list
- 462marked as likely answers
- 80%of likely answers have one vowel
Most common letter in each position
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | S | A | T |
| Share | 8% | 22% | 12% |
Where the words come from
The list holds every 3-letter word in ENABLE2K, a public-domain word list. Words that also appear in the common levels of SCOWL, an open word list, are marked as likely answers. It is built from open dictionaries and may differ slightly from any official game list. The full method is on the About page.
Tips for 3-letter puzzles
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Open with EAT or SAT
These score highest on our 3-letter list because they place frequent letters in their most common positions. If you prefer to pick your own opener, choose one with no repeated letters.
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Expect S at the start and T at the end
8% of likely 3-letter answers start with S, and 12% end with T. When the edges are still open, test those letters there first.
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Watch for the ending -AY
-AY is the most common two-letter ending in our likely 3-letter answers (3% of them), followed by -ET. Once you see letters gathering at the end of the word, check these endings before trying rarer ones.
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Repeated letters are less common
10% of likely 3-letter answers contain at least one repeated letter. Spend your early guesses on new letters before you test doubles.
3-letter word finder questions
How many 3-letter words does the finder check?
The 3-letter list has 972 words, and 462 of them are marked as likely answers because they are common everyday words. It includes every word of that length in the ENABLE2K word list.
What is a good first guess for a 3-letter Wordle?
Based on how often letters appear in each position across our 3-letter list, the strongest openers are EAT, SAT, PAT and TOE. They test common letters in the spots where those letters usually appear.
Which letters are most common in 3-letter words?
Among likely 3-letter answers, A appears in 30% of words, E in 24% and O in 24%. The most common first letter is S and the most common last letter is T.