5-letter words with double letters
There are 1,745 five-letter words with double letters in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is PZAZZ at 34 points. That is 14% of all five-letter words, and they average 9.5 points.
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A double letter means two of the same letter side by side, like the LL in HELLO or the SS in GRASS, and S starts the most of these five-letter words (192). Repeated letters are a classic Wordle blind spot, because players forget a letter can appear twice: 1,745 five-letter words have one. Examples include PZAZZ, JAZZY, FUZZY, FIZZY and WHIZZ.
5-letter words with double letters in numbers
- Words
- 1,745
- Highest scoring
- PZAZZ 34 pts
- Average score
- 9.5 pts
- With a definition
- 839 (48%)
- A93
- B155
- C107
- D103
- E32
- F78
- G110
- H67
- I16
- J37
- K52
- L70
- M99
- N58
- O34
- P107
- Q8
- R80
- S192
- T102
- U11
- V16
- W73
- Y28
- Z17
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with double letters
5-letter words with double letters (1,745)
These 300 of the 1,745 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words have double letters?
Unscrambly's list has 1,745 five-letter words containing a pair of identical adjacent letters, such as BB, LL or SS. 839 of them have a dictionary definition.
Why do double letters matter in Wordle?
Wordle answers can repeat a letter, and one yellow clue can hide a letter that appears twice. 1,745 of the 12,578 five-letter words have a double.
What is a high-scoring double-letter word?
PZAZZ scores 34 points in Scrabble. Next come JAZZY (33), FEZZY (29) and FIZZY (29).