5 letter palindromes
There are 50 five-letter words that read the same forwards and backwards.
9 of them were in Wordle's original answer list; the other 41 are accepted as guesses.
Words that read the same forwards and backwards that were Wordle answers (9)
- CIVIC
- KAYAK
- LEVEL
- MADAM
- MINIM
- RADAR
- REFER
- ROTOR
- TENET
Other accepted guesses that read the same forwards and backwards (41)
- ALALA
- ALULA
- ANANA
- AYAYA
- DEKED
- DELED
- DERED
- DEWED
- HOGOH
- KAIAK
- LAHAL
- LAVAL
- LEMEL
- MALAM
- MAQAM
- MESEM
- MODOM
- MUTUM
- NISIN
- QAJAQ
- SAGAS
- SALAS
- SAMAS
- SAYAS
- SEDES
- SELES
- SEMES
- SENES
- SERES
- SEXES
- SEZES
- SHAHS
- SIMIS
- SIRIS
- SOLOS
- STATS
- STETS
- STOTS
- SULUS
- SUSUS
- TOROT
Good guesses from this list
Words from this list whose letters are the most common among these 50 words, so they cut the list down fastest: MADAM, SELES, SEMES, LEVEL, SALAS, SEDES.
Which letters go where
| Position | Most common letters (word count) |
|---|---|
| First letter | S (20), M (7), A (4) |
| Second letter | E (16), A (13), I (5) |
| Third letter | L (6), A (5), R (4) |
| Fourth letter | E (16), A (13), I (5) |
| Fifth letter | S (20), M (7), A (4) |
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Green tiles are in the original Wordle answer list. The game has changed its answers since, so any word on this page can still be a guess, and a few non-green words may now be answers.