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5 Letter Words Starting With M and Ending in T
Every five-letter word that fits M _ _ _ T — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With M and End in T?
24 words start with M and end with T, 7 of them answer-eligible. MEANT is the most efficient probe from here, clearing about 95.5%.
The second letter stays open here — A is the most common at only 25%. Expect to spend a guess narrowing it rather than assuming.
71% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 7 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit M _ _ _ T
Once M and T are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 MEANT — eliminates about 95.5% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 MERIT — eliminates about 95.4% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 MOIST — eliminates about 93.7% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: MA·6 MO·6 ME·4 MU·4 MI·3. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 24-word column.
M···T Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 7 words with M and ending in T have been the answer: MIGHT (#1536, 2025-09-02), MEANT (#876, 2023-11-12), MERIT (#429, 2022-08-22), MIDST (#322, 2022-05-07), MOIST (#228, 2022-02-02), MOUNT (#222, 2022-01-27), MOULT (#99, 2021-09-26). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1536 | 2025-09-02 | MIGHT |
| #876 | 2023-11-12 | MEANT |
| #429 | 2022-08-22 | MERIT |
| #322 | 2022-05-07 | MIDST |
| #228 | 2022-02-02 | MOIST |
| #222 | 2022-01-27 | MOUNT |
| #99 | 2021-09-26 | MOULT |
The other 17 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
M···T Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 24 M···T words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 7 | 29% |
| Exactly 2 | 17 | 71% |
| 3 or more | 0 | 0% |
And the most common second letters among M···T words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after M:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| MA···T | 6 |
| MO···T | 6 |
| ME···T | 4 |
| MU···T | 4 |
| MI···T | 3 |
| MP···T | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after M splits the list fastest — MA alone accounts for 6 of the 24 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 22 of the 24 words here use five different letters and 2 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with M and end in T?
There are 24 valid five-letter words that start with M and end in T in our Wordle dictionary, and 7 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the M···T list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best M···T words for Wordle?
MEANT, MERIT, MOIST are the strongest. MEANT eliminates about 95.5% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed M and T, guessing MEANT both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which M to T words have been Wordle answers?
7 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was MIGHT (#1536) on 2025-09-02, and the first was MOULT on 2021-09-26. Every answer-eligible M···T word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these M···T words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once M and T are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 22 of the 24 words use five distinct letters and 2 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in M···T words?
A — MA accounts for 6 of the 24 words (25%), ahead of MO with 6. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do M···T words usually have?
71% of these 24 words carry two or more vowels — 17 have exactly two and 0 have three or more, against 7 with one or fewer. With M and T already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.