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5 Letter Words Starting With T and Ending in A
Every five-letter word that fits T _ _ _ A — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With T and End in A?
Locking T at the front and A at the back still leaves 49 words — more than about 80% of the start/end shapes we track. 5 of those sit in the answer pool, and TERRA clears roughly 94.5% of the field in one guess.
Once both ends are green, the second letter is where the puzzle actually lives — and here it is A far more often than anything else, 35% of the time.
98% 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 5 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit T _ _ _ A
Once T and A 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 TERRA — eliminates about 94.5% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 TIARA — eliminates about 93.9% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 TONGA — eliminates about 93.2% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: TA·17 TE·9 TH·6 TI·5 TO·4 +4 others. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 49-word column.
T···A Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 3 words with T and ending in A have been the answer: THETA (#1916, 2026-09-17), TIBIA (#449, 2022-09-11), TIARA (#342, 2022-05-27). That leaves 2 candidates the puzzle has never used — TERRA, TONGA.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1916 | 2026-09-17 | THETA |
| #449 | 2022-09-11 | TIBIA |
| #342 | 2022-05-27 | TIARA |
Never used as an answer
2 answer-eligible T···A words have never been the solution: TERRA, TONGA . Wordle avoided repeats entirely for its first 1,688 puzzles and only began reusing old answers in February 2026 — 24 times so far. An unused word is still the likelier bet, just no longer a certainty; see how repeats work for the full picture.
The other 44 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.
T···A Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 49 T···A words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 1 | 2% |
| Exactly 2 | 35 | 71% |
| 3 or more | 13 | 27% |
And the most common second letters among T···A words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after T:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| TA···A | 17 |
| TE···A | 9 |
| TH···A | 6 |
| TI···A | 5 |
| TO···A | 4 |
| TR···A | 4 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after T splits the list fastest — TA alone accounts for 17 of the 49 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 21 of the 49 words here use five different letters and 28 repeat one.
- Lean toward an unused word. Repeats stayed at zero until February 2026 and number just 24 in 1916 puzzles, so the 2 never-used T···A words above remain the stronger bet.
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 T and end in A?
There are 49 valid five-letter words that start with T and end in A in our Wordle dictionary, and 5 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the T···A list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best T···A words for Wordle?
TERRA, TIARA, TONGA are the strongest. TERRA eliminates about 94.5% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed T and A, guessing TERRA both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which T to A words have been Wordle answers?
3 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was THETA (#1916) on 2026-09-17, and the first was TIARA on 2022-05-27. 2 answer-eligible T···A words have never come up, including TERRA, TONGA. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these T···A words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once T and A are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 21 of the 49 words use five distinct letters and 28 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 T···A words?
A — TA accounts for 17 of the 49 words (35%), ahead of TE with 9. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do T···A words usually have?
98% of these 49 words carry two or more vowels — 35 have exactly two and 13 have three or more, against 1 with one or fewer. With T and A 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.