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5 Letter Words Starting With T and Ending in P
Every five-letter word that fits T _ _ _ P — 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 P?
T…P is one of the narrower shapes in the dictionary: 13 five-letter words open with T and close with P, and 4 of them can be the daily answer — THUMP, TROOP, TRUMP among them. With both ends green you are usually three letters from done.
The second letter stays open here — H is the most common at only 31% (THUMP). Expect to spend a guess narrowing it rather than assuming.
Only 31% hold two or more vowels, which makes this a consonant-dense shape; a single vowel in the middle is the common case.
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 4 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit T _ _ _ P
Once T and P 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 TULIP — eliminates about 92.2% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 TRUMP — eliminates about 90.7% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 TROOP — eliminates about 90% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: TH·4 TR·4 TW·3 TI·1 TU·1. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 13-word column.
T···P 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 P have been the answer: TULIP (#1629, 2025-12-04), TROOP (#1357, 2025-03-07), THUMP (#669, 2023-04-19). That leaves 1 candidate the puzzle has never used — TRUMP.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1629 | 2025-12-04 | TULIP |
| #1357 | 2025-03-07 | TROOP |
| #669 | 2023-04-19 | THUMP |
Never used as an answer
1 answer-eligible T···P word has never been the solution: TRUMP . 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 9 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···P Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 13 T···P words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 9 | 69% |
| Exactly 2 | 4 | 31% |
| 3 or more | 0 | 0% |
And the most common second letters among T···P words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after T:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| TH···P | 4 |
| TR···P | 4 |
| TW···P | 3 |
| TI···P | 1 |
| TU···P | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after T splits the list fastest — TH alone accounts for 4 of the 13 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 10 of the 13 words here use five different letters and 3 repeat one.
- Lean toward an unused word. Repeats stayed at zero until February 2026 and number just 24 in 1916 puzzles, so the 1 never-used T···P word above remains 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 P?
There are 13 valid five-letter words that start with T and end in P in our Wordle dictionary, and 4 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the T···P list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best T···P words for Wordle?
TULIP, TRUMP, TROOP are the strongest. TULIP eliminates about 92.2% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed T and P, guessing TULIP both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which T to P words have been Wordle answers?
3 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was TULIP (#1629) on 2025-12-04, and the first was THUMP on 2023-04-19. 1 answer-eligible T···P word has never come up, including TRUMP. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these T···P words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once T and P are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 10 of the 13 words use five distinct letters and 3 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···P words?
H — TH accounts for 4 of the 13 words (31%), ahead of TR with 4. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do T···P words usually have?
31% of these 13 words carry two or more vowels — 4 have exactly two and 0 have three or more, against 9 with one or fewer. With T and P 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.