5-letter words with E as the 4th letter and T as the 5th letter

Every match closes on T, so the pattern reduces to three open letters plus ET. SWEET, QUIET, UPSET, SHEET, FLEET and GREET are the easy answers, while INLET, CADET, TENET, DUVET and BERET keep the list everyday. Fifteen entries count as common, 29 are Wordle answers, and the dictionaries split at 87 in Collins, 66 in NWL2023 and 64 in ENABLE.

Five things to know about the ET ending

• Eighty-seven tournament-dictionary words fix E in the fourth slot and T at the end.
• All 87 end in T, so the pattern is simply three letters plus ET.
• Twenty-nine sit in the Wordle answer list; all 87 are allowed guesses.
• Fifteen count as common, including SWEET, QUIET, UPSET and RESET.
• ZIBET scores 16, then QUIET, OBJET, ROZET and UPJET tie on 14.

How many Wordle answers end in ET?

Twenty-nine of the 87 matches are Wordle answers, roughly one in three. That makes ET one of the more productive endings to hold: with T green and E in the fourth slot, the candidate list is short and mostly familiar. GREET, TWEET, COMET and RESET are typical of the answer set.

The answers thin out at the edges. BEGET, EGRET, ISLET, OCTET, RIVET and UNMET are real words but rarely the first guess you would try, and they all still fit the frame.

Which ET words score best?

Rare letters carry the top totals. ZIBET reaches 16 on its Z, while QUIET, OBJET, ROZET and UPJET all score 14, and FACET, COVET, CIVET, FUMET and BEWET land on 10. The group average sits at 7.6, and because every word ends the same way the difference is all in the first three letters.

Answers first, rarities second