Words That Start With

T

English words beginning with “T” — sorted by frequency

✦183 words found

🟩27 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With T

27 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

TENET TOUCH TOKEN TOUGH TENSE TONIC TENOR TEMPO TOTEM TOWER TOXIC TOTAL TEMPT TOADY TORUS TOPIC TOAST TORSO TOQUE TOXIN TONAL TONED TOUSE TENGU TORAT TOOTH TORCH

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With T

21 words

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TONE TOUT TOOL TOSS TOLL TOOT TOWN TOLD TOMB TORE TOSH TORT TEND TOIL TOME TOOM TORN TOPE TENT TOOK TOAD

All Words Starting With T

183 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
torrid	6	2		Very hot and dry.
tenacity	8	4	noun	The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
tender	6	2	noun	Sensitive or painful to the touch.
tempest	7	2	noun	A storm, especially one with severe winds.
tenacious	9	3		Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
tenuous	7	3		Insubstantial.
tentative	9	3	noun	Uncertain; subject to future change.
tenet	5	2	noun	An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
touch	5	1	noun	Primarily physical senses.
temporal	8	3	noun	(relational) Relating to time:
torment	7	2	noun	Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
temper	6	2	noun	A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
torpid	6	2	noun	lazy, lethargic or apathetic
tenebrous	9	3		(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.
token	5	2	noun	Something serving as an expression of something else.
torrent	7	2	noun	A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
temerity	8	4	noun	(uncountable) Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.
tough	5	1	verb	(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
tempestuous	11	4		(figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
tone	4	1	noun	(music) A specific pitch.
tout	4	1	verb	(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
tense	5	1	noun	(linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
temperament	11	3	noun	A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
temperamental	13	4		Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
tenderly	8	3		In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
tonic	5	2	noun	Restorative; curative; or invigorating.
torpor	6	2	noun	A state of being inactive or stuporous.
tousled	7	1		Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt.
tool	4	1	noun	Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
totter	6	2	verb	To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
tenebrious	10	4		Alternative form of tenebrous. [(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.]
top	3	1	noun	The highest or uppermost part of something.
tenor	5	2	noun	(music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
tortuous	8	3		(often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
tempo	5	2	noun	(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
toss	4	1	verb	To throw with an initial upward direction.
toddle	6	2	verb	To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
temptress	9	2	noun	A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
tempting	8	2	noun	Attractive, appealing, enticing.
tenebrific	10	4		Producing darkness, obscuring; (loosely) gloomy.
temple	6	2	noun	A house of worship, especially:
tension	7	2	noun	The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
tolerance	9	3	noun	(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
totem	5	2	noun	Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.
temperate	9	2	verb	Moderate; not excessive.
tower	5	2	noun	Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
toll	4	1	noun	A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
toot	4	1	noun	(countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.
touchy	6	2		(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.
tortious	8	2		(law) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.
tenderness	10	3	noun	A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
toothsome	9	2		Delicious.
torturous	9	3		Painful, excruciating, torturing.
tousle	6	1	verb	To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
tenets	6	2	noun	An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
torque	6	1	noun	(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
toxic	5	2		(figurative) Severely negative or harmful.
tolerant	8	3	noun	Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
tempered	8	2		(in combination) Having a specified disposition or temper.
tendre	6	2	noun	(archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
tenebrose	9	3		Dark, tenebrous.
temerously	10	4		(obsolete) Recklessly.
tongue	6	1	noun	The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
town	4	1	noun	A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
tenable	7	3		(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
told	4	1	noun	(aviation) Acronym of take-off and landing data
totality	8	4	noun	The state of being total.
torrential	10	3		Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.
toiling	7	2	noun	Hard work.
total	5	2	noun	An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
tenure	6	2	noun	A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
toy	3	1	noun	Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
tomb	4	1	noun	A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
tore	4	1	noun	(geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
towering	8	3	noun	Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
tosh	4	1	noun	(chiefly British, slang, uncountable) Rubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash
temerarious	11	5		Characterized by temerity; recklessly daring or bold.
tormented	9	3		Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.
topography	10	4	noun	A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
temperance	10	3	noun	Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.
temporary	9	4	noun	Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
tempt	5	1	verb	(transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
toady	5	2	noun	A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
topple	6	2	verb	(transitive) To push or throw over.
tenuity	7	4	noun	Thinness, slenderness.
tottering	9	3	noun	Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
tending	7	2	noun	the work of caring for or attending to someone or something
tenaciousness	13	4	noun	The characteristic of being tenacious; tenacity.
tendance	8	2	noun	The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
tomgirl	7	2	noun	Synonym of tomboy (“girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner”).
topical	7	3	noun	Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
torture	7	2	noun	The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
torus	5	2	noun	(geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
totally	7	3		(degree, colloquial) Very; extremely.
tolerate	8	3	verb	(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
tootle	6	2	noun	(intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
totemic	7	3		Serving as, or relating to, a totem.
tensity	7	3	noun	The quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.
torpidly	8	3		In a torpid way or manner.
tenacy	6	3	noun	Misspelling of tenancy. [Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.]
tenerity	8	4	noun	(obsolete) tenderness
tort	4	1	noun	(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
tom	3	1	noun	The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.
topic	5	2	noun	Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
tend	4	1	verb	(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
toil	4	1	noun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
touchstone	10	2	noun	(figurative, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.
tensile	7	2		Capable of being stretched; ductile.
tomfoolery	10	4	noun	Foolish behaviour or speech.
toxicant	8	3	noun	A toxic or poisonous substance.
tomentum	8	3	noun	(zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
togetherness	12	4	noun	(uncountable) The state or quality of being together.
tortured	8	2		Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.
tormenting	10	3	noun	Involving or causing torment.
tourbillon	10	3	noun	(horology) A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the effects of gravity.
torsion	7	2	noun	The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
toast	5	1	noun	(chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
tome	4	1	noun	A large or scholarly book.
together	8	3		At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
tendency	8	3	noun	A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.