Words of Five Letters

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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• Abode of dead: Babylonian, ARALU
• Aborigine: Borneo, DAYAK
• Aftersong, EPODE
• Aloe, AGAVE
• Animal: Footless, APODE
• Ant, EMMET
• Antelope: African, ADDAX, BEISA, CAAMA, ELAND, GUIBA, ORIBI, TIANG
  Goat, GORAL, SEROW
  Indian, SASIN
  Siberian, SAIGA
• Arch: Pointed, OGIVE
• Armadillo, APARA, POYOU, TATOU
• Arrowroot, ARARU
• Artery: Trunk, AORTA
• Association: Russian, ARTEL
  Secret, CABAL
• Author: English, READE
• Automaton, GOLEM, ROBOT
• Award: Motion-picture, OSCAR
• Basket: Fishing, CREEL
• Beer: Russian, KVASS
• Bible: Islamic, KORAN, QUR'AN
• Bird: Asian, MINAH, MYNAH
  Indian, SHAMA
  Larklike, PIPIT
  Loonlike, GREBE
  Oscine, VIREO
  South American, AGAMI
  Swimming, GREBE
• Black: (French), NOIRE
  (Heraldry), SABLE
• Blackbird: European, MERLE, OUSEL, OUZEL
• Block: Glacial, SERAC
• Blue (heraldry), AZURE
• Boat: Eskimo, BIDAR, UMIAK
• Bobwhite, COLIN, QUAIL
• Bone (comb. form), OSTEO
  Leg, TIBIA
  Thigh, FEMUR
• Broom: Twig, BESOM
• Brother (French), FRERE
  Moses, AARON
• Canoe: Eskimo, BIDAR, KAYAK
• Cape: Papal, FANON, ORALE
• Caravansary, SERAI
• Card: Old playing, TAROT
• Caterpillar: New Zealand, AWETO
• Catkin, AMENT
• Cavity: Stone, GEODE
• Cephalopod, SQUID
• Cetacean, WHALE
• Chariot, ESSED
• Cheek: Pertaining to, MALAR
• Chieftain: Arab, EMEER
• Child (Scottish), BAIRN
• Cigar, CLARO
• Coating: Seed, TESTA
• Cockatoo: Palm, ARARA
• Coin: Costa Rican, COLON
  Danish, KRONE
  Ecuadorian, SUCRE
  English, GROAT, PENCE
  French, FRANC
  German, KRONE, TALER
  Hungarian, PENGO
  Icelandic, KRONA
  Indian, RUPEE
  Iraqi, DINAR
  Norwegian, KRONE
  Polish, ZLOTY
  Russian, COPEC, KOPEK, RUBLE
  Swedish, KRONA
  Turkish, ASPER
  Yugoslav, DINAR
• Collar: Papal, FANON, ORALE
  Roman, RABAT
• Commune: Italian, TREIA
• Composition: Choral, MOTET
• Compound: Chemical, ESTER
• Conceal (law), ELOIN
• Council: Ecclesiastical, SYNOD
• Court: Anglo-Saxon, GEMOT
  Inner, PATIO
• Crest: Mountain, ARETE
• Crown: Papal, TIARA
• Cuttlefish, SEPIA
• Date: Roman, NONES
• Decree: Islamic, IRADE
  Russian, UKASE
• Deposit: Loam, LOESS
• Desert: Gobi, SHAMO
• Devilfish, MANTA
• Disease: Cereals, ERGOT
• Disk, PATEN
• Dog: Wild, DHOLE, DINGO
• Dormouse, LEROT
• Drum, TABOR
• Duck: Sea, EIDER
• Dynasty: Chinese, CHING, LIANG, SHANG
• Earthquake, SEISM
• Eel, ELVER, MORAY
• Ermine: European, STOAT
• Ether: Crystalline, APIOL
• Fabric: Velvetlike, PANNE
• Fabulist, AESOP
• Family: Italian, CENCI
• Fiber: West Indian, SISAL
• Fig: Smyrna, ELEME, ELEMI
• Figure: Of speech, TROPE
• Finch: European, SERIN
• Fish: American small, KILLY
• Flower: Garden, ASTER
• Friend (Spanish), AMIGO
• Fruit: Tropical, MANGO
• Fungus: Rye, ERGOT
• Furze, GORSE
• Gateway, TORAN, TORII
• Gem, AGATE, BERYL, PEARL, TOPAZ
• Genus: Barnacles, LEPAS
  Bears, URSUS
  Birds (loons), GAVIA
  Birds (nuthatches), SITTA
  Cats, FELIS
  Dogs, CANIS
  Fishes (chiros), ELOPS
  Fishes (perch), PERCA
  Geese, ANSER
  Grasses, STIPA
  Grasses (incl. oats), AVENA
  Gulls, LARUS
  Hares, rabbits, LEPUS
  Hawks, BUTEO
  Herbs, old world, INULA
  Herbs, trailing or climbing, APIOS
  Herbs, tropical, TACCA, URENA
  Horses, EQUUS
  Insects (olive flies), DACUS
  Lice, plant, APHIS
  Lichens, USNEA
  Lizards, AGAMA
  Moles, TALPA
  Mollusks, OLIVA
  Monkeys, CEBUS
  Palms, ARECA
  Pigeons, GOURA
  Plants (amaryllis family), AGAVE
  Ruminants (goats), CAPRA
  Shrubs, Asiatic, SABIA
  Shrubs (heath), ERICA
  Shrubs (incl. raspberry), RUBUS
  Shrubs, tropical, IXORA, TREMA, URENA
  Ticks, ARGAS
  Trees (of elm family), TREMA, ULMUS
  Trees, tropical, IXORA, TREMA
• Goat: Bezoar, PASAN
• God: Assyrian, ASHIR, ASHUR, ASSUR
  Babylonian, DAGAN, SIRIS
  Gaelic, DAGDA
  Hindu, BHAGA, INDRA, SHIVA
  Japanese, EBISU
  Philistine, DAGON
  Phrygian, ATTIS
  Teutonic, AEGIR, GYMIR
  Welsh, DYLAN
• Goddess: Babylonian, ISTAR, NANAI
  Hindu, DURGA, GAURI, SHREE
• Group: Of six, HEXAD
• Grove: Sacred to Diana, NEMUS
• Growing out, ENATE
• Guitar: Hindu, SITAR
• Gull: PEWEE, PEWIT
• Hartebeest, CAAMA
• Headdress: Jewish or Persian, TIARA
  Liturgical, MITER, MITRE
• Heath, ERICA
• Herb: Grasslike marsh, SEDGE
• Heron, EGRET
• Hog: Young, SHOAT, SHOTE
• Image, EIKON
• Indian: Cariban, ARARA
  Iroquoian, HURON
  Mexican, AZTEC, OPATA, OTOMI
  Muskhogean, CREEK
  Siouan, OSAGE, TETON
  Spanish American, ARARA, CARIB
• Inflorescence: Racemose, AMENT
• Insect: Immature, LARVA
• Intrigue, CABAL
• Iris: Yellow, SEDGE
• Juniper, GORSE, RETEM
• Kidneys: Pertaining to, RENAL
• King: British legendary, LLUDD
• Kite: European, GLEDE
• Kobold, NISSE
• Land: Cultivated, ARADA, ARADO
• Landholder (Scottish), LAIRD, THANE
• Language: Dravidian, TAMIL
• Lariat, LASSO, REATA
• Laughing, RIANT
• Lawgiver: Athenian, DRACO, SOLON
• Leaf: Calyx, SEPAL
  Fern, FROND
• Lemur, LORIS
• Letter: English, AITCH
  Greek, ALPHA, DELTA, GAMMA, KAPPA, OMEGA, SIGMA, THETA
  Hebrew, ALEPH, CHETH, GIMEL, SADHE, ZAYIN
• Lichen, USNEA
• Lighthouse, PHARE
• Lizard: Old World, AGAMA
• Loincloth, DHOTI
• Louse: Plant, APHID
• Macaw: Brazilian, ARARA
• Mahogany: Philippine, ALMON
• Mammal: Badgerlike, RATEL
  Civetlike, GENET
  Giraffelike, OKAPI
  Raccoonlike, COATI
• Man (French), HOMME
• Marble, AGATE
• Mark: Insertion, CARET
• Market place: Greek, AGORA
• Marsupial: Australian, KOALA
• Measure: Electric, FARAD, HENRY
  Energy, JOULE
  Metric, LITER, STERE
  Printing, AGATE
  Russian, VERST
• Mixture: Smelting, MATTE
• Mohicans: Last of, UNCAS
• Molding: Convex, OVOLO, TORUS
• Mole, TALPA
• Monkey: African, PATAS
  Capuchin, SAJOU
  Howling, ARABA
• Monkshood, ATEES
• Month: Jewish, NISAN, SIVAN, TEBET
• Museum (French), MUSEE
• Musketeer, ATHOS
• Native: Aleutian, ALEUT
  New Zealand, MAORI
• Neckpiece: Ecclesiastical, AMICE
• Nerve (comb. form), NEURO
• Nest: Eagle's or hawk's, AERIE
  Insect's, NIDUS
• Net: Fishing, SEINE
• Newsstand, KIOSK
• Nitrogen, AZOTE
• Noble: Islamic, AMEER
• Nodule: Stone, GEODE
• Nostrils, NARES
• Notched irregularly, EROSE
• Nymph: Islamic, HOURI
• Official: Roman, EDILE
• Oleoresin, ELEMI
• Opening: Mouthlike, STOMA
• Oration: Funeral, ELOGE
• Ostiole, STOMA
• Page: Left-hand, VERSO
  Right-hand, RECTO
• Palm, ARECA, BETEL
• Park: Colorado, ESTES
• Perfume, ATTAR
• Philosopher: Greek, PLATO
• Pillar: Stone, STELA, STELE
• Pinnacle: Glacial, SERAC
• Plain, LLANO
• Plant: Century, AGAVE
  Climbing, LIANA
  Dwarf, CUMIN
  East Asian perennial, RAMIE
  Medicinal, SENNA
  Mustard family, CRESS
• Plate: Communion, PATEN
• Poem: Lyric, EPODE
• Point: Lowest, NADIR
• Poplar, ABELE, ALAMO, ASPEN
• Porridge: Spanish American, ATOLE
• Post: Stair, NEWEL
• Priest: Islamic, IMAUM
• Protozoan, AMEBA
• Queen: (French), REINE
  Hindu, RANEE
• Rabbit, CONEY
• Rail, CRAKE
• Red (heraldry), GULES
• Religion: Moslem, Muslim, ISLAM
• Resin, ELEMI
• Revoke (law), ADEEM
• Rich man, MIDAS, NABOB
• Ridge: Sandy, ESKAR, ESKER
• River: French, LOIRE, SEINE
• Rockfish: California, REINA
• Rootstock: Fragrant, ORRIS
• Ruff: Female, REEVE
• Sack: Pack, KYACK
• Salt: Ethereal, ESTER
• Saltpeter, NITER, NITRE
• Salutation: Eastern, SALAM
• Sandpiper: Old World, TEREK
• Scented, OLENT
• School: Fish, SHOAL
  French public, LYCEE
• Scriptures: Islamic, KORAN
• Seaweeds, ALGAE
• Seed: Aromatic, ANISE
• Seraglio, HAREM, SERAI
• Serf, HELOT
• Sheep: Wild, AUDAD
• Sheeplike, OVINE
• Shield, AEGIS
• Shoe: Wooden, SABOT
• Shoots: Pickled bamboo, ACHAR
• Shot: Billiard, CAROM, MASSE
• Shrine: Buddhist, STUPA
• Shrub: Burning bush, WAHOO
  Ornamental evergreen, TOYON
  Used in tanning, SUMAC
• Silk: Watered, MOIRE
• Sister (French), SOEUR
  (Latin), SOROR
• Six: Group of, HEXAD
• Skeleton: Marine, CORAL
• Slave, HELOT
• Snake, ABOMA, ADDER, COBRA, RACER
• Soldier: French, POILU
  Indian, SEPOY
• Sour, ACERB
• Spirit: Air, ARIEL
• Staff: Shepherd's, CROOK
• Starwort, ASTER
• Steel (German), STAHL
• Stockade: Russian, ETAPE
• Stop (nautical), AVAST
• Storehouse, ETAPE
• Subway: Parisian, METRO
• Tapestry, ARRAS
• Tea: Paraguayan, YERBA
• Temple: Hawaiian, HEIAU
• Terminal: Positive, ANODE
• Theater: Greek, ODEON, ODEUM
• Then (French), ALORS
• Thread: Surgical, SETON
• Thrush: Wilson's, VEERY
• Title: Hindu, BABOO
  Indian, RAJAH, SAHEB, SAHIB
  Islamic, EMEER, IMAUM
• Tree: Buddhist sacred, PIPAL
  East Indian cotton, SIMAL
  Hickory, PECAN
  Light-wooded, BALSA
  Malayan, TERAP
  Mediterranean, CAROB
  Mexican, ABETO
  Mexican pine, OCOTE
  New Zealand, MAIRE
  Philippine, ALMON
  Rain, SAMAN
  South American, UMBRA
  Tamarack, LARCH
  Tamarisk salt, ATLEE
  West Indian, ACANA
• Trout, CHARR
• Troy, ILION, ILIUM
• Twin: Siamese, CHANG
• Vestment: Ecclesiastical, STOLE
• Violin: Famous, AMATI, STRAD
• Volcano: Mud, SALSE
• Wampum, PEAGE
• War cry: Greek, ALALA
• Wavy (heraldry), UNDEE
• Weight: Jewish, GERAH
• Wen, TALPA
• Wheat, SPELT
• Wheel: Persian water, NORIA
• Whitefish, CISCO
• Willow, OSIER
• Window: Bay, ORIEL
• Wine, MEDOC, RHINE, TINTA, TOKAY
• Winged, ALATE
• Woman (French), FEMME
• Year: Excess of solar over lunar, EPACT
• Zoroastrian, PARSI