Wordle game help: 5-letter words with ‘LD’

Time for the vowels.

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If you are an avid Wordle player, you have probably already found or developed a strategy that suits your playstyle and can help guarantee a win. Though it will be easy enough to get to that point on most days, it is also common to get stuck after a couple of guesses, even if you already found one or two letters. When that happens, you might need some inspiration to figure out what to guess next, like a list of words that fit the clues you already found on your own.

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Below you will find a list of words with “LD” in them. They can be anywhere in the word, as long as it is an “L” followed by a “D.”

Five-letter words with “LD” to try on Wordle

  • ACOLD
  • AHOLD
  • ALDER
  • ALDOL
  • BALDS
  • BALDY
  • BIELD
  • BOLDS
  • BUILD
  • CAULD
  • CHILD
  • COLDS
  • COULD
  • ELDER
  • FAULD
  • FIELD
  • FJELD
  • FOLDS
  • GELDS
  • GILDS
  • GOLDS
  • GUILD
  • HOLDS
  • MELDS
  • MILDS
  • MOLDS
  • MOLDY
  • MOULD
  • OLDEN
  • OLDER
  • OLDIE
  • SCALD
  • SCOLD
  • SILDS
  • SKALD
  • SOLDI
  • SOLDO
  • TILDE
  • VELDS
  • VELDT
  • WEALD
  • WELDS
  • WIELD
  • WILDS
  • WOALD
  • WOLDS
  • WORLD
  • WOULD
  • YAULD
  • YIELD

Wherever your “LD” is, now is probably the time to find the vowels. All of the words above have at least one, so make sure you test one or two vowel-heavy words to narrow down your options. This guide should be helpful at this point.

Knowing the placement of the “LD” and what your vowels are, there will be few options left and you can guess the answer by elimination.

If you’re still unsure and don’t want to wait until Wordle resets at midnight local time, you can always look up the answer to today’s puzzle (which we update around 12am CT).

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Jéssica Gubert
Jéssica is a writer, editor, and translator working at GAMURS since 2019, but with a lifelong experience in word games and TV shows. She can also be found at concerts or babbling about board games anywhere.