At a glance

Most common: COACH, TRAIN, PLANE. Rarest: SULKY, KETCH, DOZER. 18 have been a Wordle answer (COACH, TRAIN, PLANE, TRUCK, FERRY, WAGON…). 1 more is on the answer list and could still come up.

Five-letter vehicles (24)

WordRarityWordle
COACHCommon#831
TRAINCommon#319
PLANECommon#1569
TRUCKCommon#1637
FERRYUncommon#191
WAGONRare#1202
YACHTRare#637
ROVERRare#1039
SEDANRare#571
BARGERare#754
CANOERare#695
RACERRare#1672
COUPEEpicpossible answer
BUGGYEpic#412
KAYAKEpic#671
LORRYEpic#1859
SLOOPEpic#1926
MOPEDLegendary—
DINKYLegendary—
SKIFFLegendary#1150
TRIKELegendary—
DOZERLegendary—
KETCHLegendary—
SULKYLegendary#682

Four-letter vehicles (24)

SHIP, BOAT, TANK, BIKE, AUTO, TAXI, CART, JEEP, PUNT, RAFT, TRAM, LIMO, BRIG, SLED, SHAY, DORY, PRAM, LUGE, DRAY, DHOW, YAWL, SCOW, PUNG, BOGY

Three-letter vehicles (8)

CAR, BUS, VAN, SUB, JET, GIG, CAB, HOY

Questions

What is the most common five-letter vehicle?

COACH, followed by TRAIN and PLANE, by how often they appear in written English.

What is the rarest five-letter vehicle?

SULKY is the rarest on this list, then KETCH and DOZER. In Wordillion a word that rare scores Legendary.

Which five-letter vehicles have been Wordle answers?

COACH (#831), TRAIN (#319), PLANE (#1569), TRUCK (#1637), FERRY (#191), WAGON (#1202), YACHT (#637), ROVER (#1039), SEDAN (#571), BARGE (#754), CANOE (#695), RACER (#1672), BUGGY (#412), KAYAK (#671), LORRY (#1859), SLOOP (#1926), SKIFF (#1150), SULKY (#682).

Rarity is how often a word appears in a large sample of written English (the wordfreq dataset), the same measure Wordillion scores with. “Wordle” shows the puzzle number if the word has been a New York Times Wordle answer, or “possible answer” if it is on the answer list but has not come up yet.