5 letter words starting with E
193 words in our dictionary start with E and have five letters. 113 of them are everyday words, such as EVERY, EVENT, ENTER, EARLY.
Everyday words 113
Rare words 80
Small numbers are tile values added up (Scrabble). Bold border: everyday word. Tap a word to copy it.
At a glance
Highest-scoring words you could spell from one bag of Scrabble tiles (blanks count as zero):
- ENZYM 19
- EPOXY 17
- EQUIP 16
- ENJOY 15
- EQUID 15
- EJECT 14
- EQUAL 14
- EXACT 14
- 21 of the everyday words end in S and 8 in ED. Wordle answers are rarely plurals or past tenses, so skip those first.
- Good guesses from this list, with five different letters: EARLY, ENTRY, EARTH.
Letter after E
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Questions
How many 5 letter words starting with E are there?
Our dictionary has 193, and 113 of them are everyday words. The dictionary is the open word list our games use (ENABLE plus SCOWL), so a few words from tournament Scrabble lists may be missing.
What is the highest-scoring word on this list in Scrabble?
ENZYM, worth 19 points from tile values alone, and the standard tile bag has enough tiles to spell it. Board bonuses can change the real score.
What are some common 5 letter words starting with E?
EVERY, EVENT, ENTER, EARLY, ERROR are among the most common in everyday writing.
How do I filter the list?
Use Must include to require letters (repeat a letter to require it twice), Leave out to exclude letters, or Pattern with ? for one unknown letter and * for any run of letters, for example e????.
Is this list good for Wordle?
It is a starting point, not the official Wordle list. Everyday words are shown first because answers are usually common. For clue-by-clue help use the Wordle solver.