5-Letter Words Containing E
100 wordsThe letter E appears in more five-letter words than any other vowel, making this collection essential for word game players and puzzle solvers alike. Here you'll find everything from everyday vocabulary to rare gems that can turn a losing game around.
Pattern Guide
Word recommendations for board games.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Top 5-Letter Words
a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
a short crowbar
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
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Top 5-Letter Words
a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
a short crowbar
a small hill rising up from the African veld
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
FEZZY tops both Scrabble and WWF scoring, but the games diverge from there. MEZZO scores 25 in Scrabble versus 26 in WWF due to different Z valuations. KOPJE and JAMBE crack WWF's top tier but fall outside Scrabble's elite—WWF's boosted J value (10 points versus 8) makes J-words more attractive there. When choosing between similar options, JERKY plays well in both formats.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
Start with THERE or THEIR to test the common TH- opening while checking E placement. GREAT offers a different approach, covering G and R alongside the essential vowels E and A.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
ACKEE names the red, pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds—the national fruit of Jamaica. Beyond its culinary fame, this five-letter word delivers solid Scrabble value with its C-K combination while dodging the crowded space of common E words your opponents expect.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.