5-Letter Words Containing E

100 words

The 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

FEZZY
29 pts
MEZZO

a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto

25 pts
OZZIE
23 pts
AZYME
19 pts
COZEY
19 pts
JEMMY

a short crowbar

19 pts
JERKY

meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

19 pts
XEROX

reproduce by xerography

19 pts

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)

THEREStarter

to or toward that place; away from the speaker

THESEStarter
THEIRStarter
GREATStarter

in an advanced stage of pregnancy

Common Words (likely answers)

THERECommon

to or toward that place; away from the speaker

WHERECommon
NEVERCommon

not ever; at no time in the past or future

THESECommon

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

ABELE

a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces

ACKEE

red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe

AGAVE

tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

AMEBA

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.

More "E" Pages

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