5-letter words containing TE
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter TE. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate TE within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| after | 8 | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | it didn't happen until afterward |
| later | 5 | coming at a subsequent time or stage | - |
| water | 8 | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) | they invaded our territorial waters |
| quite | 14 | of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative) | her victory was quite something |
| white | 11 | a Caucasian | - |
| write | 8 | communicate (with) in writing | - |
| state | 5 | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | - |
| hotel | 8 | a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | - |
| teach | 10 | impart skills or knowledge to | - |
| often | 8 | frequently or in great quantities | - |
| wrote | 8 | - | - |
| peter | 7 | disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope | - |
| taste | 5 | a strong liking | - |
| waste | 8 | cause to grow thin or weak | - |
| steal | 5 | move stealthily | - |
| enter | 5 | to come or go into | the boat entered an area of shallow marshes |
| teeth | 8 | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | - |
| tears | 5 | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | she was in tears |
| eaten | 5 | - | - |
| plate | 7 | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | - |
| steps | 7 | a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | - |
| hated | 9 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
| terms | 7 | status with respect to the relations between people or groups | on good terms with her in-laws |
| notes | 5 | - | - |
| steel | 5 | get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | - |
| route | 5 | an established line of travel or access | - |
| terry | 8 | English actress (1847-1928) | - |
| texas | 12 | the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico | - |
| teddy | 10 | plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials) | - |
| dates | 6 | - | - |
| gates | 6 | United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) | - |
| motel | 7 | a motor hotel | - |
| tense | 5 | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up |
| steak | 9 | a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
| dated | 7 | marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past | - |
| mates | 7 | a pair of people who live together | - |
| suite | 5 | apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | - |
| quote | 14 | refer to for illustration or proof | He said he could quote several instances of this behavior |
| steam | 7 | clean by means of steaming | steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
| meter | 7 | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | - |
| outer | 5 | being on or toward the outside of the body | the outer ear |
| tease | 5 | disentangle and raise the fibers of | tease wool |
| spite | 7 | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | - |
| unite | 5 | have or possess in combination | she unites charm with a good business sense |
| voted | 9 | - | - |
| elite | 5 | selected as the best | elite colleges |
| skate | 9 | large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins | - |
| utter | 5 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | utter nonsense |
| rates | 5 | a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) | - |
| tenth | 8 | coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position | - |
| telly | 8 | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen | the British call a tv set a telly |
| alter | 5 | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | - |
| lotte | 5 | fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | - |
| brute | 7 | a cruelly rapacious person | - |
| flute | 8 | a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | - |
| noted | 6 | widely known and esteemed | - |
| steer | 5 | castrated bull | - |
| stern | 5 | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | a stern face |
| haste | 8 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | in his haste to leave he forgot his book |
| tempo | 9 | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | - |
| crate | 7 | the quantity contained in a crate | - |
| eater | 5 | someone who consumes food for nourishment | - |
| steep | 7 | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | - |
| paste | 7 | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes | - |
| shite | 8 | obscene terms for feces | - |
| slate | 5 | thin layers of rock used for roofing | - |
| tesla | 5 | United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) | - |
| acute | 7 | extremely sharp or severe | acute pain |
| tempt | 9 | induce into action by using one's charm | - |
| latte | 5 | strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk | - |
| mater | 7 | an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously | - |
| rated | 6 | - | - |
| stein | 5 | a mug intended for serving beer | - |
| caste | 7 | a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth | - |
| monte | 7 | a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time | - |
| teens | 5 | all the numbers that end in -teen | - |
| inter | 5 | place in a grave or tomb | - |
| bates | 7 | - | - |
| teeny | 8 | (used informally) very small | - |
| chute | 10 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| steed | 6 | (literary) a spirited horse for state of war | - |
| fated | 9 | (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate | fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination |
| fates | 8 | - | - |
| cuter | 7 | - | - |
| betel | 7 | Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians | - |
| liter | 5 | a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) | - |
| latex | 12 | a water-base paint that has a latex binder | - |
| totem | 7 | a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object | - |
| otter | 5 | freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur | - |
| terra | 5 | - | - |
| grate | 6 | gnaw into; make resentful or angry | - |
| cited | 8 | - | - |
| hater | 8 | a person who hates | - |
| forte | 8 | used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly | - |
| tenor | 5 | the general meaning or substance of an utterance | although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument |
| muted | 8 | being or made softer or less loud or clear | muted trumpets |
| baste | 7 | strike violently and repeatedly | - |
| stead | 6 | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | can you go in my stead? |
| matte | 7 | change texture so as to become matted and felt-like | - |
| matey | 10 | (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals | - |
| cater | 7 | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | - |
| smite | 7 | cause physical pain or suffering in | - |
| bitte | 7 | - | - |
| carte | 7 | a list of dishes available at a restaurant | - |
| comte | 9 | French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study | - |
| voter | 8 | a citizen who has a legal right to vote | - |
| biter | 7 | someone who bites | - |
| tater | 5 | an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | - |
| tenia | 5 | a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | - |
| conte | 7 | - | - |
| teary | 8 | with eyes full of tears | - |
| deter | 6 | try to prevent; show opposition to | - |
| testy | 8 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| trite | 5 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | his remarks were trite and commonplace |
| irate | 5 | feeling or showing extreme anger | irate protesters |
| miter | 7 | a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions | - |
| mated | 8 | occurring in pairs or as a pair | - |
| ester | 5 | organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water | - |
| gated | 7 | - | - |
| butte | 7 | a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides | - |
| waite | 8 | United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888) | - |
| abate | 7 | become less in amount or intensity | The storm abated |
| tepid | 8 | moderately warm | tepid bath water |
| smote | 7 | - | - |
| telex | 12 | a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter | - |
| steen | 5 | Dutch genre painter (1626-1679) | - |
| sated | 6 | - | - |
| saute | 5 | fried quickly in a little fat | - |
| spate | 7 | the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | - |
| tetra | 5 | brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes | - |
| motte | 7 | - | - |
| cates | 7 | - | - |
| aster | 5 | any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers | - |
| bated | 8 | diminished or moderated | our bated enthusiasm |
| piste | 7 | a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts | - |
| doted | 7 | - | - |
| pater | 7 | an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously | - |
| meted | 8 | - | - |
| torte | 5 | rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria | - |
| sited | 6 | - | - |
| tenet | 5 | a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | - |
| rater | 5 | - | - |
| terse | 5 | brief and to the point; effectively cut short | short and terse and easy to understand |
| tepee | 7 | a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | - |
| cutey | 10 | - | - |
| agate | 6 | an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | - |
| stele | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| steno | 5 | - | - |
| volte | 8 | - | - |
| evite | 8 | - | - |
| testa | 5 | protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | - |
| emote | 7 | give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role | - |
| feted | 9 | - | - |
| fetes | 8 | - | - |
| kited | 10 | - | - |
| dater | 6 | - | - |
| tench | 10 | freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water | - |
| kente | 9 | - | - |
| tenon | 5 | a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint | - |
| coted | 8 | - | - |
| amate | 7 | - | - |
| prate | 7 | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | - |
| stela | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| telia | 5 | - | - |
| octet | 7 | eight performers or singers who perform together | - |
| paten | 7 | - | - |
| etens | 5 | - | - |
| elate | 5 | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | - |
| enate | 5 | related on the mother's side | - |
| elute | 5 | wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography | - |
| fitte | 8 | - | - |
| flote | 8 | - | - |
| flyte | 11 | - | - |
| flite | 8 | - | - |
| fytte | 11 | - | - |
| gater | 6 | - | - |
| frate | 8 | - | - |
| glute | 6 | any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | - |
| geste | 6 | - | - |
| gites | 6 | - | - |
| hates | 8 | - | - |
| hefte | 11 | - | - |
| haute | 8 | - | - |
| gytes | 9 | - | - |
| hoten | 8 | - | - |
| hetes | 8 | - | - |
| jetes | 12 | - | - |
| jutes | 12 | - | - |
| intel | 5 | - | - |
| items | 7 | - | - |
| kiter | 9 | - | - |
| kites | 9 | - | - |
| kytes | 12 | - | - |
| lited | 6 | - | - |
| lites | 5 | - | - |
| lated | 6 | - | - |
| laten | 5 | - | - |
| lefte | 8 | - | - |
| lutes | 5 | - | - |
| luter | 5 | - | - |
| luted | 6 | - | - |
| lutea | 5 | - | - |
| lyted | 9 | - | - |
| lytes | 8 | - | - |
| lotes | 5 | - | - |
| mixte | 14 | - | - |
| mites | 7 | - | - |
| metes | 7 | - | - |
| muter | 7 | - | - |
| mutes | 7 | - | - |
| netes | 5 | - | - |
| nates | 5 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
| motes | 7 | - | - |
| motet | 7 | an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century | - |
| motey | 10 | - | - |
| moten | 7 | - | - |
| moste | 7 | - | - |
| moted | 8 | - | - |
| dited | 7 | - | - |
| dites | 6 | - | - |
| cytes | 10 | - | - |
| doter | 6 | - | - |
| dotes | 6 | - | - |
| botel | 7 | - | - |
| botte | 7 | - | - |
| blite | 7 | - | - |
| boite | 7 | - | - |
| cetes | 7 | - | - |
| bytes | 10 | - | - |
| buteo | 7 | broad-winged soaring hawks | - |
| butes | 7 | - | - |
| citer | 7 | - | - |
| cites | 7 | - | - |
| clote | 7 | - | - |
| coate | 7 | - | - |
| cutes | 7 | - | - |
| ctene | 7 | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused | - |
| coste | 7 | - | - |
| cotes | 7 | - | - |
| axite | 12 | - | - |
| azote | 14 | an obsolete name for nitrogen | - |
| arete | 5 | a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | - |
| apted | 8 | - | - |
| apter | 7 | - | - |
| artel | 5 | - | - |
| beted | 8 | - | - |
| betes | 7 | - | - |
| bites | 7 | - | - |
| blate | 7 | disposed to avoid notice | - |
| acted | 8 | - | - |
| antes | 5 | - | - |
| anted | 6 | - | - |
| alate | 5 | (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | alate leaves |
| quate | 14 | - | - |
| poted | 8 | - | - |
| potes | 7 | - | - |
| reate | 5 | - | - |
| retem | 7 | desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | - |
| retes | 5 | - | - |
| rente | 5 | income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments | - |
| quyte | 17 | - | - |
| ratel | 5 | nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia | - |
| rotte | 5 | - | - |
| rotes | 5 | - | - |
| roted | 6 | - | - |
| rites | 5 | - | - |
| rifte | 8 | - | - |
| ronte | 5 | - | - |
| roate | 5 | - | - |
| scute | 7 | large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake | - |
| sente | 5 | 100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-hundredth of a loti | - |
| satem | 7 | - | - |
| sates | 5 | - | - |
| sixte | 12 | - | - |
| sites | 5 | - | - |
| skite | 9 | - | - |
| skyte | 12 | - | - |
| shute | 8 | English novelist who settled in Australia after World War II (1899-1960) | - |
| shote | 8 | a young pig | - |
| soote | 5 | - | - |
| steil | 5 | - | - |
| stell | 5 | - | - |
| steem | 7 | - | - |
| stean | 5 | - | - |
| stear | 5 | - | - |
| stedd | 7 | - | - |
| stede | 6 | - | - |
| steds | 6 | - | - |
| steek | 9 | - | - |
| steme | 7 | - | - |
| stems | 7 | - | - |
| stend | 6 | - | - |
| stewy | 11 | - | - |
| stews | 8 | - | - |
| stens | 5 | - | - |
| stent | 5 | a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis | - |
| stept | 7 | - | - |
| stere | 5 | - | - |
| stets | 5 | - | - |
| styte | 8 | - | - |
| teade | 6 | - | - |
| teads | 6 | - | - |
| teaed | 6 | - | - |
| teaks | 9 | - | - |
| teals | 5 | - | - |
| teams | 7 | - | - |
| teers | 5 | - | - |
| teffs | 11 | - | - |
| teggs | 7 | - | - |
| tegua | 6 | - | - |
| tegus | 6 | - | - |
| teene | 5 | - | - |
| teend | 6 | - | - |
| teats | 5 | - | - |
| teaze | 14 | - | - |
| techs | 10 | - | - |
| techy | 13 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| tecta | 7 | - | - |
| teels | 5 | - | - |
| teems | 7 | - | - |
| tehrs | 8 | - | - |
| tates | 5 | - | - |
| titer | 5 | the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | - |
| toted | 6 | - | - |
| toter | 5 | someone whose employment involves carrying something | - |
| totes | 5 | - | - |
| terai | 5 | - | - |
| terts | 5 | - | - |
| teste | 5 | - | - |
| tests | 5 | - | - |
| terns | 5 | - | - |
| terne | 5 | - | - |
| teras | 5 | (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | - |
| terce | 7 | the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. | - |
| terek | 9 | - | - |
| teres | 5 | either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms | - |
| terfe | 8 | - | - |
| terfs | 8 | - | - |
| terga | 6 | - | - |
| tetes | 5 | - | - |
| teths | 8 | - | - |
| texts | 12 | - | - |
| texes | 12 | - | - |
| tetri | 5 | 100 tetri equal 1 lari in Georgia | - |
| teuch | 10 | - | - |
| teugh | 9 | - | - |
| tewed | 9 | - | - |
| tewel | 8 | - | - |
| tewit | 8 | - | - |
| tepoy | 10 | - | - |
| teiid | 6 | tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail | - |
| teloi | 5 | - | - |
| telos | 5 | - | - |
| temed | 8 | - | - |
| temes | 7 | - | - |
| tempi | 9 | - | - |
| temps | 9 | - | - |
| tells | 5 | - | - |
| teils | 5 | - | - |
| teind | 6 | - | - |
| telae | 5 | - | - |
| telco | 7 | a public utility that provides telephone service | - |
| teles | 5 | - | - |
| telic | 7 | - | - |
| temse | 7 | - | - |
| tends | 6 | - | - |
| tents | 5 | - | - |
| tenty | 8 | - | - |
| tenue | 5 | - | - |
| tepal | 7 | an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips) | - |
| tepas | 7 | - | - |
| tendu | 6 | - | - |
| tenes | 5 | - | - |
| tenge | 6 | 100 tenge equal 1 manat in Turkmenistan | - |
| tenne | 5 | - | - |
| tenno | 5 | the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno | - |
| tenny | 8 | - | - |
| thete | 8 | - | - |
| twite | 8 | - | - |
| tutee | 5 | learns from a tutor | - |
| votes | 8 | - | - |
| vitex | 15 | - | - |
| upter | 7 | - | - |
| urate | 5 | a salt of uric acid | - |
| vaute | 8 | - | - |
| vawte | 11 | - | - |
| urite | 5 | - | - |
| uteri | 5 | - | - |
| oaten | 5 | of or related to or derived from oats | oaten bread |
| oater | 5 | - | - |
| ofter | 8 | - | - |
| niter | 5 | (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | - |
| nites | 5 | - | - |
| noter | 5 | - | - |
| patte | 7 | - | - |
| pates | 7 | - | - |
| pated | 8 | - | - |
| ovate | 8 | rounded like an egg | - |
| outed | 6 | - | - |
| orate | 5 | talk pompously | - |
| opter | 7 | - | - |
| opted | 8 | - | - |
| oxter | 12 | - | - |
| wited | 9 | - | - |
| wites | 8 | - | - |
| weete | 8 | - | - |
| wefte | 11 | - | - |
| yites | 8 | - | - |
| zlote | 14 | - | - |
| zante | 14 | - | - |
| wrate | 8 | - | - |
| wyted | 12 | - | - |
| wytes | 11 | - | - |
| yates | 8 | - | - |
| yente | 8 | - | - |
| botes | 7 | - | - |
| ketes | 9 | - | - |
| suete | 5 | - | - |
| steys | 8 | - | - |
| teins | 5 | - | - |
