5-Letter Words Ending With E

100 words

Five-letter words ending in E form one of the largest and most versatile groups in English. The silent E influences pronunciation throughout each word, often transforming vowel sounds and creating patterns that appear constantly in word games and daily vocabulary.

Pattern Guide

Word recommendations for board games.

Word Games

High-value words for board games

Top 5-Letter Words

OZZIE
23 pts
AZYME
19 pts
KOPJE

a small hill rising up from the African veld

18 pts
QUAKE

shake with seismic vibrations

18 pts
FEAZE
17 pts
FEEZE
17 pts
17 pts
FURZE

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

17 pts

OZZIE dominates both Scrabble and WWF at 23 points, but the games diverge from there. KOPJE jumps from 18 points in Scrabble to 21 in WWF due to the higher J value, while JAMBE and JEMBE reach 20 points in WWF but score lower in Scrabble. Words with Z like BLAZE and BONZE also gain ground in WWF, making J and Z tiles more valuable to hold onto.

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
THOSEStarter
THREEStarter

being one more than two

Common Words (likely answers)

THERECommon

to or toward that place; away from the speaker

WHERECommon
THESECommon
LEAVECommon

leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

THERE and THOSE make excellent openers, each testing common consonants T, H, and R or S while placing E in different positions. THREE doubles down on testing that crucial E, which appears in this word pattern by definition.

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

BAIZE

a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables

BAIZE is the bright green fabric covering pool tables and card tables everywhere. Despite being something most people have seen, few know its name. It's a clean Scrabble play worth memorizing since it uses common tiles in an uncommon arrangement.

Popular crossword answers

Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.

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