5 letter words starting with E

192 valid 5 letter words beginning with E, grouped by their first two letters. Use the filter to narrow them down with the letters you know.

192 words

Common 5 letter words starting with E

  • eager
  • eagle
  • early
  • earth
  • eaten
  • eight
  • elder
  • empty
  • ended
  • enemy
  • enjoy
  • enter
  • entry
  • equal
  • erica
  • error
  • euros
  • event
  • every
  • exact
  • exist
  • extra

All 5 letter words starting with E

Starting with EA (16)

  • eager
  • eagle
  • eagre
  • eared
  • earls
  • early
  • earns
  • earth
  • eased
  • easel
  • eases
  • easts
  • eaten
  • eater
  • eaved
  • eaves

Starting with EB (4)

  • ebbed
  • ebbet
  • ebons
  • ebony

Starting with EC (5)

  • eched
  • eches
  • echos
  • eclat
  • ecrus

Starting with ED (10)

  • edema
  • edged
  • edger
  • edges
  • edict
  • edify
  • edile
  • edits
  • educe
  • educt

Starting with EE (1)

  • eerie

Starting with EG (7)

  • egads
  • egers
  • egest
  • eggar
  • egged
  • egger
  • egret

Starting with EI (4)

  • eider
  • eidos
  • eight
  • eikon

Starting with EJ (1)

  • eject

Starting with EK (1)

  • eking

Starting with EL (19)

  • elain
  • eland
  • elans
  • elate
  • elbow
  • elder
  • elect
  • elegy
  • elemi
  • elfin
  • elide
  • elint
  • elite
  • eloin
  • elope
  • elude
  • elute
  • elver
  • elves

Starting with EM (18)

  • embar
  • embay
  • embed
  • ember
  • embow
  • emcee
  • emeer
  • emend
  • emery
  • emeus
  • emirs
  • emits
  • emmer
  • emmet
  • emote
  • empty
  • emyde
  • emyds

Starting with EN (24)

  • enact
  • enate
  • ended
  • ender
  • endow
  • endue
  • enema
  • enemy
  • enjoy
  • ennui
  • enoki
  • enols
  • enorm
  • enows
  • enrol
  • ensky
  • ensue
  • enter
  • entia
  • entry
  • enure
  • envoi
  • envoy
  • enzym

Starting with EO (1)

  • eosin

Starting with EP (10)

  • epact
  • epees
  • ephah
  • ephas
  • ephod
  • ephor
  • epics
  • epoch
  • epode
  • epoxy

Starting with EQ (3)

  • equal
  • equid
  • equip

Starting with ER (14)

  • erase
  • erect
  • ergot
  • erica
  • ernes
  • erode
  • erose
  • erred
  • error
  • erses
  • eruct
  • erugo
  • erupt
  • ervil

Starting with ES (8)

  • escar
  • escot
  • eskar
  • esker
  • essay
  • esses
  • ester
  • estop

Starting with ET (10)

  • etape
  • ether
  • ethic
  • ethos
  • ethyl
  • etnas
  • etude
  • etuis
  • etwee
  • etyma

Starting with EU (1)

  • euros

Starting with EV (9)

  • evade
  • evens
  • event
  • evert
  • every
  • evict
  • evils
  • evite
  • evoke

Starting with EW (1)

  • ewers

Starting with EX (19)

  • exact
  • exalt
  • exams
  • excel
  • execs
  • exert
  • exile
  • exine
  • exist
  • exits
  • exons
  • expat
  • expel
  • expos
  • extol
  • extra
  • exude
  • exult
  • exurb

Starting with EY (6)

  • eyers
  • eying
  • eyras
  • eyres
  • eyrie
  • eyrir

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Questions and answers

How many 5 letter words start with E?

Our list has 192 of them, for example eager, eagle, early, earth, eaten, eight.

Which of these words score the most points?

By Scrabble tile values (without bonus squares), the highest-scoring ones are enzym (19), epoxy (17), equip (16), enjoy (15), equid (15).

Which ones are good first guesses in Wordle-style games?

Words with many different common letters, especially vowels, rule out the most letters in one guess. Good picks from this list: entry, extra, earth, euros, exist.

Which words are in these lists?

They come from the public-domain ENABLE word list (168,551 words), which is widely used for Scrabble-style games. Abbreviations and proper nouns are not included; some rare words are.