Five-letter words starting with E
There are 192 five-letter words that start with E in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 2.2% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is enzym, worth 19 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
Different games use different word lists. Check unusual words against the list your game uses.
Jump to a first letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
All 192 five-letter words starting with E
eagereagleeagreearedearlsearlyearnseartheasedeaseleaseseastseateneatereavedeavesebbedebbetebonsebonyechedechesechoseclatecrusedemaedgededgeredgesedictedifyedileeditseduceeducteerieegadsegersegesteggareggedeggeregreteidereidoseighteikonejectekingelainelandelanselateelbowelderelectelegyelemielfinelideelinteliteeloinelopeeludeeluteelverelvesembarembayembedemberembowemceeemeeremendemeryemeusemirsemitsemmeremmetemoteemptyemydeemydsenactenateendedenderendowendueenemaenemyenjoyennuienokienolsenormenowsenrolenskyensueenterentiaentryenureenvoienvoyenzymeosinepactepeesephahephasephodephorepicsepochepodeepoxyequalequidequiperaseerectergotericaerneserodeeroseerrederrorerseseructerugoeruptervilescarescoteskareskeressayessesesterestopetapeetherethicethosethyletnasetudeetuisetweeetymaeurosevadeevenseventeverteveryevictevilseviteevokeewersexactexaltexamsexcelexecsexertexileexineexistexitsexonsexpatexpelexposextolextraexudeexultexurbeyerseyingeyraseyreseyrieeyrir
Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with E
- enzym 19 points
- epoxy 17 points
- equip 16 points
- enjoy 15 points
- equid 15 points
- eject 14 points
- equal 14 points
- exact 14 points
- exams 14 points
- excel 14 points
- execs 14 points
- expat 14 points
- expel 14 points
- expos 14 points
- exurb 14 points
- ephah 13 points
- exude 13 points
- edify 12 points
- embay 12 points
- embow 12 points
- empty 12 points
- ensky 12 points
- epoch 12 points
- evoke 12 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are en (24), el (19), ex (19), em (18), ea (16). 63 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
Keep going
Have letters to unscramble? Use the word unscrambler or the anagram solver. Browse every list on the word lists page. See all five-letter words and all words starting with E.