5 Letter Words That Start With E

128 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 128 5 letter words that start with E in a standard word-game dictionary, sorted so the everyday words come first. Use the Wordle helper below to add letters you know, letters to leave out and a pattern, or scan the common words with their meanings.

Just 128 five-letter words begin with E. That small pool helps in Wordle: once you know the first letter is E, the options shrink fast.

Several open with the "ea" pair, as in "eager", "earth" and "eagle". The number word "eight" and the describing word "empty" are easy for children. "Exact", "extra" and "exams" carry an X, a letter worth testing early once E is locked in.

5-letter words starting with E: 128
Most used: every
Most common last letter: S 26 words

5 letter words starting with E: Wordle helper

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Most common 5-letter words that start with E

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	every	(used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception	adj.
2	early	at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time	adj.
3	event	something that happens at a given place and time	noun
4	enjoy	derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in	verb
5	earth	the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on	noun
6	eight	being one more than seven	adj.
7	extra	more than is needed, desired, or required	adj.
8	ended	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	verb
9	enter	to come or go into	verb
10	exist	have an existence, be extant	verb
11	enemy	an opposing military force	noun
12	entry	an item inserted in a written record	noun
13	equal	having the same quantity, value, or measure as another	adj.
14	empty	holding or containing nothing	adj.
15	error	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	noun
16	exact	marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact	adj.
17	elite	a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status	noun
18	essay	an analytic or interpretive literary composition	noun
19	eagle	any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight	noun
20	eaten	take in solid food	verb
21	edges	the boundary of a surface	noun
22	elder	a person who is older than you are	noun
23	eager	having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy	adj.
24	elect	select by a vote for an office or membership	verb
25	exams	a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge	noun
26	elbow	hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped	noun
27	exile	expel from a country	verb
28	euros	the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999)	noun
29	excel	distinguish oneself	verb
30	erase	remove from memory or existence	verb
31	earns	earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages	verb
32	erica	any plant of the genus Erica	noun
33	edged	having a specified kind of border or edge	adj.
34	ethic	the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group	noun
35	exits	an opening that permits escape or release	noun
36	erect	construct, build, or erect	verb
37	equip	provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose	verb
38	envoy	a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador	noun
39	edits	prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting	verb
40	enact	order by virtue of superior authority; decree	verb
41	eater	someone who consumes food for nourishment	noun
42	elves	an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources	noun
43	ether	the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water	noun
44	evade	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	verb
45	exert	put to use	verb
46	evils	morally objectionable behavior	noun
47	ebony	a very dark black	noun
48	eerie	suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious	adj.
49	ethos	(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era	noun
50	emery	a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite	noun
51	evoke	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)	verb
52	expel	force to leave or move out	verb
53	eased	move gently or carefully	verb
54	epoch	a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event	noun
55	edict	a formal or authoritative proclamation	noun
56	epoxy	a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates	noun
57	ester	formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water	noun
58	erode	become ground down or deteriorate	verb
59	emits	expel (gases or odors)	verb
60	execs	the chief executive department of the United States government	noun
61	expat	a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country	noun
62	eject	put out or expel from a place	verb
63	ember	a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering	noun
64	erupt	start abruptly	verb
65	evict	expel or eject without recourse to legal process	verb
66	edema	swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities	noun
67	embed	fix or set securely or deeply	verb
68	eases	freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort	noun
69	ethyl	the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom	noun
70	ensue	issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end	verb
71	epics	a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds	noun
72	earls	a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount	noun
73	emmet	social insect living in organized colonies	noun
74	eaves	the overhang at the lower edge of a roof	noun
75	enema	no short meaning listed	noun
76	eared	worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; -Clifton Fadiman	adj.
77	erred	to make a mistake or be incorrect	verb
78	elude	escape, either physically or mentally	verb
79	ender	no short meaning listed
80	emcee	a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)	noun

5 letter words that start with E and end with S

edges
exams
euros
earns
exits
edits
elves
evils
ethos
emits
execs
eases
epics
earls
eaves
evens
expos
echos
exons
easts
ewers
eidos
emirs
esses
eyres
egads

5 letter words that start with E and end with T

event
eight
exist
exact
elect
erect
enact
exert
edict
expat
eject
erupt
evict
emmet
exalt
evert
egret
ergot
exult
eclat

5 letter words that start with E and end with E

elite
eagle
exile
erase
evade
eerie
evoke
erode
ensue
elude
emcee
etude
exude
elope
emote
eyrie
elide
evite

More 5 letter words with E

Less common words that are still valid in most word games.

elegy
evens
easel
enrol
expos
exalt
etude
evert
exude
elope
egged
emote
endow
ennui
echos
egret
extol
elfin
eyrie
exons
ebbed
eland
eying
eider
easts
ergot
egger
emmer
ewers
edify
eidos
eking
emirs
esses
edger
eosin
eikon
exult
emend
elide
esker
enoki
eclat
eyres
ephod
egads
eggar
evite

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words start with E?

This list has 128 5-letter words starting with E, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common 5-letter words that start with E?

every, early, event, enjoy, earth, eight, extra, ended are the most used in everyday English.

What is a good Wordle start word that begins with E?

Pick a common word with several different vowels and frequent letters. From this list, early, enjoy, earth, eight, extra all use five different letters and at least two vowels.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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