5-letter words with E as the fifth letter
There are 1,485 five-letter words with E as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is MEZZE at 25 points. S is the most common first letter among them (196), and the average score is 8.6 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green E in the fifth position leaves these 1,485 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with E in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include MEZZE, OZZIE, TAZZE, ZANZE and AVYZE. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an E in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, ARISE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 1,485 words.
5-letter words with E as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,485
- Highest scoring
- MEZZE 25 pts
- Average score
- 8.6 pts
- With a definition
- 669 (45%)
- A111
- B104
- C115
- D62
- E47
- F68
- G87
- H38
- I20
- J13
- K30
- L53
- M75
- N31
- O32
- P104
- Q11
- R77
- S196
- T97
- U26
- V30
- W39
- Y11
- Z8
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with e as the fifth letter
5-letter words with E as the fifth letter (1,485)
These 300 of the 1,485 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have E as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,485 five-letter words with E in the fifth position, 12% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as E, these 1,485 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as ARISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with E as the fifth letter?
MEZZE scores 25 points in Scrabble. Next come OZZIE (23), TAZZE (23) and ZANZE (23). The average is 8.6 points.