5-letter words with E as the fourth letter
There are 2,255 five-letter words with E as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are ZAZEN, ZEZES and ZIZEL, tied at 23 points. S is the most common first letter among them (215), and the average score is 8.9 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green E in the fourth position leaves these 2,255 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with E in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZAZEN, ZEZES, ZIZEL, ZAXES and ZEXES. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an E in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, LASER 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 2,255 words.
5-letter words with E as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 2,255
- Highest scoring
- ZAZEN 23 pts
- Average score
- 8.9 pts
- With a definition
- 1,576 (70%)
- A115
- B123
- C156
- D110
- E65
- F110
- G82
- H105
- I34
- J45
- K36
- L143
- M125
- N61
- O69
- P131
- Q3
- R152
- S215
- T142
- U45
- V50
- W85
- X2
- Y35
- Z16
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with e as the fourth letter
5-letter words with E as the fourth letter (2,255)
These 300 of the 2,255 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 fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 2,255 five-letter words with E in the fourth position, 18% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as E, these 2,255 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 LASER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with E as the fourth letter?
ZAZEN, ZEZES and ZIZEL tie at 23 points in Scrabble. Next come ZAXES (21), ZEXES (21) and COZEY (19). The average is 8.9 points.