5-letter words with E as the second letter
There are 1,581 five-letter words with E as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is FEZZY at 29 points. R is the most common first letter among them (179), 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 second position leaves these 1,581 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with E in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include FEZZY, LEZZY, MEZZO, MEZZE and LEZZA. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an E in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, TEARS 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 1,581 words.
5-letter words with E as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,581
- Highest scoring
- FEZZY 29 pts
- Average score
- 8.9 pts
- With a definition
- 774 (49%)
- A7
- B126
- C42
- D133
- E4
- F79
- G59
- H92
- J33
- K59
- L96
- M103
- N64
- P110
- R179
- S123
- T104
- V52
- W58
- X7
- Y37
- Z14
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with e as the second letter
5-letter words with E as the second letter (1,581)
These 300 of the 1,581 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 second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,581 five-letter words with E in the second position, 13% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as E, these 1,581 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 TEARS.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with E as the second letter?
FEZZY scores 29 points in Scrabble. Next come LEZZY (26), MEZZE (25) and MEZZO (25). The average is 8.9 points.