5-letter words with E as the third letter
There are 861 five-letter words with E as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is OZEKI at 18 points. S is the most common first letter among them (175), and the average score is 8.5 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green E in the third position leaves these 861 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with E in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include OZEKI, QUERY, PREXY, FEEZE and HEEZE. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an E in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, STERN 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 861 words.
5-letter words with E as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 861
- Highest scoring
- OZEKI 18 pts
- Average score
- 8.5 pts
- With a definition
- 422 (49%)
- A67
- B48
- C60
- D38
- E31
- F44
- G47
- H11
- I13
- J5
- K30
- L19
- M9
- N15
- O34
- P59
- Q12
- R20
- S175
- T60
- U13
- V9
- W34
- Y5
- Z3
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with e as the third letter
5-letter words with E as the third letter (861)
These 300 of the 861 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 861 five-letter words with E in the third position, 6.8% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as E, these 861 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 STERN.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with E as the third letter?
OZEKI scores 18 points in Scrabble. Next come FEEZE (17), HEEZE (17) and PREXY (17). The average is 8.5 points.