There are 609 common five-letter words with E as the fourth letter, plus 1,102 less common ones and 352 rare ones seen mostly in big dictionaries and word games. Type any other letters you know into the finder and the list narrows as you go. Tap a word to see what it means.

609 common · 1,102 less common · 352 rare

Common five-letter words with E as the fourth letter

609 words
  • abbey
  • aches
  • acres
  • acted
  • added
  • after
  • agree
  • aided
  • aides
  • aimed
  • aired
  • alien
  • alley
  • alter
  • amber
  • angel
  • anger
  • annex
  • armed
  • ashes
  • asked
  • askew
  • aspen
  • asses
  • asset
  • axles
  • babes
  • bagel
  • baked
  • baker
  • bakes
  • bales
  • bared
  • bares
  • based
  • bases
  • bates
  • beret
  • beset
  • bikes
  • bites
  • bleed
  • blues
  • bodes
  • boned
  • bones
  • booed
  • bored
  • bores
  • bowed
  • bowel
  • boxed
  • boxer
  • boxes
  • breed
  • brief
  • buses
  • buyer
  • bytes
  • cadet
  • caged
  • cages
  • caked
  • cakes
  • camel
  • cameo
  • canes
  • caper
  • capes
  • cared
  • cares
  • cased
  • cases
  • cater
  • caved
  • caves
  • ceded
  • cheek
  • cheer
  • chief
  • cider
  • cited
  • cites
  • clues
  • coded
  • codes
  • comes
  • comet
  • cones
  • coped
  • cores
  • cover
  • covet
  • cower
  • creed
  • creek
  • creep
  • cried
  • cries
  • cruel
  • cubed
  • cubes
  • cured
  • cures
  • cuter
  • dames
  • dared
  • dares
  • dated
  • dates
  • dazed
  • defer
  • deter
  • diced
  • dikes
  • dimer
  • dimes
  • dined
  • diner
  • dived
  • diver
  • dives
  • domed
  • domes
  • doped
  • dopey
  • dosed
  • doses
  • doves
  • dozed
  • dozen
  • dried
  • drier
  • dries
  • dryer
  • dudes
  • dukes
  • dunes
  • duped
  • duvet
  • eager
  • eased
  • easel
  • eases
  • eaten
  • eater
  • eaves
  • edged
  • edges
  • elder
  • elves
  • embed
  • ember
  • ended
  • enter
  • erred
  • ether
  • excel
  • expel
  • faced
  • faces
  • facet
  • faded
  • fades
  • faked
  • fakes
  • famed
  • fared
  • fares
  • fated
  • fates
  • feces
  • fever
  • fewer
  • fiber
  • filed
  • files
  • filet
  • fined
  • finer
  • fines
  • fired
  • fires
  • fiver
  • fives
  • fixed
  • fixes
  • flees
  • fleet
  • flier
  • flies
  • foxes
  • foyer
  • freed
  • freer
  • frees
  • fried
  • fries
  • fumes
  • fused
  • fuses
  • gales
  • gamer
  • games
  • gases
  • gated
  • gates
  • gavel
  • gazed
  • gazes
  • genes
  • given
  • gives
  • glued
  • gooey
  • greed
  • green
  • greet
  • grief
  • hales
  • harem
  • hares
  • hated
  • hates
  • haven
  • haves
  • hazel
  • hides
  • hiked
  • hiker
  • hikes
  • hired
  • hires
  • hives
  • holed
  • holes
  • homer
  • homes
  • homey
  • honed
  • honey
  • hoped
  • hopes
  • hosed
  • hoses
  • hotel
  • hover
  • hyped
  • hyper
  • index
  • infer
  • inked
  • inlet
  • inner
  • intel
  • inter
  • irked
  • isles
  • jaded
  • jawed
  • jewel
  • joked
  • joker
  • jokes
  • keyed
  • kites
  • kneel
  • knees
  • label
  • laced
  • laces
  • laden
  • lager
  • lakes
  • lanes
  • lapel
  • laser
  • later
  • latex
  • layer
  • leper
  • levee
  • level
  • lever
  • libel
  • liked
  • liken
  • likes
  • limes
  • lined
  • linen
  • liner
  • lines
  • liter
  • lived
  • liven
  • liver
  • lives
  • lobes
  • lopes
  • loser
  • loses
  • loved
  • lover
  • loves
  • lower
  • lured
  • lures
  • maker
  • makes
  • males
  • mares
  • mated
  • mates
  • mazes
  • memes
  • meted
  • meter
  • mikes
  • miles
  • mined
  • miner
  • mines
  • mired
  • miser
  • mites
  • mixed
  • mixer
  • mixes
  • model
  • modes
  • moles
  • money
  • moped
  • motel
  • moved
  • mover
  • moves
  • mowed
  • mower
  • mules
  • mused
  • muses
  • muted
  • naked
  • named
  • names
  • navel
  • never
  • newer
  • nicer
  • nines
  • nodes
  • nosed
  • noses
  • noted
  • notes
  • novel
  • offer
  • often
  • oiled
  • olden
  • older
  • onset
  • oozes
  • opted
  • order
  • other
  • otter
  • outed
  • outer
  • owned
  • owner
  • paced
  • paces
  • pager
  • pages
  • paler
  • pales
  • panel
  • panes
  • paper
  • pared
  • paved
  • paves
  • payed
  • payer
  • peter
  • pikes
  • piled
  • piles
  • pines
  • piped
  • piper
  • pipes
  • pixel
  • plied
  • plies
  • poked
  • poker
  • pokes
  • pokey
  • poles
  • pores
  • posed
  • poses
  • power
  • puked
  • puree
  • purer
  • queen
  • quiet
  • raced
  • racer
  • races
  • raged
  • rages
  • raked
  • rakes
  • rarer
  • rated
  • rates
  • raved
  • ravel
  • raven
  • raves
  • razed
  • rebel
  • refer
  • renew
  • repel
  • reset
  • revel
  • rider
  • rides
  • riled
  • ripen
  • risen
  • riser
  • rises
  • rites
  • river
  • rivet
  • robes
  • rodeo
  • roger
  • roles
  • romeo
  • roped
  • ropes
  • roses
  • rover
  • rowed
  • ruled
  • ruler
  • rules
  • runes
  • saber
  • safer
  • safes
  • sages
  • sales
  • saved
  • saver
  • saves
  • sawed
  • screw
  • seven
  • sever
  • sewed
  • sewer
  • sexes
  • sheen
  • sheep
  • sheer
  • sheet
  • shied
  • shoes
  • shred
  • shrew
  • sided
  • sides
  • sired
  • siren
  • sires
  • sited
  • sites
  • sixes
  • sized
  • sizes
  • skies
  • sleek
  • sleep
  • sleet
  • sneer
  • sober
  • soles
  • sores
  • sowed
  • speed
  • spied
  • spies
  • spree
  • steel
  • steep
  • steer
  • super
  • sweep
  • sweet
  • taken
  • taker
  • takes
  • tales
  • tamed
  • tamer
  • taped
  • taper
  • tapes
  • taxed
  • taxes
  • tenet
  • thief
  • three
  • threw
  • tides
  • tiger
  • tiled
  • tiles
  • timed
  • timer
  • times
  • tired
  • tires
  • token
  • tomes
  • toned
  • tones
  • totem
  • totes
  • towed
  • towel
  • tower
  • toyed
  • trees
  • tried
  • tries
  • truer
  • tubes
  • tuned
  • tuner
  • tunes
  • tweed
  • tweet
  • typed
  • types
  • ulcer
  • under
  • upped
  • upper
  • upset
  • urged
  • urges
  • usher
  • utter
  • valet
  • vases
  • vexed
  • vibes
  • vices
  • video
  • vines
  • viper
  • voted
  • voter
  • votes
  • vowed
  • vowel
  • waded
  • wafer
  • waged
  • wager
  • wages
  • wakes
  • wales
  • waned
  • water
  • waved
  • waver
  • waves
  • waxed
  • waxes
  • wheel
  • widen
  • wider
  • wines
  • wiped
  • wiper
  • wipes
  • wired
  • wires
  • wiser
  • wives
  • woken
  • women
  • wooed
  • woven
  • wowed
  • zoned
  • zones

Less common words

1,102 words
  • aahed
  • abbes
  • abies
  • abler
  • ables
  • abyes
  • ached
  • ackee
  • acmes
  • acned
  • acnes
  • acred
  • adder
  • adeem
  • adieu
  • admen
  • adzes
  • aedes
  • agger
  • aglee
  • aglet
  • agley
  • agues
  • aider
  • ailed
  • aimer
  • airer
  • aiver
  • akees
  • alder
  • allee
  • almeh
  • almes
  • aloes
  • ameer
  • amies
  • anted
  • antes
  • apeek
  • apnea
  • appel
  • apres
  • apses
  • apter
  • arced
  • ardeb
  • arles
  • armer
  • armet
  • arpen
  • artel
  • ashed
  • ashen
  • asker
  • asper
  • aster
  • auger
  • aurei
  • aures
  • awned
  • axled
  • axmen
  • baaed
  • babel
  • baled
  • baler
  • baned
  • banes
  • barer
  • baser
  • bated
  • bayed
  • bedel
  • bedew
  • beget
  • benes
  • betel
  • bevel
  • bezel
  • bicep
  • bices
  • bided
  • bider
  • bides
  • bidet
  • biked
  • biker
  • biles
  • bines
  • biped
  • bises
  • biter
  • bizes
  • bleep
  • blued
  • bluer
  • bluet
  • bluey
  • boded
  • bogey
  • bohea
  • boles
  • boney
  • borer
  • botel
  • bower
  • braes
  • brees
  • brier
  • buret
  • bused
  • buteo
  • byres
  • caber
  • cades
  • cafes
  • cager
  • cagey
  • cakey
  • cames
  • caned
  • caner
  • caped
  • carer
  • caret
  • carex
  • cates
  • caver
  • cawed
  • ceder
  • cedes
  • celeb
  • cepes
  • cered
  • ceres
  • cetes
  • cheep
  • chiel
  • cimex
  • cines
  • cires
  • citer
  • civet
  • cleek
  • clued
  • codec
  • coden
  • coder
  • codex
  • coked
  • cokes
  • coled
  • coley
  • comer
  • coned
  • cooed
  • cooee
  • cooer
  • cooey
  • copen
  • coper
  • copes
  • cored
  • corer
  • cosec
  • coses
  • coset
  • cosey
  • coted
  • cotes
  • coved
  • coven
  • coves
  • covey
  • cowed
  • coxed
  • coxes
  • coyed
  • coyer
  • cozen
  • cozes
  • cozey
  • creel
  • crier
  • cruet
  • cubeb
  • cuber
  • cukes
  • culet
  • culex
  • cupel
  • curer
  • curet
  • cusec
  • cutes
  • cutey
  • cyder
  • cymes
  • daces
  • dales
  • darer
  • dater
  • daven
  • dawed
  • dawen
  • dazes
  • deked
  • dekes
  • deled
  • deles
  • demes
  • denes
  • desex
  • devel
  • dewed
  • dexes
  • dicer
  • dices
  • dicey
  • diked
  • diker
  • dikey
  • dines
  • direr
  • dites
  • dizen
  • doges
  • dogey
  • doled
  • doles
  • donee
  • doper
  • dopes
  • doser
  • doted
  • doter
  • dotes
  • doven
  • dowed
  • dowel
  • dower
  • doyen
  • dozer
  • dozes
  • dreed
  • drees
  • duces
  • duded
  • duked
  • duper
  • dupes
  • dured
  • dures
  • dyked
  • dykey
  • dynel
  • dynes
  • eared
  • eaved
  • ebbed
  • ebbet
  • eched
  • eches
  • edger
  • effed
  • egged
  • egger
  • egret
  • eider
  • elver
  • emcee
  • emeer
  • emmer
  • emmet
  • epees
  • ernes
  • erses
  • esker
  • esses
  • ester
  • etwee
  • eyres
  • facer
  • fader
  • faker
  • fakey
  • fames
  • fanes
  • farer
  • faves
  • faxed
  • faxes
  • fayed
  • fayer
  • fazed
  • fazes
  • femes
  • feres
  • feted
  • fetes
  • feued
  • feyer
  • fezes
  • fices
  • fifed
  • fifer
  • fifes
  • filer
  • firer
  • fixer
  • fleer
  • flied
  • floes
  • flued
  • flues
  • flyer
  • fogey
  • fores
  • fovea
  • foxed
  • frier
  • froes
  • fryer
  • fumed
  • fumer
  • fumet
  • fusee
  • fusel
  • fuzed
  • fuzee
  • fuzes
  • fyces
  • fykes
  • gaged
  • gager
  • gages
  • galea
  • gamed
  • gamey
  • ganef
  • ganev
  • gaped
  • gaper
  • gapes
  • gater
  • gayer
  • gazer
  • gelee
  • genet
  • ghees
  • gibed
  • giber
  • gibes
  • gimel
  • gites
  • giver
  • gleed
  • gleek
  • glees
  • gleet
  • gluer
  • glues
  • gluey
  • godet
  • gofer
  • golem
  • gonef
  • goner
  • gored
  • gores
  • goxes
  • grees
  • gruel
  • grues
  • gudes
  • gules
  • guyed
  • gybed
  • gybes
  • gyred
  • gyres
  • gyved
  • gyves
  • hacek
  • haded
  • hajes
  • hakes
  • haled
  • haler
  • hames
  • hared
  • hater
  • haver
  • hawed
  • hayed
  • hayer
  • hazed
  • hazer
  • hazes
  • hebes
  • heder
  • hemes
  • heres
  • hewed
  • hewer
  • hexed
  • hexer
  • hexes
  • hided
  • hider
  • hirer
  • hived
  • hoked
  • hokes
  • hokey
  • holey
  • homed
  • honer
  • hones
  • hooey
  • hoper
  • hosel
  • hosen
  • hovel
  • howes
  • huger
  • hymen
  • hypes
  • icier
  • icker
  • idled
  • idler
  • idles
  • iller
  • imbed
  • imped
  • impel
  • inker
  • inned
  • inset
  • isled
  • islet
  • issei
  • ither
  • ivied
  • ivies
  • jades
  • jager
  • jakes
  • janes
  • japed
  • japer
  • japes
  • jebel
  • jefes
  • jetes
  • jibed
  • jiber
  • jibes
  • jived
  • jiver
  • jives
  • jivey
  • jokey
  • joles
  • jowed
  • joyed
  • jubes
  • juked
  • jukes
  • julep
  • jupes
  • jurel
  • jutes
  • kales
  • kames
  • kanes
  • kelep
  • kevel
  • kexes
  • kibei
  • kibes
  • kines
  • kited
  • kiter
  • kneed
  • kopek
  • koses
  • kreep
  • kugel
  • kyles
  • kytes
  • lacer
  • laded
  • lader
  • lades
  • laked
  • laker
  • lamed
  • lamer
  • lames
  • laree
  • lares
  • lased
  • lases
  • lated
  • laten
  • laved
  • laver
  • laves
  • lawed
  • laxer
  • layed
  • lazed
  • lazes
  • leben
  • leges
  • lenes
  • lexes
  • liber
  • lifer
  • liger
  • liker
  • limed
  • limen
  • limey
  • liney
  • lobed
  • loden
  • lodes
  • loges
  • loner
  • looed
  • looey
  • loped
  • loper
  • lores
  • losel
  • lovey
  • lowed
  • lowes
  • loxed
  • loxes
  • lubed
  • lubes
  • luces
  • ludes
  • luged
  • luges
  • lumen
  • lunes
  • lunet
  • lurer
  • lurex
  • lutea
  • luted
  • lutes
  • luxes
  • lycea
  • lycee
  • lyres
  • lysed
  • lyses
  • mabes
  • maced
  • macer
  • maces
  • mages
  • mamey
  • maned
  • manes
  • maser
  • mater
  • matey
  • maven
  • mawed
  • maxed
  • maxes
  • mayed
  • mazed
  • mazer
  • melee
  • merer
  • meres
  • metes
  • mewed
  • mezes
  • miked
  • miler
  • mimed
  • mimeo
  • mimer
  • mimes
  • mires
  • mirex
  • mises
  • miter
  • mizen
  • modem
  • mohel

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Rare words

352 words

Found in big dictionaries and word-game lists, but seldom used.

  • abled
  • ablet
  • absey
  • adred
  • advew
  • adzed
  • agued
  • ahhed
  • aldea
  • allel
  • aloed
  • amped
  • anker
  • arled
  • ashet
  • assed
  • aunes
  • aweek
  • aweel
  • awner
  • ayres
  • bajee
  • baken
  • begem
  • bejel
  • belee
  • beres
  • besee
  • beses
  • betes
  • bever
  • bewet
  • bezes
  • blaes
  • blees
  • boked
  • bokes
  • boree
  • borel
  • bowet
  • boxen
  • butes
  • byked
  • bykes
  • cadee
  • caneh
  • cavel
  • cegep
  • cives
  • claes
  • clied
  • clies
  • coreq
  • cosed
  • cozed
  • cumec
  • cytes
  • daled
  • dalet
  • dazer
  • debel
  • doree
  • doseh
  • doved
  • dules
  • duxes
  • eisel
  • elmen
  • elpee
  • emmew
  • endew
  • enmew
  • erned
  • erven
  • esnes
  • euges
  • euked
  • evoes
  • ewked
  • exies
  • favel
  • fluer
  • fluey
  • fomes
  • forel
  • freet
  • gades
  • galee
  • gazel
  • gebel
  • gemel
  • gibel
  • gilet
  • givee
  • gomer
  • grued
  • gytes
  • hayey
  • heben
  • hemen
  • herem
  • hevea
  • heyed
  • hiree
  • hiver
  • hogen
  • hoser
  • hosey
  • hoten
  • hoven
  • hoyed
  • huies
  • hules
  • hykes
  • hyleg
  • igged
  • immew
  • indew
  • ishes
  • jasey
  • javel
  • jobed
  • jobes
  • jodel
  • joled
  • juves
  • kades
  • kaneh
  • kawed
  • kidel
  • kideo
  • kiley
  • kipes
  • koker
  • kores
  • lacet
  • laxes
  • lemed
  • lemel
  • lemes
  • lered
  • leres
  • leses
  • lezes
  • lites
  • lokes
  • lorel
  • lotes
  • luter
  • lymes
  • mamee
  • maneh
  • mased
  • mases
  • mened
  • mered
  • merel
  • mesel
  • meses
  • mewer
  • mixen
  • moder
  • moner
  • mosed
  • moted
  • moued
  • mozed
  • mozes
  • mpret
  • muset
  • muxed
  • muxes
  • mzees
  • navew
  • nazes
  • nebek
  • nebel
  • nenes
  • netes
  • nevel
  • newed
  • nopes
  • noser
  • nowed
  • nowel
  • obied
  • olpes
  • oncer
  • onces
  • onned
  • ooses
  • opter
  • orfes
  • owled
  • owler
  • papes
  • parev
  • paven
  • pened
  • pheer
  • piler
  • pixed
  • pizes
  • podex
  • poley
  • poney
  • posey
  • poted
  • potes
  • puker
  • pured
  • pyned
  • pynes
  • pyxed
  • rager
  • rahed
  • remen
  • retes
  • ricey
  • rivel
  • rober
  • roded
  • rodes
  • roked
  • roker
  • rokes
  • roneo
  • rones
  • rores
  • roted
  • runed
  • ryper
  • salet
  • samel
  • samen
  • savey
  • sayed
  • scyes
  • sedes
  • sesey
  • sewen
  • sexer
  • sheel
  • shmek
  • sider
  • siled
  • silen
  • siler
  • siles
  • sixer
  • sizel
  • skeer
  • skyer
  • slaes
  • sleer
  • smees
  • sneed
  • snees
  • snoek
  • sofer
  • soger
  • soken
  • solen
  • soler
  • sored
  • soree
  • sorex
  • spaer
  • sprew
  • steem
  • steen
  • stoep
  • sujee
  • swies
  • syker
  • syned
  • synes
  • syped
  • sypes
  • syver
  • talea
  • tapen
  • tapet
  • taver
  • teaed
  • tehee
  • temes
  • tenes
  • terek
  • tewel
  • theed
  • theek
  • tices
  • tiges
  • topek
  • tosed
  • toses
  • tozed
  • tozes
  • tryer
  • tupek
  • tweel
  • tweer
  • twoer
  • ugged
  • unbed
  • unces
  • unget
  • unked
  • unket
  • unred
  • unwet
  • upjet
  • upled
  • upsee
  • upsey
  • urdee
  • urned
  • urped
  • varec
  • vares
  • veney
  • vibex
  • viner
  • vinew
  • vired
  • vitex
  • viver
  • vives
  • vlies
  • volet
  • wamed
  • warez
  • wases
  • whees
  • wowee
  • yales
  • yawey
  • ydred
  • yeven
  • yexed
  • yexes
  • yipee
  • yites
  • ylkes
  • yrneh
  • yuked
  • yukes
  • zezes
  • zizel
  • zooey
  • zuzes

Best letters to try next

How often each letter shows up in the open spots of these words. Testing the most common ones first rules out the most words.

  1. S44%
  2. R38%
  3. D35%
  4. A31%
  5. I25%
  6. O22%
  7. T21%
  8. L20%

Words on this list that test the most of those letters at once: DARES, DRIES, RIDES.

How this list works

Which words count as common?

Common words are dictionary words that also show up often in everyday writing. Less common words include rarer plurals and verb forms, older or regional words, and words mostly seen in word games. Rare words come from the largest dictionaries and word-game lists and are seldom used at all. Proper names, abbreviations and offensive words are left out.

Will every word work in Wordle?

Most do, but not all. Wordle and similar games accept a large list of guesses and pick answers from a smaller set of familiar words, so start with the common list when you are hunting for an answer.

Where do the words and definitions come from?

The list combines SCOWL, a word list maintained by Kevin Atkinson for spell checkers, with the public-domain ENABLE list used by many word games. How common each word is comes from wordfreq, a measure of how often words appear in books, news, subtitles and the web. Definitions come from Open English WordNet.