5 letter words with A and E

1,250 words, all 5 letters. Highest score JAMBE (19 points).

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jambe₁₉
jawed₁₉
quake₁₉
tazze₁₉
zaxes₁₉
zazen₁₉
jakes₁₈
dewax₁₇
japed₁₇
jehad₁₇
waxed₁₇
beaux₁₆

Words by first letter

A198
B72
C77
D48
E49
F54
G47
H50
I8
J12
K9
L72
M59
N22
O14
P88
Q5
R85
S113
T72
U14
V19
W43
X1
Y10
Z9

Starting with A 198

aahed
abase
abate
abbes
abbey
abeam
abele
abets
abide
abler
ables
abode
above
abuse
abyes
acerb
aceta
ached
aches
ackee
acmes
acned
acnes
acred
acres
acted
acute
adage
added
adder
addle
adeem
adept
adieu
admen
adobe
adore
adoze
adzes
aecia

158 more starting with A — open them in the finder

Starting with B 72

baaed
babel
babes
badge
bagel
baize
baked
baker
bakes
baled
baler
bales
baned
banes
barbe
barde
bared
barer
bares
barge
barre
barye
based
baser
bases
baste
bated
bates
bathe
bayed
beach
beads
beady
beaks
beaky
beams
beamy
beano
beans
beard

32 more starting with B — open them in the finder

Starting with C 77

caber
cable
cache
cades
cadet
cadge
cadre
caeca
cafes
caged
cager
cages
cagey
caked
cakes
cakey
calve
camel
cameo
cames
caned
caner
canes
canoe
caped
caper
capes
cared
carer
cares
caret
carex
carle
carse
carte
carve
cased
cases
caste
cater

37 more starting with C — open them in the finder

Starting with D 48

daces
dales
dames
dance
dared
darer
dares
dated
dater
dates
daube
daven
dawed
dawen
dazed
dazes
deads
deair
deals
dealt
deans
dears
deary
deash
death
deave
debar
decaf
decal
decay
dedal
defat
degas
delay
delta
derat
deray
derma
devas
dewan

8 more starting with D — open them in the finder

Starting with E 49

eager
eagle
eagre
eared
earls
early
earns
earth
eased
easel
eases
easts
eaten
eater
eaved
eaves
eclat
edema
egads
eggar
elain
eland
elans
elate
embar
embay
enact
enate
enema
entia
epact
ephah
ephas
equal
erase
erica
escar
eskar
essay
etape

9 more starting with E — open them in the finder

Starting with F 54

fable
faced
facer
faces
facet
faded
fader
fades
fadge
faena
faery
faked
faker
fakes
fakey
false
famed
fames
fanes
farce
fared
farer
fares
farle
fated
fates
fauve
faves
faxed
faxes
fayed
fazed
fazes
fears
fease
feast
feats
feaze
fecal
fella

14 more starting with F — open them in the finder

Starting with G 47

gable
gaffe
gaged
gager
gages
galea
gales
gambe
gamed
gamer
games
gamey
ganef
ganev
gaped
gaper
gapes
gases
gated
gates
gauge
gauze
gavel
gayer
gazed
gazer
gazes
gears
gemma
genoa
genua
gerah
getas
glace
glade
glare
glaze
gleam
glean
gleba

7 more starting with G — open them in the finder

Starting with H 50

hacek
haded
hades
haems
haets
hajes
hakes
haled
haler
hales
halve
hames
hance
hanse
haole
hared
harem
hares
haste
hated
hater
hates
haute
haven
haver
haves
hawed
hawse
hayed
hayer
hazed
hazel
hazer
hazes
heads
heady
heals
heaps
heard
hears

10 more starting with H — open them in the finder

Starting with I 8

ideal
ideas
ileac
ileal
image
inane
irade
irate

Starting with J 12

jaded
jades
jager
jakes
jambe
janes
japed
japer
japes
jawed
jeans
jehad

Starting with K 9

kales
kames
kanes
kebab
kebar
kenaf
kheda
knave
knead

Starting with L 72

label
laced
lacer
laces
lacey
laded
laden
lader
lades
ladle
laevo
lager
laked
laker
lakes
lamed
lamer
lames
lance
lanes
lapel
lapse
laree
lares
large
lased
laser
lases
lated
laten
later
latex
lathe
latke
latte
laved
laver
laves
lawed
laxer

32 more starting with L — open them in the finder

Starting with M 59

mabes
maced
macer
maces
mache
macle
madre
mages
mahoe
maile
maize
maker
makes
males
mamey
mamie
maned
manes
mange
manse
maple
mares
marge
marse
maser
masse
mated
mater
mates
matey
matte
mauve
maven
mavie
mawed
maxes
maybe
mayed
mazed
mazer

19 more starting with M — open them in the finder

Starting with N 22

nabes
nacre
naevi
naive
naked
naled
named
namer
names
nance
napes
nappe
nares
nates
navel
naves
neaps
nears
neath
neats
nemas
novae

Starting with O 14

oaken
oared
oases
oaten
oater
oaves
obeah
ocean
ocrea
omega
opera
orate
oread
ovate

Starting with P 88

paced
pacer
paces
padle
padre
paean
paeon
paged
pager
pages
paise
palea
paled
paler
pales
palet
paned
panel
panes
panne
paper
pared
pareo
parer
pares
pareu
parge
parle
parse
parve
paseo
pases
passe
paste
pated
paten
pater
pates
pause
paved

48 more starting with P — open them in the finder

Starting with Q 5

quake
quale
quare
quate
quean

Starting with R 85

raced
racer
races
raged
ragee
rages
raise
rajes
raked
rakee
raker
rakes
rales
ramee
ramet
ramie
rance
ranee
range
raped
raper
rapes
raphe
rared
rarer
rares
rased
raser
rases
rated
ratel
rater
rates
rathe
raved
ravel
raven
raver
raves
rawer

45 more starting with R — open them in the finder

Starting with S 113

sabed
saber
sabes
sable
sabre
sades
sadhe
safer
safes
sager
sages
saice
saker
sakes
salep
sales
salve
samek
saned
saner
sanes
saree
sarge
sated
satem
sates
sauce
saute
saved
saver
saves
sawed
sawer
saxes
sayer
scale
scape
scare
scena
seals

73 more starting with S — open them in the finder

Starting with T 72

taber
tabes
table
taces
tacet
tache
taels
tajes
taken
taker
takes
taler
tales
tamed
tamer
tames
taped
taper
tapes
tared
tares
targe
tarre
tasse
taste
tater
tates
taupe
tawed
tawer
tawie
tawse
taxed
taxer
taxes
tazze
teach
teaks
teals
teams

32 more starting with T — open them in the finder

Starting with U 14

ukase
ulema
ulnae
uraei
urare
urase
urate
ureal
ureas
ursae
usage
usnea
uveal
uveas

Starting with V 19

vague
vales
valet
valse
value
valve
vaned
vanes
varve
vases
veals
vealy
veena
vegan
velar
venae
venal
vesta
vitae

Starting with W 43

wacke
waded
wader
wades
wafer
waged
wager
wages
waive
waked
waken
waker
wakes
waled
waler
wales
wames
waned
wanes
waney
wared
wares
waste
water
waved
waver
waves
wavey
waxed
waxen
waxer
waxes
weald
weals
weans
wears
weary
weave
wekas
whale

3 more starting with W — open them in the finder

Starting with X 1

xenia

Starting with Y 10

yager
yamen
yarer
yawed
yeans
yearn
years
yeast
yenta
yerba

Starting with Z 9

zaire
zaxes
zazen
zeals
zebra
zetas
zoeae
zoeal
zoeas

This page shows 723 of the 1,250 words; the finder lists all of them and can copy them as text.

What is in this list

This list holds 1,250 words, 0.7% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. Every word here has 5 letters, and they average 5 letters by construction — so the interesting differences are in which letters they use. Of the 36 lists in this group it is the 8th largest: “5 letter words with E” leads with 3,876 and “5 letter words ending in UMPY” has the fewest, 5.

Points and vowels

Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 8.8 points (median 8); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 9.6, so this list runs 0.8 points leaner. The top scorers are JAMBE (19), JAWED (19), QUAKE (19), TAZZE (19). Point for point, JAMBE earns the most per letter: 19 points over 5 letters, 3.8 each. A and E together are worth 2 points here, so the score comes from the other letters.

Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 44.8% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 290 words are more than half vowels. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is W: 1.3% of the letters, against 0.7% overall.

Letter by letter

In 847 of them A comes before E; in the other 403, E comes first. 274 words put the two side by side, like ABEAM, AECIA, AEDES and AEGIS. Position by position, the most likely letters are A in slot 1 (15.8%), A in slot 2 (43.1%), A in slot 3 (21.6%), E in slot 4 (40.7%), E in slot 5 (27.8%). 1,006 words use 5 different letters with none repeated (80.5%); the rest repeat at least one, and the most common double is EE (17 words). The most common three-letter openings are LEA- (19, as in LEACH), BEA- (16, as in BEACH), PEA- (15, as in PEACE). The most common endings are -ATE (19, as in ABATE), -AVE (18, as in AGAVE), -LES (15, as in ABLES). 21.7% end in a single S — mostly plurals and verb forms of shorter words.

Word play in this list

The biggest anagram family here is APERS, APRES, ASPER, PARES, PARSE, PEARS, PRASE and 5 more — 12 words from the same 5 letters. Altogether 271 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 834 words. 26 words turn into another real word when spelled backwards — AIDER becomes REDIA, ANGER becomes REGNA, CARES becomes SERAC, DECAF becomes FACED.

51.8% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word (ABASE, ABATE and ABBES among them); after S, the most useful end letter is D, which extends 165 words. At the front, S turns 93 words into new ones (ABLES → SABLES); B turns 56 words into new ones (ACHED → BACHED); C turns 49 words into new ones (ABLES → CABLES).

Using this list

If the answer to a five-letter puzzle is known to be in this list, RALES is the guess that splits it most evenly: its colour patterns divide the sampled words into 61 groups, the largest of which has 89 words left (4.7 bits of information). To narrow it further, open it in the pattern finder: the rule “contains A and E, has 5 letters” is already filled in, and you can add a length, a fixed letter position or letters to leave out.

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