5-Letter Words Ending With E — Wordle & Scrabble
Browse every 5-letter word ending with E — the most common way a five-letter word closes. Filter by the letters you know for Wordle, or sort by Scrabble score for your best play.
931 5-letter words · filter for Wordle & Scrabble · Scrabble scores
24 popular 5-letter words — filter above to search all 931.
Highest-scoring 5-letter words ending with E
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends |
|---|---|---|
| TAZZE | 23 | 23 |
| KOPJE | 18 | 21 |
| QUAKE | 18 | 19 |
| FEAZE | 17 | 17 |
| FEEZE | 17 | 17 |
| FIQUE | 17 | 18 |
| FROZE | 17 | 17 |
| FURZE | 17 | 18 |
Why do so many 5-letter words end in E?
More five-letter words end in E than in almost any other letter. The silent or "magic" E — the one that stretches the vowel in RATE, HOPE or CUBE — shapes a huge share of English words into exactly five letters. That makes a 5-letter word ending with E a frequent Wordle answer and a pattern worth knowing by heart.
Narrow the E list in three moves
Green in the last slot
Every result ends in E. If Wordle gave you a green E at the end, add the rest in Pattern — for example
st__e— to fix the word.Feed in clues
Put yellow letters in Contains and ruled-out letters in Exclude. The finder keeps only five-letter E words that respect every clue.
Score the play
Each word shows its Scrabble value, so you can pick the highest-scoring E word that still matches your clues.
E words for Wordle and Scrabble
A green E at the end of a Wordle row is one of the most useful clues you can get, because it points at the single most common five-letter ending in the language.
The Wordle angle. Once the last slot is fixed, the puzzle turns into a search for the first four letters — and this list is already scoped to words that end in E. Add each new clue to Pattern, Contains and Exclude, and the candidates shrink fast. Openers like SLATE and STONE double as strong first guesses because they carry that E while testing common letters.
The Scrabble angle. The trailing E is a one-point tile, so scoring depends on the body of the word. Words that hide a Z, J or X — PRIZE, GLAZE, JUICE — pay off most, and the Scrabble word finder ranks a full rack when you want the best play rather than a browse.
Keep exploring. Compare other endings and letter slices below, or open the full 5-letter words hub to filter by any clue at once.
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From a rack, not a list?
This page browses every five-letter word ending in E. If you have a fixed set of tiles instead, drop them into the anagram solver or the word unscrambler and filter to length five to see only the E-ending words you can build from your letters.
Where do these words come from?
“An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.”
— “Anagram,” Wikipedia
That rearranging is exactly what these tools do, and every result is checked against a public-domain word list, documented in full on our methodology page. Official tournament play uses different dictionaries, so always confirm against the one your game follows.
- Our word list. The public-domain ENABLE lexicon, merged for the word unscrambler with dwyl/english-words, released under the Unlicense.
- North America. The official authority is the NASPA Word List (NWL2023), maintained by NASPA and effective February 2024, with 196,601 words.
- Rest of the world. Tournament play uses Collins Scrabble Words (CSW24), published by Collins under WESPA, with 280,887 words.
5-letter words ending with E, answered.
How many 5-letter words end with E?
Over 900 in this public-domain word list — more than end in any other letter except S. The silent or 'magic' E is one of the most common word endings in English, which is why it turns up so often in Wordle answers.
What is a good Wordle guess ending in E?
SLATE, STARE, RAISE and STONE all end in E and test high-frequency letters. If Wordle has already given you a green E in the last slot, filter this page with the pattern ____e to see only words that fit.
Which 5-letter words ending in E score well in Scrabble?
The ending is cheap, so value comes from the body of the word: PRIZE, GLAZE, JUICE and VOICE lean on scarce letters. Each word here shows its Scrabble score so you can sort for the highest play.
Why do so many 5-letter words end in a silent E?
The final E often lengthens the vowel before it — compare 'rat' with 'rate' — so English is full of words shaped consonant-vowel-consonant-E. That pattern is exactly five letters surprisingly often, which is why the ending is so common.
How do I find E-ending words with certain letters?
This page is already limited to words that end in E. Put your green letters in Pattern such as s__re, yellow letters in Contains and greys in Exclude, and the finder keeps only five-letter E words that still fit.