This list contains 1603 real five-letter words that end in E. Examples include ABASE, ABATE, ABCEE, ABELE, ABIDE, ABODE.
Generated from the bundled NYT Crossplay, Words With Friends, Scrabble US, Scrabble UK, and All Dictionaries data.
5 Letter Words Ending in E Word Results
Words below end in E.
How to use this word list
E is the most common letter in English, and that shows up here – at 1603 words, this is the largest single-letter ending on the site by a wide margin. A silent final E turns up constantly (ABIDE, ADORE, AGREE), but plenty of entries pronounce it too, especially loanwords and plurals like AQUAE and ULNAE. Because the list is long, the search box is the fastest way to narrow it: type a couple of letters from the start or middle of the word, or a Scrabble score, and the grid updates instantly.
Questions about this list
Only the fifth letter has to be E. That covers everything from ordinary nouns like HOUSE to Latin-style plurals like ALGAE, so the words on this page vary widely in origin and usage.
E is the most frequently used letter in English, and a silent final E is one of the language’s most common spelling patterns, so far more five-letter words land on E than on any other single letter.
No. A silent E often lengthens the previous vowel, as in SMOKE or SHAPE, but many words pronounce the final E clearly, including borrowed terms like ACUTE and plurals such as LARVAE.
Scrabble-style scoring rewards rare letters rather than word length. AGAZE and DAZED-style words score high because Z is worth far more per letter than common letters like E, A, or S.
This page only filters within E-ending words. For rules on other letter positions, exclusions, or a specific rack of tiles, the main word finder supports all of those together.