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5 Letter Words With A and E

A long set: 2,716 5 letter words with a and e, which is too many to read straight through. Answer-list words come first, everyday words next, and the rare tail after that.

Updated October 28, 2026 ·5 min read
5 Letter Words With A and E for Wordle, among them ABASE, ABATE, ABBEY

A yellow A and a yellow E narrow a Wordle board to 5 letter words with A and E, though which vowel comes first is still a mystery.

When the E comes last, it stays silent but lengthens the A before it, as in STATE and SHARE.

Next, a guess like SHARE tests the final E and tries the A as the third letter.

List of 5 Letter Words With A and E

  • ABASE
  • ABATE
  • ABBEY
  • ABIDE
  • ABLED
  • ABODE
  • ABOVE
  • ABUSE
  • ACUTE
  • ADAGE
  • ADEPT
  • ADOBE
  • ADORE
  • AFIRE
  • AFTER
  • AGAPE
  • AGATE
  • AGENT
  • AGILE
  • AGREE
  • AHEAD
  • AIDER
  • AISLE
  • ALERT
  • ALGAE
  • ALIEN
  • ALIKE
  • ALIVE
  • ALLEY
  • ALONE
  • ALTER
  • AMAZE
  • AMBER
  • AMBLE
  • AMEND
  • AMPLE
  • AMUSE
  • ANGEL
  • ANGER
  • ANGLE
  • ANIME
  • ANKLE
  • ANNEX
  • ANODE
  • APNEA
  • APPLE
  • ARENA
  • ARGUE
  • ARISE
  • AROSE
  • ASHEN
  • ASIDE
  • ASKEW
  • ATONE
  • AVERT
  • AWAKE
  • AWARE
  • AWOKE
  • AZURE
  • BADGE
  • BAGEL
  • BAKER
  • BALER
  • BARGE
  • BASTE
  • BATHE
  • BEACH
  • BEADY
  • BEARD
  • BEAST
  • BEGAN
  • BEGAT
  • BLADE
  • BLAME
  • BLARE
  • BLAZE
  • BLEAK
  • BLEAT
  • BRACE
  • BRAKE
  • BRAVE
  • BREAD
  • BREAK
  • CABLE
  • CACHE
  • CADET
  • CAGEY
  • CAMEL
  • CAMEO
  • CANOE
  • CAPER
  • CARVE
  • CASTE
  • CATER
  • CAUSE
  • CEASE
  • CEDAR
  • CHAFE
  • CHASE
  • CHEAP
  • CHEAT
  • CLEAN
  • CLEAR
  • CLEAT
  • CRANE
  • CRATE
  • CRAVE
  • CRAZE
  • CREAK
  • CREAM
  • DANCE
  • DEALT
  • DEATH
  • DEBAR
  • DECAL
  • DECAY
  • DELAY
  • DELTA
  • DRAKE
  • DREAD
  • DREAM
  • EAGER
  • EAGLE
  • EARLY
  • EARTH
  • EASEL
  • EATEN
  • EATER
  • ECLAT
  • ELATE
  • EMAIL
  • ENACT
  • ENEMA
  • EQUAL
  • ERASE
  • ESSAY
  • EVADE
  • EXACT
  • EXALT
  • EXTRA
  • FABLE
  • FACET
  • FALSE
  • FARCE
  • FEAST
  • FELLA
  • FERAL
  • FETAL
  • FLAKE
  • FLAME

Common 5 Letter Words With A and E

  • AFTER
  • GREAT
  • STATE
  • PLACE
  • WATER
  • LATER
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • DEATH
  • LARGE
  • CAUSE
  • LEAVE
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • MEDIA
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR
  • SPACE
  • ABOVE
  • SHARE
  • BREAK
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • VALUE
  • RANGE
  • TRADE
  • STAGE
  • LEGAL
  • BEGAN
  • PAPER
  • EARTH
  • TABLE
  • SPEAK
  • PEACE
  • AHEAD
  • EXTRA
  • AGREE
  • CLEAN
  • HEAVY
  • IMAGE
  • MEANT
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • DREAM
  • SCALE
  • METAL
  • AGENT
  • WASTE
  • GRADE
  • AWARE
  • ALIVE
  • APPLE
  • RAISE
  • TREAT
  • TASTE
  • PLANE
  • SHAPE

5 Letter Words With A and E for Wordle

  • LASER
  • LATER
  • RATES
  • AFTER
  • GREAT
  • STATE
  • PLACE
  • WATER
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • DEATH
  • LARGE
  • CAUSE
  • LEAVE
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • MEDIA
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR
  • SPACE
  • ABOVE
  • SHARE
  • BREAK
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • VALUE
  • RANGE
  • TRADE
  • STAGE
  • LEGAL
  • BEGAN
  • PAPER
  • EARTH
  • TABLE
  • SPEAK
  • PEACE
  • AHEAD
  • EXTRA
  • AGREE
  • CLEAN
  • HEAVY
  • IMAGE
  • MEANT
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • DREAM
  • SCALE
  • METAL
  • AGENT
  • WASTE
  • GRADE
  • AWARE
  • ALIVE
  • APPLE
  • RAISE
  • TREAT
  • TASTE

5 Letter Words With A and E by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in E

  • ABOVE
  • ALONE
  • AGREE
  • AWARE
  • ALIVE
  • APPLE
  • ABUSE
  • ASIDE
  • ARGUE
  • ANGLE
  • ANIME
  • ALIKE

5 Letter Words Starting With E and Ending in A

  • EXTRA
  • ENEMA
  • ERICA
  • ELIZA
  • ERIKA
  • EDEMA
  • EMESA
  • ENDIA
  • ENTIA
  • EBENA
  • ECHEA
  • EDANA

5 Letter Words With A and E Together

  • GREAT
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • DEATH
  • LEAVE
  • HEART
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR
  • BREAK
  • LEARN
  • EARTH

5 Letter Words With A and E as Only Vowels

  • AFTER
  • GREAT
  • STATE
  • PLACE
  • WATER
  • LATER
  • MAYBE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • DEATH
  • LARGE
  • LEAVE
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • BREAK
  • LEARN
  • RANGE
  • TRADE
  • STAGE
  • LEGAL
  • BEGAN
  • PAPER
  • EARTH
  • TABLE
  • SPEAK
  • PEACE
  • AHEAD
  • EXTRA
  • AGREE
  • CLEAN
  • HEAVY
  • MEANT
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • DREAM
  • SCALE
  • METAL
  • AGENT
  • WASTE
  • GRADE
  • AWARE
  • APPLE
  • TREAT
  • TASTE
  • PLANE
  • SHAPE
  • CHEAP
  • TEACH
  • PHASE
  • BLAME
  • FALSE
  • CREAM
  • FRAME
  • GRACE

5 Letter Words With A E and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With A E and N

  • TAKEN
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • RANGE
  • BEGAN
  • CLEAN
  • MEANT
  • DANCE
  • AGENT
  • PLANE
  • OCEAN
  • PANEL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and N

5 Letter Words With A E and L

  • PLACE
  • LATER
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LARGE
  • LEAVE
  • CLEAR
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • VALUE
  • LEGAL
  • TABLE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and L

5 Letter Words With A E and R

  • AFTER
  • GREAT
  • WATER
  • LATER
  • EARLY
  • LARGE
  • HEART
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • CLEAR
  • SHARE
  • BREAK

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and R

5 Letter Words With A E and U

  • CAUSE
  • VALUE
  • ABUSE
  • EQUAL
  • ARGUE
  • SAUCE
  • USAGE
  • GAUGE
  • ACUTE
  • PAUSE
  • VAGUE
  • QUAKE

5 Letter Words With A E and S

  • STATE
  • LEAST
  • CAUSE
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • STAGE
  • SPEAK
  • SCALE
  • WASTE
  • RAISE
  • TASTE
  • SHAPE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and S

5 Letter Words With A E and T

  • AFTER
  • GREAT
  • STATE
  • WATER
  • LATER
  • LEAST
  • DEATH
  • TAKEN
  • HEART
  • TRADE
  • STAGE
  • EARTH

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and T

5 Letter Words With A E and G

  • GREAT
  • LARGE
  • RANGE
  • STAGE
  • LEGAL
  • BEGAN
  • AGREE
  • IMAGE
  • AGENT
  • GRADE
  • GRACE
  • ARGUE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and G

5 Letter Words With A E and O

  • ABOVE
  • ALONE
  • OCEAN
  • OPERA
  • OMEGA
  • ADOBE
  • AROSE
  • ADORE
  • CANOE
  • CAMEO
  • AWOKE
  • ABODE

5 Letter Words With A E and H

  • DEATH
  • HEART
  • HEARD
  • SHARE
  • EARTH
  • AHEAD
  • HEAVY
  • REACH
  • BEACH
  • SHAPE
  • CHEAP
  • TEACH

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and H

5 Letter Words With A E and M

  • MAYBE
  • MEDIA
  • IMAGE
  • MEANT
  • DREAM
  • METAL
  • EMAIL
  • BLAME
  • CREAM
  • FRAME
  • SHAME
  • STEAM

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and M

5 Letter Words With A D and E

  • DEATH
  • MEDIA
  • READY
  • HEARD
  • TRADE
  • AHEAD
  • DANCE
  • DREAM
  • GRADE
  • ASIDE
  • BREAD
  • IDEAL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, D and E

5 Letter Words With A E and P

  • PLACE
  • SPACE
  • PAPER
  • SPEAK
  • PEACE
  • APPLE
  • PLANE
  • SHAPE
  • CHEAP
  • PHASE
  • PANEL
  • PLATE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and P

5 Letter Words With A E and I

  • MEDIA
  • IMAGE
  • ALIVE
  • RAISE
  • EMAIL
  • ASIDE
  • IDEAL
  • ALIEN
  • ANIME
  • ALIKE
  • ARISE
  • NAIVE

5 Letter Words With A C and E

  • PLACE
  • CAUSE
  • CLEAR
  • SPACE
  • PEACE
  • CLEAN
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • SCALE
  • CHEAP
  • OCEAN

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, C and E

5 Letter Words With A E and K

  • TAKEN
  • BREAK
  • SPEAK
  • SHAKE
  • BAKER
  • MAKER
  • SNAKE
  • STAKE
  • ALIKE
  • BRAKE
  • AWAKE
  • FREAK

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, E and K

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With A and E

  • HALER: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
  • MAMEY: Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind.
  • BARYE: The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
  • BEAMY: Broad in the beam.
  • RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
  • GLEBA: Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
  • TAWSE: A leather strap for punishing children.
  • KENAF: Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
  • AGLET: Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
  • ELATE: Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. It is on the answer list.
  • REAVE: Steal goods; take as spoils.
  • HAWSE: The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
  • PEKAN: Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
  • UKASE: An edict of the Russian tsar.
  • CADGE: Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
  • BARDE: Put a caparison on.
  • EPHAH: An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
  • TASSE: One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with A and E?

There are 2,716 of them. The everyday ones include AFTER, GREAT, STATE, PLACE and WATER.

How many 5 letter words have A and E in them?

2,716 in total, and 357 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with A and E are Wordle answers?

357 of them have been answers, among them LATER, MAYBE, LEAST, EARLY and DEATH.

What 5 letter words have A and E in any order?

2,716 of them, including AFTER, GREAT, STATE, PLACE and WATER.

Can a Wordle answer contain A and E?

Yes. AFTER, GREAT and STATE all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. STATE and LEAVE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ACERB really a word?

Yes. Sour or bitter in taste. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

AFTER. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZOOEA and ZONAE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

ABASE, ABLED and AFIRE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.

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