5-Letter Words With A and E
Looking for five-letter words with A and E in them? There are 1,276 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like STATE, EMAIL, AFTER, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- state5
- email7
- after8
- years8
- games8
- great6
- based8
- pages8
- place9
- media8
- water8
- image8
- value8
- learn5
- sales5
- large6
- table7
- legal6
- above10
- rates5
All 1,276 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- paper 9
- texas 12
- range 6
- areas 5
- space 9
- share 8
- added 8
- least 5
- trade 6
- means 7
- beach 12
- early 8
- cheap 12
- deals 6
- heart 8
- clear 7
- makes 11
- taken 9
- cases 7
- later 5
- death 9
- asked 10
- names 7
- leave 8
- cable 9
- ideas 6
- cause 7
- ready 9
- earth 8
- extra 12
- rated 6
- takes 9
- agent 6
- metal 7
- grade 7
- panel 7
- stage 6
- maybe 12
- break 11
- dance 8
- apple 9
- peace 9
- agree 6
- scale 7
- frame 10
- heard 9
- clean 7
- naked 10
- label 7
- waste 8
- phase 10
- alone 5
- dates 6
- began 8
- heavy 14
- abuse 7
- reach 10
- equal 14
- teams 7
- named 8
- laser 5
- taxes 12
- dream 8
- false 8
- alert 5
- ocean 7
- anime 7
- speak 11
- leads 6
- wales 8
- ahead 9
- delta 6
- adobe 8
- babes 9
- layer 8
- ideal 6
- cream 9
- aware 8
- shape 10
- usage 6
- angel 6
- plate 7
- bears 7
- exact 14
- delay 9
- raise 5
- saved 9
- treat 5
- teach 10
- pearl 7
- heads 9
- opera 7
- asset 5
- meant 7
- plane 7
- grace 8
- taste 5
- cache 12
- lease 5
- seats 5
- angle 6
- eagle 6
- maker 11
- alive 8
- faces 10
- lakes 9
- baker 11
- beast 7
- acres 7
- arena 5
- armed 8
- bread 8
- reads 6
- dated 7
- jeans 12
- aside 6
- essay 8
- trace 7
- blade 8
- meals 7
- valve 11
- tales 5
- steam 7
- acute 7
- amber 9
- waves 11
- camel 9
- chase 10
- sauce 7
- beads 8
- gates 6
- slave 8
- haven 11
- latex 12
- alien 5
- omega 8
- saver 8
- aimed 8
- spare 7
- gauge 7
- faced 11
- cheat 10
- tapes 7
- races 7
- maple 9
- cedar 8
- brake 11
- relay 8
- tears 5
- paste 7
- relax 12
- wages 9
- males 7
- wheat 11
- bases 7
- flame 10
- annex 12
- argue 6
- arise 5
- blame 9
- anger 6
- alter 5
- amend 8
- medal 8
- beans 7
- snake 9
- exams 14
- shade 9
- grave 9
- saves 8
- shake 12
- shame 10
- rehab 10
- beats 7
- steal 5
- fears 8
- alike 9
- dealt 6
- badge 9
- heath 11
- realm 7
- yeast 8
- laden 6
- whale 11
- cakes 11
- lance 7
- lanes 5
- brave 10
- fares 8
- safer 8
- theta 8
- stake 9
- seals 5
- decay 11
- skate 9
- sears 5
- crane 7
- sedan 6
- cares 7
- baked 12
- raven 8
- aspen 7
- lemma 9
- pause 7
- asses 5
- sweat 8
- quake 18
- alley 8
- renal 5
- acted 8
- steak 9
- drake 10
- gases 6
- abbey 12
- eager 6
- feast 8
- ankle 9
- react 7
- cease 7
- peaks 11
- peach 12
- freak 12
- slate 5
- canoe 7
- pedal 8
- terra 5
- abide 8
- parse 7
- grape 8
- racer 7
- bates 7
- eaten 5
- faxes 15
- aided 7
- awake 12
- ample 9
- hated 9
- beard 8
- gamer 8
- fetal 8
- erase 5
- swear 8
- beams 9
- ashes 8
- scare 7
- spear 7
- matte 7
- zebra 16
- shear 8
- mates 7
- recap 9
- hazel 17
- vague 9
- paced 10
- ariel 5
- cafes 10
- carte 7
- vegan 9
- gears 6
- arose 5
- shave 11
- blaze 16
- caves 10
- crate 7
- cared 8
- expat 14
- decal 8
- erica 7
- sneak 9
- wears 8
- regal 6
- maize 16
- leaks 9
- flare 8
- brace 9
- meats 7
- aired 6
- zaire 14
- cater 7
- algae 6
- valet 8
- raped 8
- hates 8
- tease 5
- weave 11
- cages 8
- pager 8
- stare 5
- aisle 5
- paved 11
- faded 10
- haute 8
- naive 8
- barre 7
- fakes 12
- agile 6
- waive 11
- maven 10
- vitae 8
- repay 10
- hears 8
- cadet 8
- tweak 12
- eater 5
- fable 10
- tread 6
- earns 5
- vases 8
- dread 7
- weary 11
- aides 6
- adept 8
- spade 8
- glare 6
- wafer 11
- genoa 6
- leafs 8
- lacey 10
- taxed 13
- taped 8
- cameo 9
- leach 10
- navel 8
- sable 7
- mater 7
- penal 7
- lapse 7
- payer 10
- glaze 15
- gated 7
- raves 8
- wager 9
- aegis 6
- enema 7
- seams 7
- barge 8
- famed 11
- snare 5
- leash 8
- mecca 11
- taper 7
- smear 7
- enact 7
- abode 8
- facet 10
- wares 8
- deans 6
- crave 10
- sabre 7
- adore 6
- glade 7
- caste 7
- pleas 7
- tesla 5
- padre 8
- plead 8
- lapel 7
- pecan 9
- aches 10
- pears 7
- heats 8
- bleak 11
- safes 8
- lathe 8
- leaps 7
- stale 5
- haste 8
- saber 7
- lager 6
- babel 9
- azure 14
- sarge 6
- alder 6
- raced 8
- craze 16
- carve 10
- apnea 7
- asker 9
- dared 7
- heaps 10
- faxed 16
- cadre 8
- agate 6
- feral 8
- petal 7
- adder 7
- fades 9
- wakes 12
- marge 8
- edema 8
- waved 12
- tetra 5
- flake 12
- paseo 7
- canes 7
- appel 9
- bagel 8
- amaze 16
- easel 5
- carer 7
- gable 8
- laced 8
- mares 7
- latte 5
- reals 5
- shale 8
- anode 6
- avert 8
- sepia 7
- farce 10
- stead 6
- aster 5
- bales 7
- rapes 7
- nance 7
- leafy 11
- eased 6
- madre 8
- feats 8
- aleph 10
- amine 7
- spake 11
- awoke 12
- auger 6
- dales 6
- leary 8
- grate 6
- fleas 8
- taupe 7
- heals 8
- leaky 12
- earls 5
- axles 12
- henna 8
- fella 8
- phage 11
- paces 9
- taker 9
- janes 12
- sages 6
- aggie 7
- eases 5
- payee 10
- laces 7
- gemma 10
- evade 9
- mauve 10
- waged 10
- waxed 16
- jaded 14
- nears 5
- waxes 15
- neath 8
- gauze 15
- gazed 16
- amuse 7
- haves 11
- pease 7
- saute 5
- hades 9
- leans 5
- passe 7
- dares 6
- faves 11
- fates 8
- masse 7
- ravel 8
- eared 6
- sager 6
- caged 9
- dazed 16
- mated 8
- arles 5
- bathe 10
- caper 9
- drape 8
- cates 7
- askew 12
- antes 5
- abate 7
- hater 8
- lated 6
- pared 8
- fader 9
- decaf 11
- dewar 9
- capes 9
- degas 7
- fared 9
- eaves 8
- faked 13
- panes 7
- betta 7
- harem 10
- heady 12
- senna 5
- fated 9
- yerba 10
- beaux 14
- thane 8
- salve 8
- adage 7
- agape 8
- leapt 7
- pacer 9
- carle 7
- rakes 9
- vesta 8
- meaty 10
- gages 7
- selva 8
- gales 6
- dames 8
- cased 8
- plage 8
- ramen 7
- ladle 6
- cleat 7
- hales 8
- graze 15
- stave 8
- rages 6
- beano 7
- scape 9
- spate 7
- gleam 8
- tamer 7
- xenia 12
- gavel 9
- mages 8
- glace 8
- stade 6
- mensa 7
- taber 7
- razer 14
- faery 11
- suave 8
- carex 14
- mache 12
- payed 11
- rater 5
- mazes 16
- anise 5
- raged 7
- inane 5
- amped 10
- lyase 8
- amide 8
- wreak 12
- agave 9
- bream 9
- jakes 16
- betas 7
- penna 7
- saree 5
- yearn 8
- paged 9
- mamie 9
- belay 10
- heave 11
- rarer 5
- areal 5
- caret 7
- apres 7
- testa 5
- rebar 7
- clave 10
- derma 8
- raver 8
- adieu 6
- hares 8
- hyena 11
- aline 5
- pleat 7
- jager 13
- rears 5
- clade 8
- paves 10
- irate 5
- sheaf 11
- azide 15
- reams 7
- ables 7
- mange 8
- raked 10
- kebab 13
- yeahs 11
- maile 7
- sayer 8
- layed 9
- halve 11
- tamed 8
- knead 10
- telia 5
- glean 6
- sayed 9
- paver 10
- laver 8
- pater 7
- sakes 9
- parle 7
- dears 6
- waver 11
- bares 7
- vanes 8
- feria 8
- selah 8
- waker 12
- rance 7
- allee 5
- septa 7
- tater 5
- maxed 15
- swale 8
- novae 8
- yager 9
- razed 15
- exalt 12
- oaten 5
- laker 9
- afore 8
- begat 8
- bared 8
- pales 7
- ashen 8
- waned 9
- caved 11
- arete 5
- agers 6
- rares 5
- maser 7
- wader 9
- bakes 11
- aedes 6
- tates 5
- dewan 9
- sawed 9
- peart 7
- reman 7
- meads 8
- manes 7
- weald 9
- beaut 7
- hames 10
- hance 10
- mesas 7
- gazes 15
- waded 10
- liane 5
- eland 6
- apace 9
- baler 7
- ached 11
- atone 5
- valse 8
- paler 7
- cella 7
- remap 9
- knave 12
- lamer 7
- leman 7
- raved 9
- reaps 7
- cesta 7
- beaks 11
- trave 8
- bleat 7
- ovate 8
- tinea 5
- amble 9
- aider 6
- ceiba 9
- jawed 16
- teary 8
- pares 7
- meany 10
- tasse 5
- pates 7
- gaffe 12
- gazer 15
- belga 8
- creak 11
- eclat 7
- abled 8
- nates 5
- raper 7
- manse 7
- pacey 12
- chafe 13
- deary 9
- mealy 10
- pupae 9
- afire 8
- tames 7
- setae 5
- barbe 9
- avers 8
- quale 14
- teats 5
- crake 11
- devas 9
- caned 8
- aerie 5
- chela 10
- veena 8
- peavy 13
- matey 10
- namer 7
- ileal 5
- fazed 18
- lader 6
- ramie 7
- leant 5
- mazer 16
- aimer 7
- baste 7
- panne 7
- presa 7
- lutea 5
- redan 6
- banes 7
- waked 13
- oases 5
- aeons 5
- caked 12
- scena 7
- haver 11
- gamed 9
- gapes 8
- rayed 9
- dater 6
- sensa 5
- sabes 7
- jades 13
- sated 6
- beady 11
- cades 8
- barer 7
- caped 10
- vales 8
- saner 5
- asper 7
- galea 6
- saxes 12
- recta 7
- arses 5
- zazen 23
- paean 7
- blase 7
- wades 9
- areca 7
- baled 8
- plena 7
- sates 5
- peals 7
- herma 10
- fames 10
- paled 8
- wanes 8
- crape 9
- apter 7
- pieta 7
- terai 5
- naves 8
- tares 5
- fovea 11
- quate 14
- raphe 10
- oaken 9
- pated 8
- ament 7
- hazes 17
- gaped 9
- paned 8
- fayed 12
- cagey 11
- aloes 5
- lares 5
- nacre 7
- bated 8
- caner 7
- quare 14
- hanse 8
- laten 5
- venal 8
- abele 7
- anele 5
- faker 12
- gayer 9
- baser 7
- daven 9
- perea 7
- kames 11
- yenta 8
- calve 10
- paise 7
- waken 12
- ulema 7
- braze 16
- macer 9
- seral 5
- sware 8
- saker 9
- ameer 7
- denar 6
- raker 9
- raser 5
- wheal 11
- soave 8
- slake 9
- cager 8
- nares 5
- maces 9
- velar 8
- facer 10
- braes 7
- epact 9
- stela 5
- debar 8
- drave 9
- tache 10
- caver 10
- urate 5
- rathe 8
- blare 7
- peaty 10
- armer 7
- baize 16
- paten 7
- leavy 11
- wavey 14
- kenaf 12
- carse 7
- palet 7
- stane 5
- rearm 7
- caber 9
- lamed 8
- almes 7
- pareo 7
- acnes 7
- serac 7
- cecal 9
- nappe 9
- avens 8
- gaged 8
- menta 7
- taler 5
- egads 7
- azole 14
- drear 6
- easts 5
- anole 5
- apers 7
- etape 7
- aquae 14
- gater 6
- parer 7
- uveal 8
- arene 5
- targe 6
- swage 9
- airer 5
- serai 5
- peats 7
- amies 7
- seamy 10
- alane 5
- laded 7
- haole 8
- axels 12
- lacer 7
- ceria 7
- tenia 5
- abets 7
- sepal 7
- palea 7
- pawed 11
- hakes 12
- gamey 11
- waxen 15
- maned 8
- hazed 18
- jehad 16
- spean 7
- readd 7
- usnea 5
- artel 5
- abler 7
- genua 6
- gaper 8
- abase 7
- eggar 7
- kanes 9
- rales 5
- deads 7
- maxes 14
- akela 9
- anent 5
- laree 5
- waxer 15
- agger 7
- arced 8
- kales 9
- hayer 11
- fauve 11
- jambe 16
- abbes 9
- orate 5
- deray 9
- theca 10
- cames 9
- zetas 14
- prate 7
- laxer 12
- lames 7
- embar 9
- ephah 13
- lehua 8
- beaky 14
- samek 11
- latke 9
- gager 7
- parve 10
- beaus 7
- hazer 17
- aglet 6
- oread 6
- reran 5
- ailed 6
- ranee 5
- chare 10
- marse 7
- skean 9
- morae 7
- axone 12
- awned 9
- hawse 11
- ursae 5
- daube 8
- kheda 13
- mahoe 10
- rawer 8
- salep 7
- elain 5
- abeam 9
- sneap 7
- ratel 5
- elate 5
- anted 6
- haled 9
- sanes 5
- addle 7
- lades 6
- enate 5
- peaky 14
- reata 5
- ramee 7
- hawed 12
- gambe 10
- bayed 11
- anile 5
- lears 5
- barde 8
- lazed 15
- lepta 7
- azote 14
- aahed 9
- abyes 10
- acerb 9
- aceta 7
- ackee 11
- acmes 9
- acned 8
- acred 8
- adeem 8
- admen 8
- adoze 15
- adzed 16
- adzes 15
- aecia 7
- agaze 15
- agene 6
- aglee 6
- agley 9
- agone 6
- agues 6
- aiver 8
- akees 9
- akene 9
- alate 5
- alecs 7
- alefs 8
- alkie 9
- almeh 10
- ameba 9
- amens 7
- amice 9
- amole 7
- anear 5
- ansae 5
- antae 5
- antre 5
- apeak 11
- apeek 11
- apery 10
- apses 7
- arame 7
- ardeb 8
- areae 5
- areic 7
- arepa 7
- argle 6
- armet 7
- arpen 7
- ashed 9
- aurae 5
- aurei 5
- aures 5
- axile 12
- axite 12
- axled 13
- axmen 14
- azine 14
- baaed 8
- baned 8
- barye 10
- beamy 12
- becap 11
- bemas 9
- blate 7
- blear 7
- bohea 10
- cadge 9
- caeca 9
- cakey 14
- cavie 10
- cawed 11
- chape 12
- comae 9
- coxae 14
- cymae 12
- daces 8
- darer 6
- dawed 10
- dawen 9
- dazes 15
- deair 6
- deash 9
- deave 9
- debag 9
- dedal 7
- defat 9
- derat 6
- dewax 16
- eagre 6
- eaved 9
- elans 5
- embay 12
- entia 5
- ephas 10
- escar 7
- eskar 9
- etnas 5
- etyma 10
- eyass 8
- eyras 8
- fadge 10
- faena 8
- fakey 15
- fanes 8
- farer 8
- farle 8
- fazes 17
- fease 8
- feaze 17
- fetas 8
- feuar 8
- fleam 10
- frena 8
- gadje 14
- ganef 9
- ganev 9
- gerah 9
- getas 6
- gleba 8
- hacek 14
- haded 10
- haems 10
- haets 8
- hajes 15
- haler 8
- hared 9
- hayed 12
- hayey 14
- heapy 13
- hemal 10
- hexad 16
- ileac 7
- irade 6
- japed 15
- japer 14
- japes 14
- kebar 11
- knawe 12
- laevo 8
- laked 10
- lased 6
- lases 5
- laved 9
- laves 8
- lawed 9
- laxes 12
- lazes 14
- leady 9
- lycea 10
- mabes 9
- maced 10
- macle 9
- mamey 12
- mavie 10
- mawed 11
- mayed 11
- mazed 17
- menad 8
- minae 7
- nabes 7
- naevi 8
- naled 6
- napes 7
- neaps 7
- neats 5
- nemas 7
- oared 6
- oater 5
- oaves 8
- obeah 10
- ocrea 7
- padle 8
- paeon 7
- parae 7
- pareu 7
- parge 8
- pases 7
- pawer 10
- paxes 14
- peage 8
- peags 8
- peans 7
- pekan 11
- pepla 9
- pilea 7
- prase 7
- psoae 7
- quean 14
- ragee 6
- rajes 12
- rakee 9
- ramet 7
- rared 6
- rased 6
- rases 5
- raxed 13
- raxes 12
- razee 14
- razes 14
- reave 8
- redia 6
- regma 8
- regna 6
- resat 5
- resaw 8
- resay 8
- retag 6
- retax 12
- retia 5
- rewan 8
- rewax 15
- rheas 8
- rugae 6
- sabed 8
- sades 6
- sadhe 9
- saice 7
- saned 6
- satem 7
- sawer 8
- setal 5
- sewan 8
- sewar 8
- sheal 8
- sheas 8
- smaze 16
- spaed 8
- spaes 7
- spale 7
- stoae 5
- tabes 7
- taces 7
- tacet 7
- taels 5
- tajes 12
- tared 6
- tarre 5
- tawed 9
- tawer 8
- tawie 8
- tawse 8
- taxer 12
- tazze 23
- teaks 9
- teals 5
- tecta 7
- tegua 6
- telae 5
- tepal 7
- tepas 7
- terga 6
- toeas 5
- togae 6
- tsade 6
- tubae 7
- twaes 8
- ukase 9
- ulnae 5
- uraei 5
- urare 5
- urase 5
- ureal 5
- ureas 5
- uveas 8
- vaned 9
- varve 11
- veals 8
- vealy 11
- venae 8
- wacke 14
- waled 9
- waler 8
- wames 10
- waney 11
- wared 9
- weals 8
- weans 8
- wekas 12
- yamen 10
- yarer 8
- yawed 12
- yawey 14
- yeans 8
- zaxes 21
- zeals 14
- zoeae 14
- zoeal 14
- zoeas 14
- zonae 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with A and E in them?
There are 1,276 five-letter words with A and E in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are STATE, EMAIL, AFTER.
What are common five-letter words with A and E in them?
STATE, EMAIL, AFTER, YEARS, GAMES are the most frequently used. The full list of 1,276 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.