5-Letter Words Containing EA
We found 231 five-letter words that contain EA, about 3% of all 5-letter words. The most common are LEAVE, REACH and GREAT.
FEAZE scores the most in Scrabble, at 17 points. More of them start with B than any other letter (23 words). For Wordle, REACH is a strong guess here because it tests five different letters.
- Words
- 231
- Top score
- FEAZE · 17
- Groups
- 25
Common 5-letter words containing EA and their meanings
- leave8 pts
- verb: go away from a place
- reach10 pts
- verb: reach a destination, either real or abstract
- great6 pts
- adjective: relatively large in size or number or extent
- speak11 pts
- verb: express in speech
- learn5 pts
- verb: gain knowledge or skills
- early8 pts
- adjective: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- death9 pts
- noun: the event of dying or departure from life
- clear7 pts
- adjective: readily apparent to the mind
- break11 pts
- verb: terminate
- earth8 pts
- noun: the 3rd planet from the sun
- teach10 pts
- verb: impart skills or knowledge to
- heart8 pts
- noun: the locus of feelings and intuitions
Definitions from WordNet®, Princeton University.
All 231 5-letter words containing EA
Numbers show Scrabble points.
Starting with A 8
- abeam9
- ahead9
- anear5
- apeak11
- apnea7
- areae5
- areal5
- areas5
Starting with B 23
- beach12
- beads8
- beady11
- beaks11
- beaky14
- beams9
- beamy12
- beano7
- beans7
- beard8
- bears7
- beast7
- beats7
- beaus7
- beaut7
- beaux14
- bleak11
- blear7
- bleat7
- bohea10
- bread8
- break11
- bream9
Starting with C 8
- cease7
- cheap12
- cheat10
- clean7
- clear7
- cleat7
- creak11
- cream9
Starting with D 13
- deads7
- deair6
- deals6
- dealt6
- deans6
- dears6
- deary9
- deash9
- death9
- deave9
- dread7
- dream8
- drear6
Starting with E 16
- eager6
- eagle6
- eagre6
- eared6
- earls5
- early8
- earns5
- earth8
- eased6
- easel5
- eases5
- easts5
- eaten5
- eater5
- eaved9
- eaves8
Starting with F 9
- fears8
- fease8
- feast8
- feats8
- feaze17
- fleam10
- fleas8
- fovea11
- freak12
Starting with G 5
- galea6
- gears6
- gleam8
- glean6
- great6
Starting with H 11
- heads9
- heady12
- heals8
- heaps10
- heard9
- hears8
- heart8
- heath11
- heats8
- heave11
- heavy14
Starting with I 4
- ideal6
- ideas6
- ileac7
- ileal5
Starting with J 1
- jeans12
Starting with K 1
- knead10
Starting with L 21
- leach10
- leads6
- leady9
- leafs8
- leafy11
- leaks9
- leaky12
- leans5
- leant5
- leaps7
- leapt7
- learn5
- lears5
- leary8
- lease5
- leash8
- least5
- leave8
- leavy11
- lutea5
- lycea10
Starting with M 8
- meads8
- meals7
- mealy10
- means7
- meant7
- meany10
- meats7
- meaty10
Starting with N 4
- neaps7
- nears5
- neath8
- neats5
Starting with O 4
- obeah10
- ocean7
- ocrea7
- oread6
Starting with P 22
- paean7
- palea7
- peace9
- peach12
- peage8
- peags8
- peaks11
- peaky14
- peals7
- peans7
- pearl7
- pears7
- peart7
- pease7
- peats7
- peaty10
- peavy13
- perea7
- pilea7
- plead8
- pleas7
- pleat7
Starting with Q 1
- quean14
Starting with R 14
- reach10
- react7
- readd7
- reads6
- ready9
- realm7
- reals5
- reams7
- reaps7
- rearm7
- rears5
- reata5
- reave8
- rheas8
Starting with S 22
- seals5
- seams7
- seamy10
- sears5
- seats5
- sheaf11
- sheal8
- shear8
- sheas8
- skean9
- smear7
- sneak9
- sneap7
- speak11
- spean7
- spear7
- stead6
- steak9
- steal5
- steam7
- swear8
- sweat8
Starting with T 12
- teach10
- teaks9
- teals5
- teams7
- tears5
- teary8
- tease5
- teats5
- tinea5
- tread6
- treat5
- tweak12
Starting with U 5
- ureal5
- ureas5
- usnea5
- uveal8
- uveas8
Starting with V 2
- veals8
- vealy11
Starting with W 9
- weald9
- weals8
- weans8
- wears8
- weary11
- weave11
- wheal11
- wheat11
- wreak12
Starting with Y 4
- yeans8
- yearn8
- years8
- yeast8
Starting with Z 4
- zeals14
- zoeae14
- zoeal14
- zoeas14
Frequently asked questions
How many 5-letter words containing EA are there?
There are 231 five-letter words that contain EA in the ENABLE word list, which is widely used for word games.
What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word containing EA in Scrabble?
FEAZE is for the highest score at 17 points, before any board bonuses.
What are some common 5-letter words containing EA?
Common examples include LEAVE, REACH, GREAT, SPEAK, LEARN and EARLY.
Which 5-letter words containing EA end in Y?
23 of them end in Y, including EARLY, READY, HEAVY and WEARY.
Can I use these words in Wordle?
Many of them are accepted as Wordle guesses, but Wordle answers are usually common words like LEAVE, REACH and GREAT. Use our Wordle Helper to filter by your green, yellow and gray letters.