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5-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and E as the 5th letter

Five-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and E as the 5th total 195, and the rimes run from STATE and PLACE to QUAKE.

195 wordsTop pick STATEHighest score QUAKE 18

67 of 195 are everyday words (34%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With A in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (394 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 67 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 67 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 195

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

Letters by positionIn 23% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S23%
  2. C10%
  3. A9%
2nd letter
  1. R21%
  2. E19%
  3. L14%
4th letter
  1. R14%
  2. T13%
  3. V11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; QUAKE tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 55 points: 27 words
  2. 6 points: 14 words
  3. 77 points: 37 words
  4. 8 points: 38 words
  5. 99 points: 24 words
  6. 10 points: 15 words
  7. 1111 points: 11 words
  8. 12 points: 7 words
  9. 1313 points: 2 words
  10. 14 points: 7 words
  11. 1515 points: 3 words
  12. 16 points: 8 words
  13. 1717 points: 1 words
  14. 18 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QUAKE1819All three
FEAZE1717All three
BLAZE1618All three
CRAZE1617All three
AMAZE1617All three
BRAZE1617All three
SMAZE1617All three
BUAZE1618Collins only
CEAZE1617Collins only
PEAZE1617Collins only
GLAZE1517All three
GRAZE1516All three

Every match in ??A?E carries A in the third square and E in the last, so the list is a catalogue of -A?E rimes. S opens 44 of them, twice the next first letter at C with 20. It is also the deepest Wordle pool of any pattern here: 84 of the 195 are answers, and 67 count as everyday words.

??A?E at a glance

  • 195 matches, all with A third and E fifth.
  • 84 are Wordle answers, more than two in five.
  • S opens 44 matches, C 20 and A 18.
  • QUAKE tops the scores at 18, with FEAZE at 17.
  • Collins includes all 195; NWL2023 has 141 and ENABLE 138.

How many 5-letter words have A third and E fifth?

The count is 195, the largest of the A-in-slot-three patterns; I?A?E reaches 187 and O?A?E 156. A is the busiest third letter for words that finish in E.

First letters are lopsided. S opens 44 matches, more than double C at 20, and A, P, B and G fill 18, 15, 13 and 12. A green third tile plus a final E still leaves the first square as the best splitter.

The tail is what makes the pattern familiar: -ATE gives STATE, PLATE and CRATE; -ACE gives PLACE, SPACE and GRACE; -AVE gives BRAVE, GRAVE and SHAVE; and -AKE gives SHAKE, QUAKE and DRAKE.

The Wordle depth of ??A?E

Eighty-four matches sit on the Wordle answer list. The answers spread across every rime family, so a green A and a green E rarely point to a single candidate.

QUAKE is the highest-scoring answer at 18 points, FEAZE reaches 17, and BLAZE, CRAZE, AMAZE, BRAZE, SMAZE, BUAZE, CEAZE and PEAZE all touch 16 on their Z.

The follow-on is steep: six-letter words with A third and E fifth number 653, more than triple this list, so the five-letter version keeps the rime families tight.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have A third and E fifth?
There are 195, the biggest group for any A-in-the-third slot. S opens 44 of them and 67 count as everyday words, so the list is broad and mostly familiar.
How many ??A?E words are Wordle answers?
Eighty-four, roughly two in five. STATE, PLACE, LEAVE, SPACE, SHARE, TRADE, STAGE, PEACE and IMAGE are among them, spread across the -ATE, -ACE and -AVE rimes.
Which ??A?E word scores highest in Scrabble?
QUAKE leads at 18 points on its Q. FEAZE scores 17, and eight Z words, among them BLAZE, CRAZE, AMAZE and BRAZE, reach 16. QUAKE is also a Wordle answer.

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