5-letter words with E as the 1st letter and A as the 4th letter

That pattern leaves only two common words among the 22, so most choices sit outside everyday vocabulary. The endings narrow it further: six entries finish in S, four in R, and three in T. With E and A fixed, use the final slot to trim candidates before testing less familiar middle letters.

How many 5-letter words have E first and A fourth?

• 22 matches fit the E _ _ A _ pattern.
• Collins has all 22; NWL2023 has 14, and ENABLE has 13.
• Only 2 entries count as common by frequency.
• S leads as an ending with 6 words; R has 4 and T has 3.
• Equal and expat tie at 14 Scrabble points, ahead of ephah and ekkas at 13.

Does this letter pattern fit Wordle?

Yes. Three Wordle answers match E _ _ A _, and all three also appear in tournament dictionaries. The matching allowed-guess count is 22, so the answer set is much smaller than the pool of guesses.

Once E and A are fixed, the third and fifth slots remain open. Check the ending first: S appears most often, followed by R and then T. That order narrows this particular set; it does not make S a guaranteed answer.

For a broader clue search, compare the pattern with words that start with E or browse the full five-letter collection. Those searches loosen one of the fixed-letter constraints.

Scoring 5-letter words with E first and A fourth

• Equal and expat share the highest score at 14 points each.
• Ephah and ekkas score 13; exeat and embay follow at 12.
• The average score across the 22 matches is 9.2, so the top pair sits well above the typical result.
• The E-first, A-fourth pattern has 22 matches, compared with 128 for S-first, A-fourth.