5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

The fixed EA pair leaves the opening and final letters to separate one match from another. L is the most common starting letter, while S is the leading ending, and E and Y also appear often at the end. Familiar options such as LEAVE and READY share the pattern with many less familiar plays, and only 65 of the 188 matches rank among common English words.

How many 5-letter words have E as the 2nd and A as the 3rd?

• 188 entries match the pattern _EA__ across the tournament dictionaries.
• LEAST, MEANS, DEATH, LEAVE, and HEART are familiar examples.
• 65 matches rank among common English words, alongside many rarer plays.
• 42 matching entries also occur in Wordle's answer list.

Which endings are most common for the EA pattern?

S is the most frequent final letter, with examples including YEARS, MEANS, TEAMS, and SEATS. E and Y are the next common endings: LEAVE and PEACE show the first, while YEARS and READY show the second. The last tile is a strong sorting clue once E and A are fixed in the middle.

L leads the starting letters, while B and R share the next spot. LEAST, BEACH, and REACH show how different openings can share the same EA core. Focusing on one first letter will miss plenty of matches, so check the final tile before narrowing the opening.

For a Wordle guess with this pattern, the remaining letters matter more than the middle pair: the answer list has 42 matches, but that does not make every dictionary entry an equally likely solution.

Which matching words score highest in Scrabble?

FEAZE scores 17 points before board bonuses, ahead of CEAZE and PEAZE at 16 each. HEAVY scores 14 and is a more familiar option. The counterintuitive lesson: the rarest-looking entries can top the score list, but a high tile score is not evidence that a word is a likely answer.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 186 matches, compared with 135 in NWL2023 and 130 in ENABLE. For 5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd, that difference matters most for unusual plays such as FEAZE. The 42 Wordle-answer matches are a narrower set; check your game's word list before relying on a rare entry.