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

The pattern is _E__A: E is fixed in the second spot and A closes the word. MEDIA, DELTA, TESLA and ZEBRA show how varied the open positions can be. Only 9 of the 75 matches are common by frequency, so many options are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses.

The E–A pattern at a glance

• There are 75 tournament-dictionary entries matching _E__A.
• Collins includes 74 matches; NWL2023 includes 55, so the accepted set depends on your game.
• ENABLE includes 52 matches, while just 9 rank among the 25,000 most common English words.
• S is the most frequent first letter with 10 matches, followed by T with 9 and R with 8.
• Seven matches are Wordle answers, and all seven also appear in a tournament dictionary.

How many 5-letter words use E second and A fifth?

The pattern has 75 matches. Familiar choices include MEDIA, DELTA, TESLA, ZEBRA and FELLA; the same fixed letters also admit names and less familiar terms such as GEMMA, GENOA and XENIA.

S leads the first-letter group with 10 words, while T has 9 and R has 8. That gives you a practical scan order when the first tile is unknown: try S, T and R before checking less frequent initials.

Only 9 matches are common by frequency, so this pattern has a long tail of obscure entries. Collins accepts 74, compared with 55 in NWL2023 and 52 in ENABLE; check your game's word list before relying on a rare option.

Which matching words score the most?

For 5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and A as the 5th letter, LEZZA is the standout scorer at 23 points. ZEBRA follows at 16, while MEKKA, HEJRA and ZERDA each score 15.

• Keep LEZZA in mind for a scoring opportunity, but its uncommon spelling makes it a risky play unless your word list confirms it.
• ZEBRA is easier to recognize and still reaches 16 points at its base value.
• MECCA scores 11, below the top group, but is a more familiar alternative.