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5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and B as the 4th letter

5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and B as the 4th letter yield 12 matches in tournament word lists.

12 wordsTop pick GLEBEHighest score GLEBY 11

With E in 3rd place, E is the most common 4th letter (111 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 12 · most-used first

  • GLEBE8
  • PLEBS9
  • GREBE8
  • PLEBE9
  • THEBE10
  • AMEBA9
  • BLEBS9
  • GLEBA8
  • FEEBS10
  • DIEBS8
  • GLEBY11
  • SNEBS7
All valid words 12

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

  • AMEBA9
  • BLEBS9
  • DIEBS8
  • FEEBS10
  • GLEBA8
  • GLEBE8
  • GLEBY11
  • GREBE8
  • PLEBE9
  • PLEBS9
  • SNEBS7
  • THEBE10
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 2nd letter is L.
1st letter
  1. G33%
  2. P17%
  3. A8%
2nd letter
  1. L50%
  2. M8%
  3. R8%
5th letter
  1. S42%
  2. E33%
  3. A17%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
GLEBY1113Collins only
THEBE1010All three
FEEBS1011Collins · NWL
PLEBS912All three
PLEBE912All three
AMEBA911All three
BLEBS912All three
GLEBE811All three
GREBE810All three
GLEBA811All three
DIEBS89Collins only
SNEBS79Collins only

With E fixed in slot three and B in slot four, the pattern is _ _ E B _. Only 12 words match across tournament dictionaries. The endings cluster sharply: five finish in S and four in E, while the first letters are more spread out, led by G with four entries, including GLEBE and GREBE.

At a glance: the E-B pattern

  • 12 tournament-list words fit the pattern _ _ E B _.
  • Collins includes all 12; NWL2023 has 9, and ENABLE has 8.
  • G starts 4 entries, twice as many as P, the next opener.
  • Five words end in S; four end in E.
  • GLEBY tops the score table at 11.

Which words narrow the pattern fastest?

The recognizable-looking options still hide a vocabulary trap: GLEBE and GREBE are specialized nouns, while PLEBS is the plural of pleb. AMEBA is the familiar spelling in this set, but the pattern has no entries in our common-word group. Treat the fixed letters as a filtering clue, not a promise of an everyday answer.

Opening letters give a practical sorting shortcut. Four matches begin with G: GLEBE, GREBE, GLEBA, and GLEBY; PLEBS and PLEBE are the only P-starting options. If G and P are ruled out, the remaining six each have a different first letter, so test likely consonants individually rather than assuming a family.

The ending split also helps you scan candidates. PLEBS, BLEBS, FEEBS, DIEBS, and SNEBS finish in S; GLEBE, GREBE, PLEBE, and THEBE finish in E. AMEBA and GLEBA end in A, while GLEBY is the lone Y-ending word.

5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and B as the 4th letter

Wordle players have 12 allowed guesses matching this pattern, but none belongs to its answer list. These words can confirm a green E and B in positions three and four, not predict a target answer. Among the score leaders, GLEBY reaches 11; THEBE and FEEBS each score 10.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins contains 12 matches, compared with 9 in NWL2023 and 8 in ENABLE. PLEBS, GLEBE, and GREBE make the set easier to scan, but several entries are specialist vocabulary. Check your game's word list before committing a rare form.

Questions people ask

Which word with E third and B fourth scores the most?
GLEBY is the highest-scoring match, with a score of 11. THEBE and FEEBS follow at 10 each, while PLEBS, PLEBE, and AMEBA score 9. The exact value in a game can depend on its scoring rules and board squares.
How many of these words end in S?
Five matches end in S: PLEBS, BLEBS, FEEBS, DIEBS, and SNEBS. Four end in E, two in A, and one in Y. Once the E and B positions are fixed, checking the final letter quickly narrows the remaining candidates.
Are any of these words Wordle answers?
No matching word appears in the Wordle answer list. The pattern does have 12 allowed guesses, so matching a guess does not mean the word is an answer. GLEBE, GREBE, and PLEBS are examples of accepted guesses for this pattern.

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