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9 Letter Words Starting with E

There are 1,130 9-letter English words that start with E, ranging alphabetically from EAGERNESS to EYEWATERS. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: EMBEZZLED (32), EMBEZZLER (31), EMBEZZLES (31). Average word length in this list is 9 letters.

Word list

E

Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.

Showing the first 600 of 1,130 words. Use the pattern search to narrow further, or filter with the unscrambler.

Top 10 highest-scoring words

Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.

#WordScrabbleWWF
1embezzled3235
2embezzler3134
3embezzles3134
4equivoque3033
5exchequer3031
6exoenzyme3031
7equalized2830
8epoxidize2829
9exorcized2829
10equalizer2729

Strategy for this list

E is worth 1 in Scrabble but is the most valuable letter in the game because it appears in nearly every high-frequency word and every bingo stem (SATINE, RETINA, OATERS all include E). E-starting words (~8,000) skew toward Latinate abstract nouns (EDUCATION, ELECTION) and short common words (EAR, EAT, ECHO, EDGE, ELF). In Wordle, E is the most common vowel in the answer set — appearing in nearly 70% of daily answers. Testing E in position 2, 4 or 5 nearly always narrows the search space.

FAQs

How many 9-letter words start with E?

1,130 valid 9-letter English words begin with E in the ENABLE English word list.

Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?

Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).

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