Verified pattern list

5 Letter Words With EA

This verified list contains 165 CORE words with EA, plus 28 entries in the broader extended tier.

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Static CORE list

All 165 matching CORE words

Alphabetical, with base Scrabble points

abeam9
ahead9
apnea7
areal5
areas5
beach12
beads8
beady11
beaks11
beams9
beans7
beard8
bears7
beast7
beats7
beaus7
beaut7
bleak11
blear7
bleat7
bread8
break11
bream9
cease7
cheap12
cheat10
clean7
clear7
cleat7
creak11
cream9
deals6
dealt6
deans6
dears6
deary9
death9
dread7
dream8
drear6
eager6
eagle6
eared6
earls5
early8
earns5
earth8
eased6
easel5
eases5
eaten5
eater5
eaves8
fears8
feast8
feats8
fleas8
freak12
gears6
gleam8
glean6
great6
heads9
heady12
heals8
heaps10
heard9
hears8
heart8
heath11
heats8
heave11
heavy14
ideal6
ideas6
jeans12
knead10
leach10
leads6
leafs8
leafy11
leaks9
leaky12
leans5
leaps7
leapt7
learn5
lease5
leash8
least5
leave8
meals7
mealy10
means7
meant7
meany10
meats7
meaty10
neaps7
nears5
neath8
ocean7
paean7
peace9
peach12
peaks11
peaky14
peals7
pearl7
pears7
peaty10
plead8
pleas7
pleat7
reach10
react7
reads6
ready9
realm7
reals5
reams7
reaps7
rearm7
rears5
rheas8
seals5
seams7
seamy10
sears5
seats5
sheaf11
shear8
smear7
sneak9
speak11
spear7
stead6
steak9
steal5
steam7
swear8
sweat8
teach10
teaks9
teals5
teams7
tears5
teary8
tease5
teats5
tread6
treat5
tweak12
weals8
weans8
wears8
weary11
weave11
wheal11
wheat11
wreak12
yeahs11
yearn8
years8
yeast8

165CORE words

28extended words

193verified matches

7.9average CORE score

Useful CORE examples

Useful words

12 deterministic CORE selections

beach12
beads8
beady11
beaks11
beams9
beans7
beard8
bears7
beast7
beats7
bleak11
bleat7

Base tile values

Highest-scoring words

CORE words, highest first

heavy14
peaky14
beach12
cheap12
freak12
heady12
jeans12
leaky12
peach12
tweak12
wreak12
beady11

Letter intelligence

What the EA list contains

Where EA appears

Position 10 words
Position 20 words
Position 30 words
Position 40 words
Position 50 words

Vowels per word

2 vowels138 words
3 vowels27 words

Repeated letters

20%

33 of 165 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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Popular letter patterns

5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Starting With CH69 CORE · 21 extendedchafe, chain, chair, chaos 5 Letter Words Starting With CO94 CORE · 37 extendedcoals, coast, coats, cobra 5 Letter Words Starting With SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshade, shake, shame, shape 5 Letter Words Starting With ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstage, staid, stain, stair 5 Letter Words Ending In CH74 CORE · 11 extendedbeach, epoch, leach, peach 5 Letter Words Ending In ED297 CORE · 26 extendedached, acted, arced, armed 5 Letter Words Ending In ER240 CORE · 64 extendedabler, after, alter, amber 5 Letter Words Ending In LY68 CORE · 14 extendeddaily, doily, early, gaily

Pattern guide

How to use 5-letter words with EA

The CORE list contains 165 5-letter words with EA in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 28 extended entries.

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Questions about this word list

How many 5-letter words contain EA?

This verified set contains 165 CORE words and 28 extended words, for 193 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this EA group?

The 165 CORE words average 7.9 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these EA words often repeat letters?