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3-Letter Words Ending in E

There are 84 three-letter words ending in E in our dictionary; 55 of them are common words.

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All 84 words

  • eye6 points
  • owe6 points
  • she6 points
  • the6 points
  • ice5 points
  • age4 points
  • die4 points
  • doe4 points
  • due4 points
  • are3 points
  • ate3 points
  • lie3 points
  • one3 points
  • see3 points
  • tie3 points
  • use3 points
  • axe10 points
  • bye8 points
  • fee6 points
  • wee6 points
  • ace5 points
  • cue5 points
  • pie5 points
  • sue3 points
  • toe3 points
  • dye7 points
  • eke7 points
  • awe6 points
  • aye6 points
  • eve6 points
  • ewe6 points
  • foe6 points
  • hoe6 points
  • hue6 points
  • lye6 points
  • rye6 points
  • vie6 points
  • woe6 points
  • ape5 points
  • bee5 points
  • gee4 points
  • ode4 points
  • ale3 points
  • ire3 points
  • lee3 points
  • ore3 points
  • roe3 points
  • rue3 points
  • tee3 points
  • pee5 points
  • fie6 points
  • hie6 points
  • ere3 points
  • nae3 points
  • ope5 points
  • zee12 points
  • pye8 points
  • oke7 points
  • hae6 points
  • voe6 points
  • gie4 points
  • ane3 points
  • jee10 points
  • joe10 points
  • wye9 points
  • kae7 points
  • kue7 points
  • uke7 points
  • ave6 points
  • tye6 points
  • vee6 points
  • wae6 points
  • cee5 points
  • eme5 points
  • mae5 points
  • obe5 points
  • dee4 points
  • gae4 points
  • nee3 points
  • ole3 points
  • ose3 points
  • ree3 points
  • sae3 points
  • tae3 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 84
  • By usage: 49 very common, 6 common, 29 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. zee 12
  2. axe 10
  3. jee 10
  4. joe 10
  5. wye 9
  6. bye 8
  7. pye 8
  8. dye 7
  9. eke 7
  10. kae 7

Most common

  1. eye
  2. owe
  3. she
  4. the
  5. ice
  6. age
  7. die
  8. doe
  9. due
  10. are

Definitions

eye (noun)
The organ of sight.
owe (verb)
Be obliged to pay or repay.
ice (noun)
Water frozen in the solid state.
age (noun)
How long something has existed.

Words that end in E come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 84 of the three-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. ZEE is the top scorer here, worth 12 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.

Tips

Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.

Questions

How many three-letter words ending in E are there?

Our dictionary has 84 three-letter words ending in E, of which 55 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.

What is the highest-scoring word among the three-letter words ending in E?

ZEE scores 12 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.