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5-Letter Words Starting With D and Ending in E

There are 39 five-letter words starting with D and ending in E in our dictionary; 19 of them are common words.

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All 39 words

  • drive9 points
  • drove9 points
  • dance8 points
  • dodge8 points
  • dense6 points
  • delve9 points
  • drape8 points
  • dunce8 points
  • dirge7 points
  • douse6 points
  • drone6 points
  • drake10 points
  • dowse9 points
  • deice8 points
  • deuce8 points
  • diode7 points
  • dogie7 points
  • drupe8 points
  • duple8 points
  • dhole9 points
  • dowie9 points
  • daube8 points
  • dolce8 points
  • douce8 points
  • dinge7 points
  • donee6 points
  • druse6 points
  • dulse6 points
  • dexie13 points
  • doxie13 points
  • debye11 points
  • deave9 points
  • drave9 points
  • dwine9 points
  • disme8 points
  • dobie8 points
  • didie7 points
  • diene6 points
  • donne6 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 39
  • By usage: 11 very common, 8 common, 20 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. dexie 13
  2. doxie 13
  3. debye 11
  4. drake 10
  5. deave 9
  6. delve 9
  7. dhole 9
  8. dowie 9
  9. dowse 9
  10. drave 9

Most common

  1. drive
  2. drove
  3. dance
  4. dodge
  5. dense
  6. delve
  7. drape
  8. dunce
  9. dirge
  10. douse

Definitions

drive (noun)
The act of applying force to propel something.
drove (noun)
A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.
dance (noun)
An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
dodge (noun)
An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.

Here is the complete list of five-letter words starting with D and ending in E: 39 words in total. We sort common words to the top because they are the ones you are most likely to be looking for, whether you are solving a puzzle or checking a play. Words such as DRIVE and DROVE lead the way. If you need something more specific, the search box accepts your own letters with question marks for blanks and applies this page's constraint automatically.

How to use this page

This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that start with D and end in E, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.

Tips

A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with D and ending in E?

DEXIE scores 13 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.

Why are some of these words unfamiliar?

20 of the 39 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.

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