5-Letter Words With E and S
There are 1,593 five-letter words containing both E and S in our dictionary; 972 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 1,593 words
- fixes15 points
- boxes14 points
- mixes14 points
- sizes14 points
- exist12 points
- weeks12 points
- fresh11 points
- keeps11 points
- makes11 points
- shelf11 points
- speak11 points
- spoke11 points
- views11 points
- whose11 points
- asked10 points
- bytes10 points
- chose10 points
- helps10 points
- hopes10 points
- messy10 points
- moves10 points
- phase10 points
- shame10 points
- shape10 points
- types10 points
- comes9 points
- feeds9 points
- gives9 points
- heads9 points
- hides9 points
- likes9 points
- saved9 points
- seeks9 points
- space9 points
- takes9 points
- based8 points
- codes8 points
- deems8 points
- evens8 points
- false8 points
- feels8 points
- files8 points
- flies8 points
- fries8 points
- games8 points
- hears8 points
- holes8 points
- horse8 points
- house8 points
- lives8 points
- pages8 points
- safer8 points
- saves8 points
- serve8 points
- seven8 points
- share8 points
- sheet8 points
- shell8 points
- solve8 points
- speed8 points
- spend8 points
- style8 points
- these8 points
- those8 points
- votes8 points
- waste8 points
- wears8 points
- worse8 points
- years8 points
- abuse7 points
- amuse7 points
- bases7 points
- bears7 points
- bites7 points
- cares7 points
- cases7 points
- cause7 points
- cease7 points
- close7 points
- items7 points
- means7 points
- meets7 points
- miles7 points
- names7 points
- opens7 points
- pause7 points
- press7 points
- scale7 points
- scene7 points
- score7 points
- seems7 points
- since7 points
- sleep7 points
- smile7 points
- spare7 points
- spell7 points
- spent7 points
- spite7 points
- tapes7 points
- terms7 points
- times7 points
- upset7 points
- aside6 points
- dates6 points
- deals6 points
- edits6 points
- guess6 points
- ideas6 points
- leads6 points
- needs6 points
- reads6 points
- sends6 points
- sides6 points
- stage6 points
- tends6 points
- usage6 points
- areas5 points
- arise5 points
- issue5 points
- least5 points
- lines5 points
- loose5 points
- loses5 points
- noise5 points
- notes5 points
- raise5 points
- rates5 points
- rules5 points
- sales5 points
- sells5 points
- sense5 points
- sites5 points
- state5 points
- steal5 points
- stone5 points
- store5 points
- taste5 points
- tells5 points
- tests5 points
- trees5 points
- tries5 points
- users5 points
- jokes16 points
- sized15 points
- exams14 points
- quest14 points
- zeros14 points
- zones14 points
- chews13 points
- exits12 points
- jeans12 points
- sexes12 points
- shake12 points
- taxes12 points
- texts12 points
- wakes12 points
- bakes11 points
- cakes11 points
- flesh11 points
- peaks11 points
- shove11 points
- smoke11 points
- spike11 points
- waves11 points
- wives11 points
- chase10 points
- chess10 points
- chest10 points
- faces10 points
- fumes10 points
- homes10 points
- obeys10 points
- screw10 points
- sheep10 points
- sweep10 points
- swept10 points
- verbs10 points
- wipes10 points
- copes9 points
- dives9 points
- knees9 points
- pipes9 points
- poems9 points
- scope9 points
- shade9 points
- sheds9 points
- sneak9 points
- stake9 points
- vends9 points
- wades9 points
- wages9 points
- ashes8 points
- bends8 points
- cased8 points
- essay8 points
- evils8 points
- fears8 points
- fines8 points
- fires8 points
- frees8 points
- hates8 points
- heats8 points
- heels8 points
- hires8 points
- loves8 points
- mends8 points
- modes8 points
- pends8 points
- posed8 points
- raves8 points
- sheer8 points
- shine8 points
- shoes8 points
- shone8 points
- slave8 points
- swear8 points
- sweat8 points
- sweet8 points
- swore8 points
- verse8 points
- wines8 points
- wires8 points
- wiser8 points
- beans7 points
- beast7 points
- beats7 points
- beers7 points
- bells7 points
- bless7 points
- blues7 points
- bones7 points
- bores7 points
- buses7 points
- cells7 points
- cites7 points
- clues7 points
- cries7 points
- cures7 points
- curse7 points
- deeds7 points
- edges7 points
- males7 points
- meals7 points
- menus7 points
- mines7 points
- mouse7 points
- parse7 points
- paste7 points
- peers7 points
- piles7 points
- poets7 points
- poses7 points
- prose7 points
- pulse7 points
- races7 points
- sauce7 points
- scare7 points
- sects7 points
- sided7 points
- slept7 points
- slice7 points
- slope7 points
- smell7 points
- sober7 points
- spies7 points
- steam7 points
- steep7 points
- stems7 points
- steps7 points
- super7 points
- teams7 points
- tubes7 points
- dares6 points
- dense6 points
- dines6 points
- doses6 points
- dress6 points
- dries6 points
- gates6 points
- gears6 points
- genes6 points
- guest6 points
- lends6 points
- nodes6 points
- rends6 points
- rides6 points
- slide6 points
- urges6 points
- arose5 points
- asset5 points
- earns5 points
- erase5 points
- laser5 points
- leans5 points
- nests5 points
- noses5 points
- nurse5 points
- reset5 points
- rests5 points
- reuse5 points
- risen5 points
- rises5 points
- roles5 points
- seals5 points
- seats5 points
- soles5 points
- stale5 points
- stare5 points
- steel5 points
- steer5 points
- stole5 points
- suite5 points
- tales5 points
- tears5 points
- tense5 points
- terse5 points
- tiles5 points
- tires5 points
- tones5 points
- tunes5 points
- unset5 points
- fazes17 points
- hazes17 points
- jerks16 points
- mazes16 points
- dazes15 points
- dozes15 points
- foxes15 points
- gazes15 points
- vexes15 points
- waxes15 points
- jibes14 points
- oozes14 points
- pesky14 points
- razes14 points
- seize14 points
- sizer14 points
- zests14 points
- chefs13 points
- jades13 points
- pecks13 points
- sexed13 points
- speck13 points
- askew12 points
- axles12 points
- decks12 points
- fakes12 points
- hikes12 points
- jeers12 points
- jells12 points
- jests12 points
- sheik12 points
- sixes12 points
- skews12 points
- yokes12 points
- beaks11 points
- bikes11 points
- cokes11 points
- fives11 points
- gybes11 points
- haves11 points
- hives11 points
- mikes11 points
- necks11 points
- newsy11 points
- peeks11 points
- perks11 points
- pikes11 points
- pokes11 points
- pukes11 points
- shave11 points
- sheaf11 points
- shrew11 points
- shyer11 points
- whens11 points
- whets11 points
- aches10 points
- beefs10 points
- brews10 points
- caves10 points
- clefs10 points
- coves10 points
- crews10 points
- desks10 points
- dikes10 points
- dukes10 points
- feces10 points
- heaps10 points
- helms10 points
- herbs10 points
- meows10 points
- paves10 points
- preys10 points
- pyres10 points
- skied10 points
- spews10 points
- swipe10 points
- vices10 points
- weeps10 points
- yelps10 points
- ashed9 points
- babes9 points
- beams9 points
- capes9 points
- cubes9 points
- doves9 points
- epics9 points
- fades9 points
- fends9 points
- feuds9 points
- fused9 points
- greys9 points
- heeds9 points
- herds9 points
- hosed9 points
- keels9 points
- keens9 points
- kites9 points
- lakes9 points
- leaks9 points
- leeks9 points
- maces9 points
- memos9 points
- mimes9 points
- mopes9 points
- paces9 points
- peeps9 points
- rakes9 points
- reeks9 points
- sawed9 points
- seedy9 points
- sewed9 points
- shied9 points
- shred9 points
- skate9 points
- skein9 points
- skies9 points
- slake9 points
- sleek9 points
- snake9 points
- sowed9 points
- sperm9 points
- spice9 points
- steak9 points
- stoke9 points
- teaks9 points
- treks9 points
- vised9 points
- weeds9 points
- welds9 points
- ashen8 points
- beads8 points
- bides8 points
- bodes8 points
- bused8 points
- cages8 points
- cedes8 points
- dames8 points
- debts8 points
- deeps8 points
- dices8 points
- dimes8 points
- domes8 points
- dopes8 points
- dupes8 points
- eaves8 points
- elves8 points
- ethos8 points
- fares8 points
- fates8 points
- feast8 points
- feats8 points
- fells8 points
- felts8 points
- ferns8 points
- fetus8 points
- fleas8 points
- flees8 points
- flues8 points
- fores8 points
- frets8 points
- fuels8 points
- fuses8 points
- gapes8 points
- germs8 points
- gibes8 points
- hales8 points
- hares8 points
- haste8 points
- heals8 points
- heirs8 points
- hones8 points
- hoses8 points
- ivies8 points
- leafs8 points
- leash8 points
- lefts8 points
- lyres8 points
- mused8 points
- newts8 points
- ovens8 points
- overs8 points
- reefs8 points
- safes8 points
- salve8 points
- saver8 points
- sever8 points
- sewer8 points
- shear8 points
- sheen8 points
- shies8 points
- shire8 points
- shore8 points
- sieve8 points
- sinew8 points
- slews8 points
- slyer8 points
- spade8 points
- spied8 points
- stave8 points
- stews8 points
- stove8 points
- strew8 points
- suave8 points
- swell8 points
- swine8 points
- usher8 points
- vanes8 points
- vases8 points
- veers8 points
- veils8 points
- veins8 points
- vents8 points
- vests8 points
- vines8 points
- vises8 points
- wanes8 points
- weans8 points
- weest8 points
- wells8 points
- welts8 points
- wises8 points
- wrens8 points
- wrest8 points
- yeast8 points
- yells8 points
- yeses8 points
- abets7 points
- acres7 points
- aspen7 points
- bales7 points
- bares7 points
- baser7 points
- baste7 points
- beets7 points
- belts7 points
- bents7 points
- beset7 points
- bests7 points
- canes7 points
- caste7 points
- cents7 points
- cones7 points
- cores7 points
- crest7 points
- dosed7 points
- dregs7 points
- dudes7 points
- emirs7 points
- emits7 points
- gelds7 points
- laces7 points
- lames7 points
- lapse7 points
- leaps7 points
- limes7 points
- lobes7 points
- lopes7 points
- manes7 points
- mares7 points
- mates7 points
- meats7 points
- melts7 points
- meres7 points
- metes7 points
- miens7 points
- mires7 points
- miser7 points
- mites7 points
- moles7 points
- moose7 points
- mules7 points
- muses7 points
- mutes7 points
- napes7 points
- obese7 points
- oboes7 points
- omens7 points
- pales7 points
- panes7 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 1,593
- By usage: 750 very common, 222 common, 621 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- zaxes 21
- zymes 19
- zerks 18
- fazes 17
- fezes 17
- fuzes 17
- hazes 17
- pyxes 17
- queys 17
- wizes 17
Most common
- fixes
- boxes
- mixes
- sizes
- exist
- weeks
- fresh
- keeps
- makes
- shelf
Definitions
- exist (verb)
- Have an existence, be extant.
- fresh (adjective)
- Recently made, produced, or harvested.
- shelf (noun)
- A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
Below you will find all 1,593 five-letter words containing both E and S from our dictionary, grouped in one list with the common words first. Each chip shows the word and its classic tile score, and a small dot marks the words that appear in everyday English. FIXES, BOXES and MIXES are typical of the familiar entries. To check which of these you can spell right now, enter your letters in the box above and press search.
How to use this page
Start by scanning the common words at the top; they are the ones most likely to be accepted and remembered. Then check the quick facts for the highest-scoring options. If you have a rack in front of you, the search box applies this page's constraint to your letters and returns only what you can play.
Tips
Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both E and S?
ZAXES scores 21 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?
621 of the 1,593 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.