5 Letter Words That Start With DE
All 140 five-letter words beginning with DE, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.
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5 letter words beginning DE
There are 140 5 letter words beginning with DE in our dictionary — about 21% of the 682 5 letter words that start with D.
Not every game takes every word. Of these 140:101 are valid in Scrabble US, 131 are valid in Scrabble UK and 133 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.
Highest scoring
The best Scrabble play on this list is dewax at 16 points. The top of the table:
- dewax · 16 pts
- deoxy · 16 pts
- dekko · 14 pts
- debby · 13 pts
- detox · 13 pts
- desex · 13 pts
How the rest of the word behaves
45 of them end with S, 18 of them end with Y and 12 of them end with T.51of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.
Using this list
Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.