5 Letter Words That Start With EL
All 31 five-letter words beginning with EL, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.
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5 letter words beginning EL
There are 31 5 letter words beginning with EL in our dictionary — about 10% of the 303 5 letter words that start with E.
Not every game takes every word. Of these 31:20 are valid in Scrabble US, 30 are valid in Scrabble UK and 30 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 elbow at 10 points. The top of the table:
- elbow · 10 pts
- elchi · 10 pts
- elegy · 9 pts
- elogy · 9 pts
- elfed · 9 pts
- elves · 8 pts
How the rest of the word behaves
8 of them end with N, 8 of them end with E and 3 of them end with D.17of 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.