Common 8-letter words that start with E
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- economic★14pertaining to financial matters
- exchange★21chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- evidence★14your basis for belief or disbelief
- existing★16to be
- expected★20to anticipate
- external★15happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
- electric★12using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
- employee★15a person who is employed
- elements★10a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
- exercise★17the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- examples★19an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- election★10the act of electing
- extended★17to stretch out to full length
- eligible★11qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
- exposure★17the act of exposing
- employer★15one that employs
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8-letter words starting with EA (49)
Top score: EARTHWAX, 21 points
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8-letter words starting with EB (15)
Top score: EBONIZED, 20 points. to stain black in imitation of ebony
8-letter words starting with EC (77)
Top score: ECHOIZED, 23 points
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8-letter words starting with ED (25)
Top score: EDIFYING, 16 points (tied with one other). to enlighten
8-letter words starting with EE (8)
Top score: EELWRACK, 17 points
8-letter words starting with EF (26)
Top score: EFFICACY, 21 points (tied with one other). the quality of being effective
8-letter words starting with EG (27)
Top score: EGGWHISK, 20 points. a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream
8-letter words starting with EI (11)
Top score: EIGHTHLY, 18 points. in the eighth place
8-letter words starting with EJ (4)
Top score: EJECTIVE, 20 points. a sound produced with air compressed above the closed glottis
8-letter words starting with EK (4)
Top score: EKTEXINE, 19 points. an outer layer of the exine
8-letter words starting with EL (84)
Top score: ELEGIZED, 19 points. to write an elegy
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8-letter words starting with EM (194)
Top score: EMBEZZLE, 30 points. to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
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8-letter words starting with EN (400)
Top score: ENDOZOIC, 20 points (tied with three others). involving passage through an animal
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8-letter words starting with EO (6)
Top score: EOHIPPUS, 15 points. an extinct horse
8-letter words starting with EP (114)
Top score: EPICALYX, 22 points (tied with one other). a set of bracts close to and resembling a calyx
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8-letter words starting with EQ (19)
Top score: EQUALIZE, 26 points. to make equal
8-letter words starting with ER (70)
Top score: ERGOTIZE, 18 points (tied with one other)
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8-letter words starting with ES (91)
Top score: ESQUIRED, 18 points. to escort
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8-letter words starting with ET (61)
Top score: ETHICIZE, 22 points. to make ethical
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8-letter words starting with EU (80)
Top score: EUPHUIZE, 22 points
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8-letter words starting with EV (61)
Top score: EVERYWAY, 20 points. in every way
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8-letter words starting with EX (231)
Top score: EXAHERTZ, 27 points. one quintillion hertz
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8-letter words starting with EY (38)
Top score: EYEBLACK, 19 points. a dark pigment applied under the eyes
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About these words
- 1,695 of the 42,333 8-letter words start with E (4%).
- 1,214 are good in NWL2023, 1,695 in Collins Scrabble Words, 1,213 in WOW24 and 1,129 in the Words With Friends list. 156 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, embezzle scores the most (30), then exahertz (27), then equalize and exorcize (26 each), then five words on 24.