6 Letter Words Starting with E

Common six-letter words that start with E

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• enough 10/12 an adequate quantity
• excuse 15/17 accept an excuse for
• either 9/8 after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
• except 17/19 take exception to
• expect 17/19 regard something as probable or likely
• entire 6/7 constituting the full quantity or extent
• eating 7/9 the act of consuming food
• escape 10/12 the act of escaping physically
• easier 6/6 (form of easy) posing no difficulty
• energy 10/11 (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work
• engine 7/10 motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
• effect 14/15 a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
• easily 9/9 with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')
• expert 15/16 a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
• estate 6/6 everything you own
• effort 12/12 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• events 9/11 (form of event) something that happens at a given place and time
• ending 8/11 (form of end) either extremity of something that has length
• eleven 9/12 being one more than ten
• earned 7/8 gained or acquired
• empire 10/12 the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
• editor 7/7 a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication
• exists 13/13 (form of exist) have an existence, be extant
• easter 6/6 a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ
• expose 15/16 expose or make accessible to some action or influence
• eighth 13/12 coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
• extend 14/15 extend in scope or range or area
• engage 8/11 carry out or participate in an activity
• exotic 15/16 being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
• elders 7/8 (form of elder) a person who is older than you are
• ethics 11/11 motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
• ensure 6/8 make certain of
• equals 15/17 (form of equal) be identical or equivalent to
• endure 7/9 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• extent 13/14 the point or degree to which something extends
• errand 7/8 a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
• erased 7/7 (form of erase) remove from memory or existence
• enters 6/7 (form of enter) to come or go into
• eagles 7/9 (form of eagle) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
• ensign 7/10 a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard
• expand 16/18 extend in one or more directions
• employ 13/15 put into service
• excess 15/16 a quantity much larger than is needed
• enjoys 16/18 (form of enjoy) derive or receive pleasure from
• eighty 13/12 being ten more than seventy
• encore 8/10 an extra or repeated performance
• elbows 11/13 (form of elbow) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
• excite 15/16 arouse or elicit a feeling
• extras 13/13 (form of extra) more than is needed, desired, or required
• ethnic 11/12 denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

All 450 six-letter words that start with E

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.