A vowel is the letter before the D in 58 of the 5 letter words ending in DE, and I is the most frequent, in 18 of them.
Green D and E tiles settle the last two slots in Wordle, and Aside, Slide, Trade, Spade and Pride are the strongest guesses for the rest. In Scrabble, Azide scores 15 points, with Exode, Exude, Kynde and Oxide at 13.
5 Letter Words Ending In DE
These are the familiar DE words. Ten of these fifteen words have exactly two vowels.
| Trade | Grade | Guide |
| Aside | Pride | Slide |
| Blade | Shade | Bride |
| Crude | Oxide | Abide |
| Evade | Glide | Spade |
5 Letter Words Ending In DE By Starting Letter
S is the first letter of 14 words, the most of any letter, and E is next with 9.
DE Words Starting With A To C
Eight of these twenty words start with A.
| Abide | Abode | Amide |
| Anode | Apode | Arede |
| Aside | Azide | Barde |
| Blade | Blude | Borde |
| Brede | Bride | Bunde |
| Chide | Chode | Clade |
| Coude | Crude |
DE Words Starting With D To G
Two of these nineteen words are familiar.
| Diode | Elide | Elude |
| Emyde | Epode | Erode |
| Etude | Evade | Exode |
| Exude | Geode | Glade |
| Glede | Glide | Glode |
| Grade | Gride | Gryde |
| Guide |
DE Words Starting With H To R
Two of these fourteen words have a K, J, Q, X or Z, which is worth five points or more in Scrabble.
| Horde | Hynde | Imide |
| Irade | Kynde | Lande |
| Merde | Monde | Oxide |
| Pride | Prude | Ragde |
| Reede | Ronde |
DE Words Starting With S To W
Five of these twenty-four words repeat a letter.
| Shade | Slade | Slide |
| Snide | Solde | Sonde |
| Spade | Spide | Spode |
| Stade | Stede | Stude |
| Suede | Swede | Teade |
| Tilde | Todde | Trade |
| Tride | Trode | Tsade |
| Tynde | Vilde | Waide |
Best 5 Letter Words Ending In DE For Wordle
Twenty-two of the 77 repeat a letter, as Evade, Diode and Erode do, so the picks are limited to words with five different letters. Forty-six of the 77 have exactly two vowels.
| Aside | Slide |
| Trade | Spade |
| Pride | Shade |
| Abide | Grade |
| Bride | Horde |
| Crude | Abode |
Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Ending In DE In Scrabble
Azide leads at 15 points, and Exode, Exude, Kynde and Oxide follow at 13.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Azide | 15 |
| Exode | 13 |
| Exude | 13 |
| Kynde | 13 |
| Oxide | 13 |
| Hynde | 12 |
| Chide | 11 |
| Chode | 11 |
| Emyde | 11 |
| Gryde | 10 |
Meanings Of 5 Letter Words Ending In DE
Each word is defined in its everyday sense.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Abide | To tolerate, or to remain |
| Abode | A place of residence |
| Anode | The positive electrode |
| Aside | To one side, or a remark spoken privately |
| Blade | The flat cutting part of a knife or tool |
| Bride | A woman on her wedding day |
| Chide | To scold mildly |
| Crude | Rough, or in a natural state |
| Diode | An electronic component that allows current in one direction |
| Elude | To escape from, or avoid |
| Erode | To wear away gradually |
| Etude | A short musical piece for practising technique |
| Evade | To avoid by cleverness |
| Exude | To give off slowly |
| Glade | An open space in a forest |
| Glide | To move smoothly without effort |
| Grade | A level of quality, or to assign one |
| Guide | To lead, or a person who leads |
| Horde | A large crowd |
| Oxide | A compound of oxygen with another element |
| Pride | Satisfaction in achievement, or a group of lions |
| Prude | A person easily shocked by impropriety |
| Shade | Relative darkness from blocked light, or a variety of a colour |
| Slide | To move smoothly over a surface |
| Snide | Mocking in a sly way |
| Spade | A digging tool, or a suit in playing cards |
| Suede | Leather with a soft, napped surface |
| Tilde | The mark ~ placed over a letter |
| Trade | To exchange goods, or a skilled occupation |
FAQs
There are 77 in total. Twelve are familiar words such as Trade, Grade and Guide, and the other 65 are rarer terms accepted in Scrabble.
The strongest are Aside, Slide, Trade, Spade and Pride. Each has five different letters, so a single guess tests three new tiles.
The highest score is 15 points, from Azide. Exode, Exude, Kynde and Oxide are next at 13, and Hynde follows at 12.
I is the third letter of 18 words, followed by A with 13 and O with 12. Slide, Pride and Bride are three of the I words.
S starts 14 words, the most of any letter. E and G follow with 9 each.
Twenty-two of the 77 repeat a letter. Evade, Diode and Erode are three of them.
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