5 Letter Words With DE In Them: All 347 Words

Amelia Wright
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DES ends 40 of the 5 letter words with DE in them, and DER ends 28. Codes, Sides and Rides end in DES, while Under, Older and Wider end in DER.

Under, Video, Trade, Older and Ideas are the Wordle picks that test D and E with three new letters apiece. In Scrabble, Deoxy, Dewax and Fedex score 16 points, with Azide, Codex and Podex at 15.

5 letter words with de in them, in the English language: Added, Death, Grade, Shade, and Wider, each with DE together.
5 Letter Words With DE In Them
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5 Letter Words With DE In Them

These are the familiar 5 letter words with DE in them. Twenty-two of these twenty-eight words have exactly two vowels.

Under Order Video
Death Added Model
Trade Ended Older
Ideas Grade Guide
Sides Aside Deals
Index Depth Debut
Pride Ideal Delay
Devil Slide Wider
Dealt Blade Codes
Shade

5 Letter Words With DE In Them By Position

DE starts 140 of the 347 words and ends 77, and the other 130 have DE in the middle.

Words Starting With DE And Ending In A To R

Eleven of these sixty-two words end in E.

Delta Derma Demob
Demic Debud Decad
Deked Deled Dered
Dewed Deare Deave
Debye Deere Deeve
Deice Delve Dense
Desse Deuce Dexie
Decaf Debag Debug
Defog Derig Deash
Death Delph Dench
Depth Derth Demoi
Deshi Debel Decal
Dedal Devel Devil
Degum Deism Denim
Dearn Decan Deign
Deman Demon Devon
Dewan Decko Deffo
Dekko Derro Deair
Debar Debur Decor
Defer Demur Denar
Deter Dewar

Words Starting With DE And Ending In S To Y

Twelve of these seventy-eight words are familiar.

Deads Deals Deans
Dears Deaws Debes
Debts Debus Decks
Decos Deeds Deems
Deens Deeps Deers
Deets Deevs Defis
Degas Degus Deids
Deils Dekes Deles
Delfs Delis Dells
Delos Delts Demes
Demos Denes Denis
Dents Deres Derms
Derns Deros Dervs
Desis Desks Devas
Devis Devos Dexes
Dealt Debit Debut
Defat Deist Delft
Demit Dempt Denet
Depot Derat Devot
Desex Detox Dewax
Deary Deawy Debby
Decay Decoy Decry
Deedy Deely Deify
Deity Delay Delly
Denay Deoxy Deray
Derby Derny Derry

Words With DE In The Middle And Starting With A To I

Three of these sixty-six words have a K, J, Q, X or Z, which is worth five points or more in Scrabble.

Added Adder Adeem
Adept Aedes Aided
Aider Aides Aldea
Alder Ardeb Bedel
Bedes Bedew Bided
Bider Bides Bidet
Boded Bodes Byded
Bydes Cadee Cades
Cadet Ceded Ceder
Cedes Cided Cider
Cides Codec Coded
Coden Coder Codes
Codex Cyder Duded
Dudes Edema Eider
Elder Ended Ender
Endew Faded Fader
Fades Fedex Fides
Gades Godet Gudes
Haded Hades Heder
Hided Hider Hides
Ideal Ideas Idees
Ident Indew Index

Words With DE In The Middle And Starting With J To Y

Twenty-eight of these sixty-four words repeat a letter.

Jaded Jades Jodel
Kades Kidel Laded
Laden Lader Lades
Ledes Loden Lodes
Ludes Model Modem
Moder Modes Nided
Nides Nodes Nuder
Nudes Odder Odeon
Odeum Olden Older
Order Pedes Podex
Reded Redes Rider
Rides Roded Rodeo
Rodes Ruder Rudes
Sades Sdein Seder
Sedes Sided Sider
Sides Tided Tides
Udder Undee Under
Urdee Vaded Vades
Video Waded Wader
Wades Wedel Widen
Wider Wides Yedes
Yodel

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Words Ending In DE

Forty-six of these seventy-seven words have exactly two vowels.

Abide Abode Amide
Anode Apode Arede
Aside Azide Barde
Blade Blude Borde
Brede Bride Bunde
Chide Chode Clade
Coude Crude Diode
Elide Elude Emyde
Epode Erode Etude
Evade Exode Exude
Geode Glade Glede
Glide Glode Grade
Gride Gryde Guide
Horde Hynde Imide
Irade Kynde Lande
Merde Monde Oxide
Pride Prude Ragde
Reede Ronde Shade
Slade Slide Snide
Solde Sonde Spade
Spide Spode Stade
Stede Stude Suede
Swede Teade Tilde
Todde Trade Tride
Trode Tsade Tynde
Vilde Waide

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Best 5 Letter Words With DE In Them For Wordle

Of the 347 words, 134 repeat a letter, as Added, Ended and Order do, so the picks are limited to words with five different letters. Four of the twelve picks end in E.

Under Video
Trade Older
Ideas Death
Model Grade
Guide Depth
Pride Ideal

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With DE In Them In Scrabble

Deoxy, Dewax and Fedex lead at 16 points, and Azide, Codex and Podex follow at 15, then Dekko and Jaded at 14.

Word Points
Deoxy 16
Dewax 16
Fedex 16
Azide 15
Codex 15
Podex 15
Dekko 14
Jaded 14

Meanings Of 5 Letter Words With DE In Them

Each word is defined in its everyday sense.

Word Meaning
Added Joined to increase a total
Aside To one side, or a remark spoken quietly
Blade The sharp cutting part of a knife
Codes Systems of symbols, or sets of rules
Deals Agreements, or distributes cards
Dealt Handed out, or handled
Death The end of life
Debut A first public appearance
Delay To postpone, or a period of waiting
Depth The distance from top to bottom
Devil An evil spirit
Ended Finished
Grade A level of quality, or a mark in school
Guide A person who leads others, or to lead
Ideal Perfect, or a standard of excellence
Ideas Thoughts or plans in the mind
Index An alphabetical register of names and terms in a book
Model A small-scale copy, or a person who poses for designers
Older Having lived longer
Order A command, or a tidy arrangement
Pride Satisfaction in achievements, or a group of lions
Shade A shadowed spot, or a tint of colour
Sides Surfaces or edges, or opposing groups
Slide To glide over a surface
Trade The buying and selling of goods
Under Beneath, or lower than
Video A recording of moving images
Wider Broader

FAQs

How many 5 letter words with DE in them are there?

There are 347 in total. Fifty-eight are familiar words such as Under, Order and Video, and the other 289 are rarer terms accepted in Scrabble.

What are the best DE words for Wordle?

The strongest are Under, Video, Trade, Older and Ideas. Each has five different letters, so a single guess tests three new tiles beside D and E.

Which DE word scores highest in Scrabble?

The highest score is 16 points, shared by Deoxy, Dewax and Fedex. Azide, Codex and Podex are next at 15, and Dekko and Jaded follow at 14.

How many 5 letter words start with DE?

There are 140, such as Death, Deals, Depth and Debut. Twenty of them are familiar words.

How many 5 letter words end in DE?

There are seventy-seven, such as Trade, Grade, Guide and Aside. Twelve of them are familiar words.

Which final letter ends the most DE words?

E is the final letter of 91 of the 347 words, ahead of S with 87 and R with 37. These three letters end 215 of the 347 words.

Which DE words end in IDE?

There are eighteen, such as Guide, Aside, Pride, Slide and Bride. Guide, Aside and Pride are the most familiar.

How many DE words repeat a letter?

There are 134 that repeat a letter, out of the 347 words. Added, Ended and Order are three of them.

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Amelia Wright writes the daily word game challenges at Englishan.com, bringing an MA in Linguistics and five years of puzzle writing and editing to every grid. A devoted Wordle player with an enduring fascination for how words behave under pressure, she has a keen instinct for what players will recognize, overlook, or second guess. Her puzzles favor clever turns, familiar vocabulary, and the quiet satisfaction of a win that feels thoroughly earned.