Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with E as 2nd and A as 3rd Letter
Start with YEARS or LEAST, two of the best known words that put E second and A third. E in the second box is one of the most common vowel placements and follows almost any consonant. A in the third box is one of the most common middle letters, often after a consonant blend.
219matching five-letter words
Five-letter words with E in the 2nd and A in the 3rd position
- beach
- beads
- beady
- beaks
- beaky
- beala
- beams
- beamy
- beano
- beans
- beant
- beany
- beard
- beare
- bearm
- bears
- beast
- beath
- beati
- beats
- beaty
- beaus
- beaut
- beaux
- cease
- ceaze
- deads
- deady
- deair
- deals
- dealt
- deans
- deare
- dearn
- dears
- deary
- deash
- death
- deave
- deaws
- deawy
- feals
- feare
- fears
- feart
- fease
- feast
- feats
- featy
- feaze
- geals
- geans
- geare
- gears
- gease
- geast
- geats
- heads
- heady
- heald
- heals
- heame
- heaps
- heapy
- heard
- heare
- hears
- heart
- heast
- heath
- heats
- heave
- heavy
- heazy
- jeans
- jeats
- keach
- kearn
- keats
- keawe
- leach
- leads
- leady
- leafs
- leafy
- leaks
- leaky
- leams
- leans
- leant
- leany
- leaps
- leapt
- leare
- learn
- lears
- leary
- lease
- leash
- least
- leath
- leats
- leave
- leavy
- leaze
- meach
- meads
- meals
- mealy
- meane
- means
- meant
- meany
- meare
- mease
- meath
- meats
- meaty
- meaul
- neafe
- neals
- neaps
- nears
- neath
- neats
- peace
- peach
- peage
- peags
- peaks
- peaky
- peals
- peans
- peare
- pearl
- pears
- peart
- pease
- peasy
- peats
- peaty
- peavy
- peaze
- reaal
- reach
- react
- readd
- readl
- reads
- ready
- reaks
- realm
- realo
- reals
- reame
- reams
- reamy
- reans
- reaps
- rearm
- rears
- reask
- reast
- reasy
- reata
- reate
- reave
- seals
- seame
- seams
- seamy
- seans
- seare
- sears
- seary
- sease
- seats
- seave
- seavy
- seaze
- teach
- teade
- teads
- teaed
- teaer
- teaey
- teaks
- teals
- teams
- tears
- teart
- teary
- tease
- teasy
- teats
- teaty
- teave
- teaze
- veale
- veals
- vealy
- weaky
- weald
- weals
- weamb
- weans
- wears
- weary
- weave
- yeads
- yeahs
- yealm
- yeans
- yeara
- yeard
- yearn
- years
- yeast
- zeals
Starts and Endings
The first box is most often L as in LEAST, H as in HEART and B as in BEACH. Many of them close with RS as in YEARS and NS as in MEANS.
Useful five-letter words
YEARS, LEAST, MEANS, DEATH and LEAVE are the entries you are most likely to meet. HEART, READY and LEARN are worth keeping in reserve.
- YEARS
- LEAST
- MEANS
- DEATH
- LEAVE
Reading the Letter Pair
E and A are both vowels, so the first, fourth and fifth boxes are mostly consonants. Most of the familiar words open with a consonant. The fifth box is most often S, T and H, which makes it the quickest place to settle the ending.
A Wordle Tip for This Pattern
The first box is the biggest unknown, and L, H and B are the strongest openers to test. If the opener comes back grey, move to the ending and try S in the fifth box. The fixed E and A do a lot of the work, so spend your guesses on the three open boxes. For a wider view, see 5 letter words with E as the 2nd letter and 5 letter words with A as the 3rd letter.
Scrabble and Other Word Games
In Scrabble, E is worth one point and A is worth one point. Words like YEARS, LEAST and MEANS are handy to remember when you hold both of these letters.
Frequently asked questions
Is E second and A third a common pattern in Wordle
It is a large group, so it gives you plenty of choices. Knowing the usual openers and endings helps more than guessing blindly.
What does A as the third letter tell me
A in the third box is one of the most common middle letters, often after a consonant blend. YEARS is a good example.
What should I guess first for this pattern
YEARS is a strong first choice, because it is a familiar word that also tests R, S and Y in the three open boxes.