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5-Letter Words Starting with TE

There are 57 five-letter words that start with TE on Word.ws, from teach to texta. The most common are texas, teach, teeth, tears and terry.

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All 57 five-letter words that start with TE

TEA

  • teach10v. To pass on knowledge to.
  • tears5n. Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are...
  • teary8adj. Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
  • tease5v. To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).

TEC

  • techy13adj. Technical, of or related to technology.

TED

  • teddy10n. Any stuffed toy.

TEE

  • teens5n. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
  • teeny8adj. Very small; tiny.
  • teeth8n. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

TEI

  • teint5n. Colour, tinge; tint.

TEJ

  • tejon12n. Synonym of coati.

TEK

  • tekka13n. A miso condiment made from stir-fried, boiled and powdered root...
  • tekke13n. In Turkey, a dervish or Sufi lodge or place of worship; alternative...
  • tekno9n. Synonym of freetekno (“music genre”).

TEL

  • telco7n. A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a...
  • telex12n. A network of teletypes.
  • telic7adj. Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
  • tella5n. A traditional beer from Ethiopia and Eritrea, brewed from various...
  • telly8n. Television.
  • telos5n. The aim, purpose, or end goal.

TEM

  • tempo9n. A frequency or rate.
  • tempt9v. To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to...

TEN

  • tench10n. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
  • tendu6n. A move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular...
  • tenet5n. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by...
  • tenga6n. The currency of Bukhara before 1920, divided into 10 falus.
  • tenge6n. The basic monetary unit of Kazakhstan; subdivided into tiyin.
  • tengu6n. A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.
  • tenno5n. The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese...
  • tenon5n. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made...
  • tenor5n. A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
  • tense5n. The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or...
  • tenth8adj. The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is...
  • tenue5n. Bearing, carriage, deportment.

TEP

  • tepid8adj. Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
  • tepin7n. The chiltepin or its fruit.
  • teppo9n. A wooden pillar that is slapped repeatedly by a rikishi as a sumo...
  • tepui7n. A type of table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of...

TER

  • terai5n. A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the...
  • teras5n. A grossly malformed fetus.
  • terce7n. The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
  • terem7n. Separate living quarters occupied by elite women of the Principality of...
  • teres5n. A terete muscle.
  • terma7n. Hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions.
  • terne5adj. Colourless, drab, dull.
  • terra5n. Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.
  • terry8n. A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that...
  • terse5adj. Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

TES

  • tesla5n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux...
  • testa5n. A seed coat.
  • teste5n. A witness.
  • testo5n. Testosterone, especially pharmaceutical testosterone.
  • testy8adj. Easily annoyed, irritable.

TET

  • tetra5n. Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American...

TEX

  • texas12n. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
  • texel12n. An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be...
  • texta12n. A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.
27 rare five-letter words that start with TE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with TE are there?
Word.ws lists 57 five-letter words that start with TE, plus 27 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with TE?
texas, teach, teeth, tears, terry, teens, tense and tenth.
Which of the five-letter words that start with TE has the highest letter score?
tekke scores 13 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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