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5-Letter Words Starting with THE

There are 12 five-letter words that start with THE on Word.ws, from thebe to theta. The most common are their, there, theme, theft and theta.

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All 12 five-letter words that start with THE

  • thebe10n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a pula.
  • theca10n. The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
  • theed9n. Language.
  • theek12n. Thatch.
  • theft11n. The act of stealing property.
  • their8det. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
  • theke12n. The theca of a lichen.
  • thema10n. A subject or theme.
  • theme10n. A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
  • there8adv. In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated)...
  • therm10n. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in...
  • theta8n. The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ...
6 rare five-letter words that start with THE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with THE are there?
Word.ws lists 12 five-letter words that start with THE, plus 6 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with THE?
their, there, theme, theft, theta, thema, therm and thebe.
Which of the five-letter words that start with THE has the highest letter score?
theke scores 12 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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