7-Letter Words Starting with E

All 342 seven-letter words that start with E

EA

• eagerly11adv. In an eager manner.
• earache12n. A pain in the middle or inner ear.
• eardrum10n. A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and...
• eargasm10n. A sense of pleasure derived from listening to something, particularly...
• earhole10n. The outer aperture of the ear; the entrance to the ear canal.
• earldom10n. The rank of being an earl.
• earless7adj. Lacking ears.
• earlier7adj. Occurring previously.
• earlies7n. Potatoes that are harvested before the main crop.
• earmark13n. A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal (chiefly a...
• earmuff15n. A garment to keep the ears warm.
• earnest7n. Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
• earplug10n. A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to...
• earring8n. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
• earshot10n. A distance from which sound is still audible.
• earthed11adj. Grounded, connected electrically to the ground.
• earthen10adj. Made of earth or mud.
• earther10n. A supporter of a particular theory about the Earth.
• earthly13adj. Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the...
• earworm12n. A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking...
• easeful10adj. Full of ease, restful, comfortable.
• eastern7adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
• easting8n. The distance east of a standard reference meridian.
• eatable9adj. Able to be eaten; edible.

EB

• ebonite9n. The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur.

EC

• eccrine11adj. Pertaining to a sweat gland.
• ecdysis13n. The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other...
• echelle12n. An echelle grating.
• echelon12n. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
• echidna13n. Any of the small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the...
• echinus12n. A sea urchin.
• echoing13n. The act of something that echoes.
• eclipse11n. An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between...
• eclogue10n. A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a...
• ecocide12n. The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such...
• ecology13n. The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with...
• economy14n. The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of...
• ecotone9n. A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities...
• ecotype14n. A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
• ecozone18n. A large geographical region having a distinct biodiversity of flora and...
• ecstasy12n. Intense pleasure.
• ectasia9n. Synonym of ectasis.
• ectopia11n. The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal...
• ectopic13adj. Relating to ectopia.
• ecumene11n. Unification of Christianity and of Christendom.

ED

• edamame12n. Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
• edaphic15adj. Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it...
• eddying13n. The motion of an eddy.
• edifice13n. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large...
• edified12adj. Furnished with buildings.
• editing9n. An act or instance of something being edited.
• edition8n. A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a...
• educate10v. To instruct or train.

EE

• eelpout9n. Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.

EF

• effendi14n. An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab...

EG

• egghead13n. A bald head.
• eggless9adj. Being such a food.
• egoless8adj. Lacking ego: not egotistical.
• egotism10n. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
• egotist8n. A person who talks excessively about themself.

EI

• eidetic10adj. Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed...
• eidolon8n. An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal...
• eikonal11adj. Describing the properties of a class of partial differential equation...
• einkorn11n. Einkorn wheat.

EJ

• ejector16n. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

EL

• elastic9adj. Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to...
• elastin7n. A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has...
• elation7n. An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
• elative10n. In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some...
• elbowed13adj. Having bends or corners.
• elderly11adj. Old; having lived for relatively many years.
• elected10n. One who is elected.
• elector9n. A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a...
• electro9n. An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.
• elegant8adj. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or...
• elegiac10adj. Of or relating to an elegy.
• element9n. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything...
• elevate10v. To raise (something) to a higher position.
• elision7n. The deliberate omission of something.
• elitism9n. The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
• elitist7adj. Of or relating to elitism.
• elkhorn14n. The horn of an elk.
• ellagic10adj. Of or pertaining to gallnuts.
• ellipse9n. A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances...
• elmwood13n. A wood populated with elm trees.
• eloping10n. An elopement.
• elusion7n. The act of eluding.
• elusive10adj. Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
• elution7n. The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
• eluvial10adj. Of or pertaining to eluvium.
• elytron10n. A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over...

EM

• emailer9n. One who, or that which, sends an email.
• emanate9v. To come from a source; issue from.
• embargo12n. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
• embassy14n. The function or duty of an ambassador.
• emblica13n. Emblic.
• embolic13adj. Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
• embolus11n. An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other...
• embrace13v. To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in...
• embroil11v. To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to...
• emerald10n. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of...
• emerita9n. A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation...
• emersed10adj. That rises above the surface.
• emetine9n. A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄...
• eminent9adj. Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emirate9n. A country ruled by an emir.
• emitter9n. That which emits something.
• emotion9n. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological...
• emotive12adj. Of or relating to emotion.
• empanel11n. A list of jurors; a panel.
• empathy17n. Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or...
• emperor11n. The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
• empiric13adj. Empirical.
• emplace13v. To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a...
• employe14n. Dated spelling of employee.
• empower14v. To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
• empress11n. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
• emprise11n. An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
• emptier11n. A person who, or device which empties.
• emptily14adv. In an empty manner.
• emption11n. The act of buying; purchase.
• emptive14adj. Responding to or acting to counteract something when it happens (rather...
• empyema16n. A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as...
• emulate9v. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
• emulous9adj. Ambitious or competitive.

EN

• enabled10adj. Being capable for use or action; not disabled.
• enabler9n. One who or that which helps something to happen.
• enactor9n. One who enacts.
• enamine9n. Any of a class of unsaturated nitrogen compounds, having the general...
• encased10adj. Enclosed; existing within a container.
• enchant12v. To attract and delight, to charm.
• encinal9n. An area with an abundance of oak trees; an oak grove.
• enclave12n. A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is...
• enclose9v. To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
• encoded11adj. Having a meaning that is different from a simple straightforward...
• encoder10n. A device or algorithm used to encode something.
• encrust9v. To cover with a hard crust.
• encrypt14v. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
• endemic12adj. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
• endgame11n. The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
• endless8adj. Having no end.
• endnote8n. An annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.
• endorse8v. To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to...
• endowed12adj. Provided or furnished with something.
• endtime10n. The time when something ends, often referring to the end of humankind...
• endwise11adv. Upright, or standing on end.
• energic10adj. Carried out with force; vigorous, energetic; full of energy.
• energon8n. A proposed form of energetic particle.
• enfeoff16v. To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal...
• enfield11n. A heraldic beast with the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the...
• enforce12v. To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by...
• engaged10adj. Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or...
• engager9n. One who, or that which, engages.
• engined9adj. Having a specified number or configuration of engines, or having a...
• enginer8n. A contriver, an inventor.
• english11n. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as...
• engorge9v. To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
• engraft11v. To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the...
• engrave11v. To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of...
• engross8v. To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to...
• enhance12v. To augment or make something greater.
• enjoyer17n. One who enjoys.
• enlarge8v. To make (something) larger.
• enlight11v. To illuminate.
• enliven10v. To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
• ennoble9v. To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
• enolase7n. A metalloenzyme responsible for the catalysis of phosphoglycerate to...
• enolate7n. Any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone.
• enoteca9n. A wine bar giving visitors or tourists the opportunity to sample...
• enqueue16v. To add an item to a queue.
• enraged9adj. Angered, made furious, made full of rage.
• enrobed10adj. Wearing a robe or robes.
• enslave10v. To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
• ensnare7v. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
• ensuing8adj. Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result...
• ensuite7n. A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel...
• entasis7n. A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for...
• entente7n. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
• enteral7adj. Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the...
• enteric9adj. Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
• enthuse10v. To show enthusiasm.
• enticed10adj. Having been tempted; Finding something enticing.
• entitle7v. To give a title to.
• entrada8n. An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories.
• entrain7v. To draw (something) along as a current does.
• entrant7n. A participant who enters something, such as a contest.
• entreat7v. To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).
• entropy12n. A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural...
• entrust7v. To trust to the care of.
• entwine10v. To twist or twine around something (or one another).
• envelop12v. To surround, enclose or enfold.
• envenom12v. To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).
• envious10adj. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good...
• environ10adv. In the neighbourhood; around.
• envying14n. A feeling of envy.

EP

• eparchy17n. A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon.
• epazote18n. A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in...
• ephedra13n. Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
• epicene11adj. Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to...
• epicure11n. A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
• epidote10n. Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in...
• epigram12n. A brief but witty saying.
• episode10n. A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader...
• epistle9n. A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters...
• epitaph14n. An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
• epitaxy19n. An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the...
• epithet12n. A term used to characterize a person or thing.
• epitome11n. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
• epitope11n. The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an...
• epochal14adj. Of or pertaining to an epoch.
• epoetin9n. A type of erythropoietin used to treat patients suffering from anemia...
• epoxide17n. Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a...
• epsilon9n. The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ...
• epstein9v. To commit homicide and then frame it as a suicide, especially against a...

EQ

• equable18adj. Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
• equably21adv. In an equable manner.
• equally19adv. In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and...
• equator16n. An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles...
• equerry19n. An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a...
• equinox23n. One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September)...
• equinus16n. Synonym of talipes equinus.

ER

• erastes7n. An adult man who loved or was in a pedagogic relationship with an...
• erasure7n. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
• erector9n. A person who, or a device which erects.
• erectus9n. Homo erectus.
• eremite9n. A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
• ergodic11adj. Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will...
• ermines9adj. In blazon, coloured with a heraldic fur of a black field with white...
• erodium10n. Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
• erosion7n. The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock...
• erosive10adj. Of or pertaining to erosion.
• erotica9n. Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
• erotism9n. Eroticism.
• erratic9adj. Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
• erratum9n. A published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a...
• errored8adj. Containing one or more errors; faulty.
• erudite8adj. Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

ES

• escaped12adj. Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.
• escapee11n. Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.
• escaper11n. A person who escapes.
• escheat12n. The return, conversion, or vesting of property of a deceased person or...
• escolar9n. Any member of the species Lepidocybium flavobrunneum of snake mackerels.
• escribe11v. To draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides...
• eskrima13n. The traditional martial arts of the Philippines, which emphasize the...
• esparto9n. Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
• espouse9v. To marry.
• esquire16n. A lawyer.
• essence9n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
• estadio8n. A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to...
• estival10adj. Of or relating to summer.
• estriol7n. A relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C₁₈H₂₄O₃...
• estrone7n. A natural estrogenic hormone that is a ketone C₁₈H₂₂O₂ found in the...
• estrous7adj. Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus.
• estuary10n. A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting...

ET

• etchant12n. An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching.
• etching13n. The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or...
• eternal7adj. Lasting forever; unending.
• ethanol10n. A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing...
• etheric12adj. Of or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium); composed of...
• ethical12adj. Of or relating to the study of ethics.
• ethmoid13n. A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of...
• ethynyl16n. The univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.

EU

• eugenia8n. Any member of the genus Eugenia of myrtaceous plants.
• eugenic10adj. Of or relating to eugenics.
• eugenol8n. The aromatic compound with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₂O₂, an allyl...
• euglena8n. Any of several protists, of the genus Euglena, that contain...
• eulalia7n. Dwarf maiden grass, of species Miscanthus sinensis (syn. Eulalia...
• euphony15n. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
• eutopia9n. The condition of being properly placed, as opposed to ectopia.

EV

• evacuee12n. A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a...
• evangel11n. The Christian gospel.
• evasion10n. The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of...
• evasive13adj. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
• evening11n. The time of day between afternoon and night.
• eventer10n. A horse or type of horse used in the equestrian sport of eventing.
• everted11adj. Turned inside out.
• evictee12n. One who is evicted.
• evident11adj. Obviously true by simple observation.
• evolute10n. A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
• evolved14adj. Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development.
• evolver13n. Someone or something that evolves.

EX

• exabyte19n. One quintillion (10¹⁸, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000...
• exactly19adv. Without approximation; precisely.
• exalted15adj. Praised, honored.
• examine16v. To observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something.
• example18n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
• excerpt18n. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news...
• excimer18n. Any diatomic exciplex.
• excited17adj. Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.
• exciter16n. One who or that which excites.
• exciton16n. A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or...
• exclaim18v. To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
• exclave19n. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.
• exclude17v. To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
• excreta16n. Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
• excrete16v. To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or...
• execute16v. To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
• exegete15n. A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult...
• exhaust17v. To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
• exhibit19v. To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an...
• exigent15adj. Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
• exiting15n. The act of one who exits; a departure.
• exogamy20n. Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other...
• exosome16n. An intracellular macromolecular protein complex involved in RNA...
• exosuit14n. An exoskeletal suit.
• exotica16n. Curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.
• expanse16n. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
• expense16n. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
• expiate16v. To atone or make reparation for.
• expired17adj. That is no longer valid.
• explain16v. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to...
• explant16n. Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to...
• explode17v. To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to...
• exploit16n. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
• explore16v. To examine or investigate something systematically.
• exposed17adj. Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and...
• exposer16n. One who exposes.
• expound17v. To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
• express16adj. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
• expunge17v. To erase or strike out.
• extinct16adj. Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as...
• extract16n. Something that is extracted or drawn out.
• extrait14n. Synonym of parfum (“solvent containing around 15% to 40% aromatic...
• extreme16adj. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
• extrude15v. To push or thrust out.
• exudate15n. A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded...
• exuding16n. The process by which something exudes.
• exurban16adj. Of, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb.
• exuviae17n. The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off...

EY

• eyeball12n. The ball of the eye.
• eyebeam14n. A glance of the eye.
• eyebrow15n. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
• eyecare12n. The care and treatment of the eyes.
• eyelash13n. One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.
• eyeless10adj. Having no eyes (organs of sight).
• eyeline10n. The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
• eyeshot13n. A range of vision, a distance in which something is visible.
• eyesore10n. An eye lesion.
• eyespot12n. Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many...
• eyewall13n. A ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a...
• eyewash16n. The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone)...
• eyewear13n. A vision aid or similar device worn over the eyes, such as eyeglasses...

Questions about these words

How many seven-letter words that start with E are there?

Word.ws lists 342 seven-letter words that start with E, plus 868 rare ones.

What are common seven-letter words that start with E?

example, english, exactly, earlier, episode, explain, economy and evening.

Which of the seven-letter words that start with E has the highest letter score?

equinox scores 23 points with the standard letter tile values.

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