Words That Start with E

Did you know that ‘E’ is the most used letter in the English language? This simply means that among all the words in the English language, a large number of words (approximately 11% according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary) have at least one ‘E’ in them.

Let us try to observe the above paragraph. How many words in the paragraph do not have an ‘E’? 24 words out of 47. You might wonder if it is not possible to write sentences without the letter ‘E’. Well, you can. An example would be ‘Gadsby’. It is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright which has 50,000 words but not one with the letter ‘E’ in it.

This article, however, aims to help you develop your vocabulary with words that specifically start with the letter ‘E’. Go through the list of words given and try observing how often you use them.

Table of Contents

• Why Is ‘E’ the Most Used Letter?
• Words Starting with E
  • 25 Action Words That Start with E
  • 25 Nouns That Start with E
  • 25 Describing Words That Start with E
  • 25 Positive Words That Start with E
• List of 200+ E Words for Everyday Communication
• Frequently Asked Questions on E Words in English

Why Is ‘E’ the Most Used Letter?

The letter ‘E’ is normally found in a number of words in the English language. In addition to this, plural nouns and past tense verbs are generally formed with the addition of ‘-es’ and ‘-ed’ to the end of words, respectively. For example:

• Forming plural nouns: shelf – shelves, thesis – theses, leaf – leaves
• Forming past tense verb forms: reach – reached, bless – blessed, check – checked

There are words which do not have an ‘E’ in the base form; even those words end up having the letter ‘E’ when converted to the plural or past tense forms. For example:

• Forming plural nouns: mango – mangoes, puppy – puppies, tax – taxes
• Forming past tense verb forms – try – tried, walk – walked, jump – jumped

Another main reason is that the definite article ‘the’ also contains the letter and is one of the most used words in the English language. Most pronouns also have an ‘E’ in them. For example, he, she, me, they, their, etc. In the case of reflexive pronouns, each of them has an ‘E’ as it includes the word ‘self’. For example, myself, yourself/yourselves, himself, herself, themselves, ourselves, itself, oneself.

Here is an activity for you. The next time you write something down, analyse the words you use. You can even try writing a few sentences on a particular topic without using even a word with the letter ‘E’.

Now that you have understood why the letter ‘E’ happens to be the most used, take a look at the following section to learn words that begin with ‘E’.

Words Starting with E

Given below are various lists of words that start with the letter ‘E’. Take a look.

25 Action Words That Start with E

• Eat
• Emit
• Enter
• Exit
• Equate
• Embody
• Entitle
• Engulf
• Excel
• Emanate
• Extinguish
• Expel
• Ensure
• Exclaim
• Exceed
• Exhale
• Entail
• Erupt
• Educate
• Edify
• Entertain
• Exalt
• Endow
• Endorse
• Exhaust

25 Nouns That Start with E

• Eel
• Egg
• Emu
• Echo
• Eagle
• Entity
• Element
• Engine
• Enigma
• Eggplant
• Enlightenment
• Endurance
• Entertainment
• Environment
• Excellence
• Education
• Engraving
• Embodiment
• Exaltation
• Evolution
• Elephant
• Endeavour
• Excitement
• Evidence
• Existence

25 Describing Words That Start with E

• Epic
• Easy
• Equal
• Elite
• Eager
• Early
• Evergreen
• Elegant
• Economic
• Ecstatic
• Exciting
• Elementary
• Excellent
• Eccentric
• Embarrassing
• Entertaining
• Elated
• Educated
• Elevated
• Exhausted
• Enduring
• Every
• Each
• Edible
• Energetic

25 Positive Words That Start with E

• Earnest
• Ecstasy
• Ease
• Easy
• Equal
• Entertaining
• Educated
• Effective
• Eccentric
• Eco-friendly
• Enlightened
• Excited
• Effortless
• Elated
• Elegant
• Eloquent
• Eminent
• Empathetic
• Emotion
• Endearing
• Encouraging
• Engaging
• Enhancing
• Ennoble
• Everlasting

List of 200+ E Words for Everyday Communication