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Words containing ETE

Words that have the letters ETE in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 1,158 playable words containing ETE in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 10 letters, and the longest word is CATHETERIZATION. The highest-scoring is HETEROZYGOSITY, worth 29 points.

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Popular words containing ETE

HETEROSEXUAL21
INCOMPETENCE20
MISINTERPRETED19
COMPETENCE18
COMPLETELY18
COMPLETENESS18
BRACKETED17
INCOMPETENT17
QUIETEST17
COMPLETED16
DETECTIVE16
DETERMINATION16
INCOMPLETE16
INDETERMINATE16
QUIETER16
COMPETED15
COMPETENT15
COMPLETES15

Highest-scoring words containing ETE

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

HETEROZYGOSITY29
STRAITJACKETED28
MYXOMYCETES27
PARAMETERIZING27
CATHETERIZATION27
HETEROSEXUALITY26
MYXOMYCETE26
HETEROZYGOUS26
PHYCOMYCETES26
CATHETERIZING26
HETEROZYGOSES26
HETEROZYGOSIS26

4-letter words containing ETE (5)

CETE6
FETE7
JETE12
METE6
RETE4

5-letter words containing ETE (12)

ARETE5
BETEL7
CETES7
DETER6
FETED9
FETES8
JETES13
METED8
METER7
METES7
PETER7
RETEM7

6-letter words containing ETE (32)

ARETES6
BETELS8
BOLETE8
DELETE7
DETECT9
DETENT7
DETERS7
DETEST7
DIETED8
DIETER7
EFFETE12
ETERNE6
FACETE11
GAMETE9
HETERO8
KETENE9
MEETER8
METEOR8
METEPA10
METERS8
PETERS8
RETEAM8
RETEAR6
RETELL6
RETEMS8
RETENE6
RETEST6
TEETER6
TERETE6
URETER7
VEGETE11
WEETED10

7-letter words containing ETE (72)

ACCRETE11
AGAMETE10
AMMETER11
ATHLETE9
BOLETES9
COMPETE13
COVETED14
COVETER13
DELETED9
DELETES8
DEPLETE10
DETECTS10
DETERGE9
DETESTS8
DIETERS8
DIMETER10
ESTHETE9
ETERNAL7
EXCRETE15
EXEGETE14
FACETED13
FILETED11
FLEETED11
FLEETER10
GAMETES10
GLEETED9
GREETED9
HETEROS9
KETENES10
MACHETE13
MEETERS9
METEORS9
METEPAS11
METERED10
NAIVETE11
PETERED10
POETESS9
PRETEEN9
PRETEND10
PRETERM11
PRETEXT15
QUIETED17
QUIETEN16
QUIETER16
REPLETE9
RETEACH11
RETELLS7
RIVETED12
RIVETER11
SECRETE9
SHEETED10
SKEETER10
SLEETED8
SWEETEN10
SWEETER10
TEETERS7
TWEETED11
TWEETER10
VALETED12
VETERAN11

The 60 most common shown, 12 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing ETE (163)

ATHLETES10
BUCKETED17
BUDGETED14
BUFFETED18
CARPETED13
CEMETERY14
CLOSETED11
COMPETED15
COMPETES14
COMPLETE14
CONCRETE12
CORSETED11
DEPLETED12
DEPLETES11
DETECTED12
DETECTOR11
DETERRED10
DETESTED10
DIABETES11
DIAMETER11
DISCRETE11
DOCKETED15
ETERNITY10
EXCRETED17
EXCRETES16
FERRETED12
FIDGETED14
FILLETED12
FLEETEST11
FORETELL11
GIBBETED14
JUNKETED21
MACHETES14
MARKETED14
MARKETER13
METEORIC12
METERING11
NINETEEN8
OBSOLETE10
ODOMETER11
PELLETED11
PETERING11
PICKETED16
POCKETED16
PRETENCE12
PRETENDS11
PRETENSE10
PRETEXTS16
QUIETEST17
RACKETED14
ROCKETED14
SECRETED11
SECRETES10
SWEETENS11
SWEETEST11
TARGETED10
TEETERED9
TICKETED14
TOILETED9
VETERANS12

The 60 most common shown, 103 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing ETE (183)

BANQUETED21
BAROMETER13
BAYONETED14
BLANKETED15
BRACKETED17
CAFETERIA14
CATHETERS13
COMPETENT15
COMPLETED16
COMPLETER15
COMPLETES15
CONCRETED14
CONCRETES13
CRICKETER16
CROCHETED16
DETECTING13
DETECTION12
DETECTIVE16
DETECTORS12
DETENTION10
DETERGENT11
DETERMINE12
DETERRENT10
DETERRING11
DETESTING11
DIAMETERS12
DIETETICS12
ETERNALLY11
FORETELLS12
HETERODOX18
HEXAMETER19
KILOMETER14
LEAFLETED13
MARKETERS14
METEORITE11
MUSKETEER15
NINETEENS9
OBSOLETED12
OBSOLETES11
ODOMETERS12
PARAMETER13
PARQUETED21
PEDOMETER14
PERIMETER13
PLUMMETED17
PRETENCES13
PRETENDED13
PRETENDER12
PRETENSES11
PUPPETEER16
RACKETEER14
RATCHETED14
RETENTION9
RETENTIVE13
SWEETENED13
TEETERING10
TRUMPETED15
TRUMPETER14
VELVETEEN17
VOLTMETER15

The 60 most common shown, 123 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing ETE (193)

ALTIMETERS12
ANEMOMETER14
BAROMETERS14
CAFETERIAS15
CEMETERIES14
CENTIMETER14
COMPETENCE18
COMPETENCY20
COMPLETELY18
COMPLETEST16
CONCRETELY16
CRICKETERS17
DETECTABLE15
DETECTIVES17
DETENTIONS11
DETERGENTS12
DETERMINED14
DETERMINER13
DETERMINES13
DETERRENCE13
DETERRENTS11
DETESTABLE13
DISCREETER13
DISQUIETED21
ETERNITIES10
HETERODOXY21
HEXAMETERS20
HYDROMETER17
HYGROMETER17
INCOMPLETE16
INVETERATE14
KILOMETERS15
METEORITES12
METEOROIDS13
MICROMETER16
MILLIMETER14
MUSKETEERS16
MYXOMYCETE26
NINETEENTH12
PARAMETERS14
PEDOMETERS15
PENTAMETER14
PERIMETERS14
PRETENDERS13
PRETENDING14
PRETENSION12
PRETERITES12
PROPHETESS16
PUPPETEERS17
RACKETEERS15
RICOCHETED17
SWEETENERS13
SWEETENING14
TACHOMETER16
TELEMETERS12
TRUMPETERS15
UNDETECTED15
UNDETERRED13
VETERINARY16
VOLTMETERS16

The 60 most common shown, 133 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing ETE (148)

ANEMOMETERS15
ASCOMYCETES19
CATHETERIZE23
CENTIMETERS15
CHRONOMETER17
COMPETENCES19
COMPETENTLY19
CONTRETEMPS17
CYCLOMETERS19
DELETERIOUS13
DETERIORATE12
DETERMINACY18
DETERMINANT14
DETERMINATE14
DETERMINERS14
DETERMINING15
DETERMINISM16
DETESTATION12
DISCREETEST14
DYNAMOMETER18
ETERNALIZED20
ETERNALIZES19
FORETELLING15
HETEROAUXIN20
HETEROCYCLE19
HETEROPHONY19
HETEROTYPIC19
HYDROMETERS18
HYGROMETERS18
HYPERMETERS19
HYPSOMETERS19
INCOMPETENT17
INTERPRETED14
INTERPRETER13
MARQUETERIE22
METEOROLOGY16
MICROMETERS17
MILLIMETERS15
MYXOMYCETES27
NINETEENTHS13
OUTCOMPETED19
PAMPHLETEER19
PENTAMETERS15
PHYCOMYCETE25
PIEZOMETERS23
POLYCHAETES19
PRETENSIONS13
PRETENTIOUS14
PYCNOMETERS19
RACKETEERED17
RETEXTURING19
SKYROCKETED22
SPEEDOMETER16
TACHOMETERS17
THERMOMETER17
UNBRACKETED20
UNCOMPLETED19
UNSWEETENED16
VELOCIMETER19
VISCOMETERS19

The 60 most common shown, 88 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing ETE (134)

ACTINOMYCETE20
CATHETERIZED25
CATHETERIZES24
CHRONOMETERS18
COMPETENCIES20
COMPLETENESS18
DETERIORATED14
DETERIORATES13
DETERMINABLE17
DETERMINABLY19
DETERMINANTS15
DETERMINEDLY18
DYNAMOMETERS19
EFFETENESSES18
ETERNALIZING21
ETERNIZATION20
EXTENSOMETER20
FLUORIMETERS18
GALVANOMETER19
HETEROAUXINS21
HETEROCYCLES20
HETEROCYCLIC22
HETERODOXIES21
HETERODUPLEX24
HETEROGAMETY19
HETEROKARYON19
HETEROPHYLLY22
HETEROPLOIDY19
HETEROSEXUAL21
HETEROTROPHY20
HETEROZYGOTE25
HETEROZYGOUS26
HYDROMETEORS19
INCOMPETENCE20
INCOMPETENCY22
INCOMPETENTS18
INCOMPLETELY20
INTERPRETERS14
MACROGAMETES19
MARQUETERIES23
METENCEPHALA20
MICROGAMETES19
MULTIFACETED21
OLFACTOMETER19
OVERSWEETENS19
PAMPHLETEERS20
PARAMETERIZE24
PHYCOMYCETES26
PREDETERMINE17
PROPHETESSES18
PSYCHROMETER22
RACKETEERING18
SPEEDOMETERS17
THERMOMETERS18
UNDETECTABLE18
UNDETERMINED17
VELOCIMETERS20
VETERINARIAN16
VETERINARIES16
VISCOSIMETER20

The 60 most common shown, 74 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

1,158 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (0.69%) are containing ETE. Most of them, 193, have 10 letters. 24 start with ETE, 57 end with it and 1,077 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing ETE?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 1,158 words containing ETE, from 4 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing ETE?

HETEROZYGOSITY, worth 29 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: STRAITJACKETED (28), MYXOMYCETES (27) and PARAMETERIZING (27).

What are the most common words containing ETE?

HETEROSEXUAL, INCOMPETENCE, MISINTERPRETED, COMPETENCE, COMPLETELY and COMPLETENESS. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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