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Hook words for 5-letter words beginning with E

essay - essays

endue - endued, endues, vendue

erose - eroses, rerose

esnes - mesnes

eerie - eerier, peerie

elain - elains

eying - keying

educt - deduct, educts

epees - tepees

ethyl - ethyls, methyl

exude - exuded, exudes

egger - eggers, kegger

early - dearly, nearly, pearly, yearly

evils - devils, kevils

estop - estops

escot - escots

envoy - envoys

emits - demits, remits

eskar - eskars

eight - eighth, eights, eighty, height, weight

every - revery, severy

eases - ceases, feases, leases, peases, teases

eider - eiders

email - emails, remail

enter - center, entera, enters, renter, tenter, venter

enema - enemas

equid - equids

edged - hedged, kedged, ledged, wedged

exult - exults

etape - etapes, retape

eking - deking

erase - erased, eraser, erases

ender - bender, enders, fender, gender, lender, mender, render, sender, tender, vender

eikon - eikons

ebook - ebooks, rebook

easer - easers, leaser, teaser

error - errors, terror

expel - expels

equal - equals

expat - expats

exome - exomes

elute - eluted, elutes

edger - edgers, hedger, ledger

envoi - envois, renvoi

ester - esters, fester, jester, nester, pester, rester, tester, wester, yester, zester

ebbet - ebbets

eensy - teensy, weensy

eagle - beagle, eagled, eagles, eaglet

ended - bended, fended, mended, pended, rended, sended, tended, vended, wended

elves - delves, helves, pelves, selves

embar - embark, embars

expos - expose

emmer - emmers, hemmer

eggar - beggar, eggars, seggar

ebbed - webbed

ensue - ensued, ensues

ephah - ephahs

eagre - eagres, meagre

extol - extoll, extols

exact - exacta, exacts

earth - dearth, earths, earthy, hearth

ether - aether, ethers, nether, tether, wether

egers - legers

erupt - erupts

eared - feared, geared, neared, reared, seared, teared

enate - enates, senate

edict - edicts

emoji - emojis

ember - embers, member

elope - eloped, eloper, elopes

exile - exiled, exiler, exiles

epode - epodes

entry - gentry, sentry

eland - elands, reland

eejit - eejits

erses - perses, verses

earns - learns, yearns

elemi - elemis

elint - elints

ewers - hewers, sewers

evite - evited, evites

endow - endows

eaten - beaten, neaten

egest - egesta, egests

evade - evaded, evader, evades

eched - leched, peched, teched

edges - hedges, kedges, ledges, sedges, wedges

exine - exines

ethic - ethics

elbow - elbows

emend - emends, remend

erugo - aerugo, erugos

ergot - ergots

eeled - heeled, keeled, peeled, reeled, seeled

enjoy - enjoys

edile - aedile, ediles, sedile

eloin - eloins

elite - elites, pelite

eyrie - eyries

exist - exists, sexist

elate - delate, elated, elater, elates, gelate, relate, velate

egged - begged, kegged, legged, pegged, vegged

eaves - deaves, heaves, leaves, reaves, weaves

exing - hexing, sexing, vexing

epoch - epochs

exert - exerts

esses - cesses, fesses, jesses, messes, nesses, yesses

emerg - emerge, emergs

erect - erects

evert - everts, revert

enzym - enzyme, enzyms

evoke - evoked, evoker, evokes, revoke

esker - eskers

emmet - emmets

equip - equips

elude - delude, eluded, eluder, eludes

egret - egrets, regret

ejido - ejidos

ephod - ephods

embed - embeds

event - events

extra - extras

evict - evicts

embay - embays

eased - ceased, feased, leased, teased

ernes - kernes, ternes

eaved - deaved, heaved, leaved, reaved, weaved

edema - edemas, oedema

exalt - exalts

etude - etudes

enoki - enokis

enrol - enroll, enrols

eruct - eructs

enure - enured, enures, tenure

enact - enacts

evens - sevens

elote - elotes

elder - elders, gelder, melder, welder

elfin - elfins

ephor - ephori, ephors

eches - leches

eager - eagers, meager

emeer - emeers

easts - beasts, feasts, leasts, yeasts

emote - demote, emoted, emoter, emotes, gemote, remote

easel - easels, teasel, weasel

escar - escarp, escars

etwee - etwees

emyde - emydes

elide - elided, elides

eyers - keyers

ennui - ennuis

eclat - eclats

epact - epacts

eosin - eosine, eosins

eater - beater, eaters, eatery, feater, heater, neater, seater

exurb - exurbs

excel - excels

elver - delver, elvers

erode - eroded, erodes

ervil - ervils

eject - deject, ejecta, ejects, reject

elect - elects, select

erica - ericas

emcee - emceed, emcees

earls - pearls

educe - deduce, educed, educes, reduce, seduce

embow - embows

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