Only in Collins.
EA is valid in the international Collins list used for crossword tile games outside North America, but not in the North American list.
EA is valid in the international Collins list but not in the NASPA Word List 2023, the North American list. If your group plays with the Collins toggle on, it counts; otherwise it can be challenged off the board.
About EA
EA is an old dialect word for a stream or river. Collins players like it as a two-vowel dump, a good way to clear an E and an A at once.
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EA scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: E 1 + A 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: EA as the first play
Later in the game, put the E on a 3L square and EA is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of EA (6):
After EA (3):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from EA
Words that start with EA:
- EACH(used of count nouns) every one considered individually
- EARLa British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- EARNearn on some commercial or business transaction
- EARSform of EAR: the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- EASEto give rest or relief to
- EASTsituated in or facing or moving toward the east
- EASYposing no difficulty
- EATH
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of EA and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
EA is a dialect word for a river or stream. It is valid only in the Collins list, where it clears an E and an A together.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with E
Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.