Yes. ES is a valid word.
ES is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ES is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About ES
ES and ESS both name the letter S, and the plural of ES is ESES. Letter names are easy to remember once you know the set: AR, EF, EL, EM, EN, ES and EX.
Settle the next one at the table: score your game free in Tileside →
ES scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: E 1 + S 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: ES as the first play
Later in the game, put the E on a 3L square and ES is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of ES (9):
- BES
- FES
- HESform of HE: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- MES
- OES
- PESform of PE: the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- RESform of RE: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- TESform of TE: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Show 1 more front hooksShow fewer
- YESan affirmative
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from ES
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of ES and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters E and S.
Memory tip
ES is the name of the letter S, spelled out. It is also spelled ESS, so ES takes an S hook on the end.
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.