5 letter words starting with eth

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got a few plausible five letter words starting with eth.

  • ETHAL
  • ETHER
  • ETHIC
  • ETHNE
  • ETHOS
  • ETHYL

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:


Definition of ether

ether (noun)

  1. The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
  2. Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
  3. The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
  4. A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
  5. Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
  6. Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.

ether (verb)

  1. To viciously humiliate or insult.


Definition of ethos

ethos (noun)

  1. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
  2. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.
  3. (aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.

Definition of ethyl

ethyl (noun)

  1. The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.