5 letter words starting with tel

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

  • TELAE
  • TELCO
  • TELES
  • TELEX
  • TELIA
  • TELIC
  • TELLS
  • TELLY
  • TELOI
  • TELOS

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 telex

telex (noun)

  1. A communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters.
  2. A message sent through such a network.
  3. The machine used to send and receive such messages.

telex (verb)

  1. To send (a message) by telex.

Definition of tells

tells (noun)

  1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
  2. That which is told; a tale or account.
  3. A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.

tells (verb)

  1. (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  2. To narrate.
  3. To convey by speech; to say.
  4. To instruct or inform.
  5. To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  6. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  7. To reveal.
  8. To be revealed.
  9. To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  10. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  11. To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  12. (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

tells (noun)

  1. A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Definition of teloi

teloi (noun)

  1. The aim or goal.

Definition of telos

telos (noun)

  1. The aim or goal.