5 letter words starting with ten

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 ten.

  • TENCH
  • TENDS
  • TENDU
  • TENES
  • TENET
  • TENGE
  • TENIA
  • TENNE
  • TENNO
  • TENNY
  • TENON
  • TENOR
  • TENSE
  • TENTH
  • TENTS
  • TENTY
  • TENUE

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 tenet

tenet (noun)

  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Definition of tenth

tenth (noun)

  1. The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
  2. One of ten equal parts of a whole.
  3. The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
  4. (in the plural) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.

tenth (verb)

  1. To divide by ten, into tenths.

tenth (adjective)

  1. The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
  2. Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

Definition of tents

tents (noun)

  1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
  3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
  4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

tents (verb)

  1. To go camping.
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.

tents (noun)

  1. Attention; regard, care.
  2. Intention; design.

tents (verb)

  1. To attend to; to heed
  2. To guard; to hinder.

tents (noun)

  1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
  2. A probe for searching a wound.

tents (verb)

  1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

tents (noun)

  1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.