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 tench

tench (noun)

  1. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

Definition of tenia

tenia (noun)

  1. A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
  2. (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
  3. Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
  4. Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

Definition of tenny

tenny (noun)

  1. A rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown.

Definition of tenon

tenon (noun)

  1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.

tenon (verb)

  1. To make into a tenon.
  2. To fit with tenons.

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.