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There are 18 five-letter words containing ESS

BLESS	• bless v. To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. • bless v. To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify. • bless v. To invoke divine favor upon.
CESSE	• CESSE v. (Spenser) to cease.
CHESS	• chess n. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules… • chess n. (Now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds. • chess n. (Military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together…
CRESS	• cress n. (Plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste… • CRESS n. a cruciferous plant used in salads.
DESSE	• DESSE n. (Spenser) a desk.
DRESS	• dress v. (Transitive). • dress v. (Reflexive, intransitive, obsolete) To prepare (oneself); to make ready. • dress v. (Intransitive).
ESSAY	• essay n. (Authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. • essay n. (Obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay. • essay n. (Now rare) An attempt.
ESSES	• esses n. Plural of es. • esses n. Plural of ess. • esses n. Plural of esse.
FESSE	• fesse n. Alternative spelling of fess (horizontal band in heraldry). • FESSE n. a horizontal band across the middle of a shield.
GESSE	• GESSE v. (Spenser) to guess, also GHESSE.
GESSO	• gesso n. A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting. • gesso n. A work of art done in gesso. • GESSO n. (Italian) plaster of Paris used in painting.
GUESS	• guess v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion. • guess v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly. • guess v. (Chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
JESSE	• Jesse prop.n. (Biblical) The father of king David. • Jesse prop.n. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. • Jesse prop.n. A female given name, variant of Jessie.
LOESS	• loess n. (Geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin. • LOESS n. (German) a fine-grained wind deposit of clay, sand, and silt.
MESSY	• messy adj. (Of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly. • messy adj. (Of a person) Prone to causing mess. • messy adj. (Of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
PRESS	• press n. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing. • press n. (Countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item. • press n. (Countable) A printing machine.
SESSA	• Sessa prop.n. A surname. • SESSA interj. (Shakespeare) enough said, also CAESE, CEAS, SESE, SESEY.
TRESS	• tress n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. • tress n. A long lock of hair. • tress n. (By extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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English Wiktionary: 60 words
Scrabble in French: 14 words
Scrabble in Spanish: no word
Scrabble in Italian: 45 words
Scrabble in German: 18 words
Scrabble in Romanian: 2 words

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