There are three possible sources of information about the ancient Hebrews:

1. The Old Testament. This was written by Jewish authors from the seventh century BCE onwards. It suffers from potential nationalistic bias and its reliance on what were already ancient traditions that had evolved over time. It is likely to omit anything unflattering or contrary to the political and religious realities of the time in which it was written.

   The biblical texts can even be analysed, to establish when certain passages were written and by whom. This can provide information about how the Hebrew self-identity evolved.

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2. Archaeological finds in Palestine for the Israelite era. These can at times either agree with the biblical sources, or disagree. Even when they agree, they shed new light on just who the Hebrews, or Israelites, were and what they believed. Archaeological finds have established the beginning of the Hebrew language as around the end of the tenth century BCE, and shown it to be based on the Canaanite language.

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3. Historical records from Egypt and other parts of the ancient Near East. These are typically found in the archaeological record and can either confirm or disprove the Bible. By providing information about what other peoples of the time believed, they can also shed light on on what the Hebrews believed and how their religion evolved.

Clearly, Yahweh (Jehovah) was the dominant God for the Israelites, whom scholars regard as the early Israelite weather god or storm god. The dominant goddess was Asherah, who was apparently the consort of Yahweh. The next most important god in Israel was Baal. Excavations at the city of Samaria produced over a hundred ostraca (inked notes on sherds) dating probably from the first part of Jeroboam II's reign (roughly 770 BCE). The notations on each contain all or part of a range of information: a date referring to the king's reign, a place of origin, one or more personal names associated with a product, and the nature of the product (wine or oil). These are mundane records, but the personal names of Samarian residents is of great interest. The majority are Yahweh-compound names, but a large minority of them are compounded from the divine name Baal.

The Bible refers to other gods worshipped in Israel and Judah but, being written much later by adherents of the Yahweh-only party, usually attribute their worship to foreign influence. There are biblical references that suggest the Israelite worship of the sun god and moon god. Ezekiel 8:14 describes women in the Jerusalem Temple 'weeping for Tammuz', the shepherd-god and lover of the goddess Astarte or Inanna.

Keel and Uehlinger cite Lang, translated from German: "In the four and a half centuries during which there were one or two Israelite monarchies (ca. 1020-586 B.C.), there was a dominant, polytheistic religion that was indistinguishable from that of neighboring peoples. Insofar as there were differences between the Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Tyrian, etc. versions of religion, these beliefs stayed within the framework of Near Eastern polytheism, and each should be interpreted as a local variant of the same basic pattern. The Israelites . . . venerated their own protector god who was there to provide for health and family. But they venerated Yahweh [God] as well, the regional and national god, whose special domain dealt with war and peace issues."

Even in post-Exilic times, there are clear references to Wisdom, who was seen as a spirit to be venerated, if not as a goddess (eg Proverbs 1:20ff: "Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, ..."). Some scholars believe that Wisdom was the pre-Exilic goddess of wisdom.

abomasa, aboulia, abrosia, acantha, acapnia, accidia, acequia, acerola, acholia, acicula, acrasia, acromia, actinia, addenda, adenoma, aecidia, aerobia, agnosia, agrapha, alameda, albizia, alfalfa, alforja, algebra, allodia, alluvia, althaea, alumina, amanita, amboina, amboyna, amentia, ammonia, amnesia, amphora, ampulla, amreeta, anaemia, analgia, anchusa, ancilla, anergia, angaria, angioma, anhinga, anopsia, anosmia, antenna, aphagia, aphasia, aphelia, aphonia, aplasia, apraxia, apteria, aquaria, araroba, arcadia, archaea, arietta, armilla, arugola, arugula, ascidia, astasia, asteria, atalaya, atresia, aureola, babesia, baccara, baklava, baklawa, bandana, bandora, banksia, barilla, barista, basidia, bazooka, begonia, begorra, beretta, bhangra, bidarka, biennia, biretta, bisnaga, biznaga, boffola, bohemia, bolivia, bologna, bonanza, bothria, brachia, bravura, breccia, britska, britzka, bubinga, bulimia, bumelia, bursera, buzukia, cabbala, cabomba, cadenza, caesura, caldera, camelia, camisia, camorra, canasta, candela, candida, canella, cannula, cantala, cantata, cantina, canzona, caramba, carbora, carioca, cascara, cassaba, cassata, cassava, cassena, cassina, catalpa, catawba, cavalla, cedilla, celesta, celosia, cementa, cerebra, cerveza, chachka, chalaza, chalupa, chamisa, charkha, chiasma, chimera, cholera, chrisma, chutzpa, ciboria, cingula, cithara, clarkia, coagula, cochlea, codeina, comitia, commata, conidia, copaiba, coquina, corbina, cordoba, coremia, corolla, corpora, corrida, cortina, corvina, cotinga, crapola, curacoa, curcuma, curiosa, cymatia, cypsela, czarina, damiana, daphnia, decidua, dejecta, deliria, deodara, deutzia, dhourra, dicamba, digamma, dilemma, diluvia, diorama, diploma, diptera, diptyca, dogmata, dongola, dracena, drachma, drosera, duodena, dyspnea, dysuria, echidna, ecthyma, ectopia, ectozoa, edemata, emerita, emporia, empyema, encomia, enemata, entasia, entozoa, ephedra, episcia, erotica, eugenia, euglena, eulogia, eupnoea, excreta, exempla, exhedra, exordia, exotica, extrema, exurbia, falbala, farinha, fazenda, felucca, fermata, fibroma, filaria, fimbria, fistula, fontina, formica, formula, foveola, freesia, frenula, fuchsia, furcula, fusaria, galabia, galanga, galatea, galleta, gallica, ganglia, gangsta, gastrea, gerbera, germina, giardia, gingiva, glomera, godetia, gondola, gonidia, gordita, gorilla, grandma, grandpa, granola, gravida, guarana, gummata, gynecia, haftara, haggada, halacha, halakha, hammada, hariana, harissa, helluva, hemiola, hetaera, hetaira, hexapla, himatia, hosanna, hryvnia, hymenia, hypogea, hyponea, hypoxia, ignatia, ikebana, illuvia, imperia, impresa, indicia, indusia, inedita, inertia, infanta, infauna, ingesta, inocula, ipomoea, jellaba, kabbala, kachina, kalimba, katcina, katsura, keitloa, kerygma, khalifa, kithara, kopiyka, labella, lambada, lamella, lantana, lasagna, latakia, latilla, lemmata, lempira, leucoma, leukoma, lingula, lixivia, lobelia, locusta, logania, lomenta, lordoma, macchia, madeira, madonna, madrasa, madrona, magenta, magmata, mahatma, mahonia, majagua, malacca, malanga, malaria, mandala, mandola, manilla, manioca, maquila, maranta, marasca, maremma, marimba, markkaa, marsala, mascara, mastaba, matilda, maxilla, mazurka, medulla, megilla, melisma, melodia, meropia, meshuga, mestiza, metazoa, micella, militia, minorca, minutia, mochila, mojarra, momenta, monarda, morphia, mousaka, moviola, mozetta, myalgia, mycelia, myeloma, myomata, naphtha, narcoma, neuroma, neurula, nigella, nirvana, noumena, novella, ocarina, olestra, oogonia, ootheca, opuntia, oquassa, organza, osmunda, ossetra, osteoma, ostraca, ostraka, otalgia, ouguiya, oversea, ovipara, oxymora, paisana, palabra, palmyra, palooka, panacea, pandora, pandura, panocha, papilla, paprica, paprika, pareira, parerga, partita, pastina, patagia, patella, peculia, peloria, pembina, pergola, peridia, perilla, perinea, persona, petunia, philtra, piasaba, piasava, piccata, pignora, pinnula, pintada, piragua, piranha, piscina, planula, platina, plectra, plugola, podagra, podesta, pogonia, polenta, polynya, polyoma, precava, prepupa, primula, pronota, propria, propyla, prosoma, pteryla, pudenda, puparia, purpura, pyaemia, pygidia, pyrexia, pyxidia, quassia, querida, quinela, quinina, ramenta, rasbora, ratafia, refugia, regalia, regatta, regmata, replica, residua, retsina, rhizoma, rhodora, ricksha, ricotta, rikisha, riviera, rosacea, rosaria, roseola, rotunda, rubella, rubeola, rufiyaa, sambuca, samsara, sangria, santera, saphena, sarcina, sarcoma, sardana, satsuma, savanna, saxtuba, scandia, scapula, scholia, scopula, scotoma, sedilia, senhora, senopia, sequela, sequoia, seriema, seringa, sestina, shortia, signora, silesia, siliqua, sinopia, solaria, solatia, spatula, spectra, specula, spicula, spinula, spiraea, spirula, splenia, squilla, sraddha, stamina, stasima, sthenia, stomata, stretta, striata, subarea, subidea, subpena, subtaxa, succuba, sudaria, sultana, syconia, synovia, syringa, taffeta, talaria, talooka, tamasha, tambala, tambura, tampala, tantara, tapioca, tartana, taverna, tegmina, tempera, tempura, tequila, tessera, tilapia, timpana, titania, toccata, tombola, tomenta, tostada, toxemia, trachea, trehala, tritoma, trymata, tsarina, tuatara, tuatera, turista, tympana, tzarina, uraemia, urethra, vaccina, valonia, valvula, vanilla, variola, vascula, vedalia, velaria, veranda, verbena, verruca, vexilla, viatica, vicugna, vincula, viremia, viscera, vivaria, wakanda, weigela, whoopla, wommera, woodsia, woomera, yamalka, yamulka, yeshiva, zamarra, zareeba, zelkova, zemstva, zenaida, zingara, zooglea, zorilla, zyzzyva

628 words

Many Biblical verses were doubted due to lack of outside evidence, and were later substantiated by archaeology. Accordingly, researchers should have an open mind, viewing obscure verses as being potential pointers to as-yet-undiscovered finds.

Some examples of archaeology corroborating Bible verses:

1) Until recently, no evidence outside the Bible attested to King David's existence. Many critics questioned his existence. In 1993, an archaeologist named Dr. Avraham Biran and his team, digging at Tell Dan, discovered a black basalt stele, containing Aramaic inscriptions. Two of the lines included the phrases "The King of Israel" and "House of David." This discovery has caused critics to reconsider their view of the historicity of the Davidic kingdom. In 1994 more pieces were found with inscriptions referring to Jehoram, the son of Ahab, ruler over Israel, and Ahaziah, who was the ruler over the "House of David." Dr. Hershel Shanks of the Biblical Archaeological Review states, "The stele brings to life the biblical text in a dramatic way."

2) At one time the 39 kings of ancient Israel and Judah were known only from the Biblical books. Some critics charged fabrication. But then came to light the royal cuneiform records of many Assyrian kings, mentioning the kings of Israel and Judah, including Omri, Ahab, Jehu, Menahem, Hoshea, Pekah, Hezekiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoram and Jehoshaphat.

3) The Assyrian king Sargon was known only from the Bible account (Isaiah 20:1). This Bible verse was discounted by critics as of no historical value. Then excavations revealed the ruins of Sargon's palace at Khorsabad, with many inscriptions. Sargon is now one of the best known of the Assyrian kings.

4) In 1934-39, excavations were conducted at ancient Mari on the Euphrates River (present-day Iraq). They found that ancient towns were named after the ancestors (Genesis ch.11) of Abraham:

The "city of Nahor" was found near the city of Haran which still exists to this day. Equally clear signs of Hebrew residence appear in the names of other towns nearby: Serug (Assyrian SARUGI), Terah (TIL TURAKHI, "Mound of Terah"), and Peleg (PALIGA, on the Euphrates near the mouth of the Habur).

5) The critics claimed that the Babylonian captivity never happened.

However, in 1935-38, important finds were made 30 miles from Jerusalem at a site thought to be ancient Lachish. Lachish was one of the cities recorded in the Bible as being besieged by the Babylonians at the same time as the siege of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 34:7).

Twenty-one pottery fragments were found in the latest pre-exilic levels of the site. Called the Lachish Ostraca, they were written during the Babylonian siege. Some of them are exchanges between the military commander and an outlying observation post, vividly picturing the final days of Judah's struggle against Babylon.

Since the 1930s, there has been more unearthing of Babylonian texts describing the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. The historical fact of the Babylonian captivity is now firmly established.

6) The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III shows Jehu, king of Israel, bowing before the Assyrian king.

7) Tablets from the time of Tiglath-Pileser state that he received tribute from Jehoahaz of Judah. This is the full name of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:7).

8) A limestone relief from Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh shows the siege of Lachish.

9) The cylinder of Nabonidus, last ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, shows that his son Belshazzar was co-regent with him (Daniel 5; 7:1; 8:1). Scholars had previously scoffed at Belshazzar's very existence.

The above examples are among many thousands. Dr. William Albright, who was probably the foremost authority in Middle East archaeology in his time, said: "There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of the Old Testament."

And for those who would like a little more:

• Ahab, king of Israel, is identified in the Kurkh Monolith inscription of Shalmaneser III which describes the Battle of Qarqar and mentions the soldiers of Ahab the Israelite.
• Ahaz (Jehoahaz), king of Judah, is named in the inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III which records that he "received tribute from Jehoahaz the Judahite," as mentioned in 2 Kings 16:7-8.
• Baruch ben Neriah, a scribe in the time of Jeremiah. Two identical imprints of his seal were discovered in 1975 and 1996. They read 'to Berachyahu son of Neriyahu the scribe.
• Darius I, king of Persia, mentioned in the books of Haggai, Zechariah and Ezra, is the author of the famous Behistun Inscription.
• Hezekiah, king of Judah is mentioned in an inscription of Sennacherib. A signet-seal was also found bearing Hezekiah's name and title.
• Hoshea, king of Israel, was put into power by Tilgath-Pileser III, king of Assyria, as recorded in his "Annals," found in Calah.
• Jehoash, king of Israel, is mentioned in records of Adad-nirari III of Assyria as "Jehoash of Samaria."
• Jehoiachin, King of Judah, was taken captive to Babylon after Nebuchadrezzar first captured Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:15). Texts from Nebuchadrezzar's Southern Palace record the rations given to "Jehoiachin king of the Judeans" (Ya'ukin sar Yaudaya).
• Jehu, king of Israel, is named on the Moabite Black Obelisk.
• Johanan, high priest during the reign of Darius II. His name is found in Nehemiah 12:22,23 and also in a letter from the Elephantine Papyri.
• Manasseh, king of Judah, is mentioned in the writings of Esarhaddon, who lists him as one of the kings who had brought him gifts and aided his conquest of Egypt.
• Menahem, king of Israel is recorded in the annals of Tiglath-Pileser to have paid tribute to him.
• Omri, king of Israel is mentioned on the Mesha Stele.
• Pekah, who became king of Israel after assassinating Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:25), is mentioned in the annals of Tiglath-Pileser III.
• Sanballat, governor of Samaria and the leader of the opposition which Nehemiah encountered during the rebuilding of the walls around the temple in Jerusalem, is mentioned in the Elephantine Papyri.
• Taharqa, pharaoh of Egypt is mentioned in the books of Kings and Isaiah. Several contemporary sources mention him and fragments of three statues bearing his name were excavated at Nineveh.

2-letter words

aa, ai, am, ar, as, at, is, it, jo, ma, mi, mo, om, op, or, os, pa, pi, si, so, ta, ti, to

3-letter words

aas, act, aim, air, ais, ait, ama, ami, amp, apt, arc, arm, ars, art, asp, cam, cap, car, cat, cis, cop, cor, cos, cot, imp, ism, its, jam, jar, jot, mac, map, mar, mas, mat, mir, mis, moa, mop, mor, mos, mot, oar, oat, oca, oms, ops, opt, ora, orc, ors, ort, pac, pam, par, pas, pat, pia, pic, pis, pit, poi, pot, pro, psi, raj, ram, rap, ras, rat, ria, rim, rip, roc, rom, rot, sac, sap, sat, sic, sim, sip, sir, sit, sop, sot, spa, sri, taj, tam, tao, tap, tar, tas, tic, tip, tis, tom, top, tor

4-letter words

acta, acts, aims, airs, airt, aits, ajar, amas, amia, amir, amis, amps, arco, arcs, aria, arms, arts, asci, atap, atma, atom, atop, camp, cams, capo, caps, carp, cars, cart, casa, cast, cats, ciao, cist, coat, coir, coma, comp, cops, corm, cost, cots, cram, crap, cris, crop, imps, iota, jams, jars, jato, jiao, jimp, jota, jots, maar, macs, mair, maps, marc, mars, mart, mast, mats, mica, mirs, miso, mist, moas, moat, mops, mora, mors, mort, most, mots, oars, oast, oats, ocas, omit, opts, orca, orcs, orts, osar, otic, paca, pacs, pact, pair, pams, para, pars, part, past, pats, pias, pica, pics, pima, pita, pits, pois, port, post, pots, pram, prao, prat, prim, proa, prom, pros, raia, raja, rami, ramp, rams, raps, rapt, rasp, rato, rats, rias, rims, riot, rips, roam, rocs, romp, roms, rota, rots, samp, sari, sati, scam, scar, scat, scop, scot, sima, simp, smit, soap, soar, soja, soma, sora, sori, sort, spar, spat, spit, spot, star, stir, stoa, stop, taco, tamp, tams, taos, tapa, taps, taro, tarp, tars, tics, tips, tiro, toms, topi, tops, tora, torc, tori, tors, tram, trap, trim, trio, trip, trop, tsar

5-letter words

acari, actor, airts, amias, amirs, amort, aorta, apart, aport, arias, aroma, ascot, aspic, astir, ataps, atmas, atoms, atria, atrip, camas, campi, campo, camps, capos, carat, carom, carpi, carps, carts, coapt, coast, coati, coats, coirs, comas, comps, compt, copra, coria, corms, corps, costa, cramp, crams, craps, crimp, crisp, crops, iotas, jatos, joist, joram, jotas, maars, macro, mairs, maist, major, marcs, maria, marts, micas, micra, micro, moats, moira, moist, moras, morts, omasa, omits, optic, orcas, osmic, ostia, pacas, pacts, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parts, pasta, patio, picas, picot, pimas, pisco, pitas, ports, posit, praam, prams, praos, prats, prima, primo, prims, prism, proas, proms, prost, psoai, raias, rajas, ramps, ratio, ratos, riata, rioja, riots, roams, roast, romps, rotas, sacra, sapor, scamp, scarp, scart, scram, scrap, scrim, scrip, simar, sitar, smart, spait, spica, spirt, sport, sprat, sprit, stair, stamp, stirp, stoai, stoic, stoma, stomp, storm, strap, stria, strip, strop, tacos, tamis, tamps, tapas, tapir, tapis, taroc, taros, tarps, tarsi, tiara, tiros, topic, topis, toras, torcs, toric, torsi, tramp, trams, traps, triac, trims, trios, trips, trois, tromp

6-letter words

actors, amrita, amtrac, aorist, aortas, aortic, arista, aristo, armpit, aromas, asrama, atomic, atopic, camisa, campos, capias, capita, capris, captor, carats, caroms, cartop, casita, castor, coapts, coatis, compts, copras, costar, cramps, crimps, crista, impact, impart, import, impost, jicama, jorams, macros, majors, maraca, mascot, mastic, misact, mosaic, optics, optima, pajama, paramo, pastor, pataca, patios, patois, picara, picaro, picots, porism, praams, primas, primos, prosit, racism, racist, rapist, ratios, riatas, riojas, ripost, samara, sapota, satara, satori, satrap, scampi, scoria, scotia, scrimp, script, scrota, sitcom, somata, stroma, tamari, tapirs, tarama, tarmac, tarocs, tarsia, tiaras, topics, tramps, triacs, tripos, tromps, tropic

7-letter words

acrasia, acromia, airpost, amorist, amritas, amtracs, apomict, apricot, armpits, atomics, captors, caritas, compart, crampit, impacts, imparts, impasto, imports, jacamar, jicamas, maracas, marasca, marcato, mascara, mispart, osmatic, ostraca, pajamas, paramos, parotic, patacas, patamar, picaras, picaros, potamic, prosaic, psoatic, sarcoma, somatic, tamarao, tamaris, tapioca, taramas, tarmacs, tropics, tropism

8-letter words

acrotism, apomicts, apricots, aromatic, aspirata, atamasco, atropism, comparts, crampits, impactor, jacamars, mariposa, pastrami, pastromi, patamars, piscator, tamaraos, tapiocas

9-letter words

aromatics, impactors, sarcomata

643 words found.

4-letter words

aahs, aces, ache, acre, acta, acts, aero, aper, apes, apse, arch, arco, arcs, area, ares, arts, asea, atap, ates, atop, cape, caph, capo, caps, care, carp, cars, cart, casa, case, cash, cast, cate, cats, ceps, cero, chao, chap, char, chat, chop, coat, cope, cops, core, cosh, cost, cote, cots, crap, crop, each, ears, east, eath, eats, echo, epha, epos, eras, eros, erst, etas, etch, eths, haar, haes, haet, haps, hare, harp, hart, hasp, hast, hate, hats, heap, hear, heat, hero, hers, hest, hets, hoar, hoer, hoes, hope, hops, hora, hose, host, hots, oars, oast, oath, oats, ocas, opah, opes, opts, orca, orcs, ores, orts, osar, paca, pace, pacs, pact, para, pare, pars, part, pase, pash, past, pate, path, pats, pear, peas, peat, pech, pecs, pehs, pert, peso, pest, pets, phat, phot, poet, pore, port, pose, posh, post, pots, prao, prat, proa, pros, race, rape, raps, rapt, rase, rash, rasp, rate, rath, rato, rats, reap, recs, repo, reps, resh, rest, rets, rhea, rhos, rocs, roes, rope, rose, rota, rote, rots, sate, scar, scat, scop, scot, sear, seat, sect, sept, sera, seta, sett, shea, shoe, shop, shot, soap, soar, soph, sora, sore, sort, soth, spae, spar, spat, spec, spot, star, stat, step, stet, stoa, stop, tace, tach, taco, tact, tahr, taos, tapa, tape, taps, tare, taro, tarp, tars, tart, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, tepa, test, teth, tets, thae, that, thro, toea, toes, tope, toph, tops, tora, torc, tore, tors, tort, tosh, tost, tote, tots, trap, tret, trop, trot, tsar

5-letter words

aceta, aches, acres, actor, aorta, apace, apart, apers, aport, apres, apter, areas, areca, arhat, arose, ascot, asper, aster, ataps, attar, caper, capes, caphs, capos, carat, cares, caret, carps, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, ceros, cesta, chaos, chape, chaps, chapt, chare, chars, chart, chase, chats, cheap, cheat, chert, chest, chops, chore, chose, chott, coapt, coast, coats, coper, copes, copra, copse, cores, corps, corse, coset, costa, cotes, cotta, crape, craps, crash, crate, crept, crest, crops, earth, epact, ephas, ephor, epoch, escar, escot, estop, ethos, haars, haets, hares, harps, harts, haste, hater, hates, heaps, hears, heart, heats, heros, hoars, hoers, hoper, hopes, horas, horse, horst, hosta, oater, oaths, ocher, ochre, ocrea, octet, opahs, opera, orach, orate, orcas, other, ottar, otter, pacas, pacer, paces, pacha, pacts, paras, parch, pares, parse, parts, paseo, pasha, pasta, paste, patch, pater, pates, paths, peach, pears, peart, peats, pechs, perch, pesto, petto, phase, phots, poach, poets, porch, pores, ports, poser, praos, prase, prate, prats, presa, prest, proas, prose, prost, psoae, races, rapes, raphe, ratch, rates, rathe, ratos, reach, react, reaps, reata, recap, recta, recto, repos, repot, retch, rheas, roach, roast, ropes, roset, rotas, rotch, rotes, rotte, sacra, sapor, scape, scare, scarp, scart, scatt, scope, score, scrap, septa, serac, shape, share, sharp, shear, shoat, shoer, shore, short, shote, shott, space, spare, spate, spear, spore, sport, sprat, staph, stare, start, state, stoae, stoat, stope, stopt, store, strap, strep, strop, taces, tacet, tache, tachs, tacos, tacts, tahrs, tapas, taper, tapes, tares, taroc, taros, tarot, tarps, tarts, taste, tatar, tater, tates, teach, tears, teats, tecta, tepas, testa, teths, tetra, theca, theta, thorp, those, throe, toast, toper, topes, tophe, tophs, torah, toras, torch, torcs, tores, torse, torte, torts, toter, totes, trace, tract, traps, trapt, trash, treat, trets, trope, troth, trots

6-letter words

actors, ahorse, aortae, aortas, apache, aptest, arches, arecas, arhats, ashore, aspect, attach, attars, caesar, capers, capote, captor, carate, carats, carets, carhop, carpet, cartes, cartop, caster, castor, caters, chaeta, chapes, charas, chares, charts, chaser, chaste, cheapo, cheaps, cheats, cherts, chorea, chores, chotts, coapts, coarse, coater, copers, coprah, copras, copter, corpse, corset, cosher, costae, costar, coster, cottae, cottar, cottas, cotter, crapes, crates, earths, epacts, eparch, ephors, epochs, escarp, eschar, escort, haters, hatter, hearts, hector, hepcat, hoarse, hopers, horste, hotter, oaters, ochers, ochrea, ochres, octets, operas, orache, orates, others, ottars, otters, pacers, pachas, parsec, paster, pastor, paters, pathos, patter, pharos, phrase, posher, poster, potash, pother, potter, prates, preach, preact, presto, protea, rachet, raphae, raphes, reacts, reatas, recaps, recast, rectos, repast, repots, reshot, respot, rochet, rotate, rotche, rottes, sachet, sapota, sapote, sarape, satrap, scarph, scathe, scoter, scrape, scrota, search, secpar, sector, seraph, shaper, sherpa, soaper, spacer, spathe, stacte, starch, stater, stator, stoper, strata, strath, taches, tapers, tapeta, tarocs, tarots, taster, tatars, taters, teapot, tephra, teraph, tetras, thetas, thorpe, thorps, threap, threat, throat, throes, tocher, toecap, topers, tophes, torahs, tortes, toters, tother, traces, tracts, trapes, treats, troche, tropes, troths

7-letter words

aerosat, apaches, attache, capotes, captors, carates, carhops, carpets, chapter, chaster, chatter, cheapos, choreas, coaster, coaters, coprahs, copters, costate, cottars, cotters, earshot, eparchs, esparto, hastate, hatters, hectors, hepcats, oraches, ostraca, parches, patcher, patches, patters, peacoat, phorate, poacher, poaches, porches, pothers, potters, preacts, precast, prosect, proteas, protect, protest, rachets, ratches, ratchet, roaches, rochets, rotates, rotches, scatter, seaport, shatter, shoepac, spatter, spectra, spotter, stretch, strophe, tapster, teacart, teapots, teashop, tephras, thorpes, threaps, threats, throats, toaster, tochers, toecaps, torches, trachea, troches

8-letter words

aerostat, apostate, attacher, attaches, castrate, castrato, chapters, chatters, patchers, peacoats, phorates, poachers, postheat, postrace, prostate, protects, ratchets, reattach, rheostat, teacarts, theocrat, thoraces, tracheas

9-letter words

attachers, pastorate, spectator, theocrats

11-letter words

catastrophe