The first list of the new year!
As always – either put your answer in spoilers, or just add a few items to the list, so those who come along more than five minutes from now can play as well.
What do all of the following words have in common?
EARN
CREPT
THEME
TOE
COPE
GRAVE
GROOVE
DEAD
KINDLE
POLICE
GEM
EON
SHE
CITE
MANE
RUBE
RANGE
DODGE
Ear
Rose
Travel
Key Lime Guy: Yes.
olivesmarch4th: No.
store
cone
They’re all in capitals? 
Beast
Folk
Poke
Clan (in more ways than one!)
Gram
3acresandatruck: Yes.
Quartz: true, but irrelevant, as you know.
Sternvogel: Not exactly. I think you’re on the right track, but it’s not as random as you seem to think it is.
You can replace the E with a Y and it will still be a valid English word
cmkeller’s guess is correct.
Bust?
Almost, I see now.