> egrep -i '^[^e]*(e[^e]*){3}[^e]*$'
> 
> Not only is it slightly shorter and more readable, but it's a lot easier 
> change it to search for of 'e' exactly n times.

If I'm reading the regexp correctly you are excluding words that start 
with e or contain more than one e in a row.
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