5-Letter Words Ending in ER
359 five-letter words end in ER; 117 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alter | 0.45 | 1.38 |
| 2 | later | 0.50 | 1.34 |
| 3 | laser | 0.47 | 1.32 |
| 4 | cater | 0.54 | 1.23 |
| 5 | eater | 0.48 | 1.26 |
| 6 | hater | 0.49 | 1.26 |
| 7 | liter | 0.46 | 1.25 |
| 8 | taper | 0.49 | 1.21 |
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362 words ending in ER
- othercommon
- aftercommon
- nevercommon
- undercommon
- powercommon
- watercommon
- latercommon
- ordercommon
- lowercommon
- covercommon
- supercommon
- papercommon
- offercommon
- rivercommon
- oldercommon
- petercommon
- ownercommon
- entercommon
- uppercommon
- innercommon
- towercommon
- refercommon
- angercommon
- layercommon
- rogercommon
- fewercommon
- tigercommon
- lovercommon
- outercommon
- widercommon
- bakercommon
- makercommon
- fevercommon
- lasercommon
- livercommon
- intercommon
- votercommon
- metercommon
- safercommon
- cheercommon
- eldercommon
- fibercommon
- altercommon
- buyercommon
- eagercommon
- ridercommon
- losercommon
- sheercommon
- ambercommon
- pokercommon
- newercommon
- sobercommon
- homercommon
- uttercommon
- rulercommon
- queercommon
- rovercommon
- linercommon
- boxercommon
- jokercommon
All 359 five-letter words
Starting with A 19
abler adder after agger aider aimer airer aiver alder alter amber ameer anger apter armer asker asper aster auger
Starting with B 13
baker baler barer baser bider biker biter bluer borer bower boxer brier buyer
Starting with C 24
caber cager caner caper carer cater caver ceder cheer cider citer coder comer cooer coper corer cover cower coyer crier cuber curer cuter cyder
Starting with D 18
darer dater defer deter dicer diker dimer diner direr diver doper doser doter dower dozer drier dryer duper
Starting with E 15
eager eater edger egger eider elder elver ember emeer emmer ender enter esker ester ether
Starting with F 22
facer fader faker farer fever fewer feyer fiber fifer filer finer firer fiver fixer fleer flier flyer foyer freer frier fryer fumer
Starting with G 10
gager gamer gaper gayer gazer giber giver gluer gofer goner
Starting with H 17
haler hater haver hayer hazer heder hewer hexer hider hiker hirer homer honer hoper hover huger hyper
Starting with I 9
icier icker idler iller infer inker inner inter ither
Starting with J 4
jager jiber jiver joker
Starting with K 1
kiter
Starting with L 27
lacer lader lager laker lamer laser later laver laxer layer leger leper lever liber lifer liger liker liner liter liver loner loper loser lover lower luger lurer
Starting with M 18
macer maker maser mater mazer merer meter miler mimer miner miser miter mixer moper mover mower muser muter
Starting with N 7
namer never newer nicer niter noter nuder
Starting with O 18
oater ocher ocker odder offer ofter ogler oiler older omber order ormer osier other otter outer owner oxter
Starting with P 22
pacer pager paler paper parer pater paver pawer payer peter piker piper plier plyer poker poler poser power prier pryer puler purer
Starting with Q 1
queer
Starting with R 23
racer raker raper rarer raser rater raver rawer razer refer ricer rider rifer rimer riper riser river roger roper rover rower ruder ruler
Starting with S 33
saber safer sager saker saner saver sawer sayer seder serer sever sewer sheer shier shoer shyer siker siver sizer skier slier slyer sneer sober sorer sower speer spier steer suber super surer sweer
Starting with T 24
taber taker taler tamer taper tater tawer taxer tiger tiler timer toker toner toper toter tower toyer trier truer tuber tuner tuyer twier twyer
Starting with U 8
udder ulcer umber under upper urger usher utter
Starting with V 6
vexer viler viper vomer voter vower
Starting with W 17
wader wafer wager waker waler water waver waxer weber wider wiper wirer wiser wiver wooer wrier wryer
Starting with Y 2
yager yarer
Starting with Z 1
zoner
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in ER?
Our list has 359. 117 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in ER?
OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER, POWER — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in ER?
ALTER. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.45 green and 1.38 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.