5-Letter Words Ending in R
520 five-letter words end in R; 173 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 | clear | 0.40 | 1.33 |
| 8 | liter | 0.46 | 1.25 |
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523 words ending in R
- theircommon
- othercommon
- aftercommon
- nevercommon
- undercommon
- powercommon
- watercommon
- latercommon
- ordercommon
- majorcommon
- clearcommon
- lowercommon
- covercommon
- supercommon
- papercommon
- offercommon
- rivercommon
- floorcommon
- oldercommon
- colorcommon
- petercommon
- priorcommon
- ownercommon
- entercommon
- laborcommon
- uppercommon
- chaircommon
- honorcommon
- sugarcommon
- actorcommon
- mayorcommon
- minorcommon
- favorcommon
- errorcommon
- motorcommon
- solarcommon
- swearcommon
- innercommon
- towercommon
- occurcommon
- refercommon
- angercommon
- layercommon
- rogercommon
- fewercommon
- tigercommon
- lovercommon
- outercommon
- widercommon
- bakercommon
- makercommon
- fevercommon
- lasercommon
- radarcommon
- humorcommon
- livercommon
- intercommon
- votercommon
- metercommon
- safercommon
All 520 five-letter words
Starting with A 32
abhor abler actor adder after agger aider aimer airer aiver alder algor altar alter amber ameer amour anear anger apter arbor ardor armer armor asker asper aster astir attar auger augur aurar
Starting with B 19
baker baler barer baser bazar bevor bider biker biter blear bluer bolar borer bower boxer boyar briar brier buyer
Starting with C 36
caber cager caner caper carer cater caver cedar ceder chair charr cheer chirr choir churr cider cigar citer clear clour coder color comer cooer coper corer cover cower coyer crier cruor cuber curer cuter cyder cymar
Starting with D 28
damar darer dater deair debar decor defer demur deter dewar dicer diker dimer dinar diner direr diver dolor donor doper doser doter dower dozer drear drier dryer duper
Starting with E 22
eager eater edger eggar egger eider elder elver embar ember emeer emmer ender enter ephor error escar eskar esker ester ether eyrir
Starting with F 35
facer fader faker fakir faqir farer favor femur fetor feuar fever fewer feyer fiber fifer filar filer finer firer fiver fixer flair fleer flier floor flour fluor flyer foyer freer friar frier fryer fumer furor
Starting with G 15
gager gamer gaper gator gayer gazar gazer giber giver glair gluer gnarr gofer goner gular
Starting with H 20
haler hater haver hayer hazer heder hewer hexer hider hiker hilar hirer homer honer honor hoper hover huger humor hyper
Starting with I 12
ichor icier icker idler iller incur infer inker inner inter invar ither
Starting with J 6
jager jiber jiver joker jowar juror
Starting with K 6
kabar kafir kebar kefir kiter knaur
Starting with L 34
labor lacer lader lager lahar laker lamer laser later laver laxer layer lazar leger lemur leper lever liber lidar lifer liger liker liner liter liver lobar loner loper loser lover lower luger lunar lurer
Starting with M 28
macer major makar maker malar manor maser mater mayor mazer merer meter miler mimer miner minor miser miter mixer mohur molar moper motor mover mower mucor muser muter
Starting with N 9
nadir namer navar never newer nicer niter noter nuder
Starting with O 21
oater occur ocher ocker odder odour offer ofter ogler oiler older omber order ormer osier other ottar otter outer owner oxter
Starting with P 26
pacer pager paler paper parer pater paver pawer payer payor peter piker pilar piper plier plyer poker polar poler poser power prier prior pryer puler purer
Starting with Q 1
queer
Starting with R 30
racer radar raker raper rarer raser rater raver rawer razer razor rebar recur refer ricer rider rifer rigor rimer riper riser river roger roper rotor rover rower ruder ruler rumor
Starting with S 62
saber sabir safer sager saker saner sapor satyr saver savor sawer sayer scaur scour seder senor serer sever sewar sewer shear sheer shier shirr shoer shyer sieur siker simar sitar siver sizar sizer skier skirr slier slyer smear sneer sober sofar solar sonar sopor sorer sowar sower spear speer speir spier spoor stair steer stour suber sudor sugar super surer swear sweer
Starting with T 32
taber tabor taker talar taler tamer taper tapir tatar tater tawer taxer tenor their tiger tiler timer toker toner toper toter tower toyer trier truer tuber tumor tuner tutor tuyer twier twyer
Starting with U 10
udder ulcer ulnar umber unbar under upper urger usher utter
Starting with V 15
valor vapor velar vexer vicar vigor viler viper visor vizir vizor volar vomer voter vower
Starting with W 18
wader wafer wager waker waler water waver waxer weber whirr 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 R?
Our list has 520. 173 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 R?
THEIR, OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in R?
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.