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5 Letter Words Ending in ER

Our word list has 190 five letter words ending in ER. Start with the 63 common ones, ranked by everyday use (OTHER, AFTER, NEVER), or open the full list for the other 127. T is the letter most often right before the ER, in 24 of them.

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Words
190
63 common
Top letters in spots 1 to 3
a27%i26%o21%t20%l16%
Repeated letters
69
36% of words, like NEVER
2+ vowels
186
98% of words

Common 5 letter words ending in ER

63 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. other
  2. after
  3. never
  4. under
  5. power
  6. water
  7. later
  8. order
  9. lower
  10. cover
  11. super
  12. paper
  13. offer
  14. river
  15. older
  16. owner
  17. enter
  18. upper
  19. inner
  20. tower

More common words, in order (43)

refer anger layer fewer tiger lover outer wider maker fever laser liver inter voter meter safer cheer fiber alter buyer eager sheer amber newer sober utter ruler steer timer nicer cater cider deter diner wiser liter eater finer taker infer lager rarer fiver

More 5 letter words ending in ER

The other 127 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

Show all 127 more words

A... 6

abler adder alder apter aster auger

B... 8

baker barer baser bluer borer bower boxer brier

C... 7

caper comer cower coyer crier curer cuter

D... 6

defer dimer direr diver drier dryer

E... 6

edger eider elder ember ester ether

F... 6

faker fixer flier foyer freer fryer

G... 4

gamer gayer gazer goner

H... 6

haler hater hewer hiker hover huger

I... 2

icier idler

J... 1

joker

L... 8

lamer laxer leper lever lifer liker liner loser

M... 8

miler miner miser miter mixer mover mower muter

N... 2

niter nuder

O... 4

ocher odder osier otter

P... 9

pager paler payer peter piker piper poker poser purer

R... 10

racer rawer rider rifer riper riser roger rover rower ruder

S... 14

saber sager saner saver serer sever sewer shyer sizer slier sneer sorer sower surer

T... 7

tamer taper taser toner truer tuber tuner

U... 4

udder ulcer umber usher

V... 2

viler viper

W... 7

wader wafer wager waver wiper wooer wryer

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the letter before -ER. T comes right before it in 24 words (13%), as in AFTER and WATER. D (15) and V (15) follow.
  • Then the first letter. S starts 19 of these words (10%), like SUPER and SAFER, and L starts 16.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word ends in ER, LATER is a good opener: it tests L, A and T, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words ending in ER are there?

Our dictionary has 190 five letter words ending in ER. 63 of them are common everyday words, and the other 127 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words ending in ER?

OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER and POWER, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 69 of all 190 words repeat a letter, and 186 have two or more vowels.

What letter usually comes before ER in 5 letter words?

T. It sits right before the ER in 24 of the 190 words (13%), for example AFTER and WATER. D is next with 15.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.