OR closes a five letter word with a sound English uses to name a doer or a quality, and Wordle players confirm the pair once both tiles turn green. Those letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in OR leave the opening three unsolved.
Two groups account for most of this pattern. Actor, Donor, Juror, Major, Mayor and Tutor name a person or role, while Armor, Color, Favor, Honor, Humor, Labor and Vapor are American spellings of words the British write with OUR.
There are 63 five letter words ending in OR. Major, Labor, Actor, Mayor and Minor are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. Vizor scores 17 in Scrabble, the highest of the group.
5 Letter Words Ending In OR
O and R take the final two slots, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Abhor | Actor | Algor | Arbor |
| Ardor | Armor | Bevor | Color |
| Cruor | Decor | Dolor | Donor |
| Ephor | Error | Favor | Fetor |
| Floor | Fluor | Furor | Gator |
| Honor | Humor | Ichor | Juror |
| Labor | Livor | Major | Manor |
| Maror | Mayor | Milor | Minor |
| Motor | Mucor | Nagor | Nidor |
| Payor | Prior | Pudor | Razor |
| Rigor | Rotor | Rumor | Sapor |
| Savor | Senor | Smoor | Sopor |
| Spoor | Stoor | Sudor | Sutor |
| Tabor | Taxor | Tenor | Trior |
| Tumor | Tutor | Valor | Vapor |
| Vigor | Visor | Vizor |
5 Letter Words Ending In OR For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Major | Labor | Actor |
| Mayor | Minor | Favor |
| Humor | Tumor | Manor |
| Decor | Vapor | Tenor |
| Valor | Gator | Vigor |
| Savor | Visor | Tabor |
Major and Labor give the widest letter spread. Actor and Minor work better once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In OR For Scrabble
Z and J carry the scoring here, and Vizor reaches 17 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Vizor | 17 |
| Razor | 14 |
| Major | 14 |
| Taxor | 12 |
| Juror | 12 |
| Favor | 11 |
| Vapor | 10 |
| Payor | 10 |
| Mayor | 10 |
| Ichor | 10 |
| Humor | 10 |
| Ephor | 10 |
| Bevor | 10 |
| Abhor | 10 |
| Vigor | 9 |
5 Letter Words Ending In OR And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Abhor | To detest something |
| Actor | A person who performs in plays or films |
| Arbor | A shady garden shelter |
| Armor | Protective covering worn in battle |
| Color | The property of an object producing a visual sensation |
| Decor | The style of decoration in a room |
| Donor | A person who gives something |
| Error | A mistake |
| Favor | An act of kindness |
| Floor | The lower surface of a room |
| Furor | An outbreak of public anger or excitement |
| Honor | High respect or esteem |
| Humor | The quality of being amusing |
| Juror | A member of a jury |
| Labor | Work, especially physical work |
| Major | Greater in importance or size |
| Manor | A large country house with land |
| Mayor | The elected head of a town or city |
| Minor | Lesser in importance or size |
| Motor | A machine that supplies power |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Major, Minor, Actor and Error. Floor, Motor, Labor and Favor follow closely behind them.
There are 63 five letter words ending in OR in standard word game dictionaries. Around 36 of those are words most players already recognise.
Nine of them do. Actor, Donor, Juror, Major, Mayor, Prior, Sutor, Taxor and Tutor all describe a role someone holds.
Try Major. It tests M, A and J alongside the OR pair and uses five different letters. Labor works equally well and covers L, A and B.
The top score is 17 points before any board bonus, which Vizor reaches. Razor and Major each score 14, and Taxor reaches 12.
American English drops the U that British English keeps. Armor, Color, Favor, Honor, Humor, Labor, Rumor, Savor, Valor and Vapor all shorten to five letters that way.
Yes, four of them. Floor, Spoor, Stoor and Smoor each place a double O before the final R.
Six words open on a vowel. Abhor, Actor, Algor, Arbor, Ardor and Armor all qualify, and Error and Ephor add two more.
