Five letter words ending in ER split three ways. Some name a person who does something. Some make a comparison. The rest, WATER and AMBER among them, finish that way with no grammar behind it. Start from the letter you already have.
Every Five Letter Word Ending in ER
A vowel fills the second slot in 73% of these words, and T, K, D, V or P fills the third slot in 37% of them. Aim two guesses at those two positions and you eliminate more of the set than any single common opener does.
Five Letter ER Words Starting With A
- ABLER
- ACKER
- ACTER
- ADDER
- AFTER
- AGGER
- AIDER
- AIMER
- AIRER
- ALDER
- ALLER
- ALTER
- AMBER
- AMEER
- ANGER
- ANKER
- APTER
- ARMER
- ASKER
- ASPER
- ASTER
- ATTER
- AUGER
- AWNER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With B
- BAKER
- BALER
- BARER
- BASER
- BEVER
- BIKER
- BITER
- BLUER
- BONER
- BORER
- BOWER
- BOXER
- BRIER
- BUYER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With C
- CABER
- CAGER
- CANER
- CAPER
- CARER
- CASER
- CATER
- CAVER
- CEDER
- CHEER
- CIDER
- CITER
- CODER
- COMER
- COOER
- COPER
- CORER
- COVER
- COWER
- COYER
- CRIER
- CRYER
- CUBER
- CURER
- CUTER
- CYBER
- CYDER
More on five letter words starting with C and ending in ER, and separately on words starting with CO and ending in ER, with a meaning beside each one.
Five Letter ER Words Starting With D
- DARER
- DATER
- DAZER
- DEFER
- DETER
- DICER
- DIKER
- DIMER
- DINER
- DIRER
- DIVER
- DONER
- DOPER
- DOSER
- DOTER
- DOWER
- DOZER
- DRIER
- DRYER
- DUPER
- DYKER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With E
- EAGER
- EASER
- EATER
- EDDER
- EDGER
- EELER
- EGGER
- EIDER
- ELDER
- ELVER
- EMBER
- EMEER
- EMMER
- ENDER
- ENTER
- ESKER
- ESTER
- ETHER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With F
- FACER
- FADER
- FAKER
- FARER
- FEVER
- FEWER
- FEYER
- FIBER
- FIFER
- FILER
- FINER
- FIRER
- FIVER
- FIXER
- FLEER
- FLIER
- FLYER
- FOYER
- FREER
- FRIER
- FRYER
- FUMER
- FUSER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With G
- GAGER
- GAMER
- GAPER
- GAYER
- GAZER
- GIBER
- GIVER
- GLUER
- GOFER
- GOMER
- GONER
- GORER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With H
- HALER
- HATER
- HAVER
- HAZER
- HEDER
- HEWER
- HEXER
- HIDER
- HIKER
- HIRER
- HIVER
- HOMER
- HONER
- HOPER
- HOSER
- HOVER
- HUGER
- HYPER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With I
- ICIER
- ICKER
- IDLER
- ILLER
- INFER
- INKER
- INNER
- INTER
Every one of these is broken down in five letter words starting with I and ending in ER.
Five Letter ER Words Starting With J
- JAGER
- JAPER
- JIBER
- JIVER
- JOKER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With K
- KEYER
- KHEER
- KITER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With L
- 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
- LUTER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With M
- MACER
- MAKER
- MASER
- MATER
- MAZER
- METER
- MILER
- MIMER
- MINER
- MISER
- MITER
- MIXER
- MOOER
- MOPER
- MOVER
- MOWER
- MUSER
- MUTER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With N
- NAKER
- NAMER
- NEPER
- NEVER
- NEWER
- NICER
- NINER
- NITER
- NIXER
- NOSER
- NOTER
- NUDER
- NUKER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With O
- OATER
- OCHER
- OCKER
- ODDER
- OFFER
- OFTER
- OGLER
- OILER
- OLDER
- OMBER
- ONCER
- ORDER
- ORMER
- OSIER
- OTHER
- OTTER
- OUTER
- OWLER
- OWNER
- OXTER
For meanings and example sentences, see five letter words starting with O and ending in ER.
Five Letter ER Words Starting With P or Q
- PACER
- PAGER
- PALER
- PAPER
- PARER
- PATER
- PAVER
- PAWER
- PAYER
- PETER
- PIKER
- PILER
- PINER
- PIPER
- PLIER
- PLYER
- POKER
- POLER
- PORER
- POSER
- POWER
- PRIER
- PRYER
- PUKER
- PULER
- PURER
- QUEER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With R
- RACER
- RAGER
- RAKER
- RAPER
- RARER
- RASER
- RATER
- RAVER
- RAWER
- RAZER
- REFER
- REVER
- RICER
- RIDER
- RIFER
- RIMER
- RIPER
- RISER
- RIVER
- ROGER
- ROKER
- ROPER
- ROVER
- ROWER
- RUDER
- RULER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With S
- SABER
- SAFER
- SAGER
- SAKER
- SANER
- SAVER
- SAWER
- SAYER
- SEDER
- SERER
- SEVER
- SEWER
- SEXER
- SHEER
- SHIER
- SHOER
- SHYER
- SIDER
- SIXER
- SIZER
- SKIER
- SKYER
- SLIER
- SLYER
- SNEER
- SOBER
- SOJER
- SOLER
- SORER
- SOWER
- SPEER
- SPIER
- STEER
- SUBER
- SUPER
- SURER
- SWEER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With T
- TAKER
- TALER
- TAMER
- TAPER
- TASER
- TATER
- TAWER
- TAXER
- TIGER
- TILER
- TIMER
- TITER
- TOKER
- TONER
- TOPER
- TOTER
- TOWER
- TRIER
- TRUER
- TUBER
- TUNER
- TWYER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With U
- UDDER
- ULCER
- UMBER
- UNDER
- UPPER
- URGER
- USHER
- UTTER
The U group is the smallest of all, and each word is explained in five letter words starting with U and ending in ER.
Five Letter ER Words Starting With V
- VAPER
- VEXER
- VILER
- VINER
- VIPER
- VOMER
- VOTER
- VOWER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With W
- WADER
- WAFER
- WAGER
- WAKER
- WALER
- WATER
- WAVER
- WAXER
- WEBER
- WIDER
- WIPER
- WIRER
- WISER
- WOOER
- WRIER
- WRYER
Five Letter ER Words Starting With Y or Z
- YAGER
- YARER
- YOKER
- ZONER
Which Letters Come Before ER in a Five Letter Word
T comes before ER more than any other letter, filling the third slot in 42 words. K, D, V and P follow close behind. Between them those five letters account for more than a third of the whole set, which makes them the first letters to test once you know the last two squares.
| Letter before ER | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| T | 42 | 10% |
| K | 29 | 7% |
| D | 27 | 7% |
| V | 26 | 6% |
| P | 25 | 6% |
| L | 22 | 6% |
The second slot behaves differently. A vowel fills it in 293 of the 400 words, with A leading at 97, I at 73 and O at 66. So a word shaped consonant, vowel, T or K or D, then ER, describes a large slice of the field in one guess. TATER, TOTER, TAKER and DATER all fit that shape.
Words with A in the second position form the single biggest group, and they are set out in full in five letter words with A as the second letter.
Common Five Letter ER Words in Everyday English
These are the ones you meet in ordinary reading, writing and speech rather than in a dictionary corner. Around 220 of the 400 qualify, and this is the core of them.
- AFTER
- ALTER
- AMBER
- ANGER
- BAKER
- BOXER
- BUYER
- CATER
- COVER
- CYBER
- DINER
- DIVER
- EAGER
- ELDER
- ENTER
- FEVER
- FEWER
- FIBER
- FINER
- FIXER
- FOYER
- GAMER
- HATER
- HIKER
- HOVER
- INFER
- INNER
- JOKER
- LAGER
- LASER
- LATER
- LAYER
- LEVER
- LINER
- LIVER
- LOSER
- LOVER
- LOWER
- MAKER
- METER
- MINER
- MISER
- MIXER
- MOVER
- NEVER
- NEWER
- NICER
- OFFER
- OLDER
- ORDER
- OTHER
- OTTER
- OUTER
- OWNER
- PAPER
- PIPER
- POKER
- POWER
- RACER
- RIDER
- RIVER
- RULER
- SABER
- SAFER
- SOBER
- SUPER
- TAPER
- TIGER
- TIMER
- TOWER
- TUNER
- UNDER
- UPPER
- USHER
- UTTER
- VIPER
- VOTER
- WAFER
- WAGER
- WATER
- WIDER
- WISER
The same ending runs through words of every length, from three letters to ten, and those are gathered in words that end in -er at every length.
Strongest Wordle Guesses That End in ER
Wordle draws its answers from a shortlist of everyday words, so ACKER and SOJER will never be the solution even though both are legal guesses. Ninety-eight ER words have already been used, which rules them out too. What remains is the pool worth guessing from.
These picks are common enough to be answers, and they lean on letters that reveal a lot when they turn green or yellow.
- BIKER
- BUYER
- CODER
- CRIER
- DINER
- DIVER
- DRIER
- EATER
- GIVER
- HIKER
- LONER
- MIXER
- MOVER
- MOWER
- NEWER
- ODDER
- OILER
- PACER
- PALER
- PAYER
- POSER
- RIVER
- RULER
- SANER
- SAVER
- SOBER
- STEER
- TAKER
- TUNER
- WAGER
- WAVER
- WIDER
- WISER
A note on repeated letters: ODDER, STEER and CRIER each double a letter, and doubling is the pattern players discount most. When four squares are grey and nothing fits, a repeat is what is left.
You can filter the whole set by any letter you have already ruled in or out with the five letter word finder.
Which ER Words Wordle Has Already Used
Ninety-eight five letter words ending in ER have appeared as solutions. Wordle does not repeat an answer, so every word here is spent.
| AFTER | ALTER | AMBER | ANGER |
| BAKER | BALER | BOXER | CAPER |
| CATER | CHEER | CIDER | CORER |
| COVER | COWER | CYBER | DEFER |
| DETER | DINER | DRYER | EAGER |
| ELDER | EMBER | ENTER | ETHER |
| FEVER | FEWER | FIBER | FINER |
| FIXER | FLYER | FOYER | GAMER |
| GOFER | GONER | HATER | HOMER |
| HOVER | HYPER | IDLER | INFER |
| INNER | INTER | JOKER | LAGER |
| LASER | LATER | LAYER | LEVER |
| LINER | LIVER | LOSER | LOVER |
| LOWER | MAKER | METER | MINER |
| MISER | NEVER | NICER | OFFER |
| OLDER | ORDER | OTHER | OTTER |
| OUTER | OWNER | PAPER | PARER |
| PIPER | POKER | POWER | RACER |
| REFER | RIDER | RIPER | ROVER |
| ROWER | RUDER | SEVER | SKIER |
| SOWER | SUPER | SURER | TAPER |
| TIGER | TIMER | TOWER | TUBER |
| UDDER | ULCER | UNDER | UPPER |
| USHER | UTTER | VOTER | WAFER |
| WATER | WOOER |
Highest Scoring Scrabble Words That End in ER
HAZER tops the set in Scrabble at 17 points, ahead of MAZER and JOKER at 16. The two boards disagree, though: in Words With Friends the J is worth 10 rather than 8, which puts JOKER and JIVER out in front at 18.
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends |
|---|---|---|
| HAZER | 17 | 16 |
| JOKER | 16 | 18 |
| MAZER | 16 | 17 |
| JIVER | 15 | 18 |
| VEXER | 15 | 16 |
| GAZER | 15 | 16 |
| WAXER | 15 | 15 |
| FIXER | 15 | 15 |
| DOZER | 15 | 15 |
| ZONER | 14 | 15 |
The ending pays for itself a second way. E and R are both one point and both common, so an ER tail is cheap to build and hooks onto a word already on the board.
Five Letter ER Words and Their Meanings
The everyday words need no gloss. These are the ones worth learning.
- Asker: the person putting the question, especially in a negotiation or a survey.
- Bower: a shaded spot in a garden formed by branches or climbing plants.
- Brier: a thorny bush of the wild rose and bramble family.
- Caber: the long wooden pole thrown in Scottish Highland games.
- Eider: a large sea duck, and the source of eiderdown.
- Elver: a young eel, still thin and almost see-through.
- Esker: a long ridge of gravel left behind by a glacier.
- Gofer: the person who runs errands for everyone else in an office.
- Hewer: someone who cuts, traditionally a cutter of coal or stone.
- Liger: the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Maser: a device that amplifies microwaves, the microwave relative of a laser.
- Oater: a Western film, in American usage.
- Ocher: a yellow-brown earth pigment, spelled ochre in British English.
- Osier: a willow whose bendy shoots are woven into baskets.
- Oxter: the armpit, a word still in daily use in Scotland and Ireland.
- Piker: someone who spends as little as possible, or backs out of a commitment.
- Saber: a curved cavalry sword, spelled sabre in British English.
- Seder: the ritual meal that opens Passover.
- Suber: the cork tissue in the bark of a tree.
- Toper: a heavy and habitual drinker.
- Tuber: a swollen underground stem, the potato being the everyday case.
- Umber: a brown earth pigment, darker than ocher.
- Vomer: a thin bone in the middle of the nose.
- Wooer: a person courting another romantically.
Drop the second letter of the ending and far more words qualify, which is covered in five letter words ending in R.
Five Letter Verbs That End in ER
Fourteen of these words work as verbs in ordinary use.
- Alter: to change something. She altered the hem before the wedding.
- Cater: to supply food, or to serve a particular need. The bakery catered the whole reception.
- Cover: to place something over something else. Cover the dough and leave it an hour.
- Cower: to crouch away from something frightening. The dog cowered at the thunder.
- Defer: to put off, or to yield to someone. They deferred the vote until March.
- Deter: to put someone off doing something. Higher fines deterred late filing.
- Enter: to go in. He entered the room without knocking.
- Hover: to stay in one spot in the air. The kestrel hovered over the verge.
- Infer: to work something out from evidence. From the receipts she inferred the whole plan.
- Layer: to build something up in levels. Layer the potatoes with cream and garlic.
- Lower: to bring something down. They lowered the flag at sunset.
- Offer: to put something forward for acceptance. He offered her the last seat.
- Sever: to cut through completely. The storm severed the cable.
- Utter: to say aloud. She never uttered a word about it.
Are All Five Letter ER Words Nouns
No. The ending does three separate jobs, and telling them apart is the difference between using one of these words correctly and misusing it.
Agent nouns name the person or thing doing an action, built from a verb: BAKER, BUYER, CODER, DIVER, HIKER, MINER, MOVER, OWNER, PAYER, RACER, RIDER, VOTER.
Comparative adjectives set two qualities side by side, built from an adjective: CUTER, FEWER, FREER, NEWER, NICER, OLDER, PALER, PURER, RUDER, SAFER, SANER, SURER, TRUER, WIDER, WISER.
Root words simply end in those two letters, with no suffix involved at all: AFTER, AMBER, CIDER, EMBER, FEVER, ORDER, OTHER, PAPER, TIGER, ULCER, UNDER, WATER.
The trap is treating an agent noun as though it were a verb.
Rower and sewer are verbs meaning to row a boat and to sew fabric. ❌ Rower and sewer are the people who do those jobs, and the verbs are row and sew. ✅
The same holds for BAKER, DIVER and MINER. Each names a person, never an action.
Five Letter Animal Names Ending in ER
Eight animals fit in five letters with an ER ending.
- Tiger: the largest of the big cats, native to Asia.
- Otter: a river or sea mammal with dense fur and webbed feet.
- Viper: a venomous snake with hinged fangs.
- Adder: the common European viper, and Britain’s only venomous snake.
- Eider: a heavy northern sea duck.
- Elver: a young eel on its way upriver.
- Liger: a lion and tiger cross, larger than either parent.
- Boxer: a short-haired working dog of German origin.
Five Letter ER Words With Double Letters
Sixteen of these words repeat a letter, and a repeat is the pattern most players rule out too early.
- ADDER
- CHEER
- FREER
- ILLER
- INNER
- ODDER
- OFFER
- OTTER
- QUEER
- SHEER
- SNEER
- STEER
- UDDER
- UPPER
- UTTER
- WOOER
Eleven of the sixteen double a vowel rather than a consonant, so when a vowel keeps coming back yellow, a repeat is worth trying before another new letter. The same habit pays off on other endings, including five letter words ending in K.
FAQs
Counts differ between dictionaries. Around 400 hold up as recognizable English words, and roughly 220 of those turn up in ordinary reading and speech.
WATER, AFTER, OTHER, ORDER, PAPER, POWER, UNDER, NEVER, LATER and RIVER are the ones that appear most in everyday writing and speech.
No. BAKER and RIDER are nouns built from verbs, WIDER and OLDER are comparative adjectives, and ENTER and HOVER are verbs in their own right. WATER and AMBER end in ER without any suffix at all.
ALTER, CATER, COVER, COWER, DEFER, DETER, ENTER, HOVER, INFER, LAYER, LOWER, OFFER, SEVER and UTTER all work as verbs.
TIGER, OTTER, VIPER, ADDER, EIDER, ELVER, LIGER and BOXER.
ADDER, CHEER, FREER, ILLER, INNER, ODDER, OFFER, OTTER, QUEER, SHEER, SNEER, STEER, UDDER, UPPER, UTTER and WOOER.
HAZER, at 17 points on a plain board. In Words With Friends the winners are JOKER and JIVER at 18, because the J is worth more there.
