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Five-letter words ending in ER

362 words, number 1 of 285 two-letter endings

Every five-letter word in ENABLE (a public-domain Scrabble-style list, not any game’s answer list) that ends in ER, slurs removed, common words first. 155 of the 362 are common in English dictionaries (the SCOWL grade), which says nothing about any puzzle’s answer. The letter just before ER is most often TER (39), DER (26), VER (26).

Type a letter twice (EE) to require two copies.

Open the finder with ER in the last two spotsfor yellow and grey letters, or letters in other spots

362 of 362 words shown

Common 155 words, in SCOWL’s small dictionary sizes (35 or less)

  • abler
  • after
  • alter
  • amber
  • anger
  • apter
  • baker
  • barer
  • baser
  • bluer
  • boxer
  • buyer
  • caper
  • cater
  • cheer
  • cider
  • cover
  • cower
  • coyer
  • cuter
  • defer
  • deter
  • dimer
  • diner
  • direr
  • diver
  • drier
  • dryer
  • eager
  • eater
  • edger
  • elder
  • ember
  • enter
  • ether
  • fever
  • fewer
  • fiber
  • finer
  • fiver
  • flier
  • flyer
  • foyer
  • freer
  • gamer
  • gayer
  • goner
  • haler
  • hiker
  • hover
  • huger
  • icier
  • idler
  • infer
  • inner
  • inter
  • joker
  • lager
  • lamer
  • laser
  • later
  • laxer
  • layer
  • leper
  • lever
  • liker
  • liner
  • liter
  • liver
  • loser
  • lover
  • lower
  • maker
  • meter
  • miner
  • miser
  • mixer
  • mover
  • mower
  • muter
  • never
  • newer
  • nicer
  • nuder
  • odder
  • offer
  • older
  • order
  • other
  • otter
  • outer
  • owner
  • pager
  • paler
  • paper
  • payer
  • peter
  • poker
  • power
  • purer
  • queer
  • racer
  • rarer
  • rawer
  • refer
  • rider
  • rifer
  • riper
  • riser
  • river
  • ruder
  • ruler
  • saber
  • safer
  • sager
  • saner
  • saver
  • sever
  • sewer
  • sheer
  • shyer
  • sizer
  • slier
  • slyer
  • sneer
  • sober
  • sorer
  • steer
  • super
  • surer
  • taker
  • tamer
  • taper
  • tiger
  • timer
  • tower
  • truer
  • tuner
  • udder
  • ulcer
  • under
  • upper
  • usher
  • utter
  • viler
  • viper
  • voter
  • wafer
  • wager
  • water
  • waver
  • wider
  • wiper
  • wiser
  • wryer

Everyday 44 words, SCOWL sizes 40-50

  • adder
  • alder
  • aster
  • auger
  • biker
  • boner
  • borer
  • bower
  • brier
  • comer
  • crier
  • curer
  • eider
  • ester
  • faker
  • fixer
  • fryer
  • gazer
  • gofer
  • hater
  • hewer
  • homer
  • hyper
  • lifer
  • loner
  • miler
  • miter
  • niter
  • ocher
  • osier
  • piker
  • piper
  • poser
  • roger
  • rover
  • rower
  • serer
  • skier
  • sower
  • toner
  • tuber
  • umber
  • wader
  • wooer

Less common 94 words, SCOWL sizes 55-70

  • agger
  • aider
  • asker
  • asper
  • baler
  • biter
  • caber
  • cager
  • caner
  • carer
  • caver
  • ceder
  • coder
  • coper
  • corer
  • cuber
  • darer
  • dater
  • dicer
  • doper
  • doter
  • dower
  • dozer
  • duper
  • egger
  • elver
  • emmer
  • esker
  • facer
  • fader
  • farer
  • fifer
  • filer
  • firer
  • fleer
  • giber
  • giver
  • haver
  • hazer
  • heder
  • hexer
  • hider
  • hirer
  • honer
  • japer
  • jiver
  • lacer
  • laker
  • laver
  • liber
  • liger
  • loper
  • maser
  • mater
  • mazer
  • mimer
  • moper
  • muser
  • namer
  • ocker
  • ogler
  • oiler
  • omber
  • pacer
  • parer
  • plier
  • poler
  • prier
  • puler
  • raker
  • raper
  • rater
  • raver
  • ricer
  • roper
  • saker
  • sawer
  • sayer
  • shier
  • shoer
  • spier
  • taler
  • tater
  • taxer
  • tiler
  • titer
  • toper
  • toter
  • trier
  • urger
  • vomer
  • vower
  • weber
  • wirer

Rare 69 words, SCOWL sizes 80-95, or not in SCOWL

  • aimer
  • airer
  • aiver
  • ameer
  • armer
  • bider
  • citer
  • cooer
  • cyder
  • diker
  • doser
  • emeer
  • ender
  • feyer
  • frier
  • fumer
  • gager
  • gaper
  • gluer
  • hayer
  • hoper
  • icker
  • iller
  • inker
  • ither
  • jager
  • jiber
  • kiter
  • lader
  • leger
  • luger
  • lurer
  • macer
  • merer
  • noter
  • oater
  • ofter
  • ormer
  • oxter
  • pater
  • paver
  • pawer
  • plyer
  • pryer
  • raser
  • razer
  • rimer
  • seder
  • siker
  • siver
  • speer
  • suber
  • sweer
  • taber
  • tawer
  • toker
  • toyer
  • tuyer
  • twier
  • twyer
  • vexer
  • waker
  • waler
  • waxer
  • wiver
  • wrier
  • yager
  • yarer
  • zoner

0 inflected forms: no word ending in ER is a plural or an -s, -es or -ed form under the rule on the word-list index, because that rule only ever catches words ending in S or D.