5-Letter Words Ending in R

Quick answer: There are 523 valid words that are five letters long and end in R in the ENABLE word list this tool uses. Type your letters into the Word Unscrambler to find the ones your rack can actually play.

Top-Scoring Plays

Base Scrabble tile scores, before board premiums — the highest-value words that are five letters long and end in R.

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, baker, baler, barer, baser, bazar, bevor, bider, biker, biter, blear, bluer, bolar, boner, borer, bower, boxer, boyar, briar, brier, buyer, 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, 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, eager, eater, edger, eggar, egger, eider, elder, elver, embar, ember, emeer, emmer, ender, enter, ephor, error, escar, eskar, esker, ester, ether, eyrir, 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, gager, gamer, gaper, gator, gayer, gazar, gazer, giber, giver, glair, gluer, gnarr, gofer, goner, gular, haler, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heder, hewer, hexer, hider, hiker, hilar, hirer, homer, honer, honor, hoper, hover, huger, humor, hyper, ichor, icier, icker, idler, iller, incur, infer, inker, inner, inter, invar, ither, jager, japer, jiber, jiver, joker, jowar, juror, kabar, kafir, kebar, kefir, kiter, knaur, 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, 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, nadir, namer, navar, never, newer, nicer, niter, noter, nuder, oater, occur, ocher, ocker, odder, odour, offer, ofter, ogler, oiler, older, omber, order, ormer, osier, other, ottar, otter, outer, owner, oxter, 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, queer, 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, 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, taber, tabor, taker, talar, taler, tamer, taper, tapir, tatar, tater, tawer, taxer, tenor, their, tiger, tiler, timer, titer, toker, toner, toper, toter, tower, toyer, trier, truer, tuber, tumor, tuner, tutor, tuyer, twier, twyer, udder, ulcer, ulnar, umber, unbar, under, upper, urger, usher, utter, valor, vapor, velar, vexer, vicar, vigor, viler, viper, visor, vizir, vizor, volar, vomer, voter, vower, wader, wafer, wager, waker, waler, water, waver, waxer, weber, whirr, wider, wiper, wirer, wiser, wiver, wooer, wrier, wryer, yager, yarer, zoner

Game Strategy

-ER endings dominate this list (OTHER, TIGER, RIVER, POWER), so once you have confirmed the R, focus your guesses on the vowel in position two and the consonants before it.

Going Deeper

A final R usually signals one of two structures: an -ER agent/comparative ending (FEWER, LATER, ELDER, BOXER) or a root word ending in R (SUGAR, SOLAR, LUNAR, ODOUR). Because -ER is so frequent, the letters just before it carry the information — test common pre-R vowels and the L, V, W and G that often precede it. Enter your greens and yellows in the unscrambler, set length 5, and filter ends-with R.

How to Use

1. Open the Word Unscrambler
2. Type your available letters (use ? or * for blank tiles)
3. Apply the starts-with, ends-with, or contains filter to match this pattern
4. Results appear grouped by length, sorted by Scrabble score

More 5-Letter Word Lists

How many 5-letter words end in R?

The ENABLE word list has 523 five-letter words ending in R, a large group dominated by -ER forms. That makes a final R a common and useful Wordle pattern to recognise, though it narrows the field less than a rarer ending would. This page lists them all so you can scan for the shape you need. Feed your greens and yellows to the unscrambler to shorten the list.

What's a good strategy when a Wordle ends in R?

The strategy for a Wordle ending in R is to assume an -ER ending first, then spend your guesses on the first three letters. -ER covers agent nouns and comparatives alike, so it is by far the likeliest structure. Test the vowels and the L, V, W and G that most often sit just before an -ER. If two guesses fail to produce a yellow in the first three positions, switch to the root-word family instead: SUGAR, SOLAR, LUNAR and ODOUR.

What kinds of five-letter words end in R?

Five-letter words ending in R split into two families: -ER agent nouns and comparatives (BAKER, BOXER, FEWER, LATER, ELDER) and root words that simply end in R (SUGAR, SOLAR, LUNAR, VAPOR, TUDOR). The -ER family is much the larger of the two and is fully productive, since almost any short verb or adjective can take the suffix. The root family is fixed and small enough to skim. Knowing which family you are in tells you where to spend your next guess.

Is R a good letter to test early in Wordle?

R is one of the strongest letters to test early, because it is among the most frequent consonants in five-letter words and appears in every position. Openers such as CRANE, STARE and ROAST all probe it while covering common vowels. Confirming R in the last slot is useful, but confirming its absence is nearly as valuable given how many candidates it removes. Either result moves you forward, which is what makes it a good early guess.

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