5 Letter Words Ending in R
Need five-letter words that end in R? There are 659 valid 5 letter words ending in R, and 161 of them are common everyday words. The most used is their. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter words finder.
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5 letter words ending in R at a glance
- Valid words
- 659
- Common words
- 161
- Most common
- their
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- joker 16 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- wazir 17 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- actor
- The 1st letter is S in 11% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is A in 19% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is T in 15% of common words.
- The 4th letter is E in 65% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in R (161)
The words with 5 letters ending in R you're most likely to know, most used first.
- their8
- other8
- after8
- never8
- under6
- power10
- water8
- later5
- order6
- major14
- clear7
- lower8
- cover10
- super7
- paper9
- offer11
- river8
- floor8
- older6
- color7
- prior7
- owner8
- enter5
- labor7
- upper9
- chair10
- honor8
- sugar6
- actor7
- mayor10
- minor7
- favor11
- error5
- motor7
- solar5
- swear8
- inner5
- tower8
- occur9
- refer8
- anger6
- layer8
- fewer11
- tiger6
- lover8
- outer5
- baker11
- maker11
- fever11
- laser5
- radar6
- humor10
- liver8
- inter5
- voter8
- meter7
- cheer10
- elder6
- fiber10
- alter5
- buyer10
- eager6
- rider6
- loser5
- sheer8
- flour8
- amber9
- armor7
- poker11
- tumor7
- polar7
- sober7
- donor6
- homer10
- choir10
- utter5
- ruler5
- manor7
- altar5
- lunar5
- cedar8
- rover8
- liner5
- boxer14
- joker16
- rumor7
- razor14
- steer5
- spear7
- piper9
- timer7
- tutor5
- decor8
- lever8
- sewer8
- flyer11
- miner7
- cigar8
- vapor10
- cater7
- dryer9
- flair8
- usher8
- cider8
- mixer14
- arbor7
- deter6
- diner6
- mater7
- liter5
- smear7
- racer7
- wager9
- eater5
- rotor5
- diver9
- ether8
- finer8
- shear8
- tenor5
- biker11
- otter5
- vicar10
- viper10
- incur7
- sonar5
- taper7
- saver8
- hover11
- stair5
- taker9
- valor8
- payer10
- mover10
- defer9
- giver9
- skier9
- drier6
- gator6
- saber7
- infer8
- lager6
- sever8
- hater8
- juror12
- wafer11
- rower8
- mower10
- foyer11
- loner5
- rigor6
- roper7
- toner5
- ester5
- fixer15
- friar8
- amour7
- ulcer7
- vigor9
- bower10
- femur10
How to find a five-letter word that ends in an R
Looking for 5 letter words that end with R to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has R in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is INTER, and all you know is that it ends in R, which leaves 161 common words. Open with ACTOR, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: ACTOR T and R are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 7 possible answers.
Guess 2: ENTER N, T, E and R are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: INTER All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final R?
The most common endings are -ER (65%), -OR (19%) and -AR (10%). If you know the last letter is R, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -ER | 105 | other, after, never, under |
| -OR | 30 | major, floor, color, prior |
| -AR | 16 | clear, sugar, solar, swear |
| -IR | 5 | their, chair, choir, flair |
| -UR | 5 | occur, flour, incur, amour |
What the most common ones mean
- other
- adjectivenot the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
- after
- adverbhappening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- never
- adverbnot ever
- under
- adjectivelocated below or beneath something else
- power
- nounpossession of controlling influence
- water
- nounbinary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
- later
- adverbhappening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- order
- noun(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- major
- adjectiveof greater importance or stature or rank
- clear
- verbrid of obstructions
- lower
- verbmove something or somebody to a lower position
- cover
- verbprovide with a covering or cause to be covered
- super
- adjectiveof the highest quality
- paper
- nouna material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- offer
- verbmake available or accessible, provide or furnish
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in R
-ER is the most common ending for 5 letter words that end in R: after, never, water, paper, under. Many are comparatives or nouns for people and things that do something, like owner and maker. -OR (color, honor, labor) and -AR (sugar, radar) are also common. If R is green last, E is the most likely fourth letter, so test it early.
R ranks sixth out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with R
-ER is by far the largest family of R-ending words, with more than a hundred common ones: other and power among them. Many describe people or things that do something, like baker and voter. -OR words include actor, error, favor, humor, major, mayor, minor, motor and rumor. -AR words include solar and swear. -IR words include chair and stair. If R is green last in Wordle, E is the best fourth-spot test by a wide margin. For R at the start, see 5 letter words starting with R.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in R
E is the most common vowel here, appearing in 72% of the common words, followed by O (41%) and A (35%). The least common is U (13%).
1% have just one vowel, like flyer and dryer. At the other end, outer, eager and eater have three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 116 nouns, 23 verbs, 18 adjectives and 3 adverbs.
Nouns include power, water and order. Verbs include clear, lower and cover. Adjectives include other, under and major. Adverbs include after, never and later.
Best Wordle guesses that end in R
Top guesses, with the average number of the 161 common words each leaves: ACTOR (17.6), VALOR (17.7), FAVOR (18.1), SONAR (18.4) and SOLAR (18.5).
34% repeat a letter, and 11 have a double letter, like offer, floor, upper and error.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in R in Scrabble
Top common words: joker (16), fixer (15) and major (14). All valid words: wazir (17), faqir (17) and vizir (17). 19 words reach 15 points or more.
All 659 valid 5 letter words ending in R498 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- peter7
- roger6
- oscar7
- wider9
- tyler8
- safer8
- cyber12
- newer8
- queer14
- hyper13
- nicer7
- gamer8
- weber10
- dover9
- wiser8
- niger6
- starr5
- taser5
- rarer5
- freer8
- fryer11
- molar7
- savor8
- visor8
- alder6
- ember9
- scour7
- truer5
- odour6
- cuter7
- flier8
- tuner5
- duper8
- riser5
- paler7
- briar7
- caper9
- carer7
- comer9
- nadir6
- razer14
- trier5
- laker9
- liber7
- pilar7
- aster5
- faker12
- wiper10
- lazar14
- leper7
- tatar5
- ender6
- hiker12
- tabor7
- auger6
- waver11
- tamer7
- dewar9
- fiver11
- pacer9
- sneer5
- adder7
- coder8
- leger6
- speer7
- poser7
- lidar6
- recur7
- abhor10
- tuber7
- pager8
- luger6
- senor5
- biter7
- tater5
- dinar6
- fader9
- bazar16
- lemur7
- rebar7
- laver8
- miser7
- nazir14
- cower10
- dimer8
- seder6
- anker9
- miler7
- borer7
- purer7
- furor8
- pater7
- jager13
- sayer8
- sager6
- acker11
- ameer7
- augur6
- satyr8
- lifer8
- filer8
- goner6
- geyer9
- rager6
- crier7
- dower9
- sitar5
- taber7
- miter7
- ulnar5
- umber9
- dozer15
- gayer9
- mylar10
- oiler5
- sider6
- soler5
- brier7
- ardor6
- gomer8
- fubar10
- idler6
- rater5
- velar8
- agger7
- tapir7
- udder7
- kafir12
- wazir17
- petar7
- baler7
- viner8
- dolor6
- saner5
- attar5
- liger6
- roker9
- bluer7
- haver11
- iftar8
- stour5
- waker12
- fluor8
- raver8
- sieur5
- surer5
- antar5
- fakir12
- lamer7
- sower8
- baser7
- doner6
- owler8
- kefir12
- ruder6
- maser7
- eider6
- sefer8
- siler5
- hider9
- odder7
- spoor7
- asker9
- makar11
- malar7
- aimer7
- paver10
- sixer12
- apgar8
- egger7
- ocher10
- saker9
- whirr11
- yager9
- emmer9
- titer5
- fifer11
- huger9
- damar8
- dater6
- minar7
- debar8
- gazer15
- mazer16
- riper7
- aider6
- sizer14
- hiver11
- moder8
- bever10
- boyar10
- caber9
- charr10
- edger7
- hewer11
- hilar8
- tiler5
- fleer8
- hirer8
- sabir7
- sofar8
- asper7
- raker9
- doper8
- spier7
- armer7
- payor10
- siver8
- wader9
- segar6
- caner7
- dicer8
- macer9
- ricer7
- apter7
- hoser8
- loper7
- demur8
- volar8
- aesir5
- caver10
- liker9
- frier8
- ocker11
- esker9
- gular6
- rimer7
- shyer11
- toker9
- ichor10
- inker9
- piker11
- gofer9
- laxer12
- namer7
- facer10
- plier7
- barer7
- iller5
- rawer8
- suber7
- kesar9
- astir5
- heder9
- ither8
- koker13
- lobar7
- noser5
- regar6
- corer7
- lahar8
- bolar7
- moner7
- oller5
- firer8
- talar5
- tolar5
- eggar7
- jowar15
- kabar11
- parer7
- sawer8
- cager8
- lader6
- osier5
- jagir13
- hoper10
- taler5
- waxer15
- achar10
- gater6
- ofter8
- drear6
- gobar8
- niter5
- shier8
- vomer10
- mucor9
- cuber9
- embar9
- honer8
- simar7
- sutor5
- faqir17
- lawer8
- pryer10
- sorer5
- coper9
- easer5
- cyder11
- elver8
- zoner14
- muter7
- muser7
- speir7
- ceder8
- stear5
- breer7
- sopor7
- hexer15
- hayer11
- yoker12
- abler7
- navar8
- invar8
- viler8
- noter5
- shiur8
- gager7
- ormer7
- ottar5
- puker11
- serer5
- bevor10
- denar6
- doser6
- farer8
- gaper8
- prier7
- viver11
- haler8
- vizir17
- biner7
- faver11
- fayer11
- filar8
- wooer8
- feyer11
- kiter9
- vizor17
- icier7
- belar7
- gnarr6
- sizar14
- toper7
- hazer17
- livor8
- waler8
- algor6
- curer7
- gluer6
- lacer7
- toter5
- slier5
- coyer10
- diker10
- mimer9
- musar7
- unbar7
- direr6
- raser5
- sapor7
- luter5
- quair14
- airer5
- abear7
- afear8
- aiver8
- anear5
- arear5
- aurar5
- awner8
- begar8
- bider8
- blaer7
- blear7
- chirr10
- churr10
- cimar9
- citer7
- clour7
- cooer7
- cruor7
- cymar12
- daker10
- darer6
- dazer15
- deair6
- debur8
- doter6
- douar6
- dowar9
- emeer7
- ephor10
- escar7
- eskar9
- eyrir8
- ferer8
- fetor8
- feuar8
- flurr8
- fouer8
- fumer10
- gazar15
- gebur8
- giber8
- glair6
- glaur6
- goier6
- hepar10
- icker11
- imbar9
- japer14
- jiber14
- jiver15
- jumar14
- kebar11
- knaur9
- knurr9
- leear5
- lurer5
- luser5
- maror7
- merer7
- mhorr10
- milor7
- mohur10
- moper9
- mudir8
- nagor6
- naker9
- neper7
- nidor6
- nixer12
- nuder6
- oaker9
- oater5
- ogler6
- omber9
- oncer7
- opter7
- oxter12
- pawer10
- pheer10
- piler7
- plyer10
- poler7
- porer7
- pucer9
- pudor8
- puler7
- regur6
- rifer8
- ryper10
- saser5
- scaur7
- sewar8
- sexer12
- shirr8
- shoer8
- siker9
- skear9
- skeer9
- skirr9
- skyer12
- sleer5
- slyer8
- smirr7
- smoor7
- soger6
- sohur8
- sowar8
- spaer7
- spuer7
- stoor5
- sudor6
- suhur8
- sweer8
- sweir8
- syker12
- symar10
- syver11
- tasar5
- taver8
- tawer8
- taxer12
- taxor12
- toyer8
- trior5
- tryer8
- tubar7
- tuyer8
- tweer8
- twier8
- twoer8
- twyer11
- upter7
- urger6
- vexer15
- vezir17
- vower11
- whaur11
- whear11
- wirer8
- wiver11
- wrier8
- wryer11
- yarer8
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in R are there?
659 valid words; 161 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in an R?
The most common is their. Other everyday examples are other, after and never.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in R?
actor, leaving about 17.6 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in R scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, joker scores 16 points. Among all valid words, wazir scores 17.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in R?
S is the most common first letter for these words (17 of the common words). Examples: super, sugar, solar and swear.
Do more 5 letter words end with R or start with R?
659 valid 5 letter words end with R, compared with 609 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with R.
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