5-letter words with E as the 4th letter and R as the 5th letter

5-letter words with E 4th and R 5th total 442, including 141 Wordle answers and standout Scrabble scorer HAZER at 17 points.

442 wordsTop pick OTHERHighest score HAZER 17

115 of 442 are everyday words (26%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

4th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
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Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With E in 4th place, S is the most common 5th letter (719 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 115 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 115 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 442

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ABLER₇
ACKER₁₁
ADDER₇
AFTER₈
AGGER₇
AIDER₆
AIMER₇
AIRER₅
AIVER₈
ALDER₆
ALTER₅
AMBER₉
AMEER₇
ANGER₆
ANKER₉
APTER₇
ARMER₇
ASKER₉
ASPER₇
ASTER₅
AUGER₆
AWNER₈
BAKER₁₁
BALER₇
BARER₇
BASER₇
BAYER₁₀
BEVER₁₀
BIDER₈
BIKER₁₁
BINER₇
BITER₇
BLAER₇
BLUER₇
BONER₇
BORER₇
BOWER₁₀
BOXER₁₄
BREER₇
BRIER₇
BUYER₁₀
CABER₉
CAGER₈
CANER₇
CAPER₉
CARER₇
CATER₇
CAVER₁₀
CEDER₈
CHEER₁₀
CIDER₈
CITER₇
CODER₈
COMER₉
COOER₇
COPER₉
CORER₇
COVER₁₀
COWER₁₀
COYER₁₀
CRIER₇
CRYER₁₀
CUBER₉
CURER₇
CUTER₇
CYBER₁₂
CYDER₁₁
DAKER₁₀
DARER₆
DATER₆
DAZER₁₅
DEFER₉
DETER₆
DICER₈
DIKER₁₀
DIMER₈
DINER₆
DIRER₆
DIVER₉
DONER₆
DOPER₈
DOSER₆
DOTER₆
DOVER₉
DOWER₉
DOZER₁₅
DRIER₆
DRYER₉
DUPER₈
EAGER₆
EASER₅
EATER₅
EDGER₇
EGGER₇
EIDER₆
ELDER₆
ELVER₈
EMBER₉
EMEER₇
EMMER₉
ENDER₆
ENTER₅
ESKER₉
ESTER₅
ETHER₈
FACER₁₀
FADER₉
FAKER₁₂
FARER₈
FAVER₁₁
FAYER₁₁
FERER₈
FEVER₁₁
FEWER₁₁
FEYER₁₁
FIBER₁₀
FIFER₁₁
FILER₈
FINER₈
FIRER₈
FIVER₁₁
FIXER₁₅
FLEER₈
FLIER₈
FLYER₁₁
FOUER₈
FOYER₁₁
FREER₈
FRIER₈
FRYER₁₁
FUMER₁₀
GAGER₇
GAMER₈
GAPER₈
GATER₆
GAYER₉
GAZER₁₅
GEYER₉
GIBER₈
GIVER₉
GLUER₆
GOFER₉
GOIER₆
GOMER₈
GONER₆
HALER₈
HATER₈
HAVER₁₁
HAYER₁₁
HAZER₁₇
HEDER₉
HEWER₁₁
HEXER₁₅
HIDER₉
HIKER₁₂
HIRER₈
HIVER₁₁
HOMER₁₀
HONER₈
HOPER₁₀
HOSER₈
HOVER₁₁
HUGER₉
HYPER₁₃
ICIER₇
ICKER₁₁
IDLER₆
ILLER₅
INFER₈
INKER₉
INNER₅
INTER₅
ITHER₈
JAGER₁₃
JAKER₁₆
JAPER₁₄
JIBER₁₄
JIVER₁₅
JOKER₁₆
KEYER₁₂
KITER₉
KOKER₁₃
LACER₇
LADER₆
LAGER₆
LAKER₉
LAMER₇
LASER₅
LATER₅
LAVER₈
LAWER₈
LAXER₁₂
LAYER₈
LEGER₆
LEPER₇
LEVER₈
LIBER₇
LIFER₈
LIGER₆
LIKER₉
LINER₅
LITER₅
LIVER₈
LONER₅
LOPER₇
LOSER₅
LOVER₈
LOWER₈
LUGER₆
LURER₅
LUSER₅
LUTER₅
LUXER₁₂
MACER₉
MAKER₁₁
MASER₇
MATER₇
MAZER₁₆
MERER₇
METER₇
MILER₇
MIMER₉
MINER₇
MISER₇
MITER₇
MIXER₁₄
MODER₈
MONER₇
MOPER₉
MOVER₁₀
MOWER₁₀
MUSER₇
MUTER₇
NAKER₉
NAMER₇
NEPER₇
NEVER₈
NEWER₈
NICER₇
NIGER₆
NINER₅
NITER₅
NIXER₁₂
NOSER₅
NOTER₅
NUDER₆
OAKER₉
OATER₅
OCHER₁₀
OCKER₁₁
ODDER₇
OFFER₁₁
OFTER₈
OGLER₆
OILER₅
OLDER₆
OLLER₅
OMBER₉
ONCER₇
OPTER₇
ORDER₆
ORMER₇
OSIER₅
OTHER₈
OTTER₅
OUTER₅
OWLER₈
OWNER₈
OXTER₁₂
PACER₉
PAGER₈
PALER₇
PAPER₉
PARER₇
PATER₇
PAVER₁₀
PAWER₁₀
PAYER₁₀
PETER₇
PHEER₁₀
PIKER₁₁
PILER₇
PIPER₉
PLIER₇
PLYER₁₀
POKER₁₁
POLER₇
PORER₇
POSER₇
POWER₁₀
PRIER₇
PRYER₁₀
PUCER₉
PUKER₁₁
PULER₇
PURER₇
QUEER₁₄
RACER₇
RAGER₆
RAKER₉
RAPER₇
RARER₅
RASER₅
RATER₅
RAVER₈
RAWER₈
RAZER₁₄
REFER₈
RICER₇
RIDER₆
RIFER₈
RIMER₇
RIPER₇
RISER₅
RIVER₈
ROGER₆
ROKER₉
ROPER₇
ROVER₈
ROWER₈
RUDER₆
RULER₅
RYPER₁₀
SABER₇
SAFER₈
SAGER₆
SAKER₉
SANER₅
SASER₅
SAVER₈
SAWER₈
SAYER₈
SEDER₆
SEFER₈
SERER₅
SEVER₈
SEWER₈
SEXER₁₂
SHEER₈
SHIER₈
SHOER₈
SHYER₁₁
SIDER₆
SIKER₉
SILER₅
SIVER₈
SIXER₁₂
SIZER₁₄
SKEER₉
SKIER₉
SKYER₁₂
SLEER₅
SLIER₅
SLYER₈
SNEER₅
SOBER₇
SOGER₆
SOLER₅
SORER₅
SOWER₈
SPAER₇
SPEER₇
SPIER₇
SPUER₇
STEER₅
SUBER₇
SUPER₇
SURER₅
SWEER₈
SYKER₁₂
SYVER₁₁
TABER₇
TAKER₉
TALER₅
TAMER₇
TAPER₇
TASER₅
TATER₅
TAVER₈
TAWER₈
TAXER₁₂
TIGER₆
TILER₅
TIMER₇
TITER₅
TOKER₉
TONER₅
TOPER₇
TOTER₅
TOWER₈
TOYER₈
TRIER₅
TRUER₅
TRYER₈
TUBER₇
TUNER₅
TUYER₈
TWEER₈
TWIER₈
TWOER₈
TWYER₁₁
TYLER₈
UDDER₇
ULCER₇
UMBER₉
UNDER₆
UPPER₉
UPTER₇
URGER₆
USHER₈
UTTER₅
VAPER₁₀
VEXER₁₅
VILER₈
VINER₈
VIPER₁₀
VIVER₁₁
VOMER₁₀
VOTER₈
VOWER₁₁
WADER₉
WAFER₁₁
WAGER₉
WAKER₁₂
WALER₈
WATER₈
WAVER₁₁
WAXER₁₅
WEBER₁₀
WIDER₉
WIPER₁₀
WIRER₈
WISER₈
WIVER₁₁
WOKER₁₂
WOOER₈
WRIER₈
WRYER₁₁
YAGER₉
YARER₈
YOKER₁₂
ZONER₁₄

Letters by positionIn 24% of these words the 2nd letter is A.

1st letter

S11%
L7%
T7%

2nd letter

A24%
I18%
O16%

3rd letter

T10%
K8%
V7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; HAZER tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 56 words
6 points: 43 words
77 points: 91 words
8 points: 93 words
99 points: 52 words
10 points: 33 words
1111 points: 35 words
12 points: 16 words
1313 points: 3 words
14 points: 8 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 3 words
1717 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
HAZER	17	16	All three
JOKER	16	18	All three
MAZER	16	17	All three
JAKER	16	18	NWL only
FIXER	15	15	All three
DOZER	15	15	All three
GAZER	15	16	All three
WAXER	15	15	All three
HEXER	15	14	All three
JIVER	15	18	All three
VEXER	15	16	All three
DAZER	15	15	Collins only

The ending is always ER, but the opening varies: S leads with 48 matches, while L and T each begin 31. Of the 442 matches, 115 count as common under our frequency threshold. The group also has 141 Wordle answers, so it serves both clue-solving and game-specific filtering; those groups overlap, but they are not interchangeable.

At a glance: ER words, answers and scores

All 442 matches have E in position four and R in position five.
The pattern contains 141 Wordle answers and 115 words classed as common.
S is the leading first letter at 48; L and T each start 31 matches.
HAZER scores 17 points, ahead of JOKER and MAZER at 16 each.

How does the pattern narrow your guesses?

All 442 candidates share the final two letters, but the first three positions still separate them. S is the most frequent opener at 48; L and T tie at 31, while P has 27. That makes an S-starting pattern a stronger first branch than any other single initial in the leading counts.

Compare nearby patterns: E in fourth and S last has 719 matches, while E in fourth and R last has 442. Familiar examples include OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER, POWER, and WATER. When both final squares are known, use the remaining three slots to test letters rather than rechecking the fixed ER; other opening letters remain possible, and the leading counts show frequent starts, not every initial.

Which matches score highest, and what is the limit?

Wordle players get 141 answers in this pattern, not all 442 candidates. The distinction matters: a word accepted as a guess is not automatically an answer, and the answer subset is smaller than the full word-game pool. The common-word figure is also only 115, so less familiar candidates are part of the search.

HAZER scores 17 points before any board-square premium; JOKER and MAZER score 16 each. A double-word or triple-letter square changes the result. For 5-letter words with E 4th and R 5th, treat the fixed suffix as a filter, not proof that every candidate suits every game's dictionary, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

What are some common 5-letter words with E fourth and R fifth?

OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER, POWER, WATER, LATER, ORDER, LOWER, and COVER are recognizable matches. The full group has 442 entries, but only 115 meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so expect less familiar options too.

How many Wordle answers have E fourth and R fifth?

There are 141 Wordle answers with E in the fourth position and R in the fifth. That is a subset of the 442 matching words, so a candidate that fits the letter pattern is not necessarily an answer.

Which 5-letter word with E fourth and R fifth scores highest?

HAZER is the top-scoring example at 17 points. JOKER and MAZER each score 16. These are letter-score totals before board-square premiums, which can raise a play's total.

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