7-letter words with E as the 1st letter and R as the 5th letter

This pattern locks E into the opening slot and R into the fifth, leaving only four positions to solve. Entries range from everyday words such as entered and efforts to less familiar options such as equerry and emporia. Twenty are among the most common English words, so the matches mix practical guesses with deeper game vocabulary.

7-letter words with E first and R fifth at a glance

• There are 96 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• Entered, efforts, and experts are recognizable examples.
• The most frequent final letter is S, appearing in 36 matches.
• Equerry leads the listed tile scores at 19 points.

Which endings appear most often?

S is the clear ending leader: 36 words finish with it, including efforts, experts, exports, and ensures. E is next with 13, while D closes 12. If the final square is still unknown, an S-ending candidate is the strongest place to start.

Only six matches end in R, compared with 36 ending in S. Other endings are less common still: N appears five times, C and L four times each, and M three times. That uneven spread makes the last letter a useful extra filter after you place E and R.

Which matches score well, and where are they valid?

Equerry scores 19 points on the listed tile values, followed by excerpt at 18. Expired, exhorts, and expurge each score 17; experts, exports, and expires each score 16. The average score is 11.2, so the top scorers stand well above the typical match.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 95 matches, NWL2023 includes 67, and ENABLE includes 63. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together. Twenty entries are common, and 79 have definitions.

Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar candidate such as expurge.