584 words close in ER, which is more room than a locked last square usually leaves. AFTER, AIDER, ALTER come first, and 141 can still be the answer.
The green marks pick out the 141 words here that could still be the solution.
Best First Guesses
With 584 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.
- ALTER: takes 584 down to 281 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- LATER: down to 281. It is on the answer list.
- LASER: down to 294.
What These Words Have in Common
The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (168), I (134) and O (127). Roughly one word in six here is everyday English, 59 of the 584. Build a guess from the common letters rather than the unusual words.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in ER
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- AFTER
- AIDER
- ALTER
- AMBER
- ANGER
- BAKER
- BALER
- BLUER
- BOXER
- BUYER
- CAPER
- CATER
- CHEER
- CIDER
- CORER
- COVER
- COWER
- CRIER
- CYBER
- DEFER
- DETER
- DINER
- DIVER
- DRIER
- DRYER
- EAGER
- EATER
- ELDER
- EMBER
- ENTER
- ESTER
- ETHER
- FEVER
- FEWER
- FIBER
- FILER
- FINER
- FIXER
- FLIER
- FLYER
- FOYER
- FREER
- GAMER
- GAYER
- GAZER
- GIVER
- GONER
- HATER
- HOMER
- HOVER
- HYPER
- IDLER
- INFER
- INNER
- INTER
- JOKER
- LAGER
- LATER
- LAYER
- LEPER
- LEVER
- LINER
- LIVER
- LOSER
- LOVER
- LOWER
- MAKER
- METER
- MINER
- MISER
- MOVER
- MOWER
- NEVER
- NEWER
- NICER
- ODDER
- OFFER
- OLDER
- ORDER
- OTHER
- OTTER
- OUTER
- OWNER
- PALER
- PAPER
- PARER
- PAYER
- PIPER
- PLIER
- POKER
- POSER
- POWER
- PURER
- QUEER
- RACER
- RARER
- REFER
- RIDER
- RIPER
- RISER
- RIVER
- ROGER
- ROVER
- ROWER
- RUDER
- RULER
- SAFER
- SANER
- SEVER
- SEWER
- SHEER
- SKIER
- SNEER
- SOBER
- SOWER
- STEER
- SUPER
- SURER
- TAKER
- TAMER
- TAPER
- TIGER
- TIMER
- TOWER
- TRUER
- TUBER
- UDDER
- ULCER
- UNDER
- UPPER
- USHER
- UTTER
- VIPER
- VOTER
- WAFER
- WAGER
- WATER
- WAVER
- WIDER
- WISER
- WOOER
- DOVER
- LASER
- MIXER
- NIGER
- PETER
- SAVER
- TONER
- TUNER
- TYLER
5 Letter Words Ending in ER by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with A and Ending in ER
- AFTER
- AIDER
- ALTER
- AMBER
- ANGER
- ABEER
- ABLER
- ABNER
- ACHER
- ACIER
- ACKER
- ADDER
- ADZER
- AEGER
- AGGER
- AIGER
- AIMER
- AIRER
- AIVER
- AKKER
- ALDER
- ALLER
- AMEER
- AMMER
- AMPER
- ANKER
- ANSER
- APTER
- ARBER
- ARDER
- ARMER
- ARTER
- ASHER
- ASKER
- ASPER
- ASTER
- ATTER
- AUGER
- AWBER
- AWNER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in ER
- BAKER
- BALER
- BLUER
- BOXER
- BUYER
- BARER
- BASER
- BATER
- BAYER
- BEVER
- BIDER
- BIFER
- BIKER
- BINER
- BITER
- BLAER
- BLIER
- BODER
- BONER
- BORER
- BOSER
- BOWER
- BOYER
- BREER
- BRIER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in ER
- CAPER
- CATER
- CHEER
- CIDER
- CORER
- COVER
- COWER
- CRIER
- CYBER
- CABER
- CADER
- CAGER
- CAKER
- CANER
- CARER
- CASER
- CAVER
- CEDER
- CERER
- CICER
- CITER
- CLYER
- CODER
- COKER
- COMER
- CONER
- COOER
- COPER
- COYER
- CRYER
- CUBER
- CURER
- CUTER
- CYDER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with D and Ending in ER
- DEFER
- DETER
- DINER
- DIVER
- DRIER
- DRYER
- DOVER
- DAKER
- DALER
- DARER
- DATER
- DAVER
- DAZER
- DEWER
- DICER
- DIKER
- DIMER
- DIRER
- DITER
- DOMER
- DONER
- DOPER
- DOSER
- DOTER
- DOWER
- DOZER
- DREER
- DULER
- DUPER
- DYKER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D
5 Letter Words Starting with E and Ending in ER
- EAGER
- EATER
- ELDER
- EMBER
- ENTER
- ESTER
- ETHER
- EASER
- EAVER
- EDDER
- EDGER
- EELER
- EEVER
- EFFER
- EGGER
- EIDER
- EIMER
- ELMER
- ELVER
- EMEER
- EMMER
- ENDER
- ESKER
- EULER
- EWDER
- EXIER
- EXTER
- EYRER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with E
5 Letter Words Starting with F and Ending in ER
- FEVER
- FEWER
- FIBER
- FILER
- FINER
- FIXER
- FLIER
- FLYER
- FOYER
- FREER
- FACER
- FADER
- FAGER
- FAKER
- FARER
- FAVER
- FAYER
- FERER
- FEYER
- FHRER
- FIFER
- FIRER
- FIVER
- FLEER
- FLUER
- FODER
- FOUER
- FOXER
- FRIER
- FRYER
- FUDER
- FUMER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with F
5 Letter Words Starting with G and Ending in ER
- GAMER
- GAYER
- GAZER
- GIVER
- GONER
- GADER
- GAGER
- GAPER
- GATER
- GEYER
- GIBER
- GIHER
- GLUER
- GOFER
- GOIER
- GOMER
- GORER
- GOTER
- GUSER
- GUYER
- GYVER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G
5 Letter Words Starting with H and Ending in ER
- HATER
- HOMER
- HOVER
- HYPER
- HALER
- HAVER
- HAWER
- HAYER
- HAZER
- HEDER
- HEWER
- HEXER
- HIDER
- HIKER
- HIPER
- HIRER
- HIVER
- HOKER
- HOLER
- HONER
- HOPER
- HOSER
- HUGER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H
5 Letter Words Starting with I and Ending in ER
- IDLER
- INFER
- INNER
- INTER
- ICIER
- ICKER
- ILLER
- IMBER
- IMPER
- INGER
- INKER
- INVER
- ITHER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with I
5 Letter Words Starting with J and Ending in ER
- JOKER
- JAGER
- JAKER
- JAPER
- JAVER
- JIBER
- JIVER
- JOWER
- JUGER
5 Letter Words Starting with K and Ending in ER
- KASER
- KAVER
- KEVER
- KEYER
- KHEER
- KHMER
- KITER
- KIVER
- KOKER
5 Letter Words Starting with L and Ending in ER
- LAGER
- LATER
- LAYER
- LEPER
- LEVER
- LINER
- LIVER
- LOSER
- LOVER
- LOWER
- LASER
- LACER
- LADER
- LAKER
- LAMER
- LAVER
- LAWER
- LAXER
- LEGER
- LIBER
- LIFER
- LIGER
- LIKER
- LIMER
- LITER
- LONER
- LOPER
- LUGER
- LURER
- LUSER
- LUTER
- LUXER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in ER
- MAKER
- METER
- MINER
- MISER
- MOVER
- MOWER
- MIXER
- MACER
- MASER
- MATER
- MAYER
- MAZER
- MERER
- MEWER
- MIDER
- MILER
- MIMER
- MITER
- MODER
- MOIER
- MOKER
- MOLER
- MONER
- MOPER
- MOTER
- MSTER
- MTIER
- MUSER
- MUTER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with N and Ending in ER
- NEVER
- NEWER
- NICER
- NIGER
- NAKER
- NAMER
- NEGER
- NEPER
- NETER
- NINER
- NITER
- NIXER
- NOSER
- NOTER
- NUDER
5 Letter Words Starting with O and Ending in ER
- ODDER
- OFFER
- OLDER
- ORDER
- OTHER
- OTTER
- OUTER
- OWNER
- OAKER
- OARER
- OATER
- OCHER
- OCKER
- OFTER
- OGLER
- OILER
- OLLER
- OMBER
- ONCER
- ONKER
- OPTER
- ORMER
- OSIER
- OWLER
- OWSER
- OXTER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with O
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in ER
- PALER
- PAPER
- PARER
- PAYER
- PIPER
- PLIER
- POKER
- POSER
- POWER
- PURER
- PETER
- PACER
- PAGER
- PATER
- PAVER
- PAWER
- PHEER
- PIKER
- PILER
- PINER
- PIZER
- PLYER
- POLER
- PORER
- POTER
- PRIER
- PRYER
- PUCER
- PUKER
- PULER
- PUTER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in ER
- RACER
- RARER
- REFER
- RIDER
- RIPER
- RISER
- RIVER
- ROGER
- ROVER
- ROWER
- RUDER
- RULER
- RAGER
- RAKER
- RAPER
- RASER
- RATER
- RAVER
- RAWER
- RAZER
- REVER
- RICER
- RIFER
- RIMER
- ROBER
- ROKER
- ROMER
- ROPER
- ROTER
- RUNER
- RYDER
- RYMER
- RYPER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in ER
- SAFER
- SANER
- SEVER
- SEWER
- SHEER
- SKIER
- SNEER
- SOBER
- SOWER
- STEER
- SUPER
- SURER
- SAVER
- SABER
- SAGER
- SAKER
- SASER
- SATER
- SAWER
- SAYER
- SCLER
- SEDER
- SEFER
- SEKER
- SERER
- SETER
- SEXER
- SHIER
- SHOER
- SHYER
- SICER
- SIDER
- SIKER
- SILER
- SIPER
- SIVER
- SIXER
- SIZER
- SKEER
- SKYER
- SLEER
- SLIER
- SLUER
- SLYER
- SMEER
- SOFER
- SOGER
- SOLER
- SORER
- SOTER
- SPAER
- SPEER
- SPIER
- SPUER
- SPYER
- SUBER
- SWEER
- SYKER
- SYVER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in ER
- TAKER
- TAMER
- TAPER
- TIGER
- TIMER
- TOWER
- TRUER
- TUBER
- TONER
- TUNER
- TYLER
- TABER
- TALER
- TASER
- TATER
- TAVER
- TAWER
- TAXER
- TAYER
- TEAER
- TEWER
- THEER
- TIBER
- TICER
- TILER
- TIRER
- TITER
- TIVER
- TOHER
- TOKER
- TOPER
- TOTER
- TOYER
- TOZER
- TRIER
- TRYER
- TUYER
- TWEER
- TWIER
- TWOER
- TWYER
- TYPER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
5 Letter Words Starting with U and Ending in ER
- UDDER
- ULCER
- UNDER
- UPPER
- USHER
- UTTER
- ULLER
- UMBER
- UPHER
- UPTER
- URGER
- USTER
- UTHER
- UVVER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with U
5 Letter Words Starting with V and Ending in ER
- VIPER
- VOTER
- VAPER
- VETER
- VEXER
- VILER
- VINER
- VIVER
- VODER
- VOMER
- VOWER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with V
5 Letter Words Starting with W and Ending in ER
- WAFER
- WAGER
- WATER
- WAVER
- WIDER
- WISER
- WOOER
- WADER
- WAKER
- WALER
- WAXER
- WEBER
- WHEER
- WINER
- WIPER
- WIRER
- WIVER
- WOKER
- WRIER
- WRYER
- WYVER
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with W
5 Letter Words Starting with Q, Y or Z and Ending in ER
- QUEER
- YAGER
- YARER
- YOKER
- YOMER
- YTTER
- ZONER
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in R
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- HALER: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
- ORMER: An abalone found near the Channel Islands.
- MUSER: A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
- CYDER: A beverage made from juice pressed from apples.
- ELVER: Young eel.
- VOMER: Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum.
- HOPER: A person who hopes.
- CAGER: An athlete who plays basketball.
- OSIER: Flexible twig of a willow tree.
- PARER: A manicurist who trims the fingernails. It is on the answer list.
- CORER: A device for removing the core from apples. It is on the answer list.
- PLIER: Someone who plies a trade. It is on the answer list.
- NAMER: A person who gives a name or names.
- GOFER: An employee whose duties include running errands.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in ER?
Yes. OTHER, AFTER and NEVER all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. NEVER and ORDER are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is EMEER really a word?
Yes. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia). It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
OTHER. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YTTER and YOMER are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
AIDER, BALER and BLUER. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.