Once I and R turn green at the far end of the grid, 5 letter words ending in IR are the answers left to weigh.
Most of them have an A as the second or third letter, as in CHAIR and STAIR, though CHOIR breaks the habit.
Even so, A is the vowel for the next guess, tried in the middle before any other vowel gets a turn.
List of 5 Letter Words Ending in IR
- CHAIR
- CHOIR
- FLAIR
- NADIR
- STAIR
- TAPIR
- THEIR
- AEGIR
- AESIR
- APAIR
- ASHIR
- ASTIR
- AURIR
- AVOIR
- AWHIR
- BLAIR
- CHEIR
- CLAIR
- DAKIR
- DEAIR
- EYRIR
- FAKIR
- FAQIR
- FREIR
- GLAIR
- GLEIR
- JAGIR
- KAFIR
- KEFIR
- KHAIR
- LEVIR
- MIKIR
- MIMIR
- MUDIR
- NAKIR
- NAZIR
- NOSIR
- OPHIR
- PAMIR
- PANIR
- QUAIR
- SABIR
- SAMIR
- SARIR
- SERIR
- SEVIR
- SKAIR
- SPAIR
- SPEIR
- SWEIR
- TAXIR
- TAYIR
- TITIR
- VANIR
- VEZIR
- VIZIR
- WASIR
- WAZIR
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in IR for Wordle
- CHAIR
- THEIR
- CHOIR
- FLAIR
- STAIR
- NADIR
- TAPIR
Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Ending in IR in Scrabble
- FAQIR 17 points
- FAKIR 12 points
- KAFIR 12 points
- CHAIR 10 points
- CHOIR 10 points
- EYRIR 8 points
- FLAIR 8 points
- NADIR 6 points
- ASTIR 5 points
- STAIR 5 points
Meanings of 5 Letter Words Ending in IR
- FAQIR: A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
- ASTIR: Out of bed.
- FAKIR: A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
- KAFIR: An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.
- NADIR: An extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything. It is on the answer list.
- STAIR: Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
What are 5 letter words ending in IR?
There are 58 of them. The everyday ones include THEIR, CHAIR and CHOIR.
How many 5 letter words end in IR?
58 in total, and 7 of them are on the Wordle answer list.
Which 5 letter words ending in IR are Wordle answers?
7 of them have been answers, among them FLAIR, STAIR, NADIR and TAPIR.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in IR?
10 of them, including STAIR, SAMIR, SABIR, SPEIR and SARIR.
Can a Wordle answer end in IR?
Yes. THEIR, CHAIR and CHOIR 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. MIMIR and VIZIR are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is EYRIR really a word?
Yes. 100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
THEIR. 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. WASIR and VEZIR are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
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