Browse 5-Letter Words by Ending Letter

Most Common 5-Letter Words Ending in R

Everyday words that are most likely to be a Wordle answer, most common first.

All 737 5-Letter Words Ending in R (A–Z)

Every word on this page is accepted as a guess in Wordle (it comes from the standard Wordle list of 14,855 five-letter words). Words highlighted in green are on the original Wordle answer list.

Ending in -AR (115)

Ending in -ER (472)

Ending in -IR (33)

Ending in -KR (1)

Ending in -OR (71)

Ending in -RR (13)

Ending in -TR (1)

Ending in -UR (30)

Ending in -YR (1)

About 5-Letter Words Ending In R

737
Total words
212
Wordle answer words
472
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of R

There are 737 five-letter words that end in R. Every word on this page is accepted as a guess in Wordle (it comes from the standard Wordle list of 14,855 five-letter words).

The letters that most often come right before a final R are E (472), A (115), O (71), I (33) and U (30). The most common endings are -ER, -AR and -OR.

Using These Words in Wordle

If Wordle shows a green R in the last square, the answer is one of these 737 words. 212 of them are on the original Wordle answer list, which is a much smaller set of everyday words; they are highlighted in green in the list above. Examples: THEIR, OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER, POWER.

A strong next guess from this list is LATER: it uses five different letters that appear often in Wordle answers, so it rules out as many words as possible. To combine this with your other green, yellow and grey tiles, use the Wordle Helper.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are JOKER (16 points), FIXER (15 points), MAJOR (14 points), QUEER (14 points), BOXER (14 points). R itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 737 five-letter words that end in R in our list, and all of them are accepted by Wordle. The most common are THEIR, OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER, POWER, WATER, LATER.
212 words on this page are on the original Wordle answer list, for example THEIR, OTHER, AFTER, NEVER, UNDER, POWER, WATER, LATER. The rest are accepted as guesses but are less common words. A good guess to narrow things down is LATER.
With standard Scrabble tile values: JOKER (16), FIXER (15), MAJOR (14), QUEER (14), BOXER (14). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
472 of the 737 words use 5 different letters, which makes them better Wordle guesses because each letter gives you new information.