This list contains 687 real five-letter words that end in R. Examples include ABEAR, ABHOR, ABLER, ACHAR, ACKER, ACTOR.
Generated from the bundled NYT Crossplay, Words With Friends, Scrabble US, Scrabble UK, and All Dictionaries data.
5 Letter Words Ending in R Results
Words below end in R.
How to use this word list
R is the largest ending list on the entire site, with 687 words, and one suffix explains most of that size: -ER, which forms agent nouns from verbs (BAKER, MAKER, LOVER), comparative adjectives (ABLER, SAFER, WISER), and countless other terms. Beyond -ER, this list also holds a large group of professional and role titles (ACTOR, DOCTOR-style words, TUTOR, VISOR) and a strong cluster of loanwords (VIZIR, KAFIR, RAZOR). With this many results, typing a fragment like “ER” or “OR” into the search box is the fastest way to browse a specific family.
Questions about this list
Only the fifth letter is fixed at R. That includes -ER agent nouns like BAKER and MAKER, comparative adjectives such as ABLER and WISER, and professional titles like ACTOR and TUTOR, since the rule only checks the final letter.
-ER is one of the most productive suffixes in English, turning verbs into agent nouns and adjectives into comparatives, so it alone accounts for a huge share of the words on this list.
Typing a fragment like “ER” or “OR” into the search box instantly narrows the grid to that family, which is much faster than scrolling through all 687 entries.
Scrabble-style scoring rewards rare letters rather than word length. Words containing X, Z, or K score far higher than common -ER or -OR endings, even at the same five-letter length.
This page only filters within R-ending words. For rules on other letter positions, exclusions, or a specific rack of tiles, the main word finder supports all of those together.