Words Ending In ER

Last updated: October 1, 2026

The open ENABLE word list has 7,465 words that end in ER, about 4.3% of the 172,434 words this site shows. Lengths range from 2 letters (ER) to 23 (ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHER). Using commonly used tile values, HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (40 points) scores the most. 1,612 have no repeated letter at all. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.

About the suffix -ER

The ending er has two main grammatical jobs. On verbs it names the person or thing that does the action: a baker bakes, a reader reads, an opener opens. On short adjectives it forms the comparative: tall, taller; quick, quicker. On top of that, a great many plain words simply end in these two letters, such as water, mother and never.

That mix makes words ending in E-R one of the largest two-letter endings in the list, so the page is split by the letter that comes before. Spelling rules again leave fingerprints: doubled consonants (big, bigger), dropped silent E (write, writer) and Y turning into I (happy, happier).

For players, an E and an R are two of the most useful tiles to keep together, because so many words can be extended with them.

At a glance

Fact	Value
Words in this list	7,465
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	4.3%
Longest	`ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHER` (23 letters)
Shortest	`ER` (2 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER`, 40
No repeated letters	1,612

Most common letter before ER

Letter	Words
I	1,354
T	1,240
L	595
D	517
K	396

Patterns in this list

5 read the same backward and forward, such as REDDER, REFER and REIFIER.
2,597 leave another word when the final ER is taken off, for example ABANDONER, ABASER, ABOLISHER, ABORTER and ABRUPTER → ABANDON, ABAS, ABOLISH, ABORT and ABRUPT.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 3,283 of these words.
The average length is 8.0 letters.
Before ER, the letter I appears most often (1,354 words).

Choose a narrower list

With 7,465 words, this list is split into smaller pages by the letter before. Each page shows its complete list.

…BER 137
…CER 117
…DER 517
…GER 292
…HER 374
…IER 1,354
…KER 396
…LER 595
…MER 214
…NER 395
…PER 301
…RER 337
…SER 224
…TER 1,240
…VER 238
…WER 138
…YER 104
…ZER 215

Other -ER words

These groups are too small for a page of their own, so they are listed here in full.

2 letters 1

3 letters 1

fer

4 letters 13

beer deer doer goer hoer jeer leer peer ruer seer suer veer weer

5 letters 35

ameer bluer boxer cheer cooer defer emeer fifer fixer fleer freer gluer gofer hexer infer laxer lifer mixer offer queer refer rifer safer sheer shoer sneer speer steer sweer taxer truer vexer wafer waxer wooer

6 letters 47

ambeer arguer buffer career chafer coaxer coffer confer deafer differ doffer duffer echoer fakeer gaffer goffer golfer heifer hoaxer hoofer issuer knifer laveer liefer loafer niffer pilfer prefer puffer queuer reefer rolfer roofer suffer surfer telfer titfer twofer undoer vaguer valuer veneer vetoer voguer wolfer woofer zaffer

7 letters 58

affixer aquifer bluffer briefer chaffer chamfer chaufer chequer chiefer chuffer claquer coinfer compeer conifer conquer decreer dwarfer feoffer forgoer gauffer gruffer indexer lacquer lassoer leaguer lucifer masquer misdoer mynheer opaquer outdoer piaffer pickeer pioneer plaguer proffer proofer pursuer quaffer relaxer reoffer rescuer rotifer schmeer scoffer sniffer snuffer spoofer staffer stiffer strafer stuffer subduer torquer troffer uniquer untruer whiffer

8 letters 38

antiquer bayadeer brusquer cameleer chauffer crucifer diplexer domineer duplexer engineer evildoer filmgoer foregoer foreseer frescoer fusileer killdeer lowlifer mijnheer misinfer misrefer missteer muleteer mutineer outsteer overdoer overseer pedalfer playgoer reindeer reissuer revenuer sclaffer stuccoer tattooer thurifer transfer welldoer

9 letters 43

balladeer bandoleer barbecuer beachgoer beleaguer buccaneer budgeteer cannoneer complexer continuer exchequer gadgeteer gazetteer haranguer intriguer junketeer kickboxer laticifer marketeer missileer moviegoer musketeer noncareer nongolfer operagoer orienteer oversteer pistoleer privateer profiteer puppeteer racketeer reconquer relacquer rocketeer shampooer sightseer sloganeer snowshoer sonneteer summiteer volunteer wrongdoer

10 letters 20

auctioneer bodysurfer burlesquer carabineer cataloguer charioteer churchgoer cinemagoer cockchafer commandeer cotransfer fictioneer horseshoer langlaufer leafleteer reengineer retransfer scrutineer umbellifer understeer

11 letters 11

bioengineer chanticleer concertgoer electioneer foraminifer gallerygoer mothproofer mountaineer multiplexer pamphleteer theatergoer

12 letters 6

counteroffer festivalgoer flameproofer hasenpfeffer overengineer waterproofer

13 letters 4

candlesnuffer conventioneer demultiplexer nonchurchgoer

A sample of -ER words

An evenly spaced sample of 150 words in alphabetical order (every 49th word), to give a feel for the list.

abandoner adherer aligner antechamber arrester auslander balladeer baster belcher binder blinder boilermaker bouvier breeder budder bushwhacker campylobacter carmaker center cheaper chomper clamorer clouter colder concertgoer conventicler costumer cradler croupier curdier dandler decipherer dekameter desensitizer diddler discusser divorcer dottier driller durometer eloigner enfetter essayer exploiter fastener fielder flaker floater folksinger former frier furbearer ganister geographer gleamier goober greasier grouter hacker harquebusier hectometer hinger honker huller imager indweller inter itchier jivier keester knobblier lamplighter lawmaker lever lisper loppier mailer masquer merrier mincer mistaker mooter multicharacter namer nibbler nonlandowner nutsier operagoer overachiever palterer pater penster photoengraver pinscher plotter polywater practicer previewer prophesier punnier queerer rampager reamer reencounter remarker reregister reverer rippler rottener saccharometer sauger schnorrer scrimmager seeker shammer shirtier sicker sketchier sleeper sluttier snicker soberer southerner spiderier spriggier stabber steelmaker stodgier strikeover submillimeter supercenter swagger synchronizer tater temper thirstier timepleaser toothier transfer trotter tweeter undercover unsober valuer viewfinder wafter waster weimaraner whirlier willowier

Using these words

To find words ending in ER from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with ER in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???ER in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.