Words Ending In YER
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The open ENABLE word list has 104 words that end in YER, about 0.060% of the 172,434 words this site shows. They run from DYER, EYER and OYER at the short end to COUNTERPLAYER and MULTIEMPLOYER at the long end. By common tile values the top scorer is HIGHFLYER (22 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 32 have no repeated letter at all. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 104 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.060% |
| Longest | COUNTERPLAYER and MULTIEMPLOYER (13 letters) |
| Shortest | DYER, EYER and OYER and 1 more (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | HIGHFLYER, 22 |
| No repeated letters | 32 |
Most common letter before YER
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| A | 54 |
| E | 13 |
| O | 13 |
| W | 6 |
| L | 5 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 15 leave another word when the final
YERis taken off, for exampleBOWYER,BRAYER,CALOYER,DECOYERandFORAYER→BOW,BRA,CALO,DECOandFORA. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 39 of these words.
- The average length is 7.3 letters.
- Before YER, the letter
Aappears most often (54 words).
All -YER words
4 letters 4
dyer eyer oyer tyer
5 letters 20
buyer coyer dryer feyer flyer foyer fryer gayer hayer layer payer plyer pryer sayer shyer slyer toyer tuyer twyer wryer
6 letters 16
bowyer brayer flayer grayer greyer lawyer livyer obeyer player prayer preyer sawyer slayer spryer stayer swayer
7 letters 20
allayer annoyer arrayer assayer bilayer caloyer decayer decoyer delayer enjoyer essayer forayer inlayer lobbyer moneyer partyer sprayer strayer stroyer tutoyer
8 letters 14
affrayer betrayer bewrayer conveyer defrayer employer mislayer motleyer naysayer parleyer taxpayer volleyer waylayer yeasayer
9 letters 13
destroyer disobeyer doomsayer gainsayer highflyer holidayer journeyer manslayer minelayer monolayer nonlawyer portrayer ratepayer
10 letters 8
ballplayer bricklayer cardplayer doomsdayer interlayer multilayer soothsayer tracklayer
11 letters 7
butterflyer horseplayer lammergeyer multiplayer superlawyer superplayer swordplayer
13 letters 2
counterplayer multiemployer
Using these words
To find words ending in YER from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with YER in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???YER 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.