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5-Letter Words Starting with ER

There are 11 five-letter words that start with ER on Word.ws, from erase to erupt. The most common are error, erase, erica, erect and erode.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 11 five-letter words that start with ER

  • erase5v. To remove (markings or information).
  • erect7adj. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
  • ergon6n. Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is...
  • ergot6n. Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
  • erica7n. Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants.
  • erode6v. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
  • eroge6n. A visual novel with erotic content.
  • erred6adj. Mistaken; erroneous.
  • errno5n. A value or variable that identifies the kind of error (or lack thereof)...
  • error5n. The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
  • erupt7v. To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano...
11 rare five-letter words that start with ER

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with ER are there?
Word.ws lists 11 five-letter words that start with ER, plus 11 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with ER?
error, erase, erica, erect, erode, erupt, erred and ergot.
Which of the five-letter words that start with ER has the highest letter score?
erupt scores 7 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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