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6-Letter Words Ending in R: page 3

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All 1,364 six-letter words ending in R: page 3 of 4

M

  • murder9n. An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
  • murmur10n. Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
  • musher11n. One who drives a dogsled over ice and snow; specifically, one who...
  • muster8n. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
  • mutter8n. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

N

  • nagger8n. One who nags.
  • nailer6n. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
  • nanner6n. Banana.
  • napper10n. A person who takes a nap.
  • natter6v. To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.
  • navbar11n. A bar, usually at the top of a web page, offering a number of links to...
  • nearer6adj. Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.
  • necker12n. Someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
  • nectar8n. The drink of the gods.
  • neener6interj. A hostile taunt, often repeated in a singsong voice.
  • nester6n. One who nests.
  • nestor6n. Any parrot of the genus Nestor.
  • nether9adj. Lower; under.
  • netter6n. One who nets (in any sense), or who uses a net.
  • neuter6adj. Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
  • newser9n. A press conference.
  • nicker12n. Pound sterling.
  • nimmer10n. A petty thief.
  • nipper10n. One who, or that which, nips.
  • nodder8n. One who nods.
  • nooner6n. A sexual encounter during lunch hour, especially one which is illicit.
  • nother9pron. Neither.
  • number10n. Quantity of countable things.
  • nurser6n. One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
  • nutbar8adj. Crazy, eccentric.
  • nutter6n. A person who gathers nuts.

O

  • obiter8adv. Incidentally; in passing.
  • ocular8adj. Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight.
  • oliver9n. A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
  • ometer8n. A measuring instrument.
  • onager7n. The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the...
  • opener8n. A person who opens something.
  • orator6n. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  • ostler6n. A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses...
  • ouster6n. A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
  • ovular9adj. Of or pertaining to an ovule.
  • oyster9n. Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family...

P

  • packer14n. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs...
  • pallor8n. Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.
  • palmar10adj. Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
  • palmer10n. A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm...
  • palter8v. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
  • pamper12v. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
  • pander9n. A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or...
  • paneer8n. A soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.
  • panner8n. One who pans.
  • panter8n. One who pants.
  • panzer17n. A tank, especially a German one of World War II.
  • parker12n. A parkkeeper.
  • parlor8n. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room...
  • parser8n. A computer program that parses.
  • parter8n. A work in a specified number of parts.
  • passer8n. One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
  • paster8n. One who, or that which, pastes.
  • pastor8n. A minister or priest in a church.
  • pather11n. A non-player character that walks a repeating path.
  • patter8n. A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard...
  • pauper10n. One who is extremely poor.
  • peaker12n. That which reaches or forms a peak.
  • pecker14n. Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner...
  • peeker12n. One who peeks.
  • peeler8n. A police officer.
  • peeper10n. The eye.
  • peever11n. A small stone or other small object, used in hopscotch.
  • pelter8n. One who pelts.
  • penner8n. One who pens; a writer.
  • pepper12n. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
  • pesher11n. An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew.
  • pester8v. To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
  • petter8n. One who pets.
  • pewter11n. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance...
  • phaser11n. An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound...
  • phasor11n. A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
  • phoner11n. One who phones.
  • phwoar14interj. Expresses sexual desire on seeing a person to whom one is attracted.
  • picker14n. A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
  • pilfer11v. To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise...
  • pilger9v. To reduce the diameter of a metal tube in a pilger mill.
  • pillar8n. A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
  • piller8n. A plunderer or thief.
  • pincer10n. Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
  • pinder9n. A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a...
  • pinger9n. A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar...
  • pinker12n. One who pinks (in various senses).
  • pinner8n. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
  • pinter8n. The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer.
  • pipper12n. A marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up...
  • piquer17n. One who piques.
  • pitter8n. A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.
  • placer10n. One who places or arranges something.
  • planar8adj. Of or pertaining to a plane.
  • planer8n. A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece...
  • plater8n. Someone who plates metal.
  • player11n. One who plays any game or sport.
  • plover11n. Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
  • plumer10n. A person who sells feathers.
  • podger10n. A tool in the form of a short commonly-tapered metal rod, principally...
  • polder9n. An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  • poller8n. One who polls or lops trees.
  • pommer12n. An alto, tenor, or bass instrument of the shawm family.
  • ponder9v. To wonder, think of deeply.
  • pooler8n. A member of a pool, such as a carpool or press pool.
  • pooper10n. One who poops out on an activity; one who dampens the mood by lack of...
  • pooter8n. A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes...
  • poplar10n. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
  • popper12n. One who or that which pops.
  • porker12n. A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for...
  • porter8n. A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one...
  • poseur8n. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition...
  • poster8n. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a...
  • pother11n. A commotion, a tempest.
  • potter8n. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
  • pourer8n. One who, or that which, pours.
  • pouter8n. A person who habitually pouts; a sourpuss.
  • powder12n. The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by...
  • powter11v. To poke in an exploratory manner.
  • prater8n. A person who prates; a chatterer.
  • prayer11n. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual...
  • prefer11v. To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to...
  • preyer11n. One who, or that which, preys.
  • pricer10n. One who, or that which, prices.
  • primer10n. A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment...
  • proper10adj. Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable.
  • prover11n. One who or that which proves.
  • pruner8n. A person who prunes.
  • pucker14v. To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to...
  • puffer14n. Someone or something that puffs.
  • puller8n. Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is...
  • pulsar8n. A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
  • pulser8n. One who or that which pulses.
  • pulver11n. Powder.
  • pumper12n. One who pumps something.
  • punker12n. Synonym of punk (“a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of...
  • punter8n. One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.
  • purger9n. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses.
  • purser8n. The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for...
  • pusher11n. Someone or something that pushes.
  • pusser8n. A purser.
  • putter8v. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.

Q

  • quader16v. To quadrate.
  • quaker19n. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.
  • quasar15n. An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most...
  • quaver18n. A trembling shake.
  • quiver18n. A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired...
  • quoter15n. Someone who quotes.

R

  • radler7n. German-style shandy (drink of beer mixed with lemonade).
  • rafter9n. One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to...
  • raider7n. One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.
  • railer6n. One who rails.
  • rainer6n. That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
  • raiser6n. A person or thing that raises.
  • rammer10n. A device used to ram; a ramrod.
  • rancor8n. A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of...
  • ranger7n. One who ranges; a rover.
  • ranker10n. One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks.
  • ranter6n. One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.
  • rapier8n. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged...
  • rapper10n. The knocker of a door.
  • raptor8n. A bird of prey.
  • rasher9n. A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.
  • raster6n. A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image...
  • rather9adv. Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to....
  • ratter6n. Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
  • ravier9n. A trolley used for food selection in restaurants or cafes.
  • reader7n. A person who reads.
  • realer6n. A player of real tennis.
  • reamer8n. A tool for boring a hole wider.
  • reaper8n. One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by...
  • reaver9n. One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
  • rector8n. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the...
  • redear7n. Synonym of shellcracker.
  • redner7n. Blush.
  • reeder7n. One who thatches with reeds.
  • reefer9n. Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
  • reeler6n. The grasshopper warbler.
  • rehear9v. To hear again.
  • reiter6n. A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
  • render7v. To cause to become.
  • renter6n. One who rents property or other goods from another.
  • repair8v. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to...
  • repper10n. A person who represents a company or brand, usually in a positive way.
  • rester6n. One who rests.
  • retour6n. A returning.
  • retter6n. One who rets.
  • rhetor9n. A rhetorician.
  • rhymer14n. One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.
  • ricker12n. A thick pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
  • ridder8n. A sieve.
  • rigger8n. One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a...
  • rigour7n. Severity or strictness.
  • rimmer10n. An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything...
  • ringer7n. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
  • rinker10n. One who skates at a rink.
  • rinser6n. One who, or that which, rinses.
  • rioter6n. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
  • ripper10n. Something that rips something else.
  • ritter6n. Knight.
  • roader7n. A vessel sheltering in a roadstead.
  • roamer8n. One who roams.
  • roarer6n. One who roars.
  • robber10n. A person who robs.
  • rocher11n. A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made...
  • rocker12n. A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or...
  • rodder8n. A hot rod enthusiast.
  • roller6n. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially...
  • romper10n. Someone who romps or frolics.
  • roofer9n. A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs.
  • rooker10n. A person who rooks (cheats or swindles).
  • roomer8n. A person who rents a room.
  • rooter6n. One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
  • rosier6n. Synonym of rosebush.
  • roster6n. A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some...
  • rother9n. A rudder.
  • rotter6n. A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
  • rouser6n. Something very exciting or stimulating.
  • router6n. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
  • rubber10n. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon...
  • rudder8n. An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by...
  • ruffer12n. One who ruffs.
  • rugger8n. Rugby.
  • ruiner6n. Someone who ruins.
  • rummer10n. A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically...
  • rumour8n. UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
  • runner6n. A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
  • rusher9n. A person who rushes.
  • ruther9adv. Rather.
  • rutter6n. A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the...

S

  • sacker12n. A person who sacks or plunders.
  • saggar8n. A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from...
  • sagger8n. A young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing...
  • sailer6n. That which sails; a sailboat.
  • sailor6n. A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships...
  • salter6n. One who makes, sells, or applies salt.
  • salver9n. One who salves or cures.
  • salvor9n. One who salvages; especially, one who voluntarily assists in saving a...
  • sambar10n. A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).
  • sander7n. A person employed to sand wood.
  • sandur7n. A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.
  • sangar7n. A fortified breastwork, niche, or look-out post, especially one built...
  • sanger7n. A sandwich.
  • santer6v. To saunter.
  • sapper10n. A combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking...
  • sarkar10n. An administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
  • sartor6n. A tailor.
  • saucer8n. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
  • sauger7n. A freshwater perciform fish, of species Sander canadensis.
  • savior9n. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
  • savour9n. An aroma or smell.
  • sawyer12n. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
  • scalar8adj. Having magnitude but not direction.
  • scaler8n. An electronic circuit that aggregates many signals into one.
  • scarer8n. One who, or that which, scares.
  • scorer8n. One who scores.
  • scoter8n. Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
  • sealer6n. A tool used to seal something.
  • seamer8n. A person who sews seams.
  • seater6n. A vehicle or item of furniture that has a specified seating capacity.
  • sector8n. A section.
  • seeder7n. A device used to plant seeds; a seed drill.
  • seeker10n. One who seeks.
  • seiner6n. A fisherman who uses a seine to catch fish.
  • sellar6adj. Relating to the sella turcica.
  • seller6n. Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
  • sender7n. Someone who sends.
  • senhor9n. A Portuguese gentleman.
  • senior6adj. Older.
  • sensor6n. A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in...
  • serdar7n. The holder of a particular military rank in the Ottoman Empire.
  • serger7n. A type of sewing machine designed to produce an overlock stitch and to...
  • server9n. A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either...
  • setter6n. A typesetter.
  • shader10n. One who, or that which, shades.
  • shaker13n. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
  • shaler9n. A producer of shale oil.
  • shamer11n. One who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by...
  • shaper11n. Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
  • sharer9n. One who shares.
  • shaver12n. One who shaves.
  • shikar13n. Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
  • shiner9n. One who shines; a luminary.
  • shiver12v. To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
  • shofar12n. A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.
  • shomer11n. A male who watches over the body of a deceased person in the ritual of...
  • shower12n. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of...
  • sicker12adj. Certain.
  • siddur8n. A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
  • sieger7n. A besieger.
  • siever9n. One who sieves.
  • sifter9n. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
  • signer7n. One who signs their name (applies their signature to something).
  • silver9n. A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight...
  • simmer10v. To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
  • simper10v. To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or...
  • singer7n. A person who sings, often professionally.
  • sinker10n. That which sinks or descends.
  • sinner6n. A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
  • sinter6n. An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
  • sipper10n. One who sips.
  • sirdar7n. A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a...
  • sister6n. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
  • sitter6n. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
  • skater10n. A person who skates.
  • skewer13n. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during...
  • skiver13n. A slacker.
  • slater6n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
  • slaver9v. To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
  • slayer9n. A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.
  • slicer8n. Someone or something that slices.
  • slider7n. A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
  • slimer8n. A worker who guts fish.
  • sliver9n. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
  • sloper8n. Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is...
  • slower9n. That which slows.
  • smiler8n. Someone who smiles.
  • smiter8n. One who smites.
  • smoker12n. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
  • sniper8n. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a...
  • snorer6n. A person who snores (or is snoring).
  • soaker10n. One who, or that which, soaks.
  • soaper8n. A soapmaker.
  • soarer6n. One who soars.
  • soccer10n. Association football.
  • socker12n. Dated spelling of soccer.
  • soever9adv. In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how...
  • solder7n. Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are...
  • solver9n. One who or that which solves.
  • sommer10interj. Just because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you...
  • somner8n. A summoner; especially, one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
  • sonder7n. The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers...
  • sooner6adv. Rather.
  • sorter6n. A person employed to sort.
  • souper8n. Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to...
  • sourer6n. That which makes something sour.
  • souter6n. A shoemaker or cobbler.
  • spacer10n. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads...
  • spader9n. One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
  • sparer8n. One who or that which spares.
  • spicer10n. One who seasons with spice.
  • spider9n. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order...
  • spiker12n. One who spikes.
  • spinor8n. An element of the fundamental representation of a Clifford algebra that...
  • spyder12n. An open-topped sports car; a roadster.
  • stager7n. An actor on the stage.
  • staker10n. One who stakes something.
  • starer6n. One who stares.
  • stater6n. One who states.
  • stator6n. The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
  • stayer9n. One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
  • stderr7n. Standard error: a stream to which error messages are sent, often the...
  • stelar6adj. Of or relating to a stele.
  • stoker10n. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who...
  • stoner6n. One who stones.
  • storer6n. One who lays up or forms a store.
  • stover9n. Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
  • stower9n. One who stows.
  • stupor8n. A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or...
  • styler9n. Someone who styles (especially hair), a stylist.
  • subber10n. A subheading.
  • subpar10adj. Of less than a traditional or accepted standard.
  • sucker12n. A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially...
  • suffer12v. To undergo hardship.
  • suiter6n. Something having a certain number of suits.
  • suitor6n. One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic...
  • sulfur9n. A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color...
  • summer10n. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest...
  • sunder7v. To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
  • supper10n. An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
  • surfer9n. A person who rides a surfboard.
  • sutler6n. A person who follows an army, selling provisions.
  • swiper11n. One who, or that which, swipes.
  • sypher14v. To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a...

T

  • tabler8n. One who boards others for payment.
  • tacker12n. A person who, or device that tacks (in various senses).
  • tafsir9n. A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional...
  • tagger8n. The player who tries to catch others in the game of tag.
  • tahrir9n. A type of vocal ornamentation; especially the variant used in the Near...
  • tailer6n. One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.
  • tailor6n. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally...
  • takbir12n. A proclamation of the greatness of God, Allahu akbar.
  • takfir13n. Excommunication.
  • talker10n. A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious...
  • tamper10n. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
  • tanker10n. A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
  • tanner6n. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather...
  • tapper10n. One who makes a tapping noise.
  • tartar6n. A red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen...
  • tasker10n. One who imposes a task.
  • taster6n. An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, such as a...
  • tatler6n. A watch (timepiece).
  • tatter6n. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
  • teamer8n. Someone in a team.
  • teaser6n. One who teases or pokes fun.
  • tedder8n. A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.
  • teeter6v. To tilt back and forth on an edge.
  • teller6n. A person who tells stories.

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