5 Letter Words Starting with ER

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  • ERASE
  • ERBIA
  • ERECT
  • ERGON
  • ERGOT
  • ERICA
  • ERICK
  • ERNES
  • ERODE
  • EROSE
  • ERRED
  • ERROR
  • ERSES
  • ERUCT
  • ERUGO
  • ERUPT
  • ERVIL
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Only seventeen words start with ER, and no third letter takes more than a handful.

No Third Letter Repeats Much After ER

Eleven different letters appear in the third box across seventeen words, and the leader takes only three. That is as flat as a page this small can be, so the third box settles almost nothing.

The ER Words in Ordinary Use

ERROR and ERASE are the two entries most people would produce. ERECT and ERUPT follow and both are common enough to be worth a turn.

ERODE and ERICA are reachable at a push. Past those the page is ERBIA, ERGON, ERGOT, ERNES, EROSE, ERSES, ERUCT, ERUGO and ERVIL, none of which you would reach for.

So the practical list is a handful of words, which is what this page really offers.

ERROR Is the Shape to Know

It repeats the R across the second and fourth boxes without the pair touching, which is why it does not count as a doubled letter. ERRED does the same one letter over and the two are easy to confuse.

C takes the fourth box in four of the seventeen, more than any other letter, and T closes four.

Two words carry an adjacent repeat. With a page this short, a visible double narrows it to a pair immediately.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ERROR or ERASE more likely

Both are common and they differ in every box after the ER. ERASE also tests the E ending, which three words here take.

How do ERROR and ERRED differ

In the last two boxes only. Both put a second R in the fourth position, which makes the pair the main trap on this page.

What is ERUGO

A green film that forms on copper, more often written aerugo. It is one of the entries nobody would guess.

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