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5 Letter Words With ERI in the Middle

10 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 10 5 letter words with ERI in the middle, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Words found
10
Most used
merit
Most common first letter
P

Wordle helper: 5 letter words with ERI in the middle

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    Common 5 letter words with ERI in the middle

    #WordMeaning
    1meritany admirable quality or attribute
    2perila source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
    3eeriesuggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
    4serifa short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
    5feriaa weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated
    6aeriethe lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
    7perisa beautiful and graceful girl
    8xericbeing deficient in moisture
    9serinany of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe

    All 5 letter words with ERI in the middle

    • merit
    • peril
    • eerie
    • serif
    • feria
    • aerie
    • peris
    • ceria
    • xeric
    • serin

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    Questions people ask

    How many 5 letter words with ERI in the middle are there?

    This list has 10, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

    What are common 5 letter words with ERI in the middle?

    merit, peril, eerie, serif, feria, aerie, peris, ceria.

    Which 5 letter words with ERI in the middle are good Wordle guesses?

    merit, peril use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

    Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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