Words Containing ERT
100 wordsWords containing ERT often carry meanings of skill, force, or direction. From the swift pert to the complex hyperthyroidism, this pattern appears across technical vocabulary and everyday speech alike.
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4Pattern Guide
Insights and recommendations for these words.
The ERT pattern hides in plain sight across hundreds of English words. Understanding where it appears can sharpen your game strategy and vocabulary alike.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
ERT frequently appears in Latin-derived words relating to expertise and action—expert, assert, exert, inert. The pattern also shows up in directional terms through the Latin vertere (to turn): revert, convert, divert. Technical vocabulary loves this cluster too, from scientific units like hertz to medical terms describing bodily states.
Total Words
605
0.2% of dictionary
Avg Length
10.3 letters
3.7 syllables
Top Scrabble
HYPERTHYROIDISM
32 points
Longest Word
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
19 letters
Parts of Speech
These words run long, averaging over 10 letters each. The pattern strongly favors nouns at 57%, with adjectives making up a substantial 25%—reflecting how ERT words often describe qualities (alert, inert) or name things (concert, dessert).
Middle English and Latin dominate this pattern's ancestry, often working together in layered borrowings. The word vert traces a revealing path: from Vulgar Latin virdis through Old French vert into Middle English. French variants—Old, Middle, and Modern—contributed significantly, showing how the same root traveled through multiple stages of French before settling into English.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
tax excessively
Long (8+)
an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
Long (8+)
a female fool
the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
HERTZES tops Scrabble at 19 points, while WWF values OVERTAX at 18 points thanks to its different letter scoring. The real strategic difference shows in longer plays: EXPERTIZING scores 30 in Scrabble but jumps to 33 in WWF. Watch for Z-containing ERT words in WWF, where that letter carries equal weight to Scrabble but combines differently with bonus squares.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
ALERT makes an excellent opener, testing three vowels and common consonants in one shot. EXERT and AVERT offer strong follow-ups, each introducing new letters while confirming the E and T positions.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
Longest
Short ERT words barely exist—no two or three-letter options at all. The pattern naturally gravitates toward longer constructions because ERT typically sits within roots rather than forming words alone.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
the top side of a counter
one thousand periods per second
the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results
OFFERTORY names the part of a religious service where the congregation presents their offerings. It's valid in both Scrabble and Words With Friends, and most opponents won't challenge it despite its unusual spelling. The word descends from Latin offerre (to offer), making it a cousin to more common offer-based words.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.