There are a total of 17 4-letter words containing 'ear', and the number may vary in different dictionaries. You can specify the dictionary and order.

• bear ₇
• dear ₅
• earl ₅
• earn ₅
• ears ₄
• fear ₇
• gear ₆
• hear ₆
• lear ₅
• near ₅
• pear ₇
• rear ₄
• sear ₄
• tear ₄
• wear ₇
• year ₆
• eard ₅

There are 17 4-letter words containing ear in the well-known word game dictionary, 16 in the Scrabble US (US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) dictionary, and 17 in the Scrabble UK (International - SOWPODS/CSW) dictionary, and 16 in the Words with Friends (WWF) dictionary.