5-letter words with R as the fifth letter
There are 659 five-letter words with R as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest score is 17 points, shared by FAQIR, HAZER and VEZIR and others. S is the most common first letter among them (90), and the average score is 8.1 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green R in the fifth position leaves these 659 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with R in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include FAQIR, VIZOR, HAZER, VEZIR and VIZIR. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an R in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, LASER is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 659 words.
5-letter words with R as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 659
- Highest scoring
- FAQIR 17 pts
- Average score
- 8.1 pts
- With a definition
- 502 (76%)
- A42
- B25
- C38
- D36
- E23
- F41
- G22
- H23
- I14
- J9
- K9
- L39
- M37
- N17
- O27
- P33
- Q2
- R34
- S90
- T44
- U11
- V18
- W21
- Y3
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with r as the fifth letter
5-letter words with R as the fifth letter (659)
These 300 of the 659 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have R as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 659 five-letter words with R in the fifth position, 5.2% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as R, these 659 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as LASER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with R as the fifth letter?
Six words tie at 17 points, among them FAQIR, HAZER and VEZIR in Scrabble. Next come BAZAR (16), JOKER (16) and MAZER (16). The average is 8.1 points.