5-letter words with R as the first letter
There are 609 five-letter words with R as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is RITZY at 17 points. E is the most common second letter among them (179), and the average score is 7.6 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green R in the first position leaves these 609 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with R in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include RITZY, ROJAK, RAZED, RAJAH and REFIX. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an R in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, RAISE 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 609 words.
5-letter words with R as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 609
- Highest scoring
- RITZY 17 pts
- Average score
- 7.6 pts
- With a definition
- 316 (52%)
- A139
- E179
- H14
- I76
- O127
- U66
- Y8
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with r as the first letter
5-letter words with R as the first letter (609)
These 300 of the 609 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second 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 first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 609 five-letter words with R in the first position, 4.8% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as R, these 609 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 RAISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with R as the first letter?
RITZY scores 17 points in Scrabble. Next come ROJAK (16), RAJAH (15) and RAZED (15). The average is 7.6 points.