5-letter words with R as the fourth letter
There are 704 five-letter words with R as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are QUARK and QUIRK, tied at 18 points. S is the most common first letter among them (130), and the average score is 8.2 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green R in the fourth position leaves these 704 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with R in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include QUARK, QUIRK, QUERY, AZURY and FJORD. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an R in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, STARE 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 704 words.
5-letter words with R as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 704
- Highest scoring
- QUARK 18 pts
- Average score
- 8.2 pts
- With a definition
- 338 (48%)
- A53
- B40
- C52
- D28
- E18
- F35
- G25
- H27
- I16
- J5
- K23
- L38
- M41
- N10
- O16
- P31
- Q8
- R12
- S130
- T40
- U14
- V9
- W17
- Y12
- Z4
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with r as the fourth letter
5-letter words with R as the fourth letter (704)
These 300 of the 704 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 fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 704 five-letter words with R in the fourth position, 5.6% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as R, these 704 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 STARE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with R as the fourth letter?
QUARK and QUIRK tie at 18 points in Scrabble. Next come AZURY (17), QUERY (17) and CZARS (16). The average is 8.2 points.