5-letter words with R as the second letter
There are 917 five-letter words with R as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is FRIZZ at 26 points. T is the most common first letter among them (114), 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 second position leaves these 917 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with R in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include FRIZZ, CRAZY, KRANZ, PROXY and PREXY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an R in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, ARISE 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 917 words.
5-letter words with R as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 917
- Highest scoring
- FRIZZ 26 pts
- Average score
- 8.2 pts
- With a definition
- 509 (56%)
- A81
- B113
- C107
- D78
- E25
- F67
- G107
- I9
- K17
- O31
- P98
- T114
- U31
- V6
- W28
- X1
- Y4
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with r as the second letter
5-letter words with R as the second letter (917)
These 300 of the 917 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 second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 917 five-letter words with R in the second position, 7.3% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as R, these 917 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 ARISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with R as the second letter?
FRIZZ scores 26 points in Scrabble. Next come CRAZY (19), KRANZ (18) and BRAXY (17). The average is 8.2 points.