5-letter words with R as the third letter
There are 1,167 five-letter words with R as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is KARZY at 21 points. S is the most common first letter among them (137), and the average score is 8.3 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green R in the third position leaves these 1,167 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with R in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include KARZY, FURZY, JERKY, XEROX and HYRAX. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an R in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, ACRES 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 1,167 words.
5-letter words with R as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,167
- Highest scoring
- KARZY 21 pts
- Average score
- 8.3 pts
- With a definition
- 568 (49%)
- A47
- B96
- C95
- D70
- E20
- F69
- G52
- H53
- I3
- J18
- K39
- L41
- M88
- N33
- O10
- P90
- Q2
- R18
- S137
- T80
- U8
- V30
- W32
- X3
- Y23
- Z10
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with r as the third letter
5-letter words with R as the third letter (1,167)
These 300 of the 1,167 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,167 five-letter words with R in the third position, 9.3% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as R, these 1,167 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 ACRES.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with R as the third letter?
KARZY scores 21 points in Scrabble. Next come FURZY (20), JERKY (19) and XEROX (19). The average is 8.3 points.