Five-letter words with R in the middle (__R__)

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W·2nd letter: A, C, E, G, H, I, O, P, R, T, U, Y·4th letter: A, B, C, D, E, G, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V·5th letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W, X, Y

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157 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Pattern guide

What fits __R__?

1354 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 169 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

AR 353/1354 words (26%) OR 265/1354 words (20%) ER 247/1354 words (18%) RE 216/1354 words (16%) UR 213/1354 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 41% · two: 53% · three or more: 6%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __R__?
1354 five-letter words match __R__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 169 are possible answers.