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

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168 of the 1354 matches are possible answers.

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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

Possible answers

156 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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ACRID used AGREE used AORTA used APRON used ARRAY possible ARROW used ATRIA used BARGE used BARON used BERET used BERRY possible BERTH used BIRCH used BIRTH used BORAX used BORNE used BURLY used BURNT used BURST possible CARAT used CARGO used CAROL used CAROM used CARRY used CARVE used CIRCA used CORAL used CORER used CORNY used CURIO used CURLY used CURRY used CURSE used CURVE used CURVY possible DERBY possible DIRGE used DIRTY possible EARLY used EARTH used EERIE used EGRET used ERROR used FARCE used FERAL used FERRY used FIRST used FORAY used FORCE used FORGE used FORGO used FORTE used FORTH used FORTY used FORUM used FUROR possible FURRY possible GIRLY possible GIRTH used GORGE used HARDY used HAREM possible HARPY possible HARRY possible HARSH used HERON used HORDE used HORNY possible HORSE used HURRY used JERKY used JUROR possible KARMA used LARGE used LARVA used LORIS used LORRY used LURCH possible LURID used LYRIC possible MARCH used MARRY used MARSH used MERCY used MERGE used MERIT used MERRY used MIRTH used MORAL used MORON possible MORPH used MURAL used MURKY used MYRRH used NERDY used NERVE used NERVY used NORTH used NURSE used PARER used PARKA used PARRY used PARSE possible PARTY used PERCH used PERIL used PERKY used PORCH used PUREE possible PURER possible PURGE used PURSE used RARER possible RERUN used RURAL used SCRAM used SCRAP used SCREE possible SCREW possible SCRUB used SCRUM used SERIF used SERUM used SERVE used SHRED used SHREW possible SHRUB used SHRUG used SIREN used SORRY used SPRAY used SPREE possible SPRIG used STRAP used STRAW used STRAY used STRIP used STRUT used SURER used SURGE used SURLY used SYRUP used TARDY used TAROT possible TERRA possible TERSE used THREE used THREW used THROB used THROW used THRUM used TORCH used TORSO used TORUS possible TURBO used VERGE used VERSE used VERSO possible VERVE used VIRAL used VIRUS possible WARTY possible WORDY used WORLD used WORRY used WORSE used WORST used WORTH possible ACRES guess AIRED guess BARCA guess BARKS guess BARNS guess BARRE guess BARRY guess BIRDS guess BORED guess BURKE guess BURNS guess CARBS guess CARDS guess CARED guess CARES guess CARTE guess CARTS guess CORDS guess CORES guess COREY guess CORPS guess CURED guess CURES guess CURLS guess DARCY guess DARED guess DARES guess DARTS guess DERRY guess DORIS guess EARNS guess EUROS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __R__?

1354 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 168 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, 168 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TARSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.95 bits against the possible answers.