5-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and R as the 4th letter

Two locked tiles still leave plenty of room. S opens 42 of the 166 matches and closes 44, and 47 count as common words, so START, SHARE, BOARD and HEART rub shoulders with obscurities. Only seven matches carry a Q, X or Z, which keeps the scores modest.

What the full A third, R fourth list holds

• 166 matches carry A in slot three and R in slot four.
• S opens 42 and closes 44, the busiest letter at both ends.
• 47 count as common words and 45 are Wordle answers.
• QUARK tops the group at 18 points, ahead of CZARS on 16 and IZARD on 15.
• A bigger vowel-plus-R group than any rival: E-R holds 95, I-R holds 87.

Which of these words are Wordle answers?

Forty-five of the 166 are Wordle answers, and 34 of those double as common words, among them AWARE, BOARD, CHARM, HEART and SHARE. QUARK is the odd one out, since it is both an answer and the top scorer.

The everyday core runs deep for a fixed pair of tiles. YEARS, STARS, SMART, GUARD, CHART, PEARL and SHARK all qualify, while entries such as CHARK, IZARD and QUARE stay in the rare corner.

Forty-seven matches in total rank as common words, a little over a quarter of the list.

Where the points come from

QUARK sets the ceiling at 18 because Q and K carry 10 and 5. CZARS follows at 16 and IZARD at 15, then WHARF, QUART, QUARE, CHARK, TZARS and IZARS bunch together on 14. With only seven matches holding a Q, X or Z, the average settles at 8, low for a pattern that fixes two tiles.

That flat scoring is the honest limit here: you rarely win a turn on points with A in the third slot and R in the fourth. You use the pair to confirm two tiles cheaply instead. Longer matches grow quickly, to 229 at six letters and 355 at seven, so check your game's dictionary before playing a longer form you have not met.