5-letter words with E as the 1st letter and R as the 4th letter

The pattern fixes E in the opening slot and R just before the final letter, leaving three positions to distinguish candidates. Only five of the 18 entries rank among the most common English words, so EVERY, EXTRA and ENTRY stand out as familiar examples. Dictionary totals differ too: ENABLE includes 14 matches, while Collins includes 17.

The pattern at a glance

• E in slot one and R in slot four leave 18 five-letter matches.
• Five of the 18 entries count as common English words.
• The Wordle answer list shares four words with this pattern; all 18 are allowed guesses.
• EXURB has the highest Scrabble score: 14 points.
• Collins accepts 17 matches, NWL2023 accepts 15, and ENABLE accepts 14.

How do 5-letter words with E first and R fourth end?

Among the ending letters, S appears most often, with four matches; E and Y each appear three times. M and T each appear twice, while A, B and G appear once apiece. This uneven tail distribution gives you a quick way to sort candidates after the first and fourth positions are fixed.

EVERY, ENTRY and EMERY show the Y ending; EXURB ends in B, while EXTRA ends in A. Those examples span distinct endings, so don’t assume the fixed E and R make the last tile predictable.

The contrast with another starting letter is striking: the same pattern has 131 matches when S replaces E at the start, against just 18 here.

How do scoring and Wordle change the shortlist?

EXURB scores 14, ahead of EXTRA and EXERT at 12 apiece. If you are playing for points, the top score belongs to one specific word, not to every X-containing option; test the full word against your board before choosing it.

Wordle gives this pattern a different job: all 18 words are allowed guesses, but only four also occur in the answer list. Use a match to test known positions, then weigh it against the answer pool rather than treating every legal guess as a solution candidate.

One limitation matters in cross-dictionary games: the set is not identical across lists, with Collins at 17, NWL2023 at 15 and ENABLE at 14. Only five entries are common by frequency, so check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar option.