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

This is one of the smallest pattern lists at five letters. Eleven of the 14 matches end in -FER, from OFFER, REFER and SAFER to GOFER, FIFER and RIFER, while the other three include KEFIR, which takes -FIR, and SOFAR, which takes -FAR. Six words count as common, and the same six are the only Wordle answers in the group.

??F?R words at a glance

• Fourteen tournament-dictionary words put F third and R fifth.
• All 14 end in R, with 11 closing in -FER.
• Six entries are common, and the same six are Wordle answers.
• S begins three words, more than any other first letter.
• KEFIR tops the scores at 12; OFFER, WAFER and FIFER reach 11.

Which ??F?R words are Wordle answers?

Six matches appear in the Wordle answer list, and they are exactly the six common words: DEFER, INFER, OFFER, REFER, SAFER and WAFER. That overlap is rare on a pattern page, because the answer set usually reaches further than the everyday vocabulary. A board with F third and R fifth therefore gives you a short, familiar shortlist.

Where the points sit in ??F?R words

KEFIR leads the scores at 12, and its K is worth five on its own. OFFER, WAFER and FIFER reach 11, while DEFER and GOFER sit on 9, a gap of two points to the top tier. The average across the group is 9.4.

Endings barely matter here, since every word closes on R, so the first two letters carry the search. Three words start with S and two each with K and R, which is the widest spread the list offers.

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