5-letter words with I as the 4th letter and R as the 5th letter

Every match ends in the letters IR, and Collins holds all 26 while NWL2023 and ENABLE reach only 18. Five words clear the common-word bar, yet four matches reach 17 Scrabble points by keeping a Z or Q in play. S opens four entries, the busiest start letter here.

What the I-4th, R-5th list contains

• All 26 entries are accepted Wordle guesses, and seven are answers: chair, choir, flair, nadir, stair, tapir and their.
• Collins keeps every match; NWL2023 and ENABLE each hold 18, which leaves eight words that only Collins allows.
• Twelve entries score 10 points or more, and faqir, vizir, vezir and wazir tie on 17.
• Chair, choir, flair, stair and their are the five words inside the top 25,000 by frequency.
• S opens four matches, F three, and six further letters open two each.

5-letter words with I as the 4th letter and R as the 5th letter

Exactly 26 five-letter words carry a fixed I in the fourth slot and R in the fifth. That is a narrow slice of the 667 five-letter words ending in R, so the pattern works as a filter rather than a browsing list. Only five entries sit inside the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Eight entries survive only in Collins, meaning NWL2023 and ENABLE players cannot lay down aesir, jagir, mudir, nazir, quair, sweir, vezir or wazir. The everyday core stays small: their, chair, stair, flair and choir carry the list for casual players.

Which entries score highest?

Four words tie at 17 points: faqir, vizir, vezir and wazir. Each keeps a Z or a Q working, which is why they beat chair at 10 and their at 8. Nazir and quair follow at 14 each.

The average match scores 10 and 12 of the 26 reach double figures, so the leaders stand well clear. Premium squares decide the rest: a double-word tile under wazir turns 17 points into 34.