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

R in the fourth slot splits the list three ways: S, A and Y endings cover 24 of the 38 matches. Three are Wordle answers — learn, leery and lorry — and seven count as common. The average match is worth 6.6 points, with only two reaching double figures.

What the L…R group holds

• 38 five-letter words start with L and hold R fourth.
• S, A and Y endings cover 24 of the 38 matches.
• learn, leery and lorry are the three Wordle answers.
• Seven entries are common: laird, laura, learn, liars, litre, lorry and lowry.
• lowry tops the group at 11 points and lycra follows at 10.

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

Thirty-eight five-letter words start with L and place R fourth. Ten finish in S, seven in A and seven in Y, so those three tails account for 24 matches. The rest scatter across E, D, I, T and N.

Ten matches hold A in the third slot and five hold I, so a wide-open middle vowel is the norm. Libri, lavra, labra and lepra sit at the rare end, while learn, litre, lorry and libra stay familiar.

Why does the scoring stay so flat?

No match contains a J, Q, X or Z, so the best any entry manages is lowry at 11 from W and Y. Lycra reaches 10 and lyard 9, and 36 of the 38 stop below double figures.

That flatness makes the pattern a useful filter rather than a scoring route: you confirm two letters without paying much in points. Six-letter matches rise to 42 and seven-letter matches to 48 if you want a longer tail.

Lowry, the group leader, is Collins-only, so tournament players may never see it. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry such as libri or lepra.