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5-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and R as the 5th letter

The 13 5-letter words with P second and R fifth include familiar SPEAR and UPPER, plus less common entries such as EPHOR.

13 wordsTop pick UPPERHighest score EPHOR 10

2 of 13 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With P in 2nd place, S is the most common 5th letter (44 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 13 · most-used first

  • UPPER9
  • SPEAR7
  • SPEER7
  • SPOOR7
  • APGAR8
  • SPIER7
  • APTER7
  • SPEIR7
  • EPHOR10
  • OPTER7
  • SPAER7
  • SPUER7
  • UPTER7
All valid words 13

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • APGAR8
  • APTER7
  • EPHOR10
  • OPTER7
  • SPAER7
  • SPEAR7
  • SPEER7
  • SPEIR7
  • SPIER7
  • SPOOR7
  • SPUER7
  • UPPER9
  • UPTER7
Letters by positionIn 62% of these words the 4th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. S54%
  2. A15%
  3. U15%
3rd letter
  1. E23%
  2. T23%
  3. A8%
4th letter
  1. E62%
  2. A15%
  3. O15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
EPHOR1010All three
UPPER912All three
APGAR810Collins only
SPEAR78All three
SPEER78All three
SPOOR78All three
SPIER78All three
APTER78All three
SPEIR78All three
SPAER78Collins only
OPTER78Collins only
UPTER79Collins only

Only 13 tournament-dictionary entries fit this exact letter pattern, and their opening letters are sharply lopsided: seven begin with S. SPEAR, SPEER, and SPOOR show the common SP opening, while APGAR and UPPER prove the first letter can vary. Just two entries rank among common English words, so a complete game list includes plenty of specialist vocabulary; the fixed final R unites them, not one shared opening.

At a glance: 5-letter words with P second and R fifth

  • All 13 entries place P second and R last; no other ending letter appears.
  • Seven start with S, while A and U contribute two each.
  • SPEAR and UPPER are familiar examples; EPHOR tops the score table at 10.
  • Collins accepts all 13, compared with eight each in ENABLE and NWL2023.
  • Two entries appear among Wordle answers, and all 13 are allowed guesses.

Why do most matching words start with S?

Seven of the 13 words begin with S, making it the clear leader; A and U tie at two each, and E and O appear once apiece. That leaves the familiar-looking options clustered around SP rather than spread evenly across the alphabet.

Try SPEAR, SPEER, SPOOR, SPIER, SPEIR, SPAER, and SPUER as the S-starting examples. Their spellings change after SP, so a known ending R alone does not reveal the middle letters. APGAR, OPTER, and UPPER show that the pattern also supports non-S openings.

A nearby clue that keeps P second but changes the final letter to S has 44 matches, compared with 13 here. That contrast shows how strongly the final position changes the size of the search.

How should you use the pattern in a word game?

The pattern contains two Wordle answers and 13 allowed guesses, so the answer pool is a small subset of its full game vocabulary. Treat those answer matches as a narrow target, not a reason to assume every dictionary entry is a likely solution.

Scoring offers another filter: EPHOR leads at 10 points, followed by UPPER at nine and APGAR at eight. Collins includes all 13 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include eight; check your game's word list before playing a marginal entry.

Questions people ask

Are all 13 words accepted in every word game?
No, dictionary coverage differs. Collins includes all 13 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include eight. A word that fits P in the second position and R at the end may still be absent from your game's dictionary, so check its accepted list before committing a play.
Which P-second, R-fifth word scores the most?
EPHOR has the highest score at 10 points. UPPER follows at nine, and APGAR scores eight. Those values put EPHOR at the top of this pattern's score ranking, though an unfamiliar high scorer is not automatically the best choice for a word puzzle.
How many matching words are Wordle answers?
Two matching entries appear among Wordle answers, while all 13 are allowed guesses. That difference makes the pattern much broader as a guess list than as an answer set. The letter positions narrow the search, but the answer count alone does not identify which candidate fits a particular puzzle.

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