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

A fixed R at the start and N at the end gives you a narrow pattern: R _ _ _ N. Familiar matches include ROMAN, ROBIN, RAVEN, and RAMEN, while REJON leads the scoring list. The pattern has 41 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here, but only 10 fall in the common-word group.

Key facts about the R _ _ _ N pattern

• There are 41 tournament-dictionary matches with R first and N fifth.
• Nine matches appear as Wordle answers; all 41 are allowed guesses.
• The list has 32 defined entries and 10 words in the common group.
• REJON scores 12, ahead of the listed eight-point words such as RAVEN and ROWAN.

5-letter words with R first and N fifth

The fixed pattern leaves three middle letters to solve. Try familiar options such as REIGN, RISEN, RESIN, RERUN, or RAYON when those letters fit your clue; each keeps R in slot one and N in slot five.

Wordle players have nine answer matches within this pattern, while the full set of 41 words is allowed for guesses. That distinction matters: an allowed guess can test letters without being a possible solution. Use the fixed end letters to narrow the answer, then check the middle against your revealed clues.

Which dictionaries and scores should you check?

Collins has 41 matches, compared with 36 in NWL2023 and 33 in ENABLE. The same pattern therefore does not produce the same playable set in every game. Only 10 matches are classed as common, so expect some valid entries to be unfamiliar rather than everyday vocabulary.

REJON is the scoring outlier at 12 points; RAVEN, ROWAN, RAYON, RIVEN, and several other listed words score 8. That gap makes REJON worth noticing in a tile game, but the word still needs to fit the board and your game’s dictionary.

A practical way to use the pattern