5-letter words with R as the 1st letter and T as the 4th letter
There are 45 5-letter words with R as the 1st letter and T as the 4th letter; ROUTE, RUSTY and RATTY are the Wordle answers.
7 of 45 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With R in 1st place, E is the most common 4th letter (158 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- ROUTE5
- ROOTS5
- RIOTS5
- RESTS5
- RUSTY8
- RENTS5
- RANTS5
- RAFTS8
- RIFTS8
- RESTO5
- RASTA5
- RATTY8
- RECTO7
- ROUTH8
- ROUTS5
- RUSTS5
- ROOTY8
- RORTY8
- RAITA5
- RUNTS5
- RECTA7
- RITTS5
- ROSTI5
- RUTTY8
- RECTI7
- REATA5
- RIATA5
- RORTS5
- RUNTY8
- REATE5
- RESTY8
- RENTE5
- RONTS5
- ROWTH11
- RAITS5
- REWTH11
- RHYTA11
- RIFTE8
- RIFTY11
- ROATE5
- RONTE5
- ROSTS5
- ROTTE5
- ROWTS8
- RYOTS8
All valid words 45
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROWTH | 11 | 10 | All three |
| RHYTA | 11 | 9 | All three |
| REWTH | 11 | 10 | Collins only |
| RIFTY | 11 | 10 | Collins only |
| RUSTY | 8 | 8 | All three |
| RAFTS | 8 | 8 | All three |
| RIFTS | 8 | 8 | All three |
| RATTY | 8 | 7 | All three |
| ROUTH | 8 | 8 | All three |
| ROOTY | 8 | 7 | All three |
| RORTY | 8 | 7 | Collins only |
| RUTTY | 8 | 8 | All three |
Collins accepts all 45 matches, but NWL2023 carries 29 and ENABLE 27, so the North American gap is wide. Only seven words qualify as common, which explains why ROUTE and RUSTY feel familiar while ROWTH and RIFTY do not. The list also leans hard on S: 17 of the 45 end there, mostly plural or third-person forms.
What does the R-first, T-fourth list contain?
- The full set runs to 45 words across the three dictionaries.
- Collins includes every one; NWL2023 includes 29 and ENABLE 27.
- Just seven sit among the 25,000 most common English words.
- ROUTE, RUSTY and RATTY are the Wordle answers here.
- ROWTH, RHYTA, REWTH and RIFTY each score 11 points.
Why 17 of the 45 words end in S
S is the dominant final letter by a wide margin: 17 entries close with it, against eight for Y, seven for E and six for A. Most of the S group are plurals or verb forms that share a stem, such as ROOTS and ROUTS, RESTS and RENTS, RANTS and RIFTS. That makes the list easy to scan once you recognise a four-letter base.
The rest of the tail is thin. Three words end in H, and all three are the -TH group: ROWTH, ROUTH and REWTH.
Two close with I and two with O, leaving no other ending with more than a single representative. If the last square is already fixed as H, those three are the entire shortlist.
Scrabble players get four 11-point words
ROUTE scores only 5, so it is a Wordle tool rather than a Scrabble play. ROWTH and REWTH are the ones to keep for the board.
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