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

The pattern is _R__E: R sits in slot two and E closes every match. Familiar options include price, drive, trade, write, and grade, but the selection runs well beyond everyday vocabulary. Only 47 matches are classified as common, so expect less familiar choices after those recognizable words.

At a glance: the R-second, E-fifth pattern

• The fixed-letter pattern produces 160 five-letter matches across the tournament word lists.
• Only 47 matches are classified as common; price, drive, and trade are familiar starting points.
• All 160 matches are allowed Wordle guesses, while 62 also appear in the answer list.
• Collins includes 159 matches, compared with 110 in NWL2023 and 106 in ENABLE.
• FROZE is the top scorer at 17 points; PRIZE scores 16.

How to use 5-letter words with R second and E fifth in Wordle

For Wordle, the pattern already fixes two positions, leaving three letters to test. Price, drive, and trade offer different first letters while preserving the same R and final E, so choose among them based on which letters remain untested. The 62 answer-list matches are a smaller set than the 160 legal guesses.

The dictionary split is unusually tight at the top: Collins has 159 matches, but NWL2023 has 110 and ENABLE has 106. A word accepted in one list may not transfer to another. Most players will recognize words such as write and grade; the full set also contains many less common entries, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar guess.

The starting letters are not evenly spread: G leads with 28 words, followed by C with 22 and B with 20. Those three groups give you strong first-letter branches to test while keeping R second and E last. The remaining matches begin with several other letters.

For a score-minded play, FROZE leads at 17 points, while PRIZE and CRAZE each score 16. Those totals reward the Z, but board placement still matters in Scrabble. The best scoring word is not automatically the best move: a premium square or a safer board position can change the value of a play.