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5-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and G as the 3rd letter

There are 19 5-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and G as the 3rd letter; ARGUE and ORGAN are the two Wordle answers among them.

19 wordsTop pick ARGUEHighest score ORGIC 8

4 of 19 are everyday words (21%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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With R in 2nd place, A is the most common 3rd letter (213 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 19 · most-used first

  • ARGUE6
  • ORGAN6
  • URGED7
  • URGES6
  • ARGUS6
  • ARGON6
  • ARGAN6
  • ERGOT6
  • ARGOT6
  • ERGON6
  • ORGUE6
  • ARGAL6
  • ARGOL6
  • URGER6
  • ORGIA6
  • ARGLE6
  • ARGIL6
  • ERGOS6
  • ORGIC8
All valid words 19

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

  • ARGAL6
  • ARGAN6
  • ARGIL6
  • ARGLE6
  • ARGOL6
  • ARGON6
  • ARGOT6
  • ARGUE6
  • ARGUS6
  • ERGON6
  • ERGOS6
  • ERGOT6
  • ORGAN6
  • ORGIA6
  • ORGIC8
  • ORGUE6
  • URGED7
  • URGER6
  • URGES6
Letters by positionIn 47% of these words the 1st letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A47%
  2. O21%
  3. E16%
4th letter
  1. O32%
  2. A16%
  3. I16%
5th letter
  1. N21%
  2. L16%
  3. E16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ORGIC810All three
URGED79All three
ARGUE68All three
ORGAN68All three
URGES68All three
ARGUS68All three
ARGON68All three
ARGAN68Collins only
ERGOT67All three
ARGOT67All three
ERGON68Collins only
ORGUE68Collins only

The RG pair is rare inside five-letter words, and only 19 carry it in slots two and three. Every single one opens with ARG, ORG, ERG or URG, so the list reads as four small families rather than one long set. Four words are common — ARGUE, ORGAN, URGED and URGES — and two of those double as Wordle answers.

How many 5-letter words have R second and G third?

  • The three tournament dictionaries combine to 19 words.
  • Collins has all 19; ENABLE and NWL2023 have 14 each.
  • Only ARGUE, ORGAN, URGED and URGES count as common.
  • ARGUE and ORGAN are Wordle answers.
  • ORGIC is the best Scrabble play at 8 points.

The ARG, ORG, ERG and URG families

Nine words begin ARG-, making it the dominant branch: ARGUE, ARGUS, ARGON, ARGAN, ARGOT, ARGAL, ARGOL, ARGLE and ARGIL. ORG- supplies four more in ORGAN, ORGUE, ORGIA and ORGIC. The remaining six split evenly between URG- (URGED, URGES, URGER) and ERG- (ERGOT, ERGON, ERGOS).

That structure is a shortcut for solvers. If the grid shows R in slot two and G in slot three, testing an A or an O at the start reaches 13 of the 19 candidates immediately; E and U cover the other six. The endings stay narrow too, with N, E, L and S each closing three or four words.

A low-scoring corner of the dictionary

Tip

ARGUE is the practical pick because it doubles as a Wordle answer and needs no rare tile. ORGIC is the only word here that scores 8, and the C lifts it from 6.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have R second and G third?
The combined dictionaries contain 19. Collins lists all 19, while ENABLE and NWL2023 list 14 each, so this pattern is noticeably thinner outside Collins. Every word begins with ARG, ORG, ERG or URG.
Which words with R second and G third are Wordle answers?
ARGUE and ORGAN are the two. ARGUE uses five different letters, and ORGAN is also letter-for-letter distinct and ends in N, the most frequent closing letter for this group.
What is the highest-scoring Scrabble word with R second and G third?
ORGIC tops the group at 8 points, with URGED next at 7. ARGUE, ORGAN, URGES, ARGUS, ARGON, ARGAN, ERGOT and ARGOT all score 6. No word in the set carries a J, Q, X or Z, so the ceiling stays low.

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