5-letter words with R as the 2nd letter

5-letter words with R as the 2nd letter number 928, including 267 Wordle answers and choices from GREAT to FRIZZ.

928 wordsTop pick GREATHighest score FRIZZ 26

245 of 928 are everyday words (26%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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A is the most common 2nd letter in 5-letter words (2,223 words); J is the rarest (11). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 245 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 245 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 928

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

ARABA₇
ARAKS₉
ARAME₇
ARARS₅
ARBAS₇
ARBOR₇
ARCED₈
ARCHI₁₀
ARCUS₇
ARDEB₈
ARDOR₆
ARDRI₆
AREAD₆
AREAE₅
AREAL₅
AREAR₅
AREAS₅
ARECA₇
AREDD₇
AREDE₆
AREFY₁₁
AREIC₇
ARENA₅
ARENE₅
AREPA₇
ARERE₅
ARETE₅
ARETS₅
ARETT₅
ARGAL₆
ARGAN₆
ARGIL₆
ARGLE₆
ARGOL₆
ARGON₆
ARGOT₆
ARGUE₆
ARGUS₆
ARHAT₈
ARIAS₅
ARIEL₅
ARIKI₉
ARILS₅
ARIOT₅
ARISE₅
ARISH₈
ARKED₁₀
ARLED₆
ARLES₅
ARMED₈
ARMER₇
ARMET₇
ARMIL₇
ARMOR₇
ARNAS₅
ARNUT₅
AROBA₇
AROHA₈
AROID₆
AROMA₇
AROSE₅
ARPAS₇
ARPEN₇
ARRAH₈
ARRAS₅
ARRAY₈
ARRET₅
ARRIS₅
ARROW₈
ARROZ₁₄
ARSED₆
ARSES₅
ARSEY₈
ARSIS₅
ARSON₅
ARTAL₅
ARTEL₅
ARTIC₇
ARTIS₅
ARTSY₈
ARUHE₈
ARUMS₇
ARVAL₈
ARVOS₈
ARYLS₈
BRAAI₇
BRACE₉
BRACH₁₂
BRACK₁₃
BRACT₉
BRADS₈
BRAES₇
BRAGS₈
BRAID₈
BRAIL₇
BRAIN₇
BRAKE₁₁
BRAKS₁₁
BRAKY₁₄
BRAME₉
BRAND₈
BRANK₁₁
BRANS₇
BRANT₇
BRASH₁₀
BRASS₇
BRAST₇
BRATS₇
BRAVA₁₀
BRAVE₁₀
BRAVI₁₀
BRAVO₁₀
BRAWL₁₀
BRAWN₁₀
BRAWS₁₀
BRAXY₁₇
BRAYS₁₀
BRAZA₁₆
BRAZE₁₆
BREAD₈
BREAK₁₁
BREAM₉
BREDE₈
BREDS₈
BREED₈
BREEM₉
BREER₇
BREES₇
BREID₈
BREIS₇
BREME₉
BRENS₇
BRENT₇
BRERE₇
BRERS₇
BREVE₁₀
BREWS₁₀
BREYS₁₀
BRIAR₇
BRIBE₉
BRICK₁₃
BRIDE₈
BRIEF₁₀
BRIER₇
BRIES₇
BRIGS₈
BRIKS₁₁
BRILL₇
BRIMS₉
BRINE₇
BRING₈
BRINK₁₁
BRINS₇
BRINY₁₀
BRIOS₇
BRISE₇
BRISK₁₁
BRISS₇
BRITH₁₀
BRITS₇
BRITT₇
BRIZE₁₆
BROAD₈
BROCH₁₂
BROCK₁₃
BRODS₈
BROEY₁₀
BROGH₁₁
BROGS₈
BROIL₇
BROKE₁₁
BROME₉
BROMO₉
BRONC₉
BROND₈
BROOD₈
BROOK₁₁
BROOL₇
BROOM₉
BROOS₇
BROSE₇
BROSY₁₀
BROTH₁₀
BROWN₁₀
BROWS₁₀
BRUGH₁₁
BRUHS₁₀
BRUIN₇
BRUIT₇
BRULE₇
BRUME₉
BRUNG₈
BRUNT₇
BRUSH₁₀
BRUSK₁₁
BRUST₇
BRUTE₇
BRUTS₇
CRAAL₇
CRABS₉
CRACK₁₃
CRAFT₁₀
CRAGS₈
CRAIC₉
CRAIG₈
CRAKE₁₁
CRAME₉
CRAMP₁₁
CRAMS₉
CRANE₇
CRANK₁₁
CRANS₇
CRAPE₉
CRAPS₉
CRAPY₁₂
CRARE₇
CRASH₁₀
CRASS₇
CRATE₇
CRAVE₁₀
CRAWL₁₀
CRAWS₁₀
CRAYS₁₀
CRAZE₁₆
CRAZY₁₉
CREAK₁₁
CREAM₉
CREDO₈
CREDS₈
CREED₈
CREEK₁₁
CREEL₇
CREEP₉
CREES₇
CREME₉
CREMS₉
CRENA₇
CREPE₉
CREPT₉
CREPY₁₂
CRESS₇
CREST₇
CREWE₁₀
CREWS₁₀
CRIAS₇
CRIBS₉
CRICK₁₃
CRIED₈
CRIER₇
CRIES₇
CRIME₉
CRIMP₁₁
CRIMS₉
CRINE₇
CRIOS₇
CRIPE₉
CRIPS₉
CRISE₇
CRISP₉
CRITH₁₀
CRITS₇
CROAK₁₁
CROCI₉
CROCK₁₃
CROCS₉
CROFT₁₀
CROGS₈
CROMB₁₁
CROME₉
CRONE₇
CRONK₁₁
CRONY₁₀
CROOK₁₁
CROOL₇
CROON₇
CROPS₉
CRORE₇
CROSS₇
CROST₇
CROUP₉
CROUT₇
CROWD₁₁
CROWN₁₀
CROWS₁₀
CROZE₁₆
CRUCK₁₃
CRUDE₈
CRUDO₈
CRUDS₈
CRUDY₁₁
CRUEL₇
CRUES₇
CRUET₇
CRUFT₁₀
CRUMB₁₁
CRUMP₁₁
CRUNK₁₁
CRUOR₇
CRURA₇
CRUSE₇
CRUSH₁₀
CRUST₇
CRUSY₁₀
CRUVE₁₀
CRWTH₁₃
CRYER₁₀
CRYPT₁₂
DRABS₈
DRACK₁₂
DRACO₈
DRAFF₁₂
DRAFT₉
DRAGS₇
DRAIL₆
DRAIN₆
DRAKE₁₀
DRAMA₈
DRAMS₈
DRANK₁₀
DRANT₆
DRAPE₈
DRAPS₈
DRATS₆
DRAVE₉
DRAWL₉
DRAWN₉
DRAWS₉
DRAYS₉
DREAD₇
DREAM₈
DREAR₆
DRECK₁₂
DREED₇
DREES₆
DREGS₇
DREKS₁₀
DRENT₆
DRERE₆
DRESS₆
DREST₆
DREYS₉
DRIBS₈
DRICE₈
DRIED₇
DRIER₆
DRIES₆
DRIFT₉
DRILL₆
DRILY₉
DRINK₁₀
DRIPS₈
DRIPT₈
DRIVE₉
DROID₇
DROIL₆
DROIT₆
DROKE₁₀
DROLE₆
DROLL₆
DROME₈
DRONE₆
DRONY₉
DROOB₈
DROOG₇
DROOK₁₀
DROOL₆
DROOP₈
DROPS₈
DROPT₈
DROSS₆
DROUK₁₀
DROVE₉
DROWN₉
DROWS₉
DRUBS₈
DRUGS₇
DRUID₇
DRUMS₈
DRUNK₁₀
DRUPE₈
DRUSE₆
DRUSY₉
DRUXY₁₆
DRYAD₁₀
DRYAS₉
DRYER₉
DRYLY₁₂
ERASE₅
ERBIA₇
ERECT₇
EREVS₈
ERGON₆
ERGOS₆
ERGOT₆
ERICA₇
ERICK₁₁
ERICS₇
ERING₆
ERNED₆
ERNES₅
ERODE₆
EROSE₅
ERRED₆
ERROR₅
ERSES₅
ERUCT₇
ERUGO₆
ERUPT₇
ERUVS₈
ERVEN₈
ERVIL₈
FRABS₁₀
FRACK₁₄
FRACT₁₀
FRAGS₉
FRAIL₈
FRAIM₁₀
FRAME₁₀
FRANC₁₀
FRANK₁₂
FRAPE₁₀
FRAPS₁₀
FRASS₈
FRATE₈
FRATI₈
FRATS₈
FRAUD₉
FRAUS₈
FRAYS₁₁
FREAK₁₂
FREED₉
FREER₈
FREES₈
FREET₈
FREIT₈
FREMD₁₁
FRENA₈
FREON₈
FRERE₈
FRESH₁₁
FRETS₈
FRIAR₈
FRIBS₁₀
FRIED₉
FRIER₈
FRIES₈
FRIGS₉
FRILL₈
FRISE₈
FRISK₁₂
FRIST₈
FRITH₁₁
FRITS₈
FRITT₈
FRITZ₁₇
FRIZE₁₇
FRIZZ₂₆
FROCK₁₄
FROES₈
FROGS₉
FROND₉
FRONS₈
FRONT₈
FRORE₈
FRORN₈
FRORY₁₁
FROSH₁₁
FROST₈
FROTH₁₁
FROWN₁₁
FROWS₁₁
FROWY₁₄
FROZE₁₇
FRUGS₉
FRUIT₈
FRUMP₁₂
FRUSH₁₁
FRUST₈
FRYER₁₁
GRAAL₆
GRABS₈
GRACE₈
GRADE₇
GRADS₇
GRAFF₁₂
GRAFT₉
GRAIL₆
GRAIN₆
GRAIP₈
GRAMA₈
GRAME₈
GRAMP₁₀
GRAMS₈
GRANA₆
GRAND₇
GRANS₆
GRANT₆
GRAPE₈
GRAPH₁₁
GRAPY₁₁
GRASP₈
GRASS₆
GRATE₆
GRAVE₉
GRAVS₉
GRAVY₁₂
GRAYS₉
GRAZE₁₅
GREAT₆
GREBE₈
GRECE₈
GREED₇
GREEK₁₀
GREEN₆
GREES₆
GREET₆
GREGE₇
GREGO₇
GREIN₆
GRENS₆
GRENZ₁₅
GRESE₆
GREVE₉
GREWS₉
GREYS₉
GRICE₈
GRIDE₇
GRIDS₇
GRIEF₉
GRIFF₁₂
GRIFT₉
GRIGS₇
GRIKE₁₀
GRILL₆
GRIME₈
GRIMY₁₁
GRIND₇
GRINS₆
GRIOT₆
GRIPE₈
GRIPS₈
GRIPT₈
GRIPY₁₁
GRISE₆
GRIST₆
GRISY₉
GRITH₉
GRITS₆
GRIZE₁₅
GROAN₆
GROAT₆
GRODY₁₀
GROGS₇
GROIN₆
GROKS₁₀
GROMA₈
GRONE₆
GROOF₉
GROOM₈
GROPE₈
GROSS₆
GROSZ₁₅
GROTS₆
GROUF₉
GROUP₈
GROUT₆
GROVE₉
GROVY₁₂
GROWL₉
GROWN₉
GROWS₉
GRRRL₆
GRUBS₈
GRUED₇
GRUEL₆
GRUES₆
GRUFE₉
GRUFF₁₂
GRUME₈
GRUMP₁₀
GRUNT₆
GRYCE₁₁
GRYDE₁₀
GRYKE₁₃
GRYPE₁₁
GRYPT₁₁
IRADE₆
IRATE₅
IRIDS₆
IRING₆
IRKED₁₀
IROKO₉
IRONE₅
IRONS₅
IRONY₈
KRAAL₉
KRABS₁₁
KRAFT₁₂
KRAIS₉
KRAIT₉
KRANG₁₀
KRANS₉
KRANZ₁₈
KRAUT₉
KRAYS₁₂
KREEP₁₁
KRENG₁₀
KREWE₁₂
KRILL₉
KRONA₉
KRONE₉
KROON₉
KRUBI₁₁
ORACH₁₀
ORACY₁₀
ORALS₅
ORANG₆
ORANT₅
ORATE₅
ORBED₈
ORBIT₇
ORCAS₇
ORCIN₇
ORDER₆
ORDOS₆
OREAD₆
ORFES₈
ORGAN₆
ORGIA₆
ORGIC₈
ORGUE₆
ORIBI₇
ORIEL₅
ORIXA₁₂
ORLES₅
ORLON₅
ORLOP₇
ORMER₇
ORNIS₅
ORPIN₇
ORRIS₅
ORTHO₈
ORVAL₈
ORZOS₁₄
PRAAM₉
PRADS₈
PRAHU₁₀
PRAMS₉
PRANA₇
PRANG₈
PRANK₁₁
PRAOS₇
PRASE₇
PRATE₇
PRATS₇
PRATT₇
PRATY₁₀
PRAUS₇
PRAWN₁₀
PRAYS₁₀
PREDY₁₁
PREED₈
PREEN₇
PREES₇
PREIF₁₀
PREMS₉
PREMY₁₂
PRENT₇
PREOP₉
PREPS₉
PRESA₇
PRESE₇
PRESS₇
PREST₇
PREVE₁₀
PREXY₁₇
PREYS₁₀
PRIAL₇
PRICE₉
PRICK₁₃
PRICY₁₂
PRIDE₈
PRIED₈
PRIEF₁₀
PRIER₇
PRIES₇
PRIGS₈
PRILL₇
PRIMA₉
PRIME₉
PRIMI₉
PRIMO₉
PRIMP₁₁
PRIMS₉
PRIMY₁₂
PRINK₁₁
PRINT₇
PRION₇
PRIOR₇
PRISE₇
PRISM₉
PRISS₇
PRIVY₁₃
PRIZE₁₆
PROAS₇
PROBE₉
PROBS₉
PRODS₈
PROEM₉
PROFS₁₀
PROGS₈
PROIN₇
PROKE₁₁
PROLE₇
PROLL₇
PROMO₉
PROMS₉
PRONE₇
PRONG₈
PRONK₁₁
PROOF₁₀
PROPS₉
PRORE₇
PROSE₇
PROSO₇
PROSS₇
PROST₇
PROSY₁₀
PROUD₈
PROUL₇
PROVE₁₀
PROWL₁₀
PROWS₁₀
PROXY₁₇
PROYN₁₀
PRUDE₈
PRUNE₇
PRUNT₇
PRUTA₇
PRYER₁₀
PRYSE₁₀
TRABS₇
TRACE₇
TRACK₁₁
TRACT₇
TRADE₆
TRADS₆
TRAGI₆
TRAIK₉
TRAIL₅
TRAIN₅
TRAIT₅
TRAMP₉
TRAMS₇
TRANK₉
TRANQ₁₄
TRANS₅
TRANT₅
TRAPE₇
TRAPS₇
TRAPT₇
TRASH₈
TRASS₅
TRATS₅
TRATT₅
TRAVE₈
TRAWL₈
TRAYF₁₁
TRAYS₈
TREAD₆
TREAT₅
TRECK₁₁
TREED₆
TREEN₅
TREES₅
TREFA₈
TREIF₈
TREKS₉
TREMA₇
TREMS₇
TREND₆
TRESS₅
TREST₅
TRETS₅
TREWS₈
TREYF₁₁
TREYS₈
TRIAC₇
TRIAD₆
TRIAL₅
TRIBE₇
TRICE₇
TRICK₁₁
TRIDE₆
TRIED₆
TRIER₅
TRIES₅
TRIFF₁₁
TRIGO₆
TRIGS₆
TRIKE₉
TRILD₆
TRILL₅
TRIMS₇
TRINE₅
TRINS₅
TRIOL₅
TRIOR₅
TRIOS₅
TRIPE₇
TRIPS₇
TRIPY₁₀
TRIST₅
TRITE₅
TROAD₆
TROAK₉
TROAT₅
TROCK₁₁
TRODE₆
TRODS₆
TROGS₆
TROIS₅
TROKE₉
TROLL₅
TROMP₉
TRONA₅
TRONC₇
TRONE₅
TRONK₉
TRONS₅
TROOP₇
TROOZ₁₄
TROPE₇
TROTH₈
TROTS₅
TROUT₅
TROVE₈
TROWS₈
TROYS₈
TRUCE₇
TRUCK₁₁
TRUED₆
TRUER₅
TRUES₅
TRUGO₆
TRUGS₆
TRULL₅
TRULY₈
TRUMP₉
TRUNK₉
TRUSS₅
TRUST₅
TRUTH₈
TRYER₈
TRYKE₁₂
TRYMA₁₀
TRYNA₈
TRYPS₁₀
TRYST₈
URAEI₅
URALI₅
URAOS₅
URARE₅
URARI₅
URASE₅
URATE₅
URBAN₇
URBIA₇
URDEE₆
UREAL₅
UREAS₅
UREDO₆
UREIC₇
URENA₅
URENT₅
URGED₇
URGER₆
URGES₆
URIAL₅
URINE₅
URITE₅
URMAN₇
URNAL₅
URNED₆
URPED₈
URSAE₅
URSID₆
URSON₅
URUBU₇
URVAS₈
VRAIC₁₀
VRILS₈
VROOM₁₀
VROUS₈
VROUW₁₁
VROWS₁₁
WRACK₁₄
WRANG₉
WRAPS₁₀
WRAPT₁₀
WRAST₈
WRATE₈
WRATH₁₁
WRAWL₁₁
WREAK₁₂
WRECK₁₄
WRENS₈
WREST₈
WRICK₁₄
WRIED₉
WRIER₈
WRIES₈
WRING₉
WRIST₈
WRITE₈
WRITS₈
WROKE₁₂
WRONG₉
WROOT₈
WROTE₈
WROTH₁₁
WRUNG₉
WRYER₁₁
WRYLY₁₄
YRAPT₁₀
YRENT₈
YRIVD₁₂
YRNEH₁₁

Letters by positionIn 24% of these words the 5th letter is S.

1st letter

T13%
B12%
C12%

3rd letter

A23%
O20%
I19%

4th letter

E11%
N10%
S8%

5th letter

S24%
E17%
T10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; FRIZZ tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 100 words
6 points: 112 words
77 points: 185 words
8 points: 167 words
99 points: 125 words
10 points: 96 words
1111 points: 71 words
12 points: 29 words
1313 points: 11 words
14 points: 12 words
1515 points: 4 words
16 points: 7 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FRIZZ	26	26	All three
CRAZY	19	19	All three
KRANZ	18	19	Collins only
PROXY	17	17	All three
FRITZ	17	17	All three
FROZE	17	17	All three
FRIZE	17	17	Collins only
PREXY	17	17	All three
BRAXY	17	17	All three
PRIZE	16	17	All three
CRAZE	16	17	All three
BRIZE	16	17	Collins only

R in slot two creates a broad but uneven set: 928 tournament-dictionary words, with 245 classed as common by word frequency. Familiar options include GREAT, GROUP, ORDER, WRONG, and FRONT; the pattern also reaches high-value plays such as FRIZZ. Use the fixed R to narrow a clue, then sort by the letters around it.

At a glance: words with R in slot two

The set contains 928 five-letter entries with R in the second position.
A total of 245 are classed as common by word frequency.
There are 267 matches in the Wordle answer list.
The allowed-guess pool contains 924 matching words.
FRIZZ scores 26 points, the highest score among the listed examples.

Which letters start these R patterns?

T leads with 118 words, followed by B with 113 and C with 109. G is close behind at 107, while P starts 97. That spread gives you several productive branches when a clue fixes R in position two: try familiar forms such as GREAT, BRING, and CROSS before reaching for a rarer combination.

S is the most frequent final letter, ending 227 entries; E follows with 160, then T with 89. That makes endings a useful second filter after the R is fixed. Words such as PRESS, TRADE, and TRUST show how much the final letter can change while the central pattern stays the same.

How do 5-letter words with R as the 2nd letter fit Wordle?

The matching Wordle pool contains 267 answer-list entries and 924 allowed guesses. Those counts do different jobs: an answer-list match can be a possible solution, while an allowed guess need not be one. Don’t treat all 928 tournament-dictionary entries as possible answers.

With R already fixed, test the other slots instead of repeating the known letter. GREAT, BRING, and DRIVE each keep R second while changing the surrounding letters, so they offer distinct patterns to compare against your clues.

The tournament lists also differ: Collins includes 908 matches, compared with 692 in NWL2023 and 645 in ENABLE. Check your game’s word list before relying on an obscure entry.

Questions people ask

How many Wordle answers have R as the second letter?

There are 267 matching entries in the Wordle answer list. The broader set has 924 allowed guesses, so the counts serve different purposes: an answer-list match can be a possible solution, while an allowed guess need not be one. Keep that distinction when filtering a solver.

Which letters start the most five-letter words with R second?

T starts the most, with 118 words; B follows with 113, and C with 109. G is next at 107. If your first letter is still unknown, those four starts cover a large share of the leading options.

What is the highest-scoring word with R as its second letter?

FRIZZ is the top scorer at 26 points. CRAZY follows at 19, while KRANZ scores 18. These are base word scores, so the total on a Scrabble board changes when letter or word premiums apply.

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