5-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

With R fixed in slot three and E in slot four, the pattern is _ _ R E _. Familiar hits include THREE, AGREE, TIRED, and FIRED, but they represent only a slice of the 188 entries. Just 34 meet the frequency cutoff for common English words, so a valid match can look much less familiar than the clue suggests.

How many 5-letter words match R in slot three and E in slot four?

• The filtered set contains 188 entries accepted by at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins lists 185, while NWL2023 accepts 148 and ENABLE accepts 136.
• Only 34 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.
• S is the most frequent opening letter, with 28 matches; P follows with 18.
• At the end, S leads with 63, ahead of D at 45 and R at 23.

Which matching words work as Wordle answers?

There are 17 Wordle answers matching this fixed R-E pattern, and 187 allowed guesses. Those are different counts: the answer figure is the subset that can appear as solutions, while the larger figure includes valid guesses.

THREE, TIRED, and FIRED show how familiar words fit the pattern, with R and E in adjacent slots. Since the answer pool is much smaller than the guess pool, lock in both middle letters before weighing a less familiar candidate.

What are the top-scoring matches?

For 5-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter, PYREX and WAREZ tie for the highest listed base score at 17 points. FOREX follows at 15, then CAREX and MUREX at 14. These X-heavy plays beat the 7.4-point average, but board placement can change the score you earn.

The frequency gap matters as much as the score: only 34 of 188 matches are common by the frequency cutoff. AGREE, TIRED, and FIRED are more familiar choices; many other entries are obscure. For a rare candidate, check the word list your game uses before playing it.