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

Sixty 5-letter words carry T third and R fifth, and 43 of them finish in -TER, led by WATER, HATER and OXTER.

60 wordsTop pick AFTERHighest score OXTER 12

24 of 60 are everyday words (40%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With T in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (159 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 24 · most-used first

All valid words 60

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

  • ACTOR7
  • AFTER8
  • ALTAR5
  • ALTER5
  • ANTAR5
  • APTER7
  • ASTER5
  • ASTIR5
  • ATTAR5
  • BITER7
  • CATER7
  • CITER7
  • CUTER7
  • DATER6
  • DETER6
  • DOTER6
  • EATER5
  • ENTER5
  • ESTER5
  • FETOR8
  • GATER6
  • GATOR6
  • HATER8
  • IFTAR8
  • INTER5
  • KITER9
  • LATER5
  • LITER5
  • LUTER5
  • MATER7
  • METER7
  • MITER7
  • MOTOR7
  • MUTER7
  • NITER5
  • NOTER5
  • OATER5
  • OFTER8
  • OPTER7
  • OTTAR5
  • OTTER5
  • OUTER5
  • OXTER12
  • PATER7
  • PETAR7
  • PETER7
  • RATER5
  • ROTOR5
  • SATYR8
  • SITAR5
  • SUTOR5
  • TATAR5
  • TATER5
  • TITER5
  • TOTER5
  • TUTOR5
  • UPTER7
  • UTTER5
  • VOTER8
  • WATER8
Letters by positionIn 72% of these words the 4th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. A15%
  2. O12%
  3. M8%
2nd letter
  1. A25%
  2. I13%
  3. U10%
4th letter
  1. E72%
  2. A13%
  3. O12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 5 in Scrabble; OXTER tops the list with 12. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 55 points: 29 words
  2. 6 points: 5 words
  3. 77 points: 16 words
  4. 8 points: 8 words
  5. 99 points: 1 words
  6. 10 points: 0 words
  7. 1111 points: 0 words
  8. 12 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
OXTER1212All three
KITER99All three
AFTER88All three
WATER88All three
VOTER89All three
HATER87All three
SATYR87All three
IFTAR88Collins · NWL
OFTER88All three
FETOR88All three
PETER78All three
ACTOR78All three

The pattern is friendly for such a narrow shape: 22 of the 60 are Wordle answers, among them AFTER, ENTER, LATER, TUTOR and VOTER. Scoring stays low, averaging 6.2 points, because OXTER is the only word holding a high-value letter. Ten entries repeat a letter, from DETER and METER to ROTOR and TOTER.

How the T-third, R-fifth list breaks down

  • All 60 matches end in R: 43 in -TER, 8 in -TAR and 7 in -TOR, with ASTIR and SATYR alone.
  • Collins accepts all 60, NWL2023 54 and ENABLE 52.
  • Twenty-four are everyday words; the rest are rarer spellings.
  • Twenty-two are Wordle answers, including AFTER, ENTER, METER, WATER and VOTER.
  • OXTER is the only match containing J, Q, X or Z, and it leads the scores at 12.
  • The average score is 6.2, and 29 words return just 5 points.

Why endings starting -TER dominate

Forty-three of the 60 words close in -TER, so the list reads like a set of agent nouns: HATER, VOTER, EATER, CATER, DATER and NOTER all follow the same shape. With three letters already fixed, the opening pair carries the variety, and A fills 15 of them, ahead of I on 8 and O on 6.

The rest split into -TAR, with ALTAR, ATTAR, SITAR and GATOR; -TOR, with ACTOR, MOTOR, ROTOR and TUTOR; and two lone entries, ASTIR and SATYR. Ten words double a letter along the way, and DETER, METER, TATER, TOTER and ROTOR are the ones a player is most likely to meet.

Which T-third, R-fifth words score best?

Note

Six words appear only in Collins: ANTAR, LUTER, OPTER, PETAR, SUTOR and UPTER. They will not count in an NWL2023 or ENABLE game.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words have T third and R fifth?
Sixty, and every one of them ends in R. Forty-three finish in -TER, eight in -TAR and seven in -TOR, while ASTIR and SATYR close the list alone.
Which T-third, R-fifth words are Wordle answers?
Twenty-two of the 60, including AFTER, WATER, LATER, ENTER, TUTOR, VOTER, OTTER, METER and INTER. That share is high for a narrow pattern, so pinning T in slot three and R in slot five still leaves plenty of live options.
What is the highest-scoring word with T third and R fifth?
OXTER, at 12 points, carried by its X. KITER reaches 9 and eight words score 8, among them AFTER, WATER, VOTER, HATER, SATYR, IFTAR, OFTER and FETOR. The weakest entries still return 5, so the spread stays narrow.

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