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

The pattern is _ _ W _ R: W sits in the middle, and R closes every word. POWER, LOWER, and TOWER are easy to recognize, but the full group also includes less familiar choices such as JOWAR and VOWER. Collins lists all 24; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 22, so a couple of entries depend on your game's dictionary.

At a glance: the W-and-R pattern

• The fixed pattern is _ _ W _ R, with 24 tournament-dictionary matches.
• POWER, LOWER, TOWER, and FEWER are among the familiar examples.
• Ten matches are Wordle answers, and all ten are in tournament dictionaries.
• JOWAR scores 15 points, the highest score in this group.
• S begins five words, the largest first-letter group; D begins three.

How many matches are Wordle answers?

Ten of the 24 matches appear in the Wordle answer list, and each is also included in a tournament dictionary. The remaining entries are not answer-list matches, even though the game's allowed-guess count for this pattern is 24.

POWER, LOWER, and TOWER show why the pattern can feel familiar, but the complete answer set is not here. Use the fixed letters to check a candidate, then confirm it in your game's word list: Collins has 24 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 have 22 each.

Which patterned words score the most?

For 5-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and R as the 5th letter, JOWAR leads at 15 points. FEWER, HEWER, and VOWER each score 11; POWER, MOWER, BOWER, COWER, and PAWER each reach 10.

The top scorer is not the everyday choice: JOWAR is much less familiar than POWER or LOWER. The group averages 9.2 points, and only eight entries fall among common English words. Treat the score list as a tile-value comparison, not a promise that every opponent or game accepts each word.