5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ _ R

49 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ _ R, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words49 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

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briar
ardor
freer
arbor
friar
dryer
crier
drier
order
armor
prior
truer

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (36)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arber
arder
arear
arhar
armer
aroar
artar
arter
artur
brear
brier
cruor
drear
ersar
frear
freir
freyr
frier
fryer
greer
grier
ormer
prier
propr
pryer
pryor
traer
trier
trior
trmtr
urdar
urdur
urger
urlar
wrier
wryer

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 49 matches.

Most common letters

r49
e31
a21
i13
o12
d8
t8
u7
f7
y6

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 12 with 1 unique vowel
  • 36 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 23 words
  • -ar · 12 words
  • -or · 8 words
  • -ur · 2 words
  • -ir · 1 words

Strategy

13 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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