Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with O as 2nd and R as 5th Letter
Wordle, Scrabble and crossword fans often meet the shape ?O??R, and the words below cover it. O in the second box is one of the most common placements and follows many consonants. A final R usually belongs to the ER, AR or OR ending.
125matching five-letter words
5 Letter Words with O as 2nd and R as 5th Letter
- boder
- bohor
- bolar
- boner
- borer
- bourr
- bower
- boxer
- boyar
- coder
- color
- comer
- coner
- confr
- cooer
- coper
- corer
- cover
- cower
- coyer
- dolor
- domer
- donar
- doner
- donor
- doper
- doser
- doter
- douar
- dover
- dowar
- dower
- dozer
- foder
- fouer
- foxer
- foyer
- gobar
- gofer
- goier
- gomer
- goner
- gorer
- goter
- hoker
- holer
- homer
- honer
- honor
- hoper
- hoser
- hover
- joker
- jowar
- jower
- koker
- lobar
- loner
- loper
- loser
- lotor
- lover
- lower
- moder
- mohar
- mohur
- moier
- molar
- moler
- moner
- moper
- moror
- moter
- motor
- mover
- mower
- noser
- noter
- poker
- polar
- poler
- porer
- poser
- poter
- power
- rober
- robur
- roger
- roker
- roper
- rotor
- rover
- rower
- sober
- sofar
- soger
- sohur
- solar
- soler
- sonar
- sopor
- sorer
- sowar
- sower
- toher
- toker
- tolar
- toner
- toper
- toter
- tovar
- tower
- toyer
- tozer
- voder
- volar
- vomer
- voter
- vower
- wooer
- yoker
- yomer
- zokor
- zonar
- zoner
How These Words Are Built
The first box is most often R as in ROGER, P as in POWER and L as in LOWER. Between the fixed letters, look for W in POWER, V in COVER and N in HONOR. The fourth box is most often E in POWER and O in COLOR.
Useful five-letter words
Start with POWER, LOWER, COVER, COLOR and HONOR. They are the easiest to recognise, which makes them safe tests. MOTOR, SOLAR and TOWER are worth keeping in reserve.
- POWER
- LOWER
- COVER
- COLOR
- HONOR
Quick Strategy for This Pattern
Begin with R, P and L in the first box, because they open the largest groups. If the opener comes back grey, test W in the third box, since it is the single most common middle letter here. The fixed O and R do a lot of the work, so use your guesses on the three open boxes rather than on those two letters.
Using These Words in Scrabble
In Scrabble, O is worth one point and R is worth one point. Knowing words such as POWER, LOWER and COVER helps you use both tiles quickly when they land on your rack.
Frequently asked questions
Which letters usually start words with O second and R fifth
R, P and L are the usual openers, as in ROGER, POWER and LOWER. Testing one of them in the first box is the quickest way to narrow the list.
Is O second and R fifth a common pattern in Wordle
It is a large group, so it gives you plenty of choices. Knowing the usual openers and middle letters helps more than guessing blindly.
What should I guess first for this pattern
POWER is a strong first choice, because it is a familiar word that also tests E, P and W in the three open boxes.