Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with R as the 2nd Letter
Looking for 5 letter words with R as the 2nd letter? R in the second box forms blends with B, C, D, F, G, P and T, which gives words such as GREAT, TRAIN, BRING and FRONT. Use the openings and examples below to narrow down your next guess in Wordle, Scrabble and other word games.
1,204matching five-letter words
5 Letter Words with R as the 2nd Letter
- araba
- arabs
- araby
- araca
- arace
- arach
- arado
- arage
- arain
- arake
- araks
- arame
- arank
- arara
- arars
- araru
- arase
- arati
- arbas
- arbor
- arcae
- arced
- arces
- arche
- arcos
- arcus
- ardeb
- arder
- ardor
- ardri
- aread
- areae
- areal
- arear
- areas
- areca
- aredd
- arede
- areek
- areel
- arefy
- areic
- arena
- arend
- arene
- areng
- arent
- arepa
- arere
- arest
- arete
- arets
- arett
- argal
- argan
- argel
- argil
- argin
- argle
- argol
- argon
- argot
- argue
- argus
- arhar
- arhat
- arian
- arias
- ariel
- aries
- ariki
- arils
- ariot
- arise
- arish
- arist
- arite
- arith
- arked
- arkie
- arled
- arles
- armed
- armer
- armet
- armil
- armit
- armor
- arnas
- arnee
- arnut
- aroar
- aroba
- aroha
- aroid
- aroma
- aroon
- aroph
- arose
- arpas
- arpen
- arrah
- arras
- arrau
- array
- arret
- arrgt
- arrha
- arrie
- arris
- arrow
- arroz
- arsed
- arses
- arsey
- arsis
- arsle
- arson
- arsyl
- artal
- artar
- artel
- arter
- artha
- artic
- artis
- artly
- artou
- artsy
- aruhe
- aruke
- arums
- arupa
- arusa
- arval
- arvel
- arvos
- aryan
- aryls
- arzan
- arzun
- braai
- brace
- brach
- brack
- bract
- brads
- braes
- bragi
- brags
- brahm
- braid
- brail
- brain
- brake
- braks
- braky
- brame
- brand
- brane
- brank
- brans
- brant
- brash
- brass
- brast
- brats
- brava
- brave
- bravi
- bravo
- brawl
- brawn
- braws
- braxy
- braye
- brays
- braza
- braze
- bread
- break
- bream
- breba
- breck
- brede
- bredi
- breds
- breed
- breek
- breem
- breer
- brees
- breid
- breis
- breme
- brens
- brent
- brerd
- brere
- brers
- breth
- breva
- breve
- brevi
- brews
- breys
- briar
- bribe
- brick
- bride
- brief
- brier
- bries
- brigs
- brike
- briki
- briks
- brill
- brims
- brine
- bring
- brink
- brins
- briny
- brios
- brisa
- brise
- brisk
- briss
- brist
- brite
- brith
- brits
- britt
- briza
- brize
- brizz
- broad
- broch
- brock
- brods
- brogh
- brogs
- broid
- broil
- broke
- broll
- broma
- brome
- bromo
- bronc
- brond
- bronx
- brood
- brook
- brool
- broom
- broon
- broos
- brose
- brosy
- broth
- browd
- brown
- brows
- brubu
- bruet
- brugh
- bruin
- bruit
- bruja
- brujo
- bruke
- brule
- brume
- brune
- brung
- brunt
- brush
- brusk
- brust
- brute
- bruts
- bruzz
- craal
- crabs
- crack
- craft
- crags
- craic
- craie
- craig
- craik
- crake
- crame
- cramp
- crams
- crane
- crang
- crank
- crans
- crany
- crape
- craps
- crapy
- crare
- crash
- crass
- crate
- crave
- cravo
- crawl
- crawm
- craws
- craye
- crays
- craze
- crazy
- crcao
- crche
- cread
- creak
- cream
- creat
- creda
- credo
- creds
- creed
- creek
- creel
- creem
- creen
- creep
- crees
- creme
- crems
- crena
- crepe
- creps
- crept
- crepy
- cress
- crest
- creta
- crete
- crewe
- crews
- crias
- cribo
- cribs
- crick
- cried
- crier
- cries
- criey
- crile
- crime
- crimp
- crims
- crine
- crink
- crios
- cripe
- crips
- crise
- crisp
- criss
- crith
- crits
- croak
- croat
- croci
- crock
- crocs
- croft
- crogs
- crois
- cromb
- crome
- crone
- cronk
- crony
- crood
- crook
- crool
- croon
- crops
- crore
- crosa
- crose
- cross
- crost
- croup
- crout
- crowd
- crowl
- crown
- crows
- croyl
- croze
- cruck
- crude
- cruds
- crudy
- cruel
- crues
- cruet
- cruft
- crull
- crumb
- crump
- crunk
- crunt
- cruor
- crura
- cruse
- crush
- crust
- crusy
- cruth
- cruve
- crwth
- cryal
- crypt
- drabs
- drack
- draco
- draff
- draft
- drago
- drags
- drail
- drain
- drake
- drama
- drame
- dramm
- drams
- drang
- drank
- drant
- drape
- draps
- drate
- drats
- drave
- drawk
- drawl
- drawn
- draws
- drays
- dread
- dream
- drear
- dreck
- dreed
- dreep
- drees
- dregs
- dreks
- dreng
- drent
- drere
- dress
- drest
- dreys
- drias
- dribs
- drice
- dried
- drier
- dries
- drift
- drill
- drily
- drink
- drinn
- drips
- dript
- drisk
- drive
- drogh
- droid
- droil
- droit
- drole
- droll
- drome
- drone
- drony
- droob
- droog
- drook
- drool
- droop
- drops
- dropt
- dross
- droud
- drouk
- drove
- drovy
- drown
- drows
- droyl
- drubs
- drugs
- druid
- drums
- drung
- drunk
- drunt
- drupe
- drury
- druse
- drusy
- druxy
- druze
- dryad
- dryas
- dryer
- dryly
- dryth
- erade
- erase
- erato
- erbia
- erect
- erept
- erevs
- ergal
- ergon
- ergos
- ergot
- erhus
- erica
- erick
- erics
- ering
- erizo
- ermit
- erned
- ernes
- erode
- erose
- erred
- erron
- error
- erses
- eruca
- eruct
- erugo
- erump
- erupt
- eruvs
- erven
- ervil
- frabs
- frack
- fract
- frags
- fraid
- fraik
- frail
- fraim
- frame
- franc
- frank
- frape
- frapp
- fraps
- frary
- frase
- frass
- frate
- frati
- frats
- fraud
- fraus
- frawn
- frayn
- frays
- frden
- freak
- fream
- freck
- freed
- freen
- freer
- frees
- freet
- freir
- freit
- fremd
- fremt
- frena
- freon
- frere
- fresh
- fress
- frets
- frett
- friar
- fribs
- fried
- frier
- fries
- frigs
- frike
- frill
- frise
- frisk
- friss
- frist
- frith
- frits
- fritt
- fritz
- frize
- frizz
- frock
- froes
- frogs
- frond
- frons
- front
- froom
- frore
- frorn
- frory
- frosh
- frosk
- frost
- froth
- frowl
- frown
- frows
- frowy
- froze
- frugs
- fruit
- frump
- frush
- frust
- fryer
- graal
- grabs
- grace
- gracy
- grade
- grads
- graff
- graft
- grail
- grain
- graip
- grama
- grame
- gramp
- grams
- gramy
- grana
- grand
- grank
- grano
- grans
- grant
- grape
- graph
- grapy
- grasp
- grass
- grate
- grave
- gravs
- gravy
- grays
- graze
- great
- grebe
- grebo
- grece
- greco
- greed
- greek
- green
- grees
- greet
- grege
- grego
- grein
- greit
- grene
- grens
- grese
- greve
- grews
- grewt
- greys
- grice
- gride
- grids
- grief
- griff
- grift
- grigs
- grike
- grill
- grime
- grimm
- grimp
- grimy
- grind
- grins
- grint
- griot
- gripe
- griph
- grips
- gript
- gripy
- grise
- grist
- grisy
- grith
- grits
- grize
- groan
- groat
- grody
- groff
- grogs
- groin
- groks
- groma
- grond
- grone
- gront
- groof
- groom
- groop
- groow
- grope
- gross
- grosz
- grots
- grouf
- group
- grout
- grove
- grovy
- growl
- grown
- grows
- grrls
- grrrl
- grubs
- grued
- gruel
- grues
- grufe
- gruff
- gruft
- grume
- grump
- grund
- grunt
- grush
- gruss
- gruys
- gryce
- gryde
- gryke
- grype
- gryph
- grypt
- irade
- iraqi
- irate
- irbis
- ireos
- irian
- irido
- irids
- iring
- irked
- iroko
- irone
- irons
- irony
- irous
- irred
- kraal
- krabs
- kraft
- krait
- krama
- krang
- krans
- kranz
- kraut
- kreep
- kreil
- krems
- kreng
- krewe
- krill
- krina
- krivu
- krome
- krona
- krone
- kroon
- krosa
- krubi
- krunk
- lrecl
- orach
- oracy
- orage
- orale
- orals
- orang
- orans
- orant
- orary
- orate
- orbed
- orbic
- orbit
- orcas
- orcin
- order
- ordos
- oread
- orfes
- orgal
- organ
- orgia
- orgic
- orgue
- oribi
- oriel
- orixa
- oriya
- orkey
- orles
- orlet
- orlon
- orlop
- orlos
- ormer
- ornes
- ornis
- orpin
- orpit
- orris
- orrow
- orsel
- ortet
- ortho
- orval
- orvet
- orzos
- praam
- prado
- prads
- prahm
- prahu
- prams
- prana
- prand
- prang
- prank
- praos
- prase
- prate
- prats
- pratt
- praty
- praus
- prawn
- praya
- prays
- predy
- preed
- preen
- prees
- preif
- prela
- prems
- premy
- prent
- preon
- preop
- prepd
- prepg
- prepn
- preps
- presa
- prese
- press
- prest
- preta
- preux
- preve
- prexy
- preys
- prial
- priam
- price
- prich
- prick
- pricy
- pride
- pridy
- pried
- prief
- prier
- pries
- prigs
- prill
- prima
- prime
- primi
- primo
- primp
- prims
- primy
- prine
- prink
- prion
- prior
- prise
- prism
- priss
- prius
- privy
- prize
- proal
- proas
- probe
- probs
- prodd
- prods
- proem
- profs
- progs
- proin
- proke
- prole
- proll
- promo
- proms
- prone
- prong
- pronk
- proof
- props
- prore
- prose
- proso
- pross
- prost
- prosy
- prote
- proto
- proud
- proul
- prove
- prowl
- prows
- proxy
- proyn
- prude
- prune
- prunt
- pruta
- pryer
- pryse
- sruti
- trabs
- trabu
- trace
- track
- tract
- trade
- trads
- trady
- tragi
- traik
- trail
- train
- trait
- trama
- trame
- tramp
- trams
- trank
- tranq
- trans
- trant
- trape
- traps
- trapt
- trash
- trass
- trasy
- trats
- tratt
- trave
- trawl
- trays
- tread
- treat
- treck
- treed
- treen
- trees
- treey
- trefa
- treif
- treks
- trema
- trend
- tress
- trest
- trets
- trews
- treys
- triac
- triad
- trial
- trias
- tribe
- trica
- trice
- trick
- tride
- tried
- trier
- tries
- trifa
- triff
- triga
- trigo
- trigs
- trike
- trild
- trill
- trims
- trine
- trink
- trins
- triol
- trior
- trios
- tripe
- trips
- tript
- tripy
- trist
- trite
- troad
- troak
- troat
- troca
- troch
- trock
- troco
- trode
- trods
- troft
- trogs
- troic
- trois
- troke
- troll
- tromp
- trona
- tronc
- trone
- tronk
- trons
- troop
- troot
- trooz
- trope
- troth
- trots
- troue
- trout
- trouv
- trove
- trows
- troys
- trubu
- truce
- truck
- trued
- truer
- trues
- truff
- trugo
- trugs
- trull
- truly
- trump
- trunk
- trush
- truss
- trust
- truth
- tryer
- tryke
- tryma
- tryms
- trypa
- tryps
- tryst
- uraei
- urali
- uraos
- urare
- urari
- urase
- urate
- urban
- urbia
- urbic
- urdee
- ureal
- ureas
- uredo
- ureic
- ureid
- urena
- urent
- urged
- urger
- urges
- urial
- urine
- urite
- urlar
- urled
- urman
- urnae
- urnal
- urned
- urped
- ursae
- ursid
- urson
- ursuk
- urubu
- urucu
- urutu
- urvas
- vraic
- vrils
- vroom
- vrous
- vrouw
- vrows
- wrack
- wramp
- wrang
- wraps
- wrapt
- wrast
- wrate
- wrath
- wrawl
- wreak
- wreat
- wreck
- wrens
- wrest
- wrick
- wride
- wried
- wrier
- wries
- wring
- wrist
- write
- writh
- writs
- wrive
- wroke
- wrong
- wroot
- wrote
- wroth
- wrung
- wryer
- wryly
- xrays
- yrapt
- yrent
- yrivd
- yrneh
The Main Patterns Behind R as the Second Letter
The quickest way to sort these words is by their first two letters. BR gives BRING, BRAIN and BREAD; CR gives CRASH, CREAM and CROWD; DR gives DREAM, DRIVE and DRINK; FR gives FRONT, FRESH and FRUIT; GR gives GREAT, GROUP and GREEN.
Useful five-letter words
GREAT, TRAIN, BRING, FRONT and GROUP are among the most familiar words on this page, so they make sensible first guesses. TRUST, ORDER and DREAM are worth keeping in reserve.
- GREAT
- TRAIN
- BRING
- FRONT
- GROUP
How to Narrow Down Words with R as the Second Letter
Consonant blends with R, such as GR, TR, BR and FR, make up most of the group, so test G, T or B first. A and O at the start give ARISE and ORDER. After that, the final letters decide between the remaining candidates.
R Words in Scrabble and Other Word Games
In Scrabble, R is worth one point, so it is easy to play but adds little to a score on its own. Knowing words like GREAT, TRAIN and BRING helps you play the tile quickly when it arrives.
Frequently asked questions
Why are R blends so common in five letter words
R pairs easily with B, C, D, F, G, P and T at the start of English words, which creates blends such as BR, CR, DR, FR, GR, PR and TR. Testing the first letter is the quickest way to narrow the list.
Is R a common second letter in five letter words
R is one of the most common second letters in five letter words. That makes it a useful test, because the openings above cover most of the words.
What are good 5 letter words with R as the 2nd letter to guess first
GREAT, TRAIN and BRING are good places to start, because they are familiar and spread across different letters. FRONT and GROUP make good follow ups.