Wordle is utterly inescapable. The tricky word game is only growing more popular with time as more and more people work to solve that day’s puzzle with the highest possible score. However, this isn’t as easy as it sounds, as sometimes Wordle requires you to use some very obscure words to make your guesses count.
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Often you’ll find that you have an R as the second letter of the puzzle. And this can be difficult as there are loads of five-letter words with R as their second letter, making it hard to know where to start.
But don’t worry! If you need help cracking today’s brainteaser, here is a list of over 200 five-letter words that have an R as their second letter, from the common to the obscure.
5 Letter Words with R as the Second Letter
- arbor
- ardor
- arena
- argue
- arise
- armor
- aroma
- arose
- array
- arrow
- arson
- artsy
- brace
- braid
- brain
- brake
- brand
- brash
- brass
- brave
- bravo
- brawl
- brawn
- bread
- break
- breed
- briar – Prickly scrambling shrubs, specifically sweetbrier and wild roses.
- bribe
- brick
- bride
- brief
- brine
- bring
- brink
- briny
- brisk
- broad
- broil
- broke
- brood
- brook
- broom
- broth
- brown
- brunt
- brush
- brute
- crack
- craft
- cramp
- crane
- crank
- crash
- crass
- crate
- crave
- crawl
- craze
- crazy
- creak
- cream
- credo
- creed
- creek
- creep
- creme
- crepe
- crept
- cress
- crest
- crick – Pain in the neck or back.
- cried
- crier
- crime
- crimp
- crisp
- croak
- crock
- crone
- crony
- crook
- cross
- croup
- crowd
- crown
- crude
- cruel
- crumb
- crump
- crush
- crust
- crypt
- draft
- drain
- drake
- drama
- drank
- drape
- drawl
- drawn
- dread
- dream
- dress
- dried
- drier
- drift
- drill
- drink
- drive
- droit – A legal right.
- droll
- drone
- drool
- droop
- dross
- drove
- drown
- druid
- drunk
- dryer
- dryly
- erase
- erect
- erode
- error
- erupt
- frail
- frame
- frank
- fraud
- freak
- freed
- freer
- fresh
- friar
- fried
- frill
- frisk
- fritz
- frock
- frond
- front
- frost
- froth
- frown
- froze
- fruit
- grace
- grade
- graft
- grail
- grain
- grand
- grant
- grape
- graph
- grasp
- grass
- grate
- grave
- gravy
- graze
- great
- greed
- green
- greet
- grief
- grill
- grime
- grimy
- grind
- gripe
- groan
- groin
- groom
- grope
- gross
- group
- grout
- grove
- growl
- grown
- gruel
- gruff
- grunt
- irate
- irony
- krill
- orbit
- order
- organ
- prank
- prawn
- preen
- press
- price
- prick
- pride
- pried
- prime
- primo
- prior
- prism
- privy
- prize
- probe
- prone
- prong
- proof
- prose
- proud
- prove
- prowl
- proxy
- prude
- prune
- trace
- track
- tract
- trade
- trail
- train
- trait
- tramp
- trash
- trawl
- tread
- treat
- trend
- triad
- trial
- tribe
- trice – a brief space of time or to secure something with rope.
- trick
- tried
- tripe
- trite
- troll
- troop
- trope
- trout
- trove
- truce
- truck
- truer
- truly
- trump
- trunk
- truss
- trust
- truth
- tryst
- urban
- urine
- wrack
- wrath
- wreak
- wreck
- wrest- Pull something from someone’s grasp.
- wring
- wrist
- write
- wrong
- wrote
- wrung
- wryly