This page lists all 434 five-letter Wordle-compatible words starting
with R (sourced from the TWL06 Scrabble dictionary).
Each word is shown with its Scrabble point value.
Use these as your Wordle opening guess when you want to start with the letter R —
longer words score more on the board and cover more common letters.
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There are 434 valid five-letter Scrabble words starting with R in the TWL06 (North American Scrabble) tournament dictionary.
What is the highest-scoring Scrabble word (five-letter) matching 'Wordle – Starting with 'R''?
The highest-scoring word is RITZY with 17 Scrabble points. Out of 434 words, 82 score 10 or more points.
What is the average Scrabble score for words on this list?
The average Scrabble score is 7.7 points per word. 95 words score 5 points or less, 257 score between 6 and 9 points, and 82 score 10 or more points.
Are these words valid Wordle answers?
These five-letter words are sourced from the TWL06 Scrabble dictionary. Wordle uses its own word list, so not every word here will appear as a Wordle answer, but all are valid English words and excellent guesses for narrowing down the daily puzzle.