5 Letter Words With R and T

A long set: 1,218 5 letter words with r and t, which is too many to read straight through. Answer-list words come first, everyday words next, and the rare tail after that.

1,218 words carry R and T somewhere. ABORT, ACTOR, AFTER are the strongest of them, and 205 sit on the answer list.

About 17% of these sit on the Wordle answer list, 205 words in all.

Best First Guesses

With 1,218 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

TEARS: takes 1,218 down to 122 at worst.
TRIES: down to 128.
TREAT: down to 132. It is on the answer list.

What These Words Have in Common

T is the ending to expect here, closing 333 of these words. The company these words keep: A (496), E (495) and S (356). 114 of the 1,218 are words you already use. That is a small share, so a guess made of the letters above beats a guess made of rare ones.

Best 5 Letter Words With R and T

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ABORT
ACTOR
AFTER
ALERT
ALTAR
ALTER
AORTA
APART
ARTSY
AVERT
BERET
BERTH
BIRTH
BLURT
BROTH
BRUNT
BRUTE
BURNT
BURST
CARAT
CATER
CHART
COURT
CRAFT
CRATE
CREPT
CREST
CRUST
CRYPT
DETER
DIRTY
DRAFT
DRIFT
DROIT
EARTH
EATER
EGRET
ENTER
ENTRY
ERECT
ERUPT
ESTER
ETHER
EXERT
EXTRA
FIRST
FLIRT
FORTE
FORTH
FORTY
FRITZ
FRONT
FROST
FROTH
FRUIT
GIRTH
GRAFT
GRANT
GRATE
GREAT
GREET
GROUT
GRUNT
HATER
HEART
INERT
INTER
INTRO
IRATE
LATER
MERIT
METER
METRO
MIRTH
MOTOR
NORTH
ORBIT
OTHER
OTTER
OUTER
OVERT
PARTY
PRINT
QUART
RATIO
RATTY
REACT
REBUT
RECUT
REFIT
REMIT
RESET
RETCH
RETRO
RETRY
RIGHT
RIVET
ROAST
ROBOT
ROOST
ROTOR
ROUTE
RUSTY
SATYR
SHIRT
SHORT
SKIRT
SMART
SNORT
SPORT
SPURT
STAIR
STARE
STARK
START
STEER
STERN
STORE
STORK
STORM
STORY
STRAP
STRAW
STRAY
STRIP
STRUT
TAKER
TAMER
TAPER
TAPIR
TARDY
TAROT
TEARY
TENOR
TERRA
TERSE
THEIR
THERE
THIRD
THORN
THREE
THREW
THROB
THROW
THRUM
TIARA
TIGER
TIMER
TORCH
TORSO

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With A

ABORT
ACTOR
AFTER
ALERT
ALTAR
ALTER
AORTA
APART
ARTSY
AVERT
AARTI
ABRET
ABSTR
ADRET
AFRET
AFRIT
AIRTH
AIRTS
AMORT
AMRIT
ANTAR
ANTRA
ANTRE
APERT
APORT
APTER
ARATI
ARCHT
ARENT
AREST
ARETE
ARETS
ARETT
ARGOT
ARHAT
ARIOT
ARIST
ARITE
ARITH
ARMET
ARMIT
ARNUT
ARRET
ARRGT
ARTAL
ARTAR
ARTEL
ARTER
ARTHA
ARTIC
ARTIE
ARTIS
ARTLY
ARTOU
ARTUS
ASTER
ASTIR
ASTOR
ASTRE
ASTUR
ATHAR
ATOUR
ATREN
ATRIA
ATRIP
ATTAR
ATTER
ATTRY
AUTOR
AUTRE

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With B

BERET
BERTH
BIRTH
BLURT
BROTH
BRUNT
BRUTE
BURNT
BURST
BARAT
BARET
BARIT
BARTH
BATER
BERAT
BITER
BLART
BLERT
BLIRT
BOART
BOORT
BORTS
BORTY
BORTZ
BOTRY
BRACT
BRANT
BRAST
BRATS
BRENT
BREST
BRETH
BRETT
BRIST
BRITE
BRITH
BRITS
BRITT
BROTT
BRUET
BRUIT
BRUST
BRUTA
BRUTS
BURET
BURUT
BUTYR

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With C

CARAT
CATER
CHART
COURT
CRAFT
CRATE
CREPT
CREST
CRUST
CRYPT
CARET
CAROT
CARTA
CARTE
CARTS
CARTY
CATUR
CERAT
CERTS
CERTY
CHERT
CHIRT
CHORT
CITER
CLART
COART
CONTR
CORTA
CREAT
CRETA
CRETE
CRITH
CRITS
CROAT
CROFT
CROST
CROUT
CRUET
CRUFT
CRUNT
CRUTH
CRWTH
CRYST
CURAT
CURET
CURST
CUTER

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With D

DETER
DIRTY
DRAFT
DRIFT
DROIT
DAIRT
DARAT
DARST
DARTS
DATER
DERAT
DERTH
DETAR
DETUR
DIRTS
DISTR
DITER
DORTS
DORTY
DOTER
DRANT
DRATE
DRATS
DRENT
DREST
DRIPT
DROPT
DRUNT
DRYTH
DURET
DURST
DUTRA

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With E

EARTH
EATER
EGRET
ENTER
ENTRY
ERECT
ERUPT
ESTER
ETHER
EXERT
EXTRA
EARNT
EARST
ECART
ENRUT
ENTRE
ERATO
EREPT
ERGOT
ERMIT
ERNST
ERUCT
ESTRE
ESTRO
ETROG
EVERT
EXTER

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With F

FIRST
FLIRT
FORTE
FORTH
FORTY
FRITZ
FRONT
FROST
FROTH
FRUIT
FARTH
FARTS
FATOR
FEART
FERTH
FETOR
FIRTH
FLURT
FORET
FORST
FORTS
FRACT
FRATE
FRATI
FRATS
FREET
FREIT
FREMT
FRETS
FRETT
FRIST
FRITA
FRITE
FRITH
FRITS
FRITT
FRUST
FURTH

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With G

GIRTH
GRAFT
GRANT
GRATE
GREAT
GREET
GROUT
GRUNT
GARTH
GATER
GATOR
GIRTS
GORST
GOTER
GOTRA
GRATA
GRATS
GREIT
GRETA
GRETE
GREWT
GRIFT
GRINT
GRIOT
GRIPT
GRIST
GRITH
GRITS
GROAT
GRONT
GROOT
GROTE
GROTS
GRUFT
GRYPT
GURTS

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With H

HATER
HEART
HARST
HARTS
HERAT
HERTZ
HIRST
HORST
HURST
HURTS
HURTY
HUTRE
HYRST

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With I

INERT
INTER
INTRO
IRATE
IFRIT
IFTAR
INSTR
INTRA
IORTN
ISORT
ITERS
ITHER

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With K

KARAT
KARST
KARTS
KATAR
KERAT
KITAR
KITER
KORAT
KOTAR
KRAFT
KRAIT
KRAUT
KURTA

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With L

LATER
LARNT
LATRO
LEROT
LIART
LIROT
LITER
LITRA
LITRE
LOTOR
LUTER
LUTRA
LYART

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With M

MERIT
METER
METRO
MIRTH
MOTOR
MARTS
MARTU
MARTY
MATAR
MATER
MATRA
MBRET
MERAT
METRA
METRE
MITER
MITRA
MITRE
MITRY
MORAT
MORTH
MORTS
MOTER
MPRET
MSTER
MTIER
MURAT
MURTH
MURTI
MURUT
MUTER

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With N

NORTH
NERTS
NERTZ
NETER
NITER
NITRE
NITRO
NITRY
NORIT
NOTER
NOTRE
NRTTA
NRTYA
NURTS
NURTZ

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With O

ORBIT
OTHER
OTTER
OUTER
OVERT
OATER
OFTER
OPTER
ORANT
ORATE
ORBAT
ORLET
ORPIT
ORTET
ORTHO
ORTOL
ORTYX
ORVET
OSETR
OTARY
OTTAR
OUTRE
OUTRO
OXTER

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With P

PARTY
PRINT
PARTS
PETER
PORTS
PAIRT
PARTE
PARTI
PARTO
PATER
PEART
PEERT
PERIT
PERST
PERTS
PERTY
PETAR
PETRE
PETRI
PETRO
PIERT
PIOTR
PIROT
POORT
PORET
PORTA
PORTE
PORTH
PORTO
PORTY
POTER
POTRO
PRATE
PRATS
PRATT
PRATY
PRENT
PREST
PRETA
PROOT
PROST
PROTE
PROTO
PRUNT
PRUTA
PURTY
PUTER

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With R

RATIO
RATTY
REACT
REBUT
RECUT
REFIT
REMIT
RESET
RETCH
RETRO
RETRY
RIGHT
RIVET
ROAST
ROBOT
ROOST
ROTOR
ROUTE
RUSTY
RATED
RATES
ROOTS
RABAT
RABOT
RAFTS
RAFTY
RAITA
RAITH
RAITS
RAKIT
RAMET
RAMTA
RANTS
RANTY
RASTA
RASTY
RATAL
RATAN
RATAS
RATCH
RATEL
RATER
RATHA
RATHE
RATHS
RATOO
RATOS
RATTI
RATUS
RATWA
RAYAT
RAZET
REAST
REATA
REATE
REBIT
RECIT
RECPT
RECTA
RECTE
RECTI
RECTO
REEST
REGET
REGOT
REIST
RELET
RELIT
RELOT
REMET
RENET
RENTE
RENTS
REPAT
REPOT
REPUT
RESAT
RESIT
RESTO
RESTR
RESTS
RESTY
RETAG
RETAL
RETAM
RETAN
RETAR
RETAX
RETEM
RETES
RETHE
RETIA
RETIE
RETIN
RETIP
RETOX
REVET
REWET
REWTH
RHYTA
RIANT
RIATA
RIATO
RIBAT
RICHT
RIFTE
RIFTS
RIFTY
RIOTS
RIOTY
RISTS
RITES
RITHE
RITSU
RITTS
RITUS
RITZY
ROATE
ROCTA
ROIST
RONTE
RONTS
ROOTI
ROOTY
RORTS
RORTY
ROSET
ROSIT
ROSTI
ROSTS
ROTAL
ROTAN
ROTAS
ROTCH
ROTED
ROTER
ROTES
ROTGE
ROTIS
ROTLS
ROTON
ROTOS
ROTSE
ROTTA
ROTTE
ROTTO
ROTTY
ROUET
ROUST
ROUTH

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With S

SATYR
SHIRT
SHORT
SKIRT
SMART
SNORT
SPORT
SPURT
STAIR
STARE
STARK
START
STEER
STERN
STORE
STORK
STORM
STORY
STRAP
STRAW
STRAY
STRIP
STRUT
SORTS
STARS
SATER
SCART
SCRAT
SCRIT
SERGT
SERTA
SERUT
SETER
SHART
SHTAR
SITAR
SKART
SKORT
SLART
SLIRT
SNIRT
SNURT
SORTA
SORTY
SOTER
SPART
SPIRT
SPRAT
SPRET
SPRIT
SPROT
SRUTI
SSORT
SSTOR
STARN
STARR
STARW
STARY
STEAR
STERE
STERI
STERK
STERO
STERT
STIRE
STIRK
STIRP
STIRS
STOOR
STOUR
STRAD
STRAE
STRAG
STRAK
STRAM
STREE
STREP
STRET
STREW
STREY
STRIA
STRID
STRIG
STRIM
STRIT
STRIX
STROM
STROP
STROW
STROY
STRUB
STRUE
STRUM
STRUV
STURE
STURK
STURT
STYRE
SURAT
SUTOR
SUTRA
SWART

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With T

TAKER
TAMER
TAPER
TAPIR
TARDY
TAROT
TEARY
TENOR
TERRA
TERSE
THEIR
THERE
THIRD
THORN
THREE
THREW
THROB
THROW
THRUM
TIARA
TIGER
TIMER
TORCH
TORSO
TORUS
TOWER
TRACE
TRACK
TRACT
TRADE
TRAIL
TRAIN
TRAIT
TRAMP
TRASH
TRAWL
TREAD
TREAT
TREND
TRIAD
TRIAL
TRIBE
TRICE
TRICK
TRIED
TRIPE
TRITE
TROLL
TROOP
TROPE
TROUT
TROVE
TRUCE
TRUCK
TRUER
TRULY
TRUMP
TRUNK
TRUSS
TRUST
TRUTH
TRYST
TUBER
TUMOR
TURBO
TUTOR
TWIRL
TEARS
TERMS
TERRY
TIRED
TIRES
TONER
TOURS
TRANS
TREES
TRIES
TRIPS
TUNER
TURNS
TYLER
TABER
TABOR
TAHAR
TAHRS
TAIRA
TAIRN
TAKAR
TAKYR
TALAR
TALER
TARAF
TARAI
TARAS
TARAU
TARDE
TARDO
TARDS
TAREA
TARED
TAREQ
TARES
TARFA
TARGA
TARGE
TARIE
TARIN
TARKA
TARMI
TARNS
TAROC
TAROK
TAROS
TARPS
TARRE
TARRI
TARRY
TARSE
TARSI
TARTE
TARTS
TARTY
TARVE
TARZY
TASAR
TASER
TATAR
TATER
TAURI
TAVER
TAWER
TAXER
TAXIR
TAXOR
TAYER
TAYIR
TAYRA
TEAER
TEART
TEERS
TEHRS
TELAR
TEPOR
TERAI
TERAP
TERAS
TERCE
TEREK
TERES
TEREU

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With U

ULTRA
UTTER
UNTAR
UPTER
URATE
URENT
URITE
URUTU
USTER
UTERI
UTERO
UTHER
UTRUM

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With V

VOTER
VERST
VERTE
VERTS
VERTU
VERTY
VETER
VIRTU
VITRA
VITRO
VITRY

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With W

WARTY
WATER
WORST
WORTH
WRATH
WREST
WRIST
WRITE
WROTE
WARNT
WARST
WARTH
WARTS
WHART
WHORT
WORTS
WRAPT
WRAST
WRATE
WREAT
WRITH
WRITS
WROOT
WROTH
WURST

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With Y

YARTA
YARTH
YARTO
YATRA
YERTH
YIRTH
YOURT
YRAPT
YRENT
YTTER
YURTA
YURTS

5 Letter Words With R and T Starting With J or Q

JARTA
JITRO
JORTS
JURAT
QUART
QATAR
QUIRT
QURTI

Less Familiar Words Here

This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.

OTTAR: Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
TERCE: The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
THROE: Severe spasm of pain.
RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
VERST: A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
RETIE: Tie again or anew.
RUNTY: Well below average height.
CURST: Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier.
RIATA: A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
REATA: A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
ORATE: Talk pompously.
RUTTY: Full of ruts.
PRATE: Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
QUIRT: Whip with a leather thong at the end.
ASTIR: Out of bed.
STREW: Cover; be dispersed over.
STIRK: Yearling heifer or bullock.
STRIA: A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain R and T?

Yes. THEIR, THERE and OTHER have all been answers, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. THERE and THREE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is AMORT really a word?

Yes. Utterly cast down. It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

THEIR. It is the most ordinary word on this list that has already been the puzzle, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YURTA and YTTER are among them. Only a smaller set has ever been the answer, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

BLURT, DROIT and EGRET. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.