RT has to sit as a pair here, not scattered through the word. 194 qualify, starting with ABORT, ALERT, AORTA.
22 of the 194 are common enough to guess without hesitation.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 194 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- EARTH: takes 194 down to 30 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- PARTS: down to 36.
- SHORT: down to 37. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
72 of them end in T, about a third of the list. The company these words keep: A (87), S (60) and O (59). 22 of these 194 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.
Best 5 Letter Words With RT
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ABORT
- ALERT
- AORTA
- APART
- ARTSY
- AVERT
- BERTH
- BIRTH
- BLURT
- CHART
- COURT
- DIRTY
- EARTH
- EXERT
- FLIRT
- FORTE
- FORTH
- FORTY
- GIRTH
- HEART
- INERT
- MIRTH
- NORTH
- OVERT
- PARTY
- QUART
- SHIRT
- SHORT
- SKIRT
- SMART
- SNORT
- SPORT
- SPURT
- START
- WARTY
- WORTH
- PARTS
- PORTS
- SORTS
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With A
- ABORT
- ALERT
- AORTA
- APART
- ARTSY
- AVERT
- AARTI
- AIRTH
- AIRTS
- AMORT
- APERT
- APORT
- ARTAL
- ARTAR
- ARTEL
- ARTER
- ARTHA
- ARTIC
- ARTIE
- ARTIS
- ARTLY
- ARTOU
- ARTUS
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With B
- BERTH
- BIRTH
- BLURT
- BARTH
- BLART
- BLERT
- BLIRT
- BOART
- BOORT
- BORTS
- BORTY
- BORTZ
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With C
- CHART
- COURT
- CARTA
- CARTE
- CARTS
- CARTY
- CERTS
- CERTY
- CHERT
- CHIRT
- CHORT
- CLART
- COART
- CORTA
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With F
- FLIRT
- FORTE
- FORTH
- FORTY
- FARTH
- FARTS
- FEART
- FERTH
- FIRTH
- FLURT
- FORTS
- FURTH
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With M
- MIRTH
- MARTS
- MARTU
- MARTY
- MORTH
- MORTS
- MURTH
- MURTI
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With P
- PARTY
- PARTS
- PORTS
- PAIRT
- PARTE
- PARTI
- PARTO
- PEART
- PEERT
- PERTS
- PERTY
- PIERT
- POORT
- PORTA
- PORTE
- PORTH
- PORTO
- PORTY
- PURTY
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With S
- SHIRT
- SHORT
- SKIRT
- SMART
- SNORT
- SPORT
- SPURT
- START
- SORTS
- SCART
- SERTA
- SHART
- SKART
- SKORT
- SLART
- SLIRT
- SNIRT
- SNURT
- SORTA
- SORTY
- SPART
- SPIRT
- SSORT
- STERT
- STURT
- SWART
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With T
- TARTE
- TARTS
- TARTY
- TEART
- TERTS
- THIRT
- THORT
- THURT
- TIRTH
- TORTA
- TORTE
- TORTS
- TOURT
- TUART
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With Y
- YARTA
- YARTH
- YARTO
- YERTH
- YIRTH
- YOURT
- YURTA
- YURTS
5 Letter Words With RT Starting With D, E, G and other letters
- DIRTY
- DAIRT
- DARTS
- DERTH
- DIRTS
- DORTS
- DORTY
- EARTH
- EXERT
- ECART
- EVERT
- GIRTH
- GARTH
- GIRTS
- GURTS
- HEART
- HARTS
- HERTZ
- HURTS
- HURTY
- INERT
- IORTN
- ISORT
- JARTA
- JORTS
- KARTS
- KURTA
- LIART
- LYART
- NORTH
- NERTS
- NERTZ
- NRTTA
- NRTYA
- NURTS
- NURTZ
- OVERT
- ORTET
- ORTHO
- ORTOL
- ORTYX
- QUART
- QUIRT
- QURTI
- RORTS
- RORTY
- VERTE
- VERTS
- VERTU
- VERTY
- VIRTU
- WARTY
- WORTH
- WARTH
- WARTS
- WHART
- WHORT
- WORTS
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.
- QUIRT: Whip with a leather thong at the end.
- SPIRT: Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.
- VIRTU: Artistic quality.
- VERTU: Artistic quality.
- TORTE: Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria.
- SWART: Naturally having skin of a dark color.
- CHERT: Variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz.
- BLURT: Utter impulsively. It is on the answer list.
- EVERT: Turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward.
- MIRTH: Great merriment. It is on the answer list.
- SPURT: Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. It is on the answer list.
- AORTA: The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries. It is on the answer list.
- GIRTH: Tie a cinch around. It is on the answer list.
- PORTA: An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.
FAQs
Is this the same as 5 Letter Words With R and T?
No. Every word here keeps RT together, in that order. ALERT does, ACTOR does not. 5 Letter Words With R and T takes those letters anywhere in the word.
Can a Wordle answer have RT side by side?
Yes. START, PARTY and COURT all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. START and APART 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 is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
START. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, 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 YOURT are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.