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5 Letter Words Starting With R and Ending in X
Every five-letter word that fits R _ _ _ X — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With R and End in X?
R…X is one of the narrower shapes in the dictionary: 10 five-letter words open with R and close with X, and 1 of them can be the daily answer — RELAX among them. With both ends green you are usually three letters from done.
Once both ends are green, the second letter is where the puzzle actually lives — and here it is E far more often than anything else, 90% of the time, as in RELAX.
100% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 1 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit R _ _ _ X
Once R and X are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 RELAX — eliminates about 94.2% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
The middle barely varies: only 2 distinct second letters appear across these 10 words (RE·9, RA·1). That makes square two an easy elimination rather than a real unknown.
R···X Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 2 words with R and ending in X have been the answer: REMIX (#1900, 2026-09-01), RELAX (#1295, 2025-01-04). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1900 | 2026-09-01 | REMIX |
| #1295 | 2025-01-04 | RELAX |
The other 9 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
R···X Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 10 R···X words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 0 | 0% |
| Exactly 2 | 10 | 100% |
| 3 or more | 0 | 0% |
And the most common second letters among R···X words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after R:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| RE···X | 9 |
| RA···X | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after R splits the list fastest — RE alone accounts for 9 of the 10 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 9 of the 10 words here use five different letters and 1 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with R and end in X?
There are 10 valid five-letter words that start with R and end in X in our Wordle dictionary, and 1 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the R···X list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best R···X words for Wordle?
RELAX are the strongest. RELAX eliminates about 94.2% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed R and X, guessing RELAX both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which R to X words have been Wordle answers?
2 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was REMIX (#1900) on 2026-09-01, and the first was RELAX on 2025-01-04. Every answer-eligible R···X word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these R···X words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once R and X are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 9 of the 10 words use five distinct letters and 1 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in R···X words?
E — RE accounts for 9 of the 10 words (90%), ahead of RA with 1. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do R···X words usually have?
100% of these 10 words carry two or more vowels — 10 have exactly two and 0 have three or more, against 0 with one or fewer. With R and X already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.