5 Letter Words With A and R

783 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 783 5 letter words with A and R, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 242 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Most of these words start with R, A, C. Good picks with five different letters include after, years, great, water.

Words found: 783
Most used: after
Most common first letter: R

Wordle helper: 5 letter words with A and R

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Common 5 letter words with A and R

#	Word	Meaning
1	after	happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
2	years	a late time of life
3	great	relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
4	start	take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
5	water	binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
6	later	happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
7	party	an organization to gain political power
8	early	at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
9	large	above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
10	heart	the locus of feelings and intuitions
11	major	of greater importance or stature or rank
12	ready	completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
13	heard	detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
14	march	march in a procession
15	clear	readily apparent to the mind
16	board	a committee having supervisory powers
17	share	have in common
18	break	terminate
19	learn	gain knowledge or skills
20	areas	a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or...
21	range	an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
22	trade	the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
23	crazy	affected with madness or insanity
24	paper	a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
25	parts	the local environment
26	earth	the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
27	track	a line or route along which something travels or moves
28	radio	medium for communication
29	extra	more than is needed, desired, or required
30	agree	be in accord; be in agreement
31	train	create by training and teaching
32	brain	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
33	reach	reach a destination, either real or abstract
34	dream	a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
35	grand	of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
36	carry	move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
37	award	a grant made by a law court
38	rates	assign a rank or rating to
39	trial	the act of testing something
40	stars	(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the...

5 letter words with a and r, by first letter

A (87)

after
areas
agree
award
apart
aware
angry
actor
armed
argue
anger
alert
arena
alarm
acres
arrow
array
alter
amber
armor
arise
aired
altar
arose
adore
ariel
arbor
arson
apron
azure
abort
aroma
avert
arias
acorn
argus
amour
adorn
alder
aorta

47 more in the helper above.

B (59)

board
break
brain
brand
broad
bread
bears
brave
baker
beard
brass
brake
baron
bravo
brace
brawl
barge
braid
barns
barre
barks
brash
brats
brant
briar
barbs
brawn
boars
bards
bream
brags
bared
brava
bursa
bazar
bares
borax
blare
barmy
baler

19 more in the helper above.

C (73)

clear
crazy
carry
cards
chair
cream
crash
chart
crack
cares
craft
cargo
charm
cared
carol
crane
coral
crawl
cedar
crank
cigar
circa
cater
cobra
crate
crave
carts
carve
crabs
carbs
craze
carte
carat
cadre
cramp
crass
cairn
caper
carer
craps

33 more in the helper above.

D (34)

dream
drama
draft
drawn
draws
dairy
diary
drain
drake
drank
dwarf
dread
dared
darts
drags
dares
drape
dewar
dinar
drawl
dears
duras
deary
dural
dryad
derma
drams
darks
damar
dater
debar
drabs
deray
dorsa

E (11)

early
earth
extra
eager
erase
earns
erica
eater
earls
eared
eggar

F (33)

frank
favor
frame
fraud
fears
farms
fairy
freak
flora
flare
fares
flair
fairs
farce
feral
frail
franc
fared
foray
friar
faker
fader
feria
fakir
faery
frags
frats
fraps
furan
frass
farad
frays
facer

G (37)

great
grand
grade
guard
grant
grace
grass
grave
grain
graph
grasp
grams
grabs
grape
gears
gamer
gravy
graft
grail
glare
garth
gator
grate
groan
graze
grads
grays
gayer
grama
groat
grana
gazer
garni
graal
gular
grans
garbs

H (24)

heart
heard
harry
harsh
hardy
hairy
hears
hairs
hydra
harms
hoard
hater
harem
hares
harps
harpy
hoary
harts
hards
haver
harks
horas
hilar
hyrax

I (3)

infra
irate
ihram

J (4)

jager
joram
jurat
jowar

K (15)

karma
kraft
karat
karts
karst
kafir
karoo
krona
kurta
kauri
kraal
krait
karns
kabar
korat

L (33)

later
large
learn
labor
layer
laura
laser
lunar
liars
lager
laird
largo
larva
libra
leary
laker
lazar
lidar
laver
larch
larks
loran
lamer
lairs
loral
lares
lardy
liras
laxer
liard
lobar
lahar
lader

M (32)

major
march
mayor
marks
moral
marry
maria
maker
marsh
manor
macro
mural
mater
moira
marge
moray
mares
molar
mirza
madre
marly
marts
mudra
micra
maser
makar
malar
mazer
marls
macer
moras
mbira

N (9)

nears
nadir
naira
narco
nares
narcs
nacre
namer
noria

O (7)

opera
organ
ovary
orcas
orang
orals
oared

P (41)

party
paper
parts
paris
parks
pearl
pairs
polar
prank
parry
prima
payer
pears
padre
prays
parse
paler
prawn
pilar
parka
pared
pacer
paras
pager
pater
parle
peart
pares
prang
prams
paver
perea
pardi
parvo
pardy
prats
payor
presa
parol
parer

1 more in the helper above.

Q (3)

quark
quart
quare

R (109)

ready
range
radio
reach
rates
royal
raise
rural
roads
roman
races
rapid
ratio
rally
rated
relax
reads
ranks
radar
rival
react
ralph
realm
ranch
randy
raids
roast
relay
rains
rails
raven
rehab
rainy
razor
rabbi
repay
raced
racer
recap
renal

69 more in the helper above.

S (72)

start
share
stars
smart
sugar
solar
swear
sharp
scary
spare
spray
shark
safer
scare
stark
spark
straw
stare
scrap
strap
scars
stray
spear
scarf
sears
smear
swarm
shear
sonar
saver
stair
snare
saber
supra
sabre
shard
savor
sutra
soars
sarin

32 more in the helper above.

T (50)

trade
track
train
trial
treat
tears
trail
trash
trans
trace
traps
tract
trait
tread
terra
torah
taper
trays
taker
triad
tramp
tarot
trams
tarts
tiara
teary
tatar
tabor
tamer
tetra
tardy
trawl
tater
tarry
taber
tarps
tapir
tsars
terai
tranq

10 more in the helper above.

U (6)

urban
ultra
ulnar
umbra
unary
urate

V (12)

viral
vapor
vicar
valor
varna
varus
velar
varia
varas
volar
virga
varix

W (21)

water
wears
warns
wrath
wards
weary
wraps
wharf
wager
warms
wares
wafer
warts
wreak
waver
warps
wrack
waker
warty
wader
waxer

Y (6)

years
yards
yearn
yarns
yerba
yager

Z (2)

zebra
zaire

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Questions people ask

How many 5 letter words with A and R are there?

This list has 783, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

What are common 5 letter words with A and R?

after, years, great, start, water, later, party, early.

Which 5 letter words with A and R are good Wordle guesses?

after, years, great, water, later, party use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.