Verified pattern list

5 Letter Words With IR

This verified list contains 86 CORE words with IR, plus 37 entries in the broader extended tier.

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Matching words

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Static CORE list

All 86 matching CORE words

Alphabetical, with base Scrabble points

afire8
aired6
astir5
bairn7
birch12
birds8
birth10
cairn7
chair10
chirp12
choir10
circa9
cirri7
dairy9
direr6
dirge7
dirks10
dirty9
emirs7
fairs8
fairy11
fakir12
fired9
firer8
fires8
firms10
first8
firth11
flair8
flirt8
girds7
girls6
girly9
giros6
girth9
girts6
hairs8
hairy11
heirs8
hired9
hires8
irate5
irked10
irons5
irony8
laird6
lairs5
mired8
mires7
mirth10
moire7
nadir6
noirs5
pairs7
quire14
quirk18
quirt14
shire8
shirk12
shirr8
shirt8
sired6
siren5
sires5
skirt9
smirk11
spire7
spiry10
stair5
stirs5
swirl8
tapir7
their8
third9
tired6
tires5
twirl8
viral8
vireo8
virus8
weird9
weirs8
whirl11
whirs11
wired9
wires8

86CORE words

37extended words

123verified matches

8.3average CORE score

Useful CORE examples

Useful words

12 deterministic CORE selections

chair10
choir10
dairy9
dirge7
emirs7
fairs8
fairy11
fired9
fires8
flair8
hairs8
hairy11

Base tile values

Highest-scoring words

CORE words, highest first

quirk18
quire14
quirt14
birch12
chirp12
shirk12
fakir12
fairy11
hairy11
smirk11
whirl11
whirs11

Letter intelligence

What the IR list contains

Where IR appears

Position 10 words
Position 20 words
Position 30 words
Position 40 words
Position 50 words

Vowels per word

1 vowel28 words
2 vowels52 words
3 vowels6 words

Repeated letters

7 of 86 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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Popular letter patterns

5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Starting With CH69 CORE · 21 extendedchafe, chain, chair, chaos 5 Letter Words Starting With CO94 CORE · 37 extendedcoals, coast, coats, cobra 5 Letter Words Starting With SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshade, shake, shame, shape 5 Letter Words Starting With ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstage, staid, stain, stair 5 Letter Words Ending In CH74 CORE · 11 extendedbeach, epoch, leach, peach 5 Letter Words Ending In ED297 CORE · 26 extendedached, acted, arced, armed 5 Letter Words Ending In ER240 CORE · 64 extendedabler, after, alter, amber 5 Letter Words Ending In LY68 CORE · 14 extendeddaily, doily, early, gaily

Pattern guide

How to use 5-letter words with IR

The CORE list contains 86 5-letter words with IR in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 37 extended entries.

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Questions about this word list

How many 5-letter words contain IR?

This verified set contains 86 CORE words and 37 extended words, for 123 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this IR group?

The 86 CORE words average 8.3 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these IR words often repeat letters?