6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and R as the 3rd letter

The 6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and R as the 3rd letter number 570, from MARKET and CAREER to less familiar entries.

570 wordsTop pick MARKETHighest score JARVEY 19

95 of 570 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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R
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3rd letter
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With A in 2nd place, R is the most common 3rd letter (570 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 95 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 95 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 570

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AARRGH₁₀
AARTIS₆
BARAZA₁₇
BARBAL₁₀
BARBED₁₁
BARBEL₁₀
BARBER₁₀
BARBES₁₀
BARBET₁₀
BARBIE₁₀
BARBOT₁₀
BARBUT₁₀
BARCAS₁₀
BARDED₁₀
BARDES₉
BARDIC₁₁
BARDIE₉
BARDOS₉
BAREGE₉
BARELY₁₁
BAREST₈
BARFED₁₂
BARFIS₁₁
BARFLY₁₄
BARFUL₁₁
BARGED₁₀
BARGEE₉
BARGES₉
BARHOP₁₃
BARING₉
BARISH₁₁
BARITE₈
BARIUM₁₀
BARKAN₁₂
BARKED₁₃
BARKEN₁₂
BARKER₁₂
BARLEY₁₁
BARLOW₁₁
BARMAN₁₀
BARMEN₁₀
BARMIE₁₀
BARNED₉
BARNET₈
BARNEY₁₁
BAROCK₁₄
BAROLO₈
BARONG₉
BARONS₈
BARONY₁₁
BARQUE₁₇
BARRAS₈
BARRAT₈
BARRED₉
BARREL₈
BARREN₈
BARRES₈
BARRET₈
BARRIE₈
BARRIO₈
BARROW₁₁
BARTER₈
BARTON₈
BARYES₁₁
BARYON₁₁
BARYTA₁₁
BARYTE₁₁
CARACK₁₄
CARACT₁₀
CARAFE₁₁
CARAPS₁₀
CARATE₈
CARATS₈
CARBON₁₀
CARBOS₁₀
CARBOY₁₃
CARCEL₁₀
CARDAN₉
CARDED₁₀
CARDER₉
CARDIA₉
CARDIE₉
CARDIO₉
CARDIS₉
CARDON₉
CAREEN₈
CAREER₈
CAREME₁₀
CARERS₈
CARESS₈
CARETS₈
CARFAX₁₈
CARFOX₁₈
CARFUL₁₁
CARGOS₉
CARHOP₁₃
CARIBE₁₀
CARIED₉
CARIES₈
CARINA₈
CARING₉
CARKED₁₃
CARLES₈
CARLIN₈
CARLOT₈
CARMAN₁₀
CARMEN₁₀
CARNAL₈
CARNET₈
CARNEY₁₁
CARNIE₈
CAROBS₁₀
CAROCH₁₃
CAROLI₈
CAROLS₈
CAROMS₁₀
CARPAL₁₀
CARPED₁₁
CARPEL₁₀
CARPER₁₀
CARPET₁₀
CARPUS₁₀
CARRAT₈
CARREL₈
CARROM₁₀
CARRON₈
CARROT₈
CARSES₈
CARSEY₁₁
CARTAS₈
CARTED₉
CARTEL₈
CARTER₈
CARTES₈
CARTON₈
CARTOP₁₀
CARVED₁₂
CARVEL₁₁
CARVEN₁₁
CARVER₁₁
CARVES₁₁
DARAFS₁₀
DARBAR₉
DARCYS₁₂
DARERS₇
DARGAH₁₁
DARGAS₈
DARGLE₈
DARICS₉
DARING₈
DARKED₁₂
DARKEN₁₁
DARKER₁₁
DARKEY₁₄
DARKIE₁₁
DARKLE₁₁
DARKLY₁₄
DARNED₈
DARNEL₇
DARNER₇
DARRED₈
DARRES₇
DARTED₈
DARTER₇
DARTLE₇
DARTRE₇
DARZIS₁₆
EARBOB₁₀
EARBUD₉
EARCON₈
EARDED₈
EARFUL₉
EARING₇
EARLAP₈
EARNED₇
EARNER₆
EARTHS₉
EARTHY₁₂
EARWAX₁₆
EARWIG₁₀
FARADS₁₀
FARAND₁₀
FARCED₁₂
FARCER₁₁
FARCES₁₁
FARCIE₁₁
FARCIN₁₁
FARDED₁₁
FARDEL₁₀
FARDEN₁₀
FARERS₉
FARFAL₁₂
FARFEL₁₂
FARFET₁₂
FARINA₉
FARING₁₀
FARLES₉
FARMED₁₂
FARMER₁₁
FARRED₁₀
FARREN₉
FARROS₉
FARROW₁₂
FARSED₁₀
FARSES₉
FARTED₁₀
GARAGE₈
GARBED₁₀
GARBES₉
GARBLE₉
GARBOS₉
GARCON₉
GARDAI₈
GARDEN₈
GARGET₈
GARGLE₈
GARIAL₇
GARISH₁₀
GARJAN₁₄
GARLIC₉
GARNER₇
GARNET₇
GAROTE₇
GARRAN₇
GARRED₈
GARRES₇
GARRET₇
GARRON₇
GARROT₇
GARRYA₁₀
GARTER₇
GARTHS₁₀
GARUDA₈
GARUMS₉
GARVEY₁₃
GARVIE₁₀
HARAMS₁₁
HARASS₉
HARBOR₁₁
HARDEN₁₀
HARDER₁₀
HARDLY₁₃
HAREEM₁₁
HARELD₁₀
HAREMS₁₁
HARIMS₁₁
HARING₁₀
HARIRA₉
HARISH₁₂
HARKED₁₄
HARKEN₁₃
HARLED₁₀
HARLOT₉
HARMAN₁₁
HARMED₁₂
HARMEL₁₁
HARMER₁₁
HARMIN₁₁
HARPED₁₂
HARPER₁₁
HARPIN₁₁
HARROW₁₂
HARTAL₉
HARTEN₉
JARFUL₁₆
JARGON₁₄
JARINA₁₃
JAROOL₁₃
JARPED₁₆
JARRAH₁₆
JARRED₁₄
JARTAS₁₃
JARULS₁₃
JARVEY₁₉
JARVIE₁₆
KARAHI₁₃
KARAIT₁₀
KARAKA₁₄
KARAMU₁₂
KARATE₁₀
KARATS₁₀
KARITE₁₀
KARKED₁₅
KARMAS₁₂
KARMIC₁₄
KAROOS₁₀
KARORO₁₀
KAROSS₁₀
KARRIS₁₀
KARROO₁₀
KARSEY₁₃
KARSTS₁₀
KARTER₁₀
KARYON₁₃
LARDED₈
LARDER₇
LARDON₇
LAREES₆
LARGEN₇
LARGER₇
LARGES₇
LARGOS₇
LARIAT₆
LARINE₆
LARKED₁₁
LARKER₁₀
LARNAX₁₃
LARNED₇
LARNEY₉
LAROID₇
LARPED₉
LARPER₈
LARRUP₈
LARUMS₈
LARVAE₉
LARVAL₉
LARVAS₉
LARYNX₁₆
MARABI₁₀
MARACA₁₀
MARAES₈
MARAHS₁₁
MARAKA₁₂
MARARI₈
MARAUD₉
MARBLE₁₀
MARBLY₁₃
MARCEL₁₀
MARGAY₁₂
MARGES₉
MARGIN₉
MARIDS₉
MARIES₈
MARINA₈
MARINE₈
MARISH₁₁
MARKAS₁₂
MARKED₁₃
MARKER₁₂
MARKET₁₂
MARKKA₁₆
MARKUP₁₄
MARLED₉
MARLES₈
MARLIN₈
MARMOT₁₀
MARONS₈
MAROON₈
MARORS₈
MARQUE₁₇
MARRAM₁₀
MARRED₉
MARRER₈
MARRIS₈
MARRON₈
MARROW₁₁
MARRUM₁₀
MARSES₈
MARSHY₁₄
MARTED₉
MARTEL₈
MARTEN₈
MARTIN₈
MARTYR₁₁
MARVEL₁₁
MARVER₁₁
NARCOS₈
NARDED₈
NARDOO₇
NARIAL₆
NARINE₆
NARKED₁₁
NARRAS₆
NARROW₉
NARWAL₉
OARAGE₇
OARIER₆
OARING₇
PARADE₉
PARAGE₉
PARAMO₁₀
PARANG₉
PARAPH₁₃
PARCEL₁₀
PARDAH₁₂
PARDAL₉
PARDED₁₀
PARDEE₉
PARDIE₉
PARDON₉
PARENS₈
PARENT₈
PAREOS₈
PARERA₈
PARERS₈
PAREUS₈
PAREVE₁₁
PARGED₁₀
PARGES₉
PARGET₉
PARGOS₉
PARIAH₁₁
PARIAL₈
PARIAN₈
PARIES₈
PARING₉
PARISH₁₁
PARITY₁₁
PARKAS₁₂
PARKED₁₃
PARKEE₁₂
PARKER₁₂
PARKIE₁₂
PARKIN₁₂
PARKIS₁₂
PARKLY₁₅
PARLAY₁₁
PARLED₉
PARLES₈
PARLEY₁₁
PARLOR₈
PARODY₁₂
PAROLE₈
PAROLS₈
PARORE₈
PAROUS₈
PARPED₁₁
PARPEN₁₀
PARRAL₈
PARRAS₈
PARRED₉
PARREL₈
PARROT₈
PARSEC₁₀
PARSED₉
PARSER₈
PARSES₈
PARSON₈
PARTAN₈
PARTED₉
PARTER₈
PARTIM₁₀
PARTIS₈
PARTLY₁₁
PARTON₈
PARURA₈
PARURE₈
PARVIS₁₁
PARVOS₁₁
RAREFY₁₂
RARELY₉
RAREST₆
RARIFY₁₂
RARING₇
RARITY₉
RARKED₁₁
SARANS₆
SARAPE₈
SARDAR₇
SARDEL₇
SAREES₆
SARGES₇
SARGOS₇
SARGUS₇
SARING₇
SARINS₆
SARMIE₈
SARNEY₉
SARNIE₆
SARODE₇
SARODS₇
SARONG₇
SARSAR₆
SARSEN₆
SARTOR₆
TARAMA₈
TARAND₇
TARBOY₁₁
TARCEL₈
TARGAS₇
TARGED₈
TARGES₇
TARGET₇
TARIFF₁₂
TARING₇
TARMAC₁₀
TARNAL₆
TAROCS₈
TAROKS₁₀
TAROTS₆
TARPAN₈
TARPON₈
TARRAS₆
TARRED₇
TARRES₆
TARROW₉
TARSAL₆
TARSEL₆
TARSIA₆
TARSUS₆
TARTAN₆
TARTAR₆
TARTED₇
TARTER₆
TARTLY₉
TARZAN₁₅
VARANS₉
VARECH₁₄
VARECS₁₁
VARIAS₉
VARIED₁₀
VARIER₉
VARIES₉
VARLET₉
VARNAS₉
VAROOM₁₁
VARROA₉
VARSAL₉
VARVED₁₃
VARVEL₁₂
VARVES₁₂
WARAGI₁₀
WARBLE₁₁
WARBLY₁₄
WARDED₁₁
WARDEN₁₀
WARDER₁₀
WARDOG₁₁
WARIER₉
WARILY₁₂
WARING₁₀
WARKED₁₄
WARMAN₁₁
WARMED₁₂
WARMEN₁₁
WARMER₁₁
WARMLY₁₄
WARMTH₁₄
WARMUP₁₃
WARNED₁₀
WARNER₉
WARPED₁₂
WARPER₁₁
WARRAN₉
WARRAY₁₂
WARRED₁₀
WARREN₉
WARREY₁₂
WARSAW₁₂
WARSLE₉
WARTED₁₀
YARAKS₁₃
YARCOS₁₁
YARDED₁₁
YARDER₁₀
YARELY₁₂
YAREST₉
YARFAS₁₂
YARKED₁₄
YARNED₁₀
YARNER₉
YARPHA₁₄
YARRAN₉
YARROW₁₂
YARTAS₉
YARTOS₉
ZARAPE₁₇
ZAREBA₁₇
ZARIBA₁₇
ZARNEC₁₇

Letters by positionIn 37% of these words the 5th letter is E.

1st letter

C13%
P12%
B11%

4th letter

R11%
I10%
T8%

5th letter

E37%
A12%
O11%

6th letter

S21%
D13%
N11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; JARVEY tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 28 words
7 points: 47 words
88 points: 117 words
9 points: 95 words
1010 points: 94 words
11 points: 77 words
1212 points: 47 words
13 points: 24 words
1414 points: 20 words
15 points: 3 words
1616 points: 8 words
17 points: 7 words
1818 points: 2 words
19 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JARVEY	19	21	All three
CARFAX	18	19	Collins only
CARFOX	18	19	Collins only
MARQUE	17	19	All three
BARQUE	17	19	All three
BARAZA	17	18	Collins only
ZAREBA	17	18	All three
ZARAPE	17	18	Collins only
ZARIBA	17	18	All three
ZARNEC	17	19	Collins only
LARYNX	16	17	All three
JARRAH	16	17	All three

The pattern is _AR___: A and R are fixed in the middle, while the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth letters can change. Among the 570 matches, familiar options include TARGET, GARDEN, PARENT, and CARBON. Just 95 fall into the common-word frequency group, so a matching pattern does not guarantee an everyday answer.

A-R pattern at a glance

A total of 570 tournament-dictionary entries match the six-letter pattern.
MARKET, CAREER, TARGET, GARDEN, and PARENT are familiar examples.
Only 95 matches fall within the common-word frequency group.
C is the most frequent first letter, with 74 matches; P follows with 71.
S is the most frequent final letter, appearing at the end of 121 matches.

Which familiar words fit the A-R pattern?

MARKET, CAREER, TARGET, GARDEN, PARENT, and CARBON are recognizable choices that fit _AR___. Each keeps A and R in place but uses different letters around them. HARDER, MARINE, NARROW, and PARTLY show how much the remaining four positions can vary.

C leads the starting-letter count with 74 matches, only a few ahead of P at 71. That makes a C-start a sensible first branch when your clue gives no opening letter, but it is not a safe assumption: many candidates begin elsewhere. A confirmed first letter will narrow the search faster than guessing from familiar examples alone.

6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and R as the 3rd letter

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 559 matches, compared with 417 in NWL2023 and 387 in ENABLE. Those are overlapping dictionary totals, not separate piles to add together; the combined count is 570 distinct words. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar candidate.

For a board game, the group averages 9.8 points per word before any board-square bonuses. The strongest play depends on your rack and the board, not just the pattern: a common word like MARKET may fit easily, while a less familiar entry could use valuable tiles. Ending in S is worth checking first: 121 of the 570 matches finish that way, the largest single group by final letter.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have A second and R third?

There are 570 six-letter matches with A in position two and R in position three. Examples include MARKET, CAREER, and GARDEN. The total combines tournament-dictionary entries, while the counts for Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE overlap rather than adding up to the combined total.

What are common words with A as the second letter and R as the third?

MARKET, CAREER, TARGET, GARDEN, PARENT, and CARBON are familiar examples. The common-word group contains 95 matches, so many entries are less familiar. If you know another letter, use it to narrow the pattern instead of treating these examples as the full set.

Which final letter is most common for these A-R words?

S is the most frequent ending, closing 121 of the 570 matches. That is more than a fifth of the group, so an S-ended clue points to the biggest single subset. If the sixth letter is still open, test S first and save rarer endings for later.

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6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and R as the 3rd letter

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A-R pattern at a glance

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6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and R as the 3rd letter

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