6-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and R as the 4th letter

Use the pattern _ I _ R _ _: I is fixed in slot two, and R in slot four. The matches range from familiar words such as mirror and citrus to specialist terms like fibrin and mitral. Just 7 qualify as common by frequency, so many results will feel uncommon.

6-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and R as the 4th letter

• 78 matches belong to at least one tournament list: Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE.
• Only 7 entries meet the common-word cutoff, despite familiar matches such as mirror, fierce, and citrus.
• M begins 10 matches, the largest first-letter group; F follows with 9.
• S ends 24 matches, twice as many as D, the next ending at 12.
• Hijrah tops Scrabble scoring at 19, ahead of hijras at 16.

Which letters start and end these matches?

M leads the starting letters with 10 words, followed by F with 9. C, N, P, S, and T each begin 7 matches, so check M and F first when the opening tile is unknown. Examples include mirror, micron, fierce, fibrin, and sierra.

Endings are less evenly spread: 24 finish in S, compared with 12 in D; E and N each close 8. An S-ending candidate is twice as common as a D-ending one in this set. Try fibres, litres, and tiaras, but remember that not every S ending is simply a plural.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

Hijrah is the top scorer at 19 points, ahead of hijras at 16 and mihrab at 13. Those high values come from J and H, not a long run of premium letters. Check the board’s letter and word squares before committing; fierce scores 11, with fewer high-value tiles.

For 6-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and R as the 4th letter, dictionary coverage varies. Collins contains 77, NWL2023 56, and ENABLE 51; these overlapping counts combine into 78 distinct matches. Definitions are available for 61, so some obscure forms need a separate lookup; check your game’s word list before playing one.