6-letter words with O as the 1st letter and R as the 4th letter
Six-letter words with O first and R fourth total 26; OVERLY and OSPREY are familiar picks, while OVERBY scores 14.
2 of 26 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With O in 1st place, I is the most common 4th letter (100 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- OVERLY12
- OPERAS8
- OUTRUN6
- OSPREY11
- OVERDO10
- OPERON8
- OUTRAN6
- OUTROS6
- OMERTA8
- OVERBY14
- OCHRES11
- OCTROI8
- OMBRES10
- OUTROW9
- OVERED10
- OCHREA11
- OCHRED12
- OCHREY14
- ODORED8
- ONIRIC8
- ORARIA6
- ORFRAY12
- OUTRED7
- OUTRIG7
- OVERGO10
- OWERBY14
All valid words 26
- OCHREA11
- OCHRED12
- OCHRES11
- OCHREY14
- OCTROI8
- ODORED8
- OMBRES10
- OMERTA8
- ONIRIC8
- OPERAS8
- OPERON8
- ORARIA6
- ORFRAY12
- OSPREY11
- OUTRAN6
- OUTRED7
- OUTRIG7
- OUTROS6
- OUTROW9
- OUTRUN6
- OVERBY14
- OVERDO10
- OVERED10
- OVERGO10
- OVERLY12
- OWERBY14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERBY | 14 | 15 | Collins only |
| OCHREY | 14 | 13 | Collins only |
| OWERBY | 14 | 14 | Collins only |
| OVERLY | 12 | 13 | All three |
| OCHRED | 12 | 12 | All three |
| ORFRAY | 12 | 11 | All three |
| OSPREY | 11 | 11 | All three |
| OCHRES | 11 | 11 | All three |
| OCHREA | 11 | 11 | All three |
| OVERDO | 10 | 11 | All three |
| OMBRES | 10 | 12 | All three |
| OVERED | 10 | 11 | All three |
The fourth-position R pattern covers 26 entries, with OVERLY, OSPREY, and OVERDO among the recognizable choices. Only two count as common, so much of the group is better suited to solving from crossing letters than to open-ended recall. OVERBY leads the base score list, tied with OCHREY at 14.
At a glance 26 words around a fixed R
- OVERLY, OSPREY, and OVERDO offer recognizable anchors.
- Y is the most common ending, appearing six times.
- OVERBY and OCHREY share the top score of 14.
Which endings occur most often?
OVERLY and OVERDO share an OVER opening, while OSPREY offers a different familiar route through the letters. The top base score is 14, shared by OVERBY and OCHREY. Both are less obvious than the common-looking examples, so the scoring lead does not make them safer plays.
Y closes six matches, more than any other ending; D and S each appear four times. OVERLY and OCHREY show the Y finish, while OPERAS and OUTROS end in S. That split gives a useful final-letter filter without implying that the word family is predictable.
Collins lists all 26 matches, while ENABLE includes 16 and NWL2023 includes 19. The difference reinforces the need to validate rare forms such as OCHREA or OUTRED in the game you are playing. OVERLY and OVERDO are more approachable candidates, but the six Y endings mean the final clue alone will not identify one answer.
OPERAS and OUTROS provide familiar plural shapes, but the six Y endings form the largest single ending group. Other spellings such as OCHRED and ODOR ED are far less intuitive. A known final tile can therefore steer the search toward a sound candidate family without proving that every member is familiar or accepted.
A practical clue for this pattern
Only two matches are common, even though several look familiar. Treat the pattern as a constraint-solving list, and check the accepted dictionary before using an unusual form.
Questions people ask
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