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6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and R as the 5th letter

6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and R as the 5th letter number 34, including SPHERE, UPWARD, and SPEARS.

34 wordsTop pick SPHEREHighest score SPHERY 14

3 of 34 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With P in 2nd place, E is the most common 5th letter (92 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 34 · most-used first

  • SPHERE11
  • UPWARD12
  • SPEARS8
  • UPPERS10
  • UPTURN8
  • SPEIRS8
  • SPIERS8
  • APIARY11
  • SPEERS8
  • EPHORS11
  • SPARRE8
  • APPORT10
  • SPOORS8
  • SPERRE8
  • SPARRY11
  • SPLURT8
  • SPURRY11
  • UPTORN8
  • SPHERY14
  • SPEARY11
  • EPEIRA8
  • EPHORI11
  • OPTERS8
  • SPAERS8
  • SPLORE8
  • SPUERS8
  • UPBORE10
  • UPCURL10
  • UPDART9
  • UPFURL11
  • UPGIRD10
  • UPGIRT9
  • UPHURL11
  • UPTORE8
All valid words 34

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

  • APIARY11
  • APPORT10
  • EPEIRA8
  • EPHORI11
  • EPHORS11
  • OPTERS8
  • SPAERS8
  • SPARRE8
  • SPARRY11
  • SPEARS8
  • SPEARY11
  • SPEERS8
  • SPEIRS8
  • SPERRE8
  • SPHERE11
  • SPHERY14
  • SPIERS8
  • SPLORE8
  • SPLURT8
  • SPOORS8
  • SPUERS8
  • SPURRY11
  • UPBORE10
  • UPCURL10
  • UPDART9
  • UPFURL11
  • UPGIRD10
  • UPGIRT9
  • UPHURL11
  • UPPERS10
  • UPTORE8
  • UPTORN8
  • UPTURN8
  • UPWARD12
Letters by positionIn 47% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S47%
  2. U35%
  3. E9%
3rd letter
  1. E18%
  2. H15%
  3. T12%
4th letter
  1. E24%
  2. O24%
  3. U15%
6th letter
  1. S29%
  2. E18%
  3. Y15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; SPHERY tops the list with 14. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 16 words
  2. 9 points: 2 words
  3. 1010 points: 5 words
  4. 11 points: 9 words
  5. 1212 points: 1 words
  6. 13 points: 0 words
  7. 1414 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SPHERY1413All three
UPWARD1214All three
SPHERE1111All three
APIARY1111All three
EPHORS1111All three
SPARRY1111All three
SPURRY1112All three
SPEARY1111Collins only
UPFURL1115Collins only
EPHORI1111All three
UPHURL1114Collins only
UPPERS1013All three

This pattern leaves a compact set of 34 tournament-dictionary matches. The first letter does much of the sorting work: S begins 16 entries and U begins 12. Only 3 count as common by frequency, so familiar words such as SPHERE sit beside more specialized game vocabulary.

The pattern at a glance

  • There are 34 six-letter matches with P second and R fifth.
  • S and U lead the starting groups, with 16 and 12 words.
  • S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 10 matches.
  • Only 3 matches fall in the common-word group.
  • SPHERY scores 14 points, the highest score in this group.

6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter and R as the 5th letter

The shared shape is _P__R_. SPHERE, SPEARS, and SPEERS show how often S leads this pattern; UPWARD, UPPERS, and UPTURN make U the other major starting group. If the first tile is known, those six examples give you two substantial branches to check.

The endings offer another way to sort candidates. Ten words finish in S, including SPEARS and UPPERS; six end in E, and five end in Y. Those three endings account for most of the set, so try them before testing the less frequent final letters.

Which match scores highest?

SPHERY takes the top score at 14 points. UPWARD reaches 12, while SPHERE, APIARY, and several other entries score 11. The average is 9.4, putting the leader well above a typical match.

Collins accepts 33 matches, compared with 24 in NWL2023 and 23 in ENABLE. That gap matters when you play across different word lists: a candidate accepted in one dictionary may be rejected in another. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar match.

A quick caution for solving

Note

Only 3 of the 34 matches are common by frequency. SPHERE and UPWARD are recognizable choices, but the pattern also contains rarer words such as SPHERY and EPHORS.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have P second and R fifth?
There are 34 tournament-dictionary matches with P in position two and R in position five. SPHERE, UPWARD, and SPEARS are recognizable examples; the rest range from familiar forms to less common word-game entries.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
SPHERY has the highest score at 14 points. UPWARD scores 12, while SPHERE scores 11. The 9.4-point average across all matches puts SPHERY well above the typical score for this letter pattern.
Which letters most often start these words?
S starts 16 matches, and U starts 12, making them the clear leaders. E begins 3, A begins 2, and O begins 1. When the first tile is still open, checking S and U first covers most of the candidates.

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