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6-letter words with R as the 1st letter and P as the 5th letter

6-letter words with R as the 1st letter and P as the 5th letter: 10 matches, from common RECIPE to top scorer RECOPY.

10 wordsTop pick RECIPEHighest score RECOPY 13

1 of 10 are everyday words (10%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With R in 1st place, E is the most common 5th letter (371 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • RECIPE10
  • RECAPS10
  • RETYPE11
  • RECEPT10
  • RECOPY13
  • REBOPS10
  • RETAPE8
  • REDIPS9
  • REDIPT9
  • REMAPS10
All valid words 10

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

  • REBOPS10
  • RECAPS10
  • RECEPT10
  • RECIPE10
  • RECOPY13
  • REDIPS9
  • REDIPT9
  • REMAPS10
  • RETAPE8
  • RETYPE11

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
RECOPY1314All three
RETYPE1111All three
RECIPE1012All three
RECAPS1012All three
RECEPT1012All three
REBOPS1012All three
REMAPS1012All three
REDIPS910All three
REDIPT910All three
RETAPE89All three

This pattern is unusually narrow: only 10 six-letter entries begin with R and place P in position five. RECIPE is the lone common word among them, while RECOPY tops the score list at 13. All 10 appear in ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, so the clue has no dictionary split among those tournament lists.

6-letter words with R as the 1st letter and P as the 5th letter

  • Exactly 10 words meet both fixed-letter conditions.
  • RECIPE is the only entry counted among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • RECOPY leads the scoring list at 13; RETYPE follows at 11.
  • Four matches end in S, three in E, two in T, and one in Y.
  • Four of the ten start with REC: RECIPE, RECAPS, RECOPY and RECEPT.
  • The four S endings are RECAPS, REBOPS, REDIPS and REMAPS, and each finishes with -PS.

Which words fit the R-and-P pattern?

Ten six-letter words fit the R-first, P-fifth pattern, and their endings narrow the search further: four end in S, three in E, two in T, and one in Y. When sorting candidates, start with S endings because that is the largest group.

The more recognizable options include RECIPE, RECAPS, RETYPE, and RECOPY. The other matches are RECEPT, REBOPS, RETAPE, REDIPS, REDIPT, and REMAPS. Several are uncommon, so a valid tournament-dictionary entry is not necessarily a familiar everyday word.

How do you narrow down these six-letter matches?

RECOPY scores 13, ahead of RETYPE at 11; RECIPE and RECAPS each score 10. If you are weighing a play, RECOPY is the scoring standout, while RECIPE is the clearest common-word anchor. The average score across the matches is 10.

For a letter-position clue, keep R and P fixed and sort by the final letter. RECAPS and REMAPS end in S, while RECIPE, RETYPE, and RETAPE end in E. RECEPT and REDIPT end in T, and RECOPY is the lone Y.

Questions people ask

What is the most common six-letter word with R first and P fifth?
RECIPE is the only common entry among the 10 matches. The remaining words include RECAPS, RETYPE, and RECOPY, as well as less familiar options such as REBOPS and REDIPT. Common here means it falls within the top 25,000 English words by word frequency.
Which R-and-P word scores the most?
RECOPY is the highest scorer at 13 points. RETYPE follows at 11, while RECIPE and RECAPS each score 10. If points are your priority, compare the board placement too; the word’s base score does not account for bonus squares.
Do all 10 matches appear in Collins and NWL2023?
Yes, all 10 matches appear in both Collins and NWL2023, and all 10 are also in ENABLE. The narrow pattern has the same count across those tournament dictionaries. Less familiar options such as REBOPS and REDIPT are still included in each of those lists.

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