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

The fixed pattern is R _ _ _ R _, with three open letters between the two Rs and one final letter after them. Among the 85 tournament-dictionary matches, 22 are classified as common. Familiar choices such as REPORT and RECORD sit alongside less obvious entries, so the clue can feel easier than the full word list.

6-letter words with R as the 1st and 5th letters at a glance

• Exactly 85 tournament-dictionary words match the R _ _ _ R _ pattern.
• REPORT, RECORD, RETURN, and REFORM are familiar examples.
• Twenty-two matches are classified as common.
• RIZARD leads the scores with 16 points.
• The same R-at-both-ends pattern has 35 five-letter matches and 82 seven-letter matches.

Which final letters appear most often?

S is the most frequent ending: 31 matches finish with that letter, compared with 13 ending in E and 10 in Y. RIVERS, RIDERS, ROVERS, and RACERS show how many recognizable options land on S, although not every S-ending word is simply a plural.

D and K account for seven and five matches, respectively; REWARD and REMARK are examples. Only four words end in T, and three end in A. Once the two Rs are fixed, checking the final letter can quickly narrow a search, especially when the clue points to one of these less frequent endings.

Which matching words score highest?

RIZARD scores 16 points, the highest result among the examples. RAZORS, REZERO, RAZERS, and RAZURE each score 15. These are letter-value totals before board bonuses, so a premium square can change a play's value without changing the word's base score.

For more familiar choices, try REPORT, RECORD, RETURN, REFORM, RESORT, or REGARD. The common-word count is 22, which means most matches are less familiar; a complete tournament list is not the same as a list of everyday vocabulary.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes all 85 matches, compared with 71 in NWL2023 and 65 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry, particularly if your game uses a different tournament dictionary. The exact 6-letter words with R as the 1st and 5th letters include both common choices and entries that need a rules check.