6-letter words with R as the 1st letter and Z as the 4th letter

The pattern looks like R _ _ Z _ _, but the matching words are an unusual bunch: none ranks among the common words tracked here. RAZZED, RAZZLE, and RAZZIA are easier to recognise than RANZEL or RONZER. Use the fixed letters to narrow your options, then check whether your game accepts the word you choose.

At a glance: the R–Z pattern

• The R-first, Z-fourth pattern has 13 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Collins includes all 13; NWL2023 includes 7, and ENABLE includes 4. Those dictionary counts overlap.
• None of the 13 matches falls in the common-word group.
• Five words end in R, while three end in S; A, C, D, E, and L each appear once as a final letter.
• Only 5 matches have definitions.

Which endings appear in this group?

R is the most frequent final letter: five of the 13 words end in R. That gives you forms such as ROZZER, RIZZER, and RONZER to consider when your last square is fixed as R.

Three matches end in S: RAZZES, RITZES, and REZZES. The remaining five endings each occur once: RAZZIA ends in A, RHIZIC in C, RAZZED in D, RAZZLE in E, and RANZEL in L. That spread makes the final letter a useful clue, but not a reliable way to guess a familiar word.

How do the top scores compare?

RAZZED leads the scoring list at 25 points. RAZZLE, RAZZIA, RAZZES, ROZZER, REZZES, RIZZAR, RIZZER, and RIZZOR each score 24, so the top of this group is tightly packed.

The repeated Z is the scoring clue: many of the leading entries contain two Z tiles, while RHIZIC scores 20 with a different letter pattern. A high score does not make an obscure word easy to place; most of these 13 entries are uncommon, and only 5 have definitions recorded.