6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

6-letter words with R as 2nd and A as 3rd letter include 336 matches, from familiar travel and branch to top-scoring franzy.

336 wordsTop pick TRAVELHighest score FRANZY 21

75 of 336 are everyday words (22%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With R in 2nd place, A is the most common 3rd letter (336 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 75 · most-used first

TRAVEL₉
ORANGE₇
BRANCH₁₃
BRAZIL₁₇
TRACKS₁₂
PRAYER₁₁
DRAGON₈
BRANDS₉
PRAISE₈
GRAHAM₁₂
GRADES₈
TRAINS₆
GRANTS₇
TRADED₈
TRAUMA₈
TRAGIC₉
BRAINS₈
TRADES₇
ARABIC₁₀
FRAMES₁₁
TRAVIS₉
GRANDE₈
TRAITS₆
TRAILS₆
BRAKES₁₂
CRACKS₁₄
FRAMED₁₂
TRACES₈
GRAVES₁₀
TRACED₉
DRAWER₁₀
TRADER₇
CRAFTS₁₁
FRANCO₁₁
GRAPES₉
GRAINS₇
GRAVEL₁₀
ORACLE₈
PRAYED₁₂
GRANNY₁₀
DRAFTS₁₀
BRAVES₁₁
CRATER₈
DRAINS₇
DRAMAS₉
GRAPHS₁₂
BRANDY₁₂
CRADLE₉

Showing the top 48 of 75 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 336

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

ARAARA₆
ARABAS₈
ARABIC₁₀
ARABIN₈
ARABIS₈
ARABLE₈
ARAISE₆
ARALIA₆
ARAMES₈
ARAMID₉
ARAYSE₉
BRAAIS₈
BRAATA₈
BRACED₁₁
BRACER₁₀
BRACES₁₀
BRACHS₁₃
BRACKS₁₄
BRACTS₁₀
BRAGGY₁₃
BRAGLY₁₂
BRAHMA₁₃
BRAIDE₉
BRAIDS₉
BRAILS₈
BRAINS₈
BRAINY₁₁
BRAIRD₉
BRAISE₈
BRAIZE₁₇
BRAKED₁₃
BRAKES₁₂
BRAMES₁₀
BRANCH₁₃
BRANDS₉
BRANDY₁₂
BRANKS₁₂
BRANKY₁₅
BRANLE₈
BRANNY₁₁
BRANTS₈
BRASCO₁₀
BRASES₈
BRASHY₁₄
BRASIL₈
BRASSY₁₁
BRASTS₈
BRATTY₁₁
BRAVAS₁₁
BRAVED₁₂
BRAVER₁₁
BRAVES₁₁
BRAVOS₁₁
BRAWER₁₁
BRAWLS₁₁
BRAWLY₁₄
BRAWNS₁₁
BRAWNY₁₄
BRAYED₁₂
BRAYER₁₁
BRAZAS₁₇
BRAZED₁₈
BRAZEN₁₇
BRAZER₁₇
BRAZES₁₇
BRAZIL₁₇
CRAALS₈
CRABBY₁₅
CRACKA₁₄
CRACKS₁₄
CRACKY₁₇
CRADLE₉
CRAFTS₁₁
CRAFTY₁₄
CRAGGY₁₃
CRAICS₁₀
CRAIGS₉
CRAKED₁₃
CRAKES₁₂
CRAMBE₁₂
CRAMBO₁₂
CRAMES₁₀
CRAMPS₁₂
CRAMPY₁₅
CRANCH₁₃
CRANED₉
CRANES₈
CRANIA₈
CRANKS₁₂
CRANKY₁₅
CRANNY₁₁
CRANTS₈
CRAPED₁₁
CRAPES₁₀
CRAPLE₁₀
CRAPPY₁₅
CRARES₈
CRASES₈
CRASIS₈
CRATCH₁₃
CRATED₉
CRATER₈
CRATES₈
CRATON₈
CRATUR₈
CRAVAT₁₁
CRAVED₁₂
CRAVEN₁₁
CRAVER₁₁
CRAVES₁₁
CRAWLS₁₁
CRAWLY₁₄
CRAYER₁₁
CRAYON₁₁
CRAZED₁₈
CRAZES₁₇
DRABBY₁₄
DRABLY₁₂
DRACHM₁₄
DRAFFS₁₃
DRAFFY₁₆
DRAFTS₁₀
DRAFTY₁₃
DRAGEE₈
DRAGGY₁₂
DRAGON₈
DRAILS₇
DRAINS₇
DRAKES₁₁
DRAMAS₉
DRANTS₇
DRAPED₁₀
DRAPER₉
DRAPES₉
DRAPET₉
DRAPEY₁₂
DRAPPY₁₄
DRAUNT₇
DRAWEE₁₀
DRAWER₁₀
DRAWLS₁₀
DRAWLY₁₃
DRAYED₁₁
DRAZEL₁₆
ERASED₇
ERASER₆
ERASES₆
FRACAS₁₁
FRACKS₁₅
FRACTI₁₁
FRACTS₁₁
FRAENA₉
FRAGOR₁₀
FRAILS₉
FRAIMS₁₁
FRAISE₉
FRAMED₁₂
FRAMER₁₁
FRAMES₁₁
FRANCO₁₁
FRANCS₁₁
FRANKS₁₃
FRANZY₂₁
FRAPPE₁₃
FRATCH₁₄
FRATER₉
FRATRY₁₂
FRAUDS₁₀
FRAYED₁₃
FRAZIL₁₈
GRAALS₇
GRABBY₁₄
GRABEN₉
GRACED₁₀
GRACES₉
GRADED₉
GRADER₈
GRADES₈
GRADIN₈
GRADUS₈
GRAFFS₁₃
GRAFTS₁₀
GRAHAM₁₂
GRAILE₇
GRAILS₇
GRAINE₇
GRAINS₇
GRAINY₁₀
GRAIPS₉
GRAITH₁₀
GRAKLE₁₁
GRAMAS₉
GRAMES₉
GRAMMA₁₁
GRAMME₁₁
GRAMPA₁₁
GRAMPS₁₁
GRAMPY₁₄
GRANDE₈
GRANDS₈
GRANGE₈
GRANNY₁₀
GRANTS₇
GRANUM₉
GRAPED₁₀
GRAPES₉
GRAPEY₁₂
GRAPHS₁₂
GRAPLE₉
GRAPPA₁₁
GRASPS₉
GRASSY₁₀
GRASTE₇
GRATED₈
GRATER₇
GRATES₇
GRATIN₇
GRATIS₇
GRAVED₁₁
GRAVEL₁₀
GRAVEN₁₀
GRAVER₁₀
GRAVES₁₀
GRAVID₁₁
GRAVIS₁₀
GRAYED₁₁
GRAYER₁₀
GRAYLE₁₀
GRAYLY₁₃
GRAZED₁₇
GRAZER₁₆
GRAZES₁₆
IRADES₇
IRATER₆
KRAALS₁₀
KRAFTS₁₃
KRAITS₁₀
KRAKEN₁₄
KRANGS₁₁
KRANTZ₁₉
KRATER₁₀
KRATOM₁₂
KRAUTS₁₀
ORACHE₁₁
ORACLE₈
ORALLY₉
ORANGE₇
ORANGS₇
ORANGY₁₀
ORANTS₆
ORARIA₆
ORATED₇
ORATES₆
ORATOR₆
PRAAMS₁₀
PRAHUS₁₁
PRAISE₈
PRAJNA₁₅
PRANAS₈
PRANCE₁₀
PRANCK₁₄
PRANGS₉
PRANKS₁₂
PRANKY₁₅
PRASES₈
PRATED₉
PRATER₈
PRATES₈
PRATIE₈
PRATTS₈
PRAWLE₁₁
PRAWNS₁₁
PRAXES₁₅
PRAXIS₁₅
PRAYED₁₂
PRAYER₁₁
SRADHA₁₀
TRACED₉
TRACER₈
TRACES₈
TRACKS₁₂
TRACTS₈
TRADED₈
TRADER₇
TRADES₇
TRAGAL₇
TRAGIC₉
TRAGUS₇
TRAIKS₁₀
TRAILS₆
TRAINS₆
TRAITS₆
TRAMEL₈
TRAMPS₁₀
TRAMPY₁₃
TRANCE₈
TRANKS₁₀
TRANNY₉
TRANQS₁₅
TRANSE₆
TRANTS₆
TRAPAN₈
TRAPED₉
TRAPES₈
TRAPPY₁₃
TRASHY₁₂
TRATTS₆
TRAUMA₈
TRAVEL₉
TRAVES₉
TRAVIS₉
TRAWLS₉
TRAYNE₉
URACHI₁₁
URACIL₈
URAEUS₆
URALIS₆
URANIA₆
URANIC₈
URANIN₆
URANYL₉
URARES₆
URARIS₆
URASES₆
URATES₆
URATIC₈
VRAICS₁₁
WRACKS₁₅
WRAITH₁₂
WRANGS₁₀
WRASSE₉
WRASTS₉
WRATHS₁₂
WRATHY₁₅
WRAWLS₁₂
WRAXLE₁₆

Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 6th letter is S.

1st letter

G18%
B16%
C15%

4th letter

N15%
I9%
T9%

5th letter

E32%
L9%
T9%

6th letter

S40%
Y13%
E10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; FRANZY tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 24 words
7 points: 24 words
88 points: 56 words
9 points: 43 words
1010 points: 43 words
11 points: 50 words
1212 points: 28 words
13 points: 20 words
1414 points: 16 words
15 points: 13 words
1616 points: 5 words
17 points: 9 words
1818 points: 3 words
19 points: 1 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FRANZY	21	21	Collins only
KRANTZ	19	20	Collins only
CRAZED	18	19	All three
BRAZED	18	19	All three
FRAZIL	18	19	All three
BRAZIL	17	19	All three
BRAZEN	17	19	All three
GRAZED	17	18	All three
CRAZES	17	18	All three
CRACKY	17	18	All three
BRAZER	17	18	All three
BRAIZE	17	18	All three

The pattern is _RA___: R and A are fixed, while the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth letters remain open. Familiar matches include travel, branch, orange, and dragon, but the full set stretches well beyond everyday vocabulary. The count combines entries from tournament dictionaries, so the pool includes words with different levels of familiarity.

At a glance: 6-letter words with R as 2nd and A as 3rd letter

336 tournament-dictionary entries fit the fixed pattern _RA___.
75 are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency; travel and branch are familiar examples.
G begins 62 matches, ahead of B at 55 and C at 50.
S closes 135 matches, three times the 45 that end in Y.
Average score is 10.3; franzy leads the scorers at 21 points.

Which first letters occur most often?

G, B, and C lead the opening-letter groups, with 62, 55, and 50 matches respectively; T follows at 36, then D at 28. That gives you a practical scan order when the first tile is still unknown: check G, B, and C before less common starts.

Examples show how varied the remaining slots are: travel, tracks, and trains start with T; branch and brands start with B; grades and grants start with G. Orange, prayer, praise, and trauma widen the options further. These are pattern matches, not definitions, so use a word-specific reference if meaning is the clue.

The tail also matters: Y, E, and D are the next endings at 45, 35, and 32, so an S-heavy pool does not make every S-ending candidate interchangeable.

Can 6-letter words with R as 2nd and A as 3rd letter score well?

Yes. FRANZY tops the scoring group at 21 points, followed by KRANTZ at 19. CRAZED, BRAZED, and FRAZIL each score 18; BRAZIL and BRAZEN reach 17.

Familiarity is the catch. Just 75 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, while tournament coverage varies: ENABLE includes 246, Collins 334, and NWL2023 261. Those dictionary counts overlap rather than partitioning the 336-word set.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have R second and A third?

There are 336 tournament-dictionary matches with that pattern. The opening-letter leaders are G with 62, B with 55, and C with 50, while S is the most frequent final letter at 135. The fixed letters leave four positions for other tiles.

Which matching word has the highest Scrabble score?

FRANZY scores 21 points in the scoring list. KRANTZ follows at 19, while CRAZED, BRAZED, and FRAZIL each score 18. Board premiums can change a move's total, so treat those values as tile-score comparisons rather than guaranteed turn scores.

Are all 336 matching words common?

No. Only 75 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many entries are less familiar. Travel, branch, and orange are recognizable examples, while franzy and frazil are less everyday choices that stand out in the scoring group.

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