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

The pattern is _R___R: both fixed letters are R, while the first, third, fourth and fifth positions stay open. Sixteen entries rank among the top 25,000 English words, so most of the 90 are less familiar. DRIVER, WRITER and PRAYER are recognizable starting points; the full set also includes rarer tournament plays.

At a glance: the _R___R pattern

• There are 90 tournament-dictionary entries matching _R___R.
• Every match ends in R; no other final letter fits this pattern.
• P leads the first-letter group with 20 entries, ahead of G with 12 and B with 11.
• Collins lists 89 matches, compared with 77 in NWL2023 and 74 in ENABLE.
• The average tile score is 9.4, before any board-square bonuses.

Which letters start these six-letter words?

P starts 20 of the matches, making it the strongest opening letter by a clear margin. Examples include PROPER, PREFER, PRAYER and PRIMER. G comes next with 12, including GROCER, GROWER and GRADER; B contributes 11, such as BROKER and BRAVER.

That concentration gives you a practical way to search: after confirming R in position two and at the end, test P before less common openings. The remaining listed first letters include A, C, T, D and F. Counts for those groups are 9, 8, 8, 7 and 4, respectively.

6-letter words with R second and 6th letter: scores and limits

FRIZER is the top scorer at 18 points, followed by CROZER, BRAZER and PRIZER at 17 each. GRAZER scores 16. These are strong rack-score candidates, but less familiar words deserve a dictionary check before you commit them in a game.

The highest-scoring choices are not the everyday anchors: BROKER scores 12, while PREFER, PRAYER and ARCHER each score 11. Only 75 matches have a definition lexicons, and just 16 are common by frequency. The list is broad tournament coverage, not a promise that every entry appears in every game's word list.