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7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter

7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter have 347 matches across tournament dictionaries.

347 wordsTop pick TEACHERHighest score QUACKER 22

49 of 347 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With A in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (741 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 49 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 49 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 347

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

  • ABACTOR11
  • ACATOUR9
  • ADAPTER10
  • ADAPTOR10
  • ALASTOR7
  • AMASSER9
  • AMATEUR9
  • ANAPHOR12
  • AWAITER10
  • AWARDER11
  • BEADIER10
  • BEAGLER10
  • BEAKIER13
  • BEAMIER11
  • BEATIER9
  • BEAUTER9
  • BLABBER13
  • BLACKER15
  • BLADDER11
  • BLAGGER11
  • BLAGUER10
  • BLANDER10
  • BLANKER13
  • BLASTER9
  • BLATHER12
  • BLATTER9
  • BOARDER10
  • BOASTER9
  • BRAGGER11
  • BRAIDER10
  • BRAKIER13
  • BRANDER10
  • BRANNER9
  • BRASHER12
  • BRASIER9
  • BRAWLER12
  • BRAZIER18
  • CHADDAR14
  • CHADDOR14
  • CHAFFER18
  • CHAINER12
  • CHALDER13
  • CHAMBER16
  • CHAMFER17
  • CHAMPER16
  • CHANCER14
  • CHANGER13
  • CHANNER12
  • CHANTER12
  • CHANTOR12
  • CHAPTER14
  • CHARGER13
  • CHARIER12
  • CHARMER14
  • CHARTER12
  • CHARVER15
  • CHASTER12
  • CHATTER12
  • CHAUFER15
  • CHAUMER14
  • CLABBER13
  • CLACKER15
  • CLADDER11
  • CLAIMER11
  • CLAMBER13
  • CLAMMER13
  • CLAMOUR11
  • CLAMPER13
  • CLANGER10
  • CLANGOR10
  • CLAPPER13
  • CLAQUER18
  • CLASHER12
  • CLASPER11
  • CLASSER9
  • CLATTER9
  • CLAVIER12
  • CLAYIER12
  • COACHER14
  • COACTOR11
  • COALIER9
  • COALTAR9
  • COARSER9
  • COASTER9
  • CRABBER13
  • CRACKER15
  • CRADLER10
  • CRAFTER12
  • CRAMMER13
  • CRAMPER13
  • CRANKER13
  • CRAPIER11
  • CRAPPER13
  • CRASHER12
  • CRASSER9
  • CRAWLER12
  • CRAZIER18
  • DIALLER8
  • DIASTER8
  • DRABBER12
  • DRABLER10
  • DRAFTER11
  • DRAGGER10
  • DRAINER8
  • DRAPIER10
  • DRAWBAR13
  • DRAWLER11
  • DWARFER14
  • EMAILER9
  • ENABLER9
  • ENACTOR9
  • ENAMOUR9
  • EXACTER16
  • EXACTOR16
  • EXALTER14
  • FEASTER10
  • FEATHER13
  • FLACKER16
  • FLAFFER16
  • FLAGGER12
  • FLAKIER14
  • FLAMIER12
  • FLANEUR10
  • FLANGER11
  • FLANKER14
  • FLAPPER14
  • FLARIER10
  • FLASHER13
  • FLATCAR12
  • FLATTER10
  • FLAVOUR13
  • FLAWIER13
  • FLAXIER17
  • FOAMIER12
  • FRACTUR12
  • FRAILER10
  • FRAKTUR14
  • FRANGER11
  • FRANKER14
  • GLACIER10
  • GLADDER10
  • GLADIER9
  • GLAMMER12
  • GLAMOUR10
  • GLAMPER12
  • GLANCER10
  • GLARIER8
  • GLAZIER17
  • GNASHER11
  • GOATIER8
  • GRABBER12
  • GRAFTER11
  • GRAINER8
  • GRAMMAR12
  • GRANDER9
  • GRANFER11
  • GRANGER9
  • GRANTER8
  • GRANTOR8
  • GRAPIER10
  • GRASPER10
  • GRASSER8
  • GRAZIER17
  • GUARDER9
  • HEADIER11
  • HEAPIER12
  • HEATHER13
  • HEAVIER13
  • HOARDER11
  • HOARIER10
  • HOARSER10
  • KHADDAR16
  • KHANJAR21
  • KLAVIER14
  • KNACKER17
  • KNAPPER15
  • LEACHER12
  • LEADIER8
  • LEAFIER10
  • LEAGUER8
  • LEAKIER11
  • LEARIER7
  • LEARNER7
  • LEATHER10
  • LEAVIER10
  • LOAMIER9
  • LOATHER10
  • MEAGRER10
  • MEALIER9
  • MEANDER10
  • MEATIER9
  • ODALLER8
  • OPAQUER18
  • ORANGER8
  • PEACHER14
  • PEAKIER13
  • PEARLER9
  • PEARTER9
  • PEATIER9
  • PHARMER14
  • PHATTER12
  • PIAFFER15
  • PIASTER9
  • PLAGUER10
  • PLAINER9
  • PLAITER9
  • PLANNER9
  • PLANTAR9
  • PLANTER9
  • PLASHER12
  • PLASTER9
  • PLATIER9
  • PLATTER9
  • POACHER14
  • PRAETOR9
  • PRAISER9
  • PRANCER11
  • PRAWNER12
  • PSALTER9
  • QUACKER22
  • QUAFFER22
  • QUAKIER20
  • QUARTER16
  • QUASHER19
  • REACHER12
  • REACTOR9
  • READIER8
  • REALGAR8
  • REALTER7
  • REALTOR7
  • REAMIER9
  • ROARIER7
  • ROASTER7
  • SCALDER10
  • SCALIER9
  • SCALPER11
  • SCAMMER13
  • SCAMPER13
  • SCANNER9
  • SCANTER9
  • SCARCER11
  • SCARFER12
  • SCARIER9
  • SCARPER11
  • SCATTER9
  • SCAUPER11
  • SEAMIER9
  • SHADIER11
  • SHAFTER13
  • SHAGGER12
  • SHAKIER14
  • SHALIER10
  • SHALWAR13
  • SHAMMER14
  • SHARKER14
  • SHARPER12
  • SHASTER10
  • SHATTER10
  • SKANGER12
  • SKANKER15
  • SLABBER11
  • SLACKER13
  • SLAMMER11
  • SLANDER8
  • SLANGER8
  • SLANTER7
  • SLAPPER11
  • SLASHER10
  • SLATHER10
  • SLATIER7
  • SLATTER7
  • SMACKER15
  • SMALLER9
  • SMARTER9
  • SMASHER12
  • SMATTER9
  • SNACKER13
  • SNAGGER9
  • SNAKIER11
  • SNAPPER11
  • SNARIER7
  • SNARLER7
  • SOAPIER9
  • SPACIER11
  • SPADGER11
  • SPALLER9
  • SPAMMER13
  • SPANKER13
  • SPANNER9
  • SPARGER10
  • SPARKER13
  • SPARRER9
  • SPARSER9
  • SPATTER9
  • SPAWNER12
  • STABBER11
  • STABLER9
  • STACKER13
  • STAFFER13
  • STAGGER9
  • STAGIER8
  • STAIDER8
  • STAINER7
  • STALKER11
  • STAMMER11
  • STAMPER11
  • STANDER8
  • STAPLER9
  • STARKER11
  • STARTER7
  • STARVER10
  • SWABBER14
  • SWAGGER12
  • SWALIER10
  • SWAMPER14
  • SWANKER14
  • SWAPPER14
  • SWARMER12
  • SWASHER13
  • SWATHER13
  • SWATTER10
  • TEACHER12
  • TEARIER7
  • THANKER14
  • THAWIER13
  • TOASTER7
  • TRACEUR9
  • TRACKER13
  • TRACTOR9
  • TRAILER7
  • TRAINER7
  • TRAITOR7
  • TRAMCAR11
  • TRAMPER11
  • TRANTER7
  • TRAPPER11
  • TRASHER10
  • TRAWLER10
  • TWANGER11
  • UDALLER8
  • VEALIER10
  • WEARIER10
  • WEATHER13
  • WHACKER19
  • WHAPPER17
  • WRAPPER14
  • YEARNER10
Letters by positionIn 89% of these words the 6th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. S25%
  2. C17%
  3. B8%
2nd letter
  1. L22%
  2. R19%
  3. E13%
4th letter
  1. N13%
  2. R12%
  3. S9%
5th letter
  1. T18%
  2. I18%
  3. H7%
6th letter
  1. E89%
  2. O5%
  3. A3%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; QUACKER tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 20 words
  2. 8 points: 21 words
  3. 99 points: 66 words
  4. 10 points: 51 words
  5. 1111 points: 44 words
  6. 12 points: 43 words
  7. 1313 points: 41 words
  8. 14 points: 27 words
  9. 1515 points: 9 words
  10. 16 points: 8 words
  11. 1717 points: 6 words
  12. 18 points: 5 words
  13. 1919 points: 2 words
  14. 20 points: 1 words
  15. 2121 points: 1 words
  16. 22 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QUACKER2224Collins only
QUAFFER2223All three
KHANJAR2123Collins only
QUAKIER2021All three
WHACKER1919All three
QUASHER1919All three
CRAZIER1819All three
BRAZIER1819All three
CHAFFER1818All three
CLAQUER1821All three
OPAQUER1820All three
GLAZIER1719All three

Teacher, weather, chapter, and trailer show how varied this pattern can be: the A sits in the middle, while R closes every word. Yet just 49 entries count as common by word frequency, so familiar examples are a small slice of the total. Use the starting-letter counts and high scorers to narrow the possibilities when a clue gives you more than the two fixed positions.

7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter

  • The pattern has 347 tournament-dictionary entries; every match ends in R, with A fixed in position three.
  • S is the most frequent first letter, with 88 matches; C follows with 60, then B with 27.
  • Only 49 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many matches will feel unfamiliar.
  • QUACKER and QUAFFER tie for the highest listed Scrabble score at 22 points.

Which words make the pattern easy to recognize?

Start with recognizable examples such as TEACHER, WEATHER, CHAPTER, and LEATHER. Each places A third and R seventh, but their different openings show why the first letter is a useful extra clue when you scan the matches.

The spread is broader than everyday vocabulary suggests: 298 matches have definitions, while only 49 are common by frequency. A dictionary entry is not necessarily a word you will recognize at a glance, so use the game’s own word list when an unfamiliar option matters.

What are the strongest Scrabble scores?

QUACKER and QUAFFER score 22 points each, and KHANJAR follows at 21. Those totals make unusual high-value letters more decisive than the repeated pattern itself; the average score across these matches is 11.2 points.

For 7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter, a high tile total is not the same as a high board score. Premium squares change the result, so check the placement before choosing a word for points.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have A third and R last?
There are 347 matches with A in the third position and R in the seventh. The count includes words found in at least one tournament dictionary, rather than entries with no such source. TEACHER and WEATHER are familiar examples that fit the pattern.
Are many of these words common?
No; 49 of the 347 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. TEACHER and WEATHER are recognizable, but many other matches are less familiar. The list also has 298 entries with definitions, which is a separate measure from commonness.
Which word scores the most in Scrabble?
QUACKER and QUAFFER tie at 22 points each, the highest listed tile scores for this pattern. KHANJAR scores 21, just one point behind. Premium board squares can change the final play score, so treat these as tile totals rather than guaranteed turn scores.

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