7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and R as the 5th letter

There are 259 7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and R as the 5th letter, from CLEARLY to high-scoring HAZARDS.

259 wordsTop pick TOWARDSHighest score IZZARDS 26

23 of 259 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

4th 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

5th 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 A in 4th place, T is the most common 5th letter (356 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 23 · most-used first

TOWARDS₁₁
CLEARLY₁₂
CLEARED₁₀
REGARDS₉
REMARKS₁₃
REWARDS₁₁
BIZARRE₁₈
UPWARDS₁₃
CLEARER₉
SQUARES₁₆
APPAREL₁₁
MONARCH₁₄
MALARIA₉
HAZARDS₂₀
WIZARDS₂₀
ONWARDS₁₁
SQUARED₁₇
COWARDS₁₃
EMBARGO₁₂
CABARET₁₁
LIZARDS₁₇
ENLARGE₈
DEPARTS₁₀

All valid words 259

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

ABFARAD₁₃
ACHARNE₁₂
ACHARYA₁₅
ADHARMA₁₃
ADWARDS₁₂
ADWARES₁₁
AFEARED₁₁
AKHARAS₁₄
AMBARIS₁₁
AMEARST₉
ANEARED₈
ANGARIA₈
ANTARAS₇
APPARAT₁₁
APPAREL₁₁
APSARAS₉
AQUARIA₁₆
ARAARAS₇
ASCARED₁₀
ASCARID₁₀
ASCARIS₉
ASKARIS₁₁
ASSARTS₇
ASTARTS₇
AUTARCH₁₂
AUTARKY₁₄
BAGARRE₁₀
BATARDS₁₀
BAYARDS₁₃
BEWARED₁₃
BEWARES₁₂
BICARBS₁₃
BIDARKA₁₄
BIPARTY₁₄
BIZARRE₁₈
BIZARRO₁₈
BLEARED₁₀
BLEARER₉
BOGARTS₁₀
BOTARGO₁₀
BOYARDS₁₃
BREARES₉
BRIARDS₁₀
BRIARED₁₀
CABARET₁₁
CAFARDS₁₃
CAMARON₁₁
CANARDS₁₀
CATARRH₁₂
CEDARED₁₁
CIDARIS₁₀
CIGARET₁₀
CLEARED₁₀
CLEARER₉
CLEARLY₁₂
COMARBS₁₃
COMARTS₁₁
CONARIA₉
COWARDS₁₃
CUMARIC₁₃
CUMARIN₁₁
CURARAS₉
CURARES₉
CURARIS₉
DATARIA₈
DEBARKS₁₄
DECARBS₁₂
DECARES₁₀
DEKARES₁₂
DEMARKS₁₄
DENARII₈
DEPARTS₁₀
DISARMS₁₀
DOTARDS₉
DREARER₈
DREARES₈
ECHARDS₁₃
EMBARGO₁₂
EMBARKS₁₅
EMPARED₁₂
EMPARES₁₁
EMPARLS₁₁
EMPARTS₁₁
ENDARCH₁₃
ENDARTS₈
ENLARDS₈
ENLARGE₈
ESCARPS₁₁
ESPARTO₉
EUGARIE₈
FANARTS₁₀
FEDARIE₁₁
FILAREE₁₀
FILARIA₁₀
FRIARLY₁₃
FUMARIC₁₄
FUSARIA₁₀
FUSAROL₁₀
GISARME₁₀
HADARIM₁₃
HAVARTI₁₃
HAZARDS₂₀
HEDARIM₁₃
HEGARIS₁₁
HEPARIN₁₂
HEXARCH₂₂
HOLARDS₁₁
IGNAROS₈
IMBARKS₁₅
IMPARKS₁₅
IMPARLS₁₁
IMPARTS₁₁
INDARTS₈
INEARTH₁₀
INFARCT₁₂
INFARES₁₀
INNARDS₈
INWARDS₁₁
IZZARDS₂₆
JACARES₁₆
JAWARIS₁₇
JOWARIS₁₇
JUMARED₁₇
JUMARTS₁₆
KINARAS₁₁
KUMARAS₁₃
KUMARIS₁₃
LABARUM₁₁
LAZARET₁₆
LIZARDS₁₇
LUCARNE₉
MACARON₁₁
MALARIA₉
MALARKY₁₆
MARARIS₉
MAZARDS₁₉
MEGARAD₁₁
MEGARON₁₀
MESARCH₁₄
MINARET₉
MOJARRA₁₆
MONARCH₁₄
MONARDA₁₀
NACARAT₉
NAGARIS₈
NASARDS₈
NAVARCH₁₅
NAVARHO₁₃
NAVARIN₁₀
NOMARCH₁₄
NONARTS₇
OLEARIA₇
ONWARDS₁₁
OURARIS₇
OXCARTS₁₆
PETARAS₉
PETARDS₁₀
PICARAS₁₁
PICAROS₁₁
PITARAH₁₂
PITARAS₉
POLARON₉
PREARMS₁₁
PUGAREE₁₀
PUPARIA₁₁
PYGARGS₁₄
RECARRY₁₂
REEARNS₇
REGARDS₉
REMARKS₁₃
REMARRY₁₂
REPARKS₁₃
RETARDS₈
REWARDS₁₁
REWARMS₁₂
RITARDS₈
RIZARDS₁₇
ROSARIA₇
SAFARIS₁₀
SAMARAS₉
SATARAS₇
SAVARIN₁₀
SCIARID₁₀
SEDARIM₁₀
SENARII₇
SHEARED₁₁
SHEARER₁₀
SIMARRE₉
SKEARED₁₂
SMEARED₁₀
SMEARER₉
SOLARIA₇
SOUARIS₇
SOWARRY₁₃
SPEARED₁₀
SPEARER₉
SQUARED₁₇
SQUARER₁₆
SQUARES₁₆
SQUARKS₂₀
STEARED₈
STEARES₇
STEARIC₉
STEARIN₇
SUBAREA₉
SUBARID₁₀
SUDARIA₈
SUGARED₉
SUGARER₈
SWEARDS₁₁
SWEARER₁₀
TABARDS₁₀
TABARET₉
TALARIA₇
TAMARAO₉
TAMARAS₉
TAMARAU₉
TAMARIN₉
TAMARIS₉
TEWARTS₁₀
THWARTS₁₃
TIMARAU₉
TOLARJI₁₄
TOOARTS₇
TOPARCH₁₄
TOTARAS₇
TOWARDS₁₁
TRIARCH₁₂
UAKARIS₁₁
ULNARIA₇
UNBARED₁₀
UNBARES₉
UNBARKS₁₃
UNCARED₁₀
UNCARTS₉
UNEARED₈
UNEARTH₁₀
UNHARDY₁₄
UNMARRY₁₂
UNPARED₁₀
UNWARES₁₀
UNWARIE₁₀
UPDARTS₁₀
UPWARDS₁₃
USWARDS₁₁
VAWARDS₁₄
VELARIA₁₀
VELARIC₁₂
VICARLY₁₅
VIHARAS₁₃
VISARDS₁₁
VIVARIA₁₃
VIZARDS₂₀
WISARDS₁₁
WIZARDS₂₀
XERARCH₁₉
YUGARIE₁₁
ZAMARRA₁₈
ZAMARRO₁₈

Letters by positionIn 47% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S13%
A10%
C8%

2nd letter

A17%
E14%
I11%

3rd letter

E12%
M10%
W8%

6th letter

I21%
E20%
D15%

7th letter

S47%
D10%
A9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; IZZARDS tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 19 words
8 points: 21 words
99 points: 37 words
10 points: 48 words
1111 points: 39 words
12 points: 20 words
1313 points: 27 words
14 points: 15 words
1515 points: 6 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 4 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 4 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
IZZARDS	26	26	All three
HEXARCH	22	21	Collins only
HAZARDS	20	19	All three
WIZARDS	20	20	All three
VIZARDS	20	21	All three
SQUARKS	20	21	Collins · NWL
MAZARDS	19	20	All three
XERARCH	19	19	All three
BIZARRE	18	19	All three
BIZARRO	18	19	Collins · NWL
ZAMARRA	18	19	All three
ZAMARRO	18	19	All three

The pattern is _ _ _ A R _ _. Recognizable matches include TOWARDS, REGARDS, CLEARER, and BIZARRE, but just 23 belong to the most common English words. S closes 121 entries while the next ending, D, appears on 26, so the final slot is the most telling clue.

7-letter words with A fourth and R fifth at a glance

The fixed pattern has 259 matches across tournament dictionaries.
Only 23 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
S is the most common opening letter, with 33 words; A starts 26.
S appears at the end of 121 matches, nearly half the total.
Collins includes 254 matches, while NWL2023 includes 172.

Which openings and endings narrow the pattern?

Check the last position first: 121 words end in S. REGARDS, HAZARDS, WIZARDS, and SQUARES show how that ending combines with the fixed AR in the middle. D is a distant second with 26 matches, followed by A with 23.

If your clue confirms an S, you have cut the possibilities sharply without changing the interior pattern.

The first letter provides another filter. S leads with 33 matches, A follows at 26, and C starts 20. Try familiar shapes such as S…AR…S or C…AR…D against your known letters.

A nearby pattern with N in the fifth slot has 291 matches, more than this R pattern, so changing just that position greatly expands the set.

Which matches score well, and where does coverage vary?

HEXARCH scores 22 points, making it the strongest named example here. HAZARDS and WIZARDS each reach 20, while BIZARRE scores 18. These stand out beside the set’s 11.3 average, but a large tile score does not guarantee that a word fits your rack or board.

Common choices such as CLEARLY and TOWARDS are easier to recognize than many specialist entries. Dictionary coverage is another limitation: Collins has 254 matches, compared with 172 in NWL2023 and 150 in ENABLE. Check the word list used in your game before playing an unfamiliar form; acceptance differs across those dictionaries.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A fourth and R fifth?

There are 259 tournament-dictionary matches for the pattern _ _ _ A R _ _. Examples include CLEARLY, TOWARDS, REGARDS, and HAZARDS. Only 23 rank among the most common English words, so many valid matches are less familiar.

Which familiar words fit A fourth and R fifth?

CLEARLY, TOWARDS, REGARDS, and BIZARRE all fit the seven-letter pattern. HAZARDS and WIZARDS fit as well, and each scores 20 points. Every example keeps A in position four and R immediately after it.

Are all 259 words accepted in every Scrabble dictionary?

No, dictionary coverage varies. Collins includes 254 matches, while NWL2023 includes 172 and ENABLE includes 150. A word accepted in one list may be missing from another, so check the word list your game uses before challenging or playing an unfamiliar entry.

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