7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and R as the 5th letter

That fixed pattern leaves a compact but uneven group: 24 entries begin with S, while just 8 begin with A. The matches range from recognizable words such as scarred, scourge, accords, and scoured to specialist vocabulary like scherzo and icterus. Only 3 rank among common English words, so a matching pattern does not guarantee an everyday answer.

At a glance: a narrow, S-heavy pattern

• Collins includes all 37 matches; NWL2023 includes 21, and ENABLE includes 19.
• Twenty-four begin with S, compared with 8 that begin with A and 3 with I.
• D and S tie as the most common final letters, with 9 words each; E follows with 7.
• Examples include scarred, scourge, accords, and scoured.
• Only 3 matches are common by English word frequency.

7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and R as the 5th letter

Write the clue as _ C _ _ R _ _: C is fixed in position two and R in position five, leaving five open tiles to test. Changing the second letter reshapes the search dramatically: E has 230 matches, A has 218, while C has only 37.

With C still in second place, P in fifth yields 44 words and S yields 28, putting R between those neighboring patterns. Familiar matches include scarred, scourge, scoured, and accords; less common examples include scleral, icterus, and achiral.

Which matches score the most?

Scherzo and scherzi lead the score table at 21 points apiece, with acharya next at 15. Those scores stand out against the 11.2-point average: the unusual scherz- forms carry a high-value Z, while scarred is not among the top scorers. Treat a strong tile total as a rack opportunity, not a promise of an easy placement.

Most matches are not everyday vocabulary, even though 26 have definitions in the source lexicons. Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 37, but NWL2023 has 21 and ENABLE 19. Before playing an unfamiliar word, check your game's word list; the same spelling can be accepted in one lexicon and absent from another.