7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and R as the 4th letter

The pattern is __NR___: N and R stay fixed while the first, second, fifth, sixth, and seventh letters vary. SUNRISE, SUNROOF, and SUNROOM make the group easier to scan, but only one entry qualifies as common. S is especially prominent, appearing at the start of six words and at the end of nine.

A quick count of the N-R pattern

• The pattern contains 16 tournament-dictionary words.
• Six begin with S, including SUNRISE, SUNROOF, and SUNROOM.
• Nine end in S; E and M each finish two words.
• Only one word meets the common-word frequency cutoff.
• Collins includes 15 matches, NWL2023 includes 11, and ENABLE includes 9.

Which words are familiar or score well?

BUNRAKU tops the Scrabble scores at 13 points; KINREDS and SYNROCS follow at 12 each. Those less familiar plays contrast with SUNRISE, SUNROOF, and SUNROOM, which give you recognizable ways to check the fixed N-R sequence.

The list has 13 defined entries, but only one falls within the common-word frequency range. That gap matters in a game: a word can fit the pattern and still be an unlikely guess or an unfamiliar play. Check your game's word list before committing to a specialist entry, since dictionary coverage differs.

7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and R as the 4th letter

This is a notably tight letter-position clue: the same N-third, R-fourth pattern with A in the third slot has 355 matches, compared with just 16 here. Keeping both middle letters fixed sharply narrows the search, so test the N-R pair before trying unusual endings.

Among these matches, S dominates both ends: it starts six and closes nine. SUNRISE is a clear example of the first pattern, while SUNRAYS shows how the final S recurs. If none of the candidates fits your other known letters, compare the six-letter version or change the fourth letter while keeping N in place.