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7-letter words with R as the 1st letter and B as the 4th letter

Sixty-seven 7-letter words start with R and have B as the fourth letter, including ROBBERY, RUBBISH, RHUBARB and RAMBLED.

67 wordsTop pick ROBBERYHighest score REDBACK 16

8 of 67 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With R in 1st place, I is the most common 4th letter (224 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 67 · most-used first

  • ROBBERY14
  • RUBBISH14
  • RUBBING12
  • RABBITS11
  • ROBBINS11
  • ROBBERS11
  • ROBBING12
  • RIBBONS11
  • RHUBARB14
  • ROEBUCK15
  • RUBBERS11
  • RAMBLER11
  • ROUBLES9
  • RUBBERY14
  • RIBBING12
  • RUMBLED12
  • RUMBLES11
  • RAMBLES11
  • ROWBOAT12
  • RAMBLED12
  • REDBONE10
  • REDBIRD11
  • REDBACK16
  • REEBOKS13
  • RAMBLAS11
  • RUBBLES11
  • RUMBLER11
  • RUNBACK15
  • RABBONI11
  • RATBAGS10
  • RIBBAND12
  • REDBUSH13
  • RABBITY14
  • RIBBITS11
  • RUBBIES11
  • RIBBIES11
  • RABBLES11
  • RAGBAGS11
  • RABBITO11
  • RAWBONE12
  • RASBORA9
  • RIBBONY14
  • RUMBAED12
  • REDBAIT10
  • RABBIES11
  • RUGBIES10
  • ROSBIFS12
  • REDBUDS11

Showing the top 48 of 67 words. See every valid word

All valid words 67

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

  • RABBETS11
  • RABBIES11
  • RABBINS11
  • RABBITO11
  • RABBITS11
  • RABBITY14
  • RABBLED12
  • RABBLER11
  • RABBLES11
  • RABBONI11
  • RAGBAGS11
  • RAGBOLT10
  • RAMBLAS11
  • RAMBLED12
  • RAMBLER11
  • RAMBLES11
  • RASBORA9
  • RATBAGS10
  • RATBITE9
  • RAWBONE12
  • REDBACK16
  • REDBAIT10
  • REDBAYS13
  • REDBIRD11
  • REDBONE10
  • REDBUDS11
  • REDBUGS11
  • REDBUSH13
  • REEBOKS13
  • REMBLAI11
  • REMBLED12
  • REMBLES11
  • RHABDOM15
  • RHABDUS13
  • RHEBOKS16
  • RHUBARB14
  • RIBBAND12
  • RIBBERS11
  • RIBBIER11
  • RIBBIES11
  • RIBBING12
  • RIBBITS11
  • RIBBONS11
  • RIBBONY14
  • ROBBERS11
  • ROBBERY14
  • ROBBING12
  • ROBBINS11
  • ROEBUCK15
  • ROSBIFS12
  • ROUBLES9
  • ROWBOAT12
  • RUBBERS11
  • RUBBERY14
  • RUBBIDY15
  • RUBBIES11
  • RUBBING12
  • RUBBISH14
  • RUBBITY14
  • RUBBLED12
  • RUBBLES11
  • RUGBIES10
  • RUMBAED12
  • RUMBLED12
  • RUMBLER11
  • RUMBLES11
  • RUNBACK15
Letters by positionIn 46% of these words the 3rd letter is B.
2nd letter
  1. A30%
  2. U22%
  3. E18%
3rd letter
  1. B46%
  2. M16%
  3. D12%
5th letter
  1. I30%
  2. L24%
  3. O15%
6th letter
  1. E30%
  2. N16%
  3. R12%
7th letter
  1. S43%
  2. D12%
  3. Y9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; REDBACK tops the list with 16. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 3 words
  2. 10 points: 5 words
  3. 1111 points: 29 words
  4. 12 points: 13 words
  5. 1313 points: 4 words
  6. 14 points: 7 words
  7. 1515 points: 4 words
  8. 16 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
REDBACK1618Collins only
RHEBOKS1616All three
ROEBUCK1518All three
RUNBACK1519All three
RHABDOM1516All three
RUBBIDY1517Collins only
ROBBERY1415All three
RUBBISH1416All three
RHUBARB1416All three
RUBBERY1416All three
RABBITY1415All three
RIBBONY1416All three

The R-and-B frame has a recognisable double-letter personality. Many of its words carry a doubled B, and most of the rest lean on -BLE and -BLED endings. Add a heavy tilt towards a final S and you can often solve a clue before you reach the third letter.

What the R__B frame holds

  • 67 words fit, and 8 of them are common English.
  • S ends 29 words, D ends 8 and Y ends 6.
  • A is the second letter in 20 words, U in 15 and E in 12.
  • 58 have a definition, and the average score is 11.9.
  • The 6-letter version of this frame holds 37 words.

Which words double the B?

The BB group is the easiest to remember: ROBBERY, RUBBISH, RUBBING, rabbits and ribbons. Every one has the R, a vowel, then two Bs, so the fourth-letter B is automatic once you spot the double. Robbers and robbing belong to the same family.

The second family is the -BLE crowd. RAMBLES, RUMBLES, rambled and rumbled put the B after an M, while roubles puts it after a U. Eleven words in all end in -LES or -LED, which makes those two suffixes worth testing early.

Why do four of the top six scorers contain a K?

A K is worth 5 points, and REDBACK, RHEBOKS, ROEBUCK and RUNBACK each carry one. Redback and rheboks score 16, while roebuck and runback score 15.

The other two leaders, RHABDOM and rubbidy, score 15 without a K. They lean on an H worth 4 and the D and M tiles instead. Without a rare tile, a typical word here lands near the 11.9 average, so a K is the clearest signal of a high score.

Which dictionary should you trust?

Note

Collins lists 64 of the 67, NWL2023 lists 55 and ENABLE lists 49. Check your game's word list before you play RHABDOM or REEBOKS.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have R first and B fourth?
There are 67. Examples include ROBBERY, RUBBISH, RUBBING, RABBITS and RHUBARB. Collins lists 64 of them, NWL2023 lists 55 and ENABLE lists 49, so what you can play depends on your game's dictionary.
What is the highest-scoring word with R first and B fourth?
REDBACK and RHEBOKS tie at 16 points in Scrabble before bonuses. ROEBUCK, RUNBACK, RHABDOM and RUBBIDY follow at 15 each. REDBACK is the easiest to recognise of the group.
Which letter ends most of these words?
S ends 29 of the 67 words, which is about 43 percent. D is next with 8, then Y with 6, and R, E, G, K and T are all in the low single digits.

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