7-letter words with R as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter

The pattern is R?E????: keep R in the opening slot, E in the third, and count seven letters; Familiar-looking options include REELING, REENTRY, REENTER, and REENACT, but many matches are specialist vocabulary; All 52 appear in Collins, while fewer make the NWL2023 or ENABLE lists, so the right choice depends on your game.

At a glance: the R-E pattern

• The pattern has 52 tournament-dictionary matches, each exactly seven letters long.
• Collins includes all 52; NWL2023 includes 37 and ENABLE includes 36.
• No matches fall in our common-word frequency band.
• REEQUIP and RYEPECK tie for the top tile score at 18 points.

7-letter words with R as the 1st letter and E as the 3rd letter

REELING, REENTRY, REENTER, and REENACT are good starting checks because their spelling makes the fixed letters easy to see. Each begins with R, has E in position three, and fills all seven slots. The list also includes REEKING, REELECT, and REEFING, which share that repeated-E look.

The pattern is much narrower than its S-initial sibling: 52 matches here compared with 379 for S with E in the third position. That gap makes the first letter the useful filter; searching for the third-position E alone leaves far more possibilities. Keep the seven-letter length fixed as you test candidates.

Which matching words score the most?

REEQUIP and RYEPECK lead at 18 points each, followed by REENJOY at 17. REEJECT and REEXPEL score 16, while ROEBUCK reaches 15. Those unusual spellings can pay off when their premium letters land on bonus squares, but memorizing the pattern matters more than chasing a high face-value score.

The list has 39 entries with definitions, yet none qualify as common words in the frequency measure. Dictionary coverage also differs: Collins has 52 matches, compared with 37 in NWL2023 and 36 in ENABLE. A Collins-only answer may fail in a North American game, so check your game's word list before committing.