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

The pattern fixes the second letter as R and the final letter as N, leaving five positions to narrow your search; Among the 120 matches are familiar words such as WRITTEN and PROTEIN, alongside less everyday entries like KRYPTON and BRACKEN; Only 13 matches fall within the common-word group, so expect a mix of recognizable answers and specialist vocabulary.

At a glance: the R-to-N pattern

• There are 120 seven-letter matches with R second and N last.
• C is the most frequent starting letter, with 17 matches.
• G and T each start 15 words; P starts 14.
• Only 13 matches are classed as common.
• BRONZEN leads the listed Scrabble scores at 18 points.

Which letters start these seven-letter words?

C leads the starting-letter group with 17 words, while G and T tie at 15 apiece. P contributes 14 and B contributes 13, giving you several productive first-letter options when the middle and ending are already fixed.

Try familiar candidates first: WRITTEN, PROTEIN, TREASON, and CRIMSON all fit the pattern. The match set also includes words such as GRIFFIN, KREMLIN, and BRAHMAN, so an unfamiliar result is not automatically a miss.

The contrast with nearby patterns is striking: 120 words end in N here, compared with 606 ending in S for words with R second. Changing only the final letter can open a much larger pool.

Which matching words score the most?

BRONZEN tops the scores at 18 points. KRYPTON, GRYPHON, TRIAZIN, and WRYTHEN each score 16, while BRACKEN and BRICKEN score 15. The average score across the pattern is 10.9, so the highest scorers stand well above the typical entry.

For 7-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and N as the 7th letter, dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins has 118 matches, NWL2023 has 78, and ENABLE has 69. The full set includes 120 words across the tournament dictionaries, and 87 have definitions. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry.