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

There are 339 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter, including STRANGE, SCRATCH, and MIRACLE.

339 wordsTop pick STRANGEHighest score HYRAXES 20

31 of 339 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

4th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With R in 3rd place, I is the most common 4th letter (366 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 31 · most-used first

STRANGE₈
SCRATCH₁₄
MIRACLE₁₁
ARRANGE₈
PIRATES₉
PHRASES₁₂
PYRAMID₁₅
CERAMIC₁₃
STRAINS₇
DURABLE₁₀
MORALLY₁₂
PARADOX₁₇
CARAVAN₁₂
CURATOR₉
TYRANNY₁₃
SPRAYED₁₃
CARAMEL₁₁
CURATED₁₀
KARAOKE₁₅
STRANDS₈
STRAITS₇
ERRATIC₉
ENRAGED₉
MORALES₉
GIRAFFE₁₄
ERRANDS₈
PARADES₁₀
SCRAPED₁₂
UNRAVEL₁₀
GARAGES₉
PARABLE₁₁

All valid words 339

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

ABRADED₁₁
ABRADER₁₀
ABRADES₁₀
ABRAIDS₁₀
ABRASAX₁₆
ABRAXAS₁₆
ABRAYED₁₃
ABRAZOS₁₈
ACRASIA₉
ACRASIN₉
ACRATIC₁₁
AERADIO₈
AERATED₈
AERATES₇
AERATOR₇
AGRAFES₁₁
AGRAFFE₁₄
AGRAPHA₁₃
AGRASTE₈
AGRAVIC₁₃
AKRASIA₁₁
AKRATIC₁₃
APRAXIA₁₆
APRAXIC₁₈
ARRACKS₁₃
ARRAIGN₈
ARRANGE₈
ARRASED₈
ARRASES₇
ARRAYAL₁₀
ARRAYED₁₁
ARRAYER₁₀
ASRAMAS₉
AURALLY₁₀
AURATED₈
AURATES₇
BARACAN₁₁
BARAZAS₁₈
BERAKED₁₄
BERAKES₁₃
BERATED₁₀
BERATES₉
BERAYED₁₃
BORACES₁₁
BORACIC₁₃
BORAGES₁₀
BORANES₉
BORATED₁₀
BORATES₉
BORAXES₁₆
BORAZON₁₈
CARABAO₁₁
CARABID₁₂
CARABIN₁₁
CARACAL₁₁
CARACKS₁₅
CARACOL₁₁
CARACTS₁₁
CARACUL₁₁
CARAFES₁₂
CARAMBA₁₃
CARAMEL₁₁
CARANNA₉
CARAPAX₁₈
CARATES₉
CARAUNA₉
CARAVAN₁₂
CARAVEL₁₂
CARAWAY₁₅
CERAMAL₁₁
CERAMIC₁₃
CERASIN₉
CERATED₁₀
CERATES₉
CERATIN₉
CORACLE₁₁
CORALLA₉
CORANTO₉
CURABLE₁₁
CURABLY₁₄
CURACAO₁₁
CURACOA₁₁
CURAGHS₁₃
CURARAS₉
CURARES₉
CURARIS₉
CURATED₁₀
CURATES₉
CURATOR₉
DERAIGN₉
DERAILS₈
DERANGE₉
DERATED₉
DERATES₈
DERAYED₁₂
DORADOS₉
DURABLE₁₀
DURABLY₁₃
DURAMEN₁₀
DURANCE₁₀
DURANTS₈
EARACHE₁₂
EIRACKS₁₃
ENRACED₁₀
ENRACES₉
ENRAGED₉
ENRAGES₈
ENRANGE₈
ENRANKS₁₁
ERRABLE₉
ERRANCY₁₂
ERRANDS₈
ERRANTS₇
ERRATAS₇
ERRATIC₉
ERRATUM₉
FARADAY₁₄
FARADIC₁₃
FARAWAY₁₆
FORAGED₁₂
FORAGER₁₁
FORAGES₁₁
FORAMEN₁₂
FORAYED₁₄
FORAYER₁₃
FURANES₁₀
GARAGED₁₀
GARAGES₉
GIRAFFE₁₄
GIRASOL₈
GURAMIS₁₀
GYRALLY₁₄
GYRASES₁₁
GYRATED₁₂
GYRATES₁₁
GYRATOR₁₁
HARAMDA₁₃
HARAMDI₁₃
HERALDS₁₁
HIRABLE₁₂
HIRAGES₁₁
HYRACES₁₅
HYRAXES₂₀
JURALLY₁₇
JURANTS₁₄
KARAHIS₁₄
KARAISM₁₃
KARAITS₁₁
KARAKAS₁₅
KARAKIA₁₅
KARAKUL₁₅
KARAMUS₁₃
KARANGA₁₂
KARAOKE₁₅
KARATES₁₁
KERAMIC₁₅
KERATIN₁₁
LYRATED₁₁
MARABIS₁₁
MARABOU₁₁
MARACAS₁₁
MARANTA₉
MARARIS₉
MARASCA₁₁
MARAUDS₁₀
MERANTI₉
MIRABLE₁₁
MIRACLE₁₁
MIRADOR₁₀
MIRAGES₁₀
MORAINE₉
MORALES₉
MORALLS₉
MORALLY₁₂
MORASSY₁₂
MURAENA₉
MURAGES₁₀
MURALED₁₀
NARASES₇
NURAGHE₁₁
NURAGHI₁₁
OARAGES₈
OORALIS₇
ORRAMAN₉
ORRAMEN₉
OURALIS₇
OURANGS₈
OURARIS₇
PARABLE₁₁
PARACME₁₃
PARADED₁₁
PARADER₁₀
PARADES₁₀
PARADOR₁₀
PARADOS₁₀
PARADOX₁₇
PARAFLE₁₂
PARAGES₁₀
PARAGON₁₀
PARAMOS₁₁
PARANGS₁₀
PARANYM₁₄
PARAPET₁₁
PARAPHS₁₄
PARASOL₉
PARATHA₁₂
PARAZOA₁₈
PERACID₁₂
PERAEON₉
PHRASAL₁₂
PHRASED₁₃
PHRASER₁₂
PHRASES₁₂
PHRATRY₁₅
PIRAGUA₁₀
PIRANAS₉
PIRANHA₁₂
PIRATED₁₀
PIRATES₉
PIRATIC₁₁
PIRAYAS₁₂
PORANGI₁₀
PURANAS₉
PURANIC₁₁
PYRALID₁₃
PYRALIS₁₂
PYRAMID₁₅
PYRAMIS₁₄
RERACKS₁₃
RERAILS₇
RERAISE₇
RURALLY₁₀
SARAFAN₁₀
SARANGI₈
SARAPES₉
SCRAGGY₁₄
SCRAICH₁₄
SCRAIGH₁₃
SCRAMBS₁₃
SCRANCH₁₄
SCRANNY₁₂
SCRAPED₁₂
SCRAPER₁₁
SCRAPES₁₁
SCRAPIE₁₁
SCRAPPY₁₆
SCRATCH₁₄
SCRAUCH₁₄
SCRAUGH₁₃
SCRAVEL₁₂
SCRAWBS₁₄
SCRAWLS₁₂
SCRAWLY₁₅
SCRAWMS₁₄
SCRAWNY₁₅
SCRAWPS₁₄
SCRAYES₁₂
SERAFIN₁₀
SERAILS₇
SERANGS₈
SERAPES₉
SERAPHS₁₂
SORAGES₈
SPRAINS₉
SPRAINT₉
SPRANGS₁₀
SPRAWLS₁₂
SPRAWLY₁₅
SPRAYED₁₃
SPRAYER₁₂
SPRAYEY₁₅
STRAFED₁₁
STRAFER₁₀
STRAFES₁₀
STRAFFS₁₃
STRAIKS₁₁
STRAINS₇
STRAINT₇
STRAITS₇
STRAKED₁₂
STRAKES₁₁
STRAMPS₁₁
STRANDS₈
STRANGE₈
STRAPPY₁₄
STRATAL₇
STRATAS₇
STRATHS₁₀
STRATUM₉
STRATUS₇
STRAWED₁₁
STRAWEN₁₀
STRAYED₁₁
STRAYER₁₀
STRAYVE₁₃
SURAMIN₉
SURANCE₉
TARAIRE₇
TARAMAS₉
TARAMEA₉
TARANDS₈
TERAOHM₁₂
THRALLS₁₀
THRANGS₁₁
THRASHY₁₆
THRAVES₁₃
THRAWED₁₄
TIRADES₈
TIRAGES₈
TIRASSE₇
TORANAS₇
TURACIN₉
TURACOS₉
TURACOU₉
TYRANED₁₁
TYRANNE₁₀
TYRANNY₁₃
TYRANTS₁₀
UNRACED₁₀
UNRAKED₁₂
UNRAKES₁₁
UNRATED₈
UNRAVEL₁₀
UNRAZED₁₇
UPRAISE₉
UPRATED₁₀
UPRATES₉
VERANDA₁₁
VIRAGOS₁₁
VIRALLY₁₃
VIRANDA₁₁
VIRANDO₁₁
WARAGIS₁₁
WARATAH₁₃
WIRABLE₁₂
XERAFIN₁₇
XERARCH₁₉
XERASIA₁₄
ZARAPES₁₈

Letters by positionIn 37% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S19%
P12%
C11%

2nd letter

A22%
E12%
U12%

5th letter

T13%
N13%
C8%

6th letter

E32%
I12%
A9%

7th letter

S37%
D12%
E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; HYRAXES tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 22 words
8 points: 25 words
99 points: 57 words
10 points: 48 words
1111 points: 62 words
12 points: 35 words
1313 points: 33 words
14 points: 23 words
1515 points: 14 words
16 points: 7 words
1717 points: 4 words
18 points: 7 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
HYRAXES	20	18	All three
XERARCH	19	19	All three
BORAZON	18	20	Collins · NWL
ABRAZOS	18	19	Collins only
APRAXIC	18	20	All three
CARAPAX	18	20	All three
BARAZAS	18	19	Collins only
PARAZOA	18	19	Collins only
ZARAPES	18	19	Collins only
PARADOX	17	18	All three
JURALLY	17	21	All three
UNRAZED	17	19	All three

The pattern is _ _ R A _ _ _: both fixed letters sit side by side, while the opening pair and final three letters stay open; STRANGE, SCRATCH, and MIRACLE show how differently the remaining slots can fill; Only 31 of the 339 matches rank among the commonest English words, so expect a mixture of familiar vocabulary and tournament-only finds.

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

339 entries match the seven-letter pattern, with R third and A fourth.
STRANGE, SCRATCH, and MIRACLE are recognizable examples in this group.
Ending S is the leading finish: 126 words close with S.
Starting S leads the first-letter breakdown with 65 matches; P follows at 40.
HYRAXES tops the score list at 20 points; the average score is 11.1.

How does this pattern compare with nearby pairs?

R-I at positions three and four has 366 matches, more than this set; R-R has 264, fewer. The same third letter paired with I instead of A produces the larger group, while repeating R in both slots produces the smaller one.

Dictionary coverage overlaps: Collins includes 334 matches, NWL2023 includes 242, and ENABLE includes 226. Those counts are not separate slices. The list has definitions for 251 entries, so a dictionary-valid word is not automatically familiar.

The endings are uneven: 126 entries end in S, compared with 42 ending in D and 31 ending in E. STRANGE, SCRATCH, and PHRASES show the S finish; ARRANGE and MIRACLE show other options.

Which words are worth trying first?

Start with STRANGE, SCRATCH, and ARRANGE for recognizable examples: each keeps R and A in the fixed middle slots but changes the outer letters. MIRACLE shifts the opening to MI, while PARADOX ends with a high-value X and scores 17.

HYRAXES leads the score list at 20, but that total comes from its unusual letters, not from the R-A pattern alone. Separate pattern checking from score hunting: familiar examples are easier to recognize, while obscure entries need a dictionary check before you play. The 31 common words are only a small part of the 339 matches.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have R third and A fourth?

There are 339 tournament-dictionary matches with R in the third position and A in the fourth. STRANGE, SCRATCH, and MIRACLE are recognizable examples; the set also includes less familiar entries.

What are some common words with R third and A fourth?

STRANGE, SCRATCH, MIRACLE, ARRANGE, and PIRATES fit the pattern. The full group has 31 words ranked among the commonest English words, so many valid matches will be less familiar.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

HYRAXES is the highest-scoring listed match at 20 points. XERARCH follows at 19, while BORAZON, ABRAZOS, and several others score 18; the pattern itself does not guarantee a high total.

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

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