7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter

The 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter number 360, including ALREADY, CERTAIN, and WARRANT.

360 wordsTop pick ALREADYHighest score CARJACK 22

44 of 360 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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

5th 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 5th letter (744 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 44 · most-used first

ALREADY₁₁
CERTAIN₉
FORWARD₁₄
PERHAPS₁₄
SURFACE₁₂
THREATS₁₀
WARRANT₁₀
GERMANS₁₀
GARBAGE₁₁
STREAMS₉
SERVANT₁₀
WARFARE₁₃
BARGAIN₁₀
TERRAIN₇
TERRACE₉
CURTAIN₉
THREADS₁₁
SCREAMS₁₁
TORNADO₈
VARIANT₁₀
FORMATS₁₂
AIRWAYS₁₃
FIREARM₁₂
SPREADS₁₀
FURNACE₁₂
SARCASM₁₁
SURNAME₉
MERMAID₁₂
GARLAND₉
DORMANT₁₀
BARRAGE₁₀
NIRVANA₁₀
SURPASS₉
THROATS₁₀
STREAKS₁₁
CARNAGE₁₀
PORTALS₉
FOREARM₁₂
GERMAIN₁₀
PARTAKE₁₃
CARCASS₁₁
CEREALS₉
MORTALS₉
MORTARS₉

All valid words 360

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

ABREACT₁₁
ABREAST₉
ABROACH₁₄
ABROADS₁₀
ACREAGE₁₀
ADREADS₉
AERIALS₇
AIRBAGS₁₀
AIRBALL₉
AIRBASE₉
AIRDATE₈
AIRFARE₁₀
AIRGAPS₁₀
AIRMAIL₉
AIRPARK₁₃
AIRVACS₁₂
AIRWARD₁₁
AIRWAVE₁₃
AIRWAYS₁₃
ALREADY₁₁
ARREARS₇
ARRIAGE₈
AUREATE₇
BARBATE₁₁
BARDASH₁₃
BARGAIN₁₀
BARKANS₁₃
BARMAID₁₂
BARRACE₁₁
BARRACK₁₅
BARRAGE₁₀
BARRATS₉
BARWARE₁₂
BERDASH₁₃
BEREAVE₁₂
BERGAMA₁₂
BIRIANI₉
BIRYANI₁₂
BORDARS₁₀
BURDASH₁₃
BUREAUS₉
BUREAUX₁₆
BURGAGE₁₁
BURIALS₉
BURLAPS₁₁
BURSARS₉
BURSARY₁₂
BURSATE₉
BYRLADY₁₆
BYRLAWS₁₅
BYROADS₁₃
CARBARN₁₁
CARCAKE₁₅
CARCASE₁₁
CARCASS₁₁
CARFARE₁₂
CARIAMA₁₁
CARJACK₂₂
CARNAGE₁₀
CARNALS₉
CAROACH₁₄
CARPALE₁₁
CARPALS₁₁
CARPARK₁₅
CARRACK₁₅
CARRACT₁₁
CARRATS₉
CARTAGE₁₀
CARWASH₁₅
CEREALS₉
CERTAIN₉
CIRCARS₁₁
CIRRATE₉
CORBANS₁₁
CORCASS₁₁
CORDAGE₁₁
CORDATE₁₀
CORKAGE₁₄
CORNAGE₁₀
CORRADE₁₀
CORRALS₉
CORSACS₁₁
CORSAGE₁₀
CORSAIR₉
CURRACH₁₄
CURRAGH₁₃
CURRANS₉
CURRANT₉
CURTAIL₉
CURTAIN₉
CURTALS₉
CURTANA₉
CURTATE₉
CURTAXE₁₆
CURVATE₁₂
DARBARS₁₀
DARGAHS₁₂
DARRAIN₈
DARRAYN₁₁
DERHAMS₁₃
DIRDAMS₁₁
DIRHAMS₁₃
DORHAWK₁₈
DORLACH₁₃
DORMANT₁₀
DORSALS₈
DURBARS₁₀
DURGAHS₁₂
DURGANS₉
DURIANS₈
DURMAST₁₀
EARBALL₉
EARBASH₁₂
EARLAPS₉
EARMARK₁₃
EBRIATE₉
FARDAGE₁₂
FARFALS₁₃
FARRAGO₁₁
FARRAND₁₁
FARRANT₁₀
FERBAMS₁₄
FERMATA₁₂
FERMATE₁₂
FERRATE₁₀
FIREARM₁₂
FIRMANS₁₂
FORBADE₁₃
FORBARE₁₂
FORCATS₁₂
FOREARM₁₂
FORFAIR₁₃
FORGAVE₁₄
FORLANA₁₀
FORMALS₁₂
FORMANT₁₂
FORMATE₁₂
FORMATS₁₂
FORRAYS₁₃
FORSAID₁₁
FORSAKE₁₄
FORSAYS₁₃
FORWARD₁₄
FORWARN₁₃
FORZATI₁₉
FORZATO₁₉
FURBALL₁₂
FURCATE₁₂
FURFAIR₁₃
FURLANA₁₀
FURNACE₁₂
GARBAGE₁₁
GARBAGY₁₄
GARDANT₉
GARIALS₈
GARJANS₁₅
GARLAND₉
GARRANS₈
GERMAIN₁₀
GERMANE₁₀
GERMANS₁₀
GORMAND₁₁
GURNARD₉
GURRAHS₁₁
HARDASS₁₁
HARIANA₁₀
HARMALA₁₂
HARMANS₁₂
HARTALS₁₀
HERBAGE₁₃
HERBALS₁₂
HERBARS₁₂
HERBARY₁₅
HERSALL₁₀
HIREAGE₁₁
HURRAED₁₁
HURRAHS₁₃
HURRAYS₁₃
INROADS₈
JARRAHS₁₇
JORDANS₁₅
KERBAYA₁₆
KIRPANS₁₃
KIRTANS₁₁
KURBASH₁₆
KURGANS₁₂
KURSAAL₁₁
LARIATS₇
LARVATE₁₀
LURDANE₈
LURDANS₈
MARCATO₁₁
MARGATE₁₀
MARGAYS₁₃
MARRAMS₁₁
MARRANO₉
MARSALA₉
MERCADO₁₂
MERCATS₁₁
MERMAID₁₂
MIRBANE₁₁
MORDANT₁₀
MORGANS₁₀
MORGAYS₁₃
MORMAOR₁₁
MORNAYS₁₂
MORTALS₉
MORTARS₉
MORTARY₁₂
MURIATE₉
MURLAIN₉
MURLANS₉
MURRAGH₁₃
MURRAIN₉
MURRAMS₁₁
MURRAYS₁₂
MYRBANE₁₄
MYRIADS₁₃
NARRATE₇
NARWALS₁₀
NERVATE₁₀
NIRVANA₁₀
NORLAND₈
NORMALS₉
NORMANS₉
NORWARD₁₁
NURHAGS₁₁
OCREATE₉
OORIALS₇
PARBAKE₁₅
PARDAHS₁₃
PARDALE₁₀
PARDALS₁₀
PARFAIT₁₂
PARGANA₁₀
PARIAHS₁₂
PARIALS₉
PARIANS₉
PARKADE₁₄
PARLAYS₁₂
PARPANE₁₁
PARRALS₉
PARTAKE₁₃
PARTANS₉
PERCALE₁₁
PERCASE₁₁
PERHAPS₁₄
PERIAPT₁₁
PERSALT₉
PERSANT₉
PERTAIN₉
PERTAKE₁₃
PERVADE₁₃
PHREAKS₁₆
PORTAGE₁₀
PORTALS₉
PORTATE₉
PURDAHS₁₃
REREADS₈
SARCASM₁₁
SARDANA₈
SARDARS₈
SARSARS₇
SCREAKS₁₃
SCREAKY₁₆
SCREAMS₁₁
SERDABS₁₀
SERFAGE₁₁
SERIALS₇
SERIATE₇
SERKALI₁₁
SERRANO₇
SERRANS₇
SERRATE₇
SERRATI₇
SERVALS₁₀
SERVANT₁₀
SIRCARS₉
SIRDARS₈
SIRGANG₉
SIRKARS₁₁
SIRNAME₉
SIRRAHS₁₀
SORBATE₉
SORTALS₇
SPREADS₁₀
SPREAGH₁₃
SPREAZE₁₈
STREAKS₁₁
STREAKY₁₄
STREAMS₉
STREAMY₁₂
STRIATA₇
STRIATE₇
STROAMS₉
SURBASE₉
SURBATE₉
SURFACE₁₂
SURNAME₉
SURPASS₉
TARMACS₁₁
TARPANS₉
TARSALS₇
TARTANA₇
TARTANE₇
TARTANS₇
TARTARE₇
TARTARS₇
TARZANS₁₆
TERNARY₁₀
TERNATE₇
TERRACE₉
TERRAIN₇
TERRANE₇
THREADS₁₁
THREADY₁₄
THREAPS₁₂
THREATS₁₀
THREAVE₁₃
THROATS₁₀
THROATY₁₃
TORNADE₈
TORNADO₈
TORSADE₈
TURBAND₁₀
TURBANS₉
TURBANT₉
TURBARY₁₂
UNREADY₁₁
UNREAVE₁₀
UPREACH₁₄
UPREARS₉
UPROARS₉
VARIANT₁₀
VARIATE₁₀
VERBALS₁₂
VERDANT₁₁
VERLANS₁₀
VERNANT₁₀
VERSALS₁₀
VERSANT₁₀
VERVAIN₁₃
VIRGATE₁₁
VORLAGE₁₁
WARFARE₁₃
WARGAME₁₃
WARPAGE₁₃
WARPATH₁₅
WARRAND₁₁
WARRANS₁₀
WARRANT₁₀
WARRAYS₁₃
WARSAWS₁₃
WIRRAHS₁₃
WORDAGE₁₂
WORRALS₁₀
YARDAGE₁₂
YARDANG₁₂
YARDARM₁₃
YARRANS₁₀

Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

C12%
S11%
F10%

2nd letter

A30%
O17%
U16%

4th letter

R14%
E10%
B9%

6th letter

N19%
T12%
L11%

7th letter

S38%
E26%
T6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; CARJACK tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 25 words
8 points: 18 words
99 points: 68 words
10 points: 59 words
1111 points: 57 words
12 points: 48 words
1313 points: 45 words
14 points: 15 words
1515 points: 11 words
16 points: 8 words
1717 points: 1 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
CARJACK	22	26	Collins · NWL
FORZATO	19	19	Collins only
FORZATI	19	19	Collins only
DORHAWK	18	17	All three
SPREAZE	18	19	Collins only
JARRAHS	17	18	All three
BUREAUX	16	19	All three
TARZANS	16	17	All three
PHREAKS	16	16	Collins · NWL
SCREAKY	16	16	All three
KURBASH	16	17	All three
BYRLADY	16	16	Collins only

The pattern is _ _ R _ A _ _: R occupies slot three, A slot five, and the other five letters are open; Matches range from everyday picks such as FORWARD and SURFACE to less familiar options; Only 44 are classed as common, so a plausible-looking answer is not automatically a familiar one—or accepted in every game’s dictionary.

A quick profile of this letter pattern

The pattern produces 360 seven-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
ALREADY, CERTAIN, FORWARD, PERHAPS, and SURFACE are recognizable examples.
A final S is the most frequent ending, appearing on 138 matches; E comes next at 93.
CARJACK tops the scoring examples with 22 points.

Which words fit R third and A fifth?

Several familiar answers fit without unusual letter combinations: ALREADY, CERTAIN, FORWARD, PERHAPS, and SURFACE. Other examples include TERRACE, CURTAIN, and WARRANT. Check each position rather than relying on a word’s general shape; R must stay third and A fifth.

The endings make a useful clue, but not a rule. S closes 138 matches and E closes 93, leaving 129 words with another final letter. If neither common ending fits your crossing letters, keep searching rather than forcing the pattern to end in S or E.

How do dictionary coverage and scoring compare?

Collins has 354 matches, versus 246 in NWL2023 and 220 in ENABLE. These are overlapping dictionary counts, not groups to total; a word appearing in more than one list is still one candidate. Less familiar entries may differ by game, so check the word list you are playing with.

CARJACK scores 22 points in the Scrabble scoring examples, ahead of FORZATO and FORZATI at 19 each. That makes it the standout tile score here, not necessarily the right answer to a clue. Fix the known letters first, then weigh score against fit.

For 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter, separate common vocabulary from dictionary coverage: 44 matches are common, while the full tournament-list count is 360. The larger total includes many less familiar choices.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have R in the third spot and A in the fifth?

There are 360 matching words. The count includes entries found in at least one tournament dictionary; the Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE totals overlap, so adding them would count some words more than once.

Which match scores the most in Scrabble?

CARJACK is the top scoring example at 22 points before board premiums. The score identifies a strong tile-value play, but a clue or crossing letter may make another match the better choice.

Are there common words with R third and A fifth?

Yes. ALREADY, CERTAIN, FORWARD, PERHAPS, and SURFACE are familiar examples. The common-word count is 44, which is only part of the 360-word tournament-dictionary total here.

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