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

7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter number 249, including ALREADY, FOREIGN, and the 21-point PYREXIC.

249 wordsTop pick ALREADYHighest score PYREXIC 21

28 of 249 are everyday words (11%). 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

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 28 · most-used first

ALREADY₁₁
PARENTS₉
FOREIGN₁₁
FOREVER₁₃
STREETS₇
CAREFUL₁₂
STRETCH₁₂
THREATS₁₀
STREAMS₉
CAREERS₉
FORESTS₁₀
SCREENS₉
SCREWED₁₃
THREADS₁₁
SCREAMS₁₁
ARRESTS₇
FIREARM₁₂
SPREADS₁₀
DIRECTS₁₀
FOREMAN₁₂
BOREDOM₁₂
STREAKS₁₁
FOREARM₁₂
CEREALS₉
FIREMAN₁₂
FORESEE₁₀
FIREFLY₁₆
FIREMEN₁₂

All valid words 249

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

ABREACT₁₁
ABREAST₉
ABREGES₁₀
ACREAGE₁₀
ADREADS₉
ADRENAL₈
AFREETS₁₀
AGREGES₉
ALREADY₁₁
AMREETA₉
ARREARS₇
ARREEDE₈
ARRESTS₇
ATRESIA₇
ATRESIC₉
ATRETIC₉
AUREATE₇
AUREITY₁₀
AURELIA₇
AUREOLA₇
AUREOLE₇
BAREFIT₁₂
BAREGES₁₀
BEREAVE₁₂
BERETTA₉
BIREMES₁₁
BIRETTA₉
BOREDOM₁₂
BOREENS₉
BUREAUS₉
BUREAUX₁₆
BURETTE₉
BYREMAN₁₄
BYREMEN₁₄
CAREENS₉
CAREERS₉
CAREFUL₁₂
CAREMES₁₁
CEREALS₉
CEREBRA₁₁
CEREOUS₉
CERESIN₉
COREIGN₁₀
CORELLA₉
COREMIA₁₁
CURETTE₉
DAREFUL₁₁
DARESAY₁₁
DERECHO₁₃
DIRECTS₁₀
DIREFUL₁₁
DIREMPT₁₂
DUREFUL₁₁
DURESSE₈
EIRENIC₉
ETRENNE₇
EUREKAS₁₁
FAREBOX₁₉
FIREARM₁₂
FIREBOX₁₉
FIREBUG₁₃
FIREDOG₁₂
FIREFLY₁₆
FIRELIT₁₀
FIREMAN₁₂
FIREMEN₁₂
FIREPAN₁₂
FIREPIT₁₂
FIREPOT₁₂
FOREARM₁₂
FOREBAY₁₅
FOREBYE₁₅
FORECAR₁₂
FOREDID₁₂
FOREGUT₁₁
FOREIGN₁₁
FORELAY₁₃
FORELEG₁₁
FORELIE₁₀
FOREMAN₁₂
FOREMEN₁₂
FOREPAW₁₅
FORERAN₁₀
FORERUN₁₀
FORESAW₁₃
FORESAY₁₃
FORESEE₁₀
FORESTS₁₀
FORETOP₁₂
FOREVER₁₃
FOREXES₁₇
FUREURS₁₀
GERENTS₈
GERENUK₁₂
GYRENES₁₁
HAREEMS₁₂
HARELDS₁₁
HARELIP₁₂
HEREDES₁₁
HERETIC₁₂
HIREAGE₁₁
IVRESSE₁₀
JEREEDS₁₅
KARENGO₁₂
KOREROS₁₁
LORETTE₇
LUREXES₁₄
MAREMMA₁₃
MAREMME₁₃
MARENGO₁₀
MERELLS₉
MIREXES₁₆
MOREENS₉
MOREISH₁₂
MORELLE₉
MORELLO₉
MORENDO₁₀
MUREINS₉
MURENAS₉
MUREXES₁₆
NEREIDS₈
OCREATE₉
OGREISH₁₁
OGREISM₁₀
OUREBIS₉
OWRELAY₁₃
PAREIRA₉
PARELLA₉
PARELLE₉
PARENTS₉
PARERGA₁₀
PARESES₉
PARESIS₉
PARETIC₁₁
PEREGAL₁₀
PEREION₉
PEREIRA₉
PERENTY₁₂
PEREONS₉
PHREAKS₁₆
PHRENIC₁₄
PHRENSY₁₅
PYRENES₁₂
PYRETIC₁₄
PYREXES₁₉
PYREXIA₁₉
PYREXIC₂₁
RAREBIT₉
REREADS₈
REREDOS₈
REREMAI₉
RERENTS₇
SCREAKS₁₃
SCREAKY₁₆
SCREAMS₁₁
SCREECH₁₄
SCREEDS₁₀
SCREENS₉
SCREETS₉
SCREEVE₁₂
SCREICH₁₄
SCREIGH₁₃
SCREWED₁₃
SCREWER₁₂
SCREWUP₁₄
SEREINS₇
SERENED₈
SERENER₇
SERENES₇
SHREDDY₁₅
SHREEKS₁₄
SHREIKS₁₄
SHREWED₁₄
SIRENIC₉
SKREEGH₁₅
SKREENS₁₁
SKREIGH₁₅
SOREDIA₈
SOREHON₁₀
SORELLS₇
SOREXES₁₄
SPREADS₁₀
SPREAGH₁₃
SPREAZE₁₈
SPREDDE₁₁
SPREDDS₁₁
SPREEZE₁₈
STREAKS₁₁
STREAKY₁₄
STREAMS₉
STREAMY₁₂
STREEKS₁₁
STREELS₇
STREETS₇
STREETY₁₀
STRENES₇
STRETCH₁₂
STRETTA₇
STRETTE₇
STRETTI₇
STRETTO₇
STREWED₁₁
STREWER₁₀
STREWTH₁₃
SYRETTE₁₀
TEREBIC₁₁
TEREBRA₉
TEREDOS₈
TEREFAH₁₃
TERESES₇
TERETES₇
THREADS₁₁
THREADY₁₄
THREAPS₁₂
THREATS₁₀
THREAVE₁₃
THREEPS₁₂
THRENES₁₀
THRENOS₁₀
THRETTY₁₃
TIREDER₈
TIREDLY₁₁
TOREROS₇
TUREENS₇
UNREADY₁₁
UNREAVE₁₀
UNREELS₇
UNREEVE₁₀
UNREINS₇
UNRESTS₇
UPREACH₁₄
UPREARS₉
UPRESTS₉
VARECHS₁₅
VAREUSE₁₀
VIRELAI₁₀
VIRELAY₁₃
VIREMIA₁₂
VIREMIC₁₄
VIRETOT₁₀
WAREHOU₁₃
WAREZES₁₉
WIREMAN₁₂
WIREMEN₁₂
WIRETAP₁₂
WIREWAY₁₆
ZAREBAS₁₈
ZAREEBA₁₈
ZEREBAS₁₈

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S21%
F14%
A8%

2nd letter

O16%
E14%
A12%

5th letter

A14%
E11%
N9%

6th letter

E14%
T12%
I11%

7th letter

S35%
E12%
Y8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; PYREXIC tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 28 words
8 points: 11 words
99 points: 45 words
10 points: 34 words
1111 points: 32 words
12 points: 36 words
1313 points: 19 words
14 points: 16 words
1515 points: 9 words
16 points: 7 words
1717 points: 1 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PYREXIC	21	22	All three
FIREBOX	19	20	All three
PYREXIA	19	19	All three
FAREBOX	19	20	Collins · NWL
PYREXES	19	19	Collins · NWL
WAREZES	19	19	NWL only
SPREEZE	18	19	Collins only
ZAREBAS	18	19	All three
ZAREEBA	18	19	All three
SPREAZE	18	19	Collins only
ZEREBAS	18	19	Collins only
FOREXES	17	17	Collins · NWL

The pattern is _ _ R E _ _ _, so the third and fourth tiles are fixed while the other five positions can vary; Only 28 matches rank among the commonest English words, which makes familiar examples such as PARENTS and STREETS especially easy to spot; Most entries will be less everyday, and the dictionary you play with affects which ones count.

At a glance: the R-E pattern

249 seven-letter entries have R third and E fourth.
28 matches are common English words, including ALREADY and FOREVER.
S begins 53 matches, more than any other first letter.
S also ends 86 matches, far ahead of the next ending, E, with 29.
PYREXIC tops the tile scores at 21; FIREBOX, PYREXIA, and FAREBOX each score 19.

How many match each word-game dictionary?

Collins contains 245 of these words, while NWL2023 has 179 and ENABLE has 160. Those totals overlap: they describe words accepted by each dictionary, not separate groups to add together. A word can fit the letter pattern and still be absent from the list used by your game.

The 249-word total counts entries in at least one of those tournament dictionaries. Of the matches, 183 have definitions. That leaves plenty of valid game entries that may feel unfamiliar, so use the dictionary count as a coverage guide rather than a promise that every word will be accepted everywhere.

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

The strongest everyday anchors include ALREADY, PARENTS, FOREIGN, STREETS, and CAREFUL. Their shared R-E center is easy to confirm, but the endings differ: the list has 86 words ending in S, while 29 end in E and 21 end in Y.

For a board play, compare PYREXIC at 21 points with FIREBOX, PYREXIA, and FAREBOX at 19. The top scorer is a specialist word, not a safe everyday guess; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry. The pattern is a rack constraint, not a shortcut to common vocabulary.

Questions people ask

What are some common 7-letter words with R third and E fourth?

ALREADY, PARENTS, FOREIGN, STREETS, and CAREFUL are recognizable examples. They share the fixed R-E pair but use different letters around it. Just 28 matches are common English words, so many of the remaining entries are less familiar.

Which word in this pattern scores the most points?

PYREXIC is the highest scorer at 21 points. FIREBOX, PYREXIA, and FAREBOX follow at 19 each. The leading word is less familiar than the everyday examples, so confirm it is accepted by your game’s dictionary before playing it.

Do all 249 words appear in Collins and NWL2023?

No, the dictionary totals differ: Collins includes 245 matches and NWL2023 includes 179. ENABLE has 160. The overall count includes a word when it appears in at least one tournament dictionary, so check the word list used in your game.

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

Common words 28 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

At a glance: the R-E pattern

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

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