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

7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and E as the 7th letter number 349, including SERVICE, PURPOSE, and SURFACE.

349 wordsTop pick SERVICEHighest score WARZONE 19

34 of 349 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With R in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (1,235 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 34 · most-used first

All valid words 349

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

  • ABRIDGE11
  • ABROOKE13
  • ACREAGE10
  • AGRAFFE14
  • AGRASTE8
  • AIRBASE9
  • AIRDATE8
  • AIRFARE10
  • AIRHOLE10
  • AIRLIKE11
  • AIRLINE7
  • AIRSIDE8
  • AIRSOME9
  • AIRTIME9
  • AIRWAVE13
  • AIRWISE10
  • ARRANGE8
  • ARREEDE8
  • ARRIAGE8
  • ARRIERE7
  • AUREATE7
  • AUREOLE7
  • AURICLE9
  • AURORAE7
  • BARBATE11
  • BARBULE11
  • BARCODE12
  • BARONNE9
  • BAROQUE18
  • BARRACE11
  • BARRAGE10
  • BARWARE12
  • BERBERE11
  • BERBICE13
  • BEREAVE12
  • BERGERE10
  • BERHYME17
  • BERLINE9
  • BORDURE10
  • BORNITE9
  • BURETTE9
  • BURGAGE11
  • BURKITE13
  • BURSATE9
  • CARBENE11
  • CARBIDE12
  • CARBINE11
  • CARCAKE15
  • CARCASE11
  • CARDIAE10
  • CARFARE12
  • CARIERE9
  • CARINAE9
  • CARIOLE9
  • CARIOSE9
  • CARLINE9
  • CARMINE11
  • CARNAGE10
  • CARNOSE9
  • CAROCHE14
  • CAROUSE9
  • CARPALE11
  • CARTAGE10
  • CERVINE12
  • CIRRATE9
  • CIRROSE9
  • CORACLE11
  • CORDAGE11
  • CORDATE10
  • CORDITE10
  • CORKAGE14
  • CORNAGE10
  • CORNEAE9
  • CORNICE11
  • CORNUTE9
  • CORONAE9
  • CORRADE10
  • CORRODE10
  • CORSAGE10
  • CORSIVE12
  • CORTEGE10
  • CORTILE9
  • CORVINE12
  • CORYPHE17
  • CURABLE11
  • CURETTE9
  • CURSIVE12
  • CURTATE9
  • CURTAXE16
  • CURVATE12
  • DARIOLE8
  • DERANGE9
  • DORMICE12
  • DURABLE10
  • DURANCE10
  • DURESSE8
  • EARACHE12
  • EARHOLE10
  • EARLIKE11
  • EARLOBE9
  • EBRIATE9
  • EBRIOSE9
  • ENRANGE8
  • ERRABLE9
  • ERRHINE10
  • ETRENNE7
  • FARDAGE12
  • FARSIDE11
  • FERMATE12
  • FERRATE10
  • FERRITE10
  • FERRULE10
  • FERTILE10
  • FERULAE10
  • FORBADE13
  • FORBARE12
  • FORBODE13
  • FORBORE12
  • FORDONE11
  • FOREBYE15
  • FORELIE10
  • FORESEE10
  • FORGAVE14
  • FORGIVE14
  • FORGONE11
  • FORLESE10
  • FORLORE10
  • FORMATE12
  • FORPINE12
  • FORSAKE14
  • FORSLOE10
  • FORTUNE10
  • FURCATE12
  • FURNACE12
  • FURTIVE13
  • GARBAGE11
  • GARBURE10
  • GARIGUE9
  • GAROTTE8
  • GARPIKE14
  • GARROTE8
  • GERMANE10
  • GIRAFFE14
  • GIROLLE8
  • HARDOKE15
  • HARMINE12
  • HERBAGE13
  • HERBOSE12
  • HERISSE10
  • HERNIAE10
  • HEROINE10
  • HEROISE10
  • HEROIZE19
  • HIRABLE12
  • HIRCINE12
  • HIREAGE11
  • HIRSTIE10
  • HIRSUTE10
  • HORMONE12
  • IVRESSE10
  • KARAOKE15
  • KERMODE14
  • KERNITE11
  • LARVATE10
  • LIRIOPE9
  • LORETTE7
  • LORICAE9
  • LURDANE8
  • MAREMME13
  • MARGATE10
  • MARLINE9
  • MARLITE9
  • MARMITE11
  • MARMOSE11
  • MARQUEE18
  • MIRABLE11
  • MIRACLE11
  • MIRBANE11
  • MORAINE9
  • MORELLE9
  • MORICHE14
  • MORRICE11
  • MORSURE9
  • MORTICE11
  • MORTISE9
  • MORULAE9
  • MURIATE9
  • MURRINE9
  • MYRBANE14
  • NARCOSE9
  • NARDINE8
  • NARGILE8
  • NARRATE7
  • NARTJIE14
  • NERVATE10
  • NERVINE10
  • NERVULE10
  • NERVURE10
  • NURAGHE11
  • NURTURE7
  • OARLIKE11
  • OCREATE9
  • PARABLE11
  • PARACME13
  • PARAFLE12
  • PARBAKE15
  • PARDALE10
  • PARDINE10
  • PARELLE9
  • PARKADE14
  • PAROLEE9
  • PARPANE11
  • PARTAKE13
  • PARTITE9
  • PARTURE9
  • PARVISE12
  • PERCALE11
  • PERCASE11
  • PERCINE11
  • PERDURE10
  • PERFUME14
  • PERFUSE12
  • PERIGEE10
  • PERIQUE18
  • PERJURE16
  • PERLITE9
  • PERMUTE11
  • PEROGIE10
  • PERTAKE13
  • PERTUSE9
  • PERVADE13
  • PIROGUE10
  • PIROQUE18
  • PORCINE11
  • PORKPIE15
  • PORTAGE10
  • PORTATE9
  • PURLINE9
  • PURPOSE11
  • PURPURE11
  • PYRROLE12
  • RERAISE7
  • REROUTE7
  • SARCODE10
  • SARDINE8
  • SCRAPIE11
  • SCREEVE12
  • SCRIENE9
  • SCRIEVE12
  • SCROOGE10
  • SCROUGE10
  • SCROWLE12
  • SCROYLE12
  • SCRUPLE11
  • SERFAGE11
  • SERIATE7
  • SEROSAE7
  • SERRATE7
  • SERUEWE10
  • SERVEWE13
  • SERVICE12
  • SERVILE10
  • SHRIEVE13
  • SIRNAME9
  • SORBATE9
  • SORBITE9
  • SORBOSE9
  • SORDINE8
  • SOROCHE12
  • SPREAZE18
  • SPREDDE11
  • SPREEZE18
  • SPRINGE10
  • STRANGE8
  • STRAYVE13
  • STRETTE7
  • STRIATE7
  • STRIGAE8
  • STRODLE8
  • STROOKE11
  • STROPHE12
  • STRUMAE9
  • SURANCE9
  • SURBASE9
  • SURBATE9
  • SURFACE12
  • SURMISE9
  • SURNAME9
  • SURVIVE13
  • SYRETTE10
  • SYRINGE11
  • TARAIRE7
  • TARDIVE11
  • TARTANE7
  • TARTARE7
  • TARTINE7
  • TARTUFE10
  • TERGITE8
  • TERMITE9
  • TERNATE7
  • TERPENE9
  • TERRACE9
  • TERRANE7
  • TERRENE7
  • TERRINE7
  • THREAVE13
  • TIRASSE7
  • TORNADE8
  • TORSADE8
  • TORSIVE10
  • TORTILE7
  • TORTIVE10
  • TORTURE7
  • TORULAE7
  • TURBINE9
  • TURDINE8
  • TURFITE10
  • TURGITE8
  • TYRANNE10
  • UNREAVE10
  • UNREEVE10
  • UNRUFFE13
  • UPRAISE9
  • UPROUSE9
  • UTRICLE9
  • VAREUSE10
  • VARIATE10
  • VARIOLE10
  • VERBILE12
  • VERBOSE12
  • VERDITE11
  • VERDURE11
  • VERSINE10
  • VERSUTE10
  • VIRGATE11
  • VIRGULE11
  • VORLAGE11
  • WARFARE13
  • WARGAME13
  • WARLIKE14
  • WARPAGE13
  • WARSTLE10
  • WARTIME12
  • WARZONE19
  • WIRABLE12
  • WORDAGE12
  • YARDAGE12
  • ZORGITE17
  • ZORILLE16
Letters by positionIn 27% of these words the 5th letter is A.
1st letter
  1. S14%
  2. C13%
  3. P11%
2nd letter
  1. A26%
  2. O20%
  3. E19%
4th letter
  1. I9%
  2. A9%
  3. E8%
5th letter
  1. A27%
  2. I24%
  3. O11%
6th letter
  1. T16%
  2. N13%
  3. L12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; WARZONE tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 28 words
  2. 8 points: 25 words
  3. 99 points: 69 words
  4. 10 points: 74 words
  5. 1111 points: 53 words
  6. 12 points: 43 words
  7. 1313 points: 22 words
  8. 14 points: 15 words
  9. 1515 points: 6 words
  10. 16 points: 3 words
  11. 1717 points: 3 words
  12. 18 points: 6 words
  13. 1919 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WARZONE1920Collins only
HEROIZE1918All three
BAROQUE1820All three
MARQUEE1820All three
PERIQUE1820All three
SPREEZE1819Collins only
PIROQUE1820All three
SPREAZE1819Collins only
BERHYME1717All three
CORYPHE1717Collins only
ZORGITE1718Collins only
PERJURE1620All three

The pattern is _ _ R _ _ _ E, so the third position is fixed while the final E narrows the search; Familiar fits include SERVICE, PURPOSE, SURFACE, STRANGE, and SURVIVE; Just 34 entries fall among the most common English words; the rest are less likely to come to mind during a timed puzzle.

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

  • 349 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern, and all finish with E.
  • Common examples include SERVICE, PURPOSE, SURFACE, and FORTUNE.
  • 34 matches rank among the most common English words.
  • 342 occur in Collins, 252 in NWL2023, and 234 in ENABLE; these source counts overlap.

Which familiar words fit this letter pattern?

Words you are likely to recognize cluster around everyday nouns and verbs. SERVICE and PURPOSE start with S, while SURFACE, STRANGE, SURVIVE, and SURNAME also fit. FORTUNE and FORGIVE offer different meanings and sounds without changing the fixed R-and-E frame.

Initial letters are led by S with 48 matches, closely followed by C with 46; P contributes 39. That makes S- and C-openers the richest starting points among the reported groups, but the third R and final E remain essential checks.

Look at the second character only after locking the R and E: SERVICE and SURFACE differ there, while PURPOSE and FORGIVE show other vowel paths. This shape is not a single word family; it crosses familiar nouns, verbs, and less familiar entries.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

WARZONE and HEROIZE top the scoring examples at 19 points each. BAROQUE, MARQUEE, PERIQUE, SPREEZE, PIROQUE, and SPREAZE score 18. Among familiar entries, SURFACE and PURPOSE make useful anchors, but the high scorers lean toward less common letter combinations.

For 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and E as the 7th letter, don't assume a recognizable word will beat an obscure one. There are 349 matches overall but only 34 common entries. Collins includes 342, while NWL2023 includes 252, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar candidate.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have R third and E last?
There are 349 seven-letter matches with R in position three and E at the end. Of those, 34 are common by frequency; SERVICE, PURPOSE, and SURFACE are recognizable examples. Other matches include less familiar vocabulary, so the pattern narrows a puzzle without guaranteeing an everyday answer.
Which R-third, E-ending word scores the most?
WARZONE and HEROIZE tie for the highest score at 19 points each. BAROQUE, MARQUEE, PERIQUE, SPREEZE, PIROQUE, and SPREAZE follow at 18 points. Check your game's letter values and board bonuses when working out a play.
Are all these words valid in every Scrabble dictionary?
No. The counts vary by word list: 342 matches appear in Collins, 252 in NWL2023, and 234 in ENABLE, with overlap between those sources. The list counts words found in at least one tournament dictionary, so confirm an unfamiliar word against the dictionary used in your game.

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