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

7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and I as the 5th letter total 744, from SERVICE and WORKING to less familiar entries.

744 wordsTop pick SERVICEHighest score JERKILY 21

85 of 744 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

3rd letter
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5th letter
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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.

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Common words 85 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 85 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 744

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

ABRAIDS₁₀
AIRLIFT₁₀
AIRLIKE₁₁
AIRLINE₇
AIRNING₈
AIRSICK₁₃
AIRSIDE₈
AIRTIME₉
AIRTING₈
AIRWISE₁₀
ARRAIGN₈
AUREITY₁₀
BARBIES₁₁
BARBING₁₂
BARDIER₁₀
BARDIES₁₀
BARDING₁₁
BARDISM₁₂
BARFING₁₃
BARGING₁₁
BARKIER₁₃
BARKING₁₄
BARMIER₁₁
BARMILY₁₄
BARNIER₉
BARNING₁₀
BARRICO₁₁
BARRIER₉
BARRIES₉
BARRING₁₀
BARRIOS₉
BERBICE₁₃
BERLINE₉
BERLINS₉
BERMING₁₂
BERRIED₁₀
BERRIES₉
BIRDIED₁₁
BIRDIES₁₀
BIRDING₁₁
BIRKIER₁₃
BIRKIES₁₃
BIRLING₁₀
BIRLINN₉
BIRRIAS₉
BIRRING₁₀
BIRSIER₉
BORKING₁₄
BORMING₁₂
BORNITE₉
BORSICS₁₁
BORTIER₉
BURDIES₁₀
BURKING₁₄
BURKITE₁₃
BURLIER₉
BURLILY₁₂
BURLING₁₀
BURNIES₉
BURNING₁₀
BURNISH₁₂
BURPING₁₂
BURRIER₉
BURRING₁₀
BURRITO₉
BURYING₁₃
BYRLING₁₃
BYRNIES₁₂
CARBIDE₁₂
CARBIES₁₁
CARBINE₁₁
CARDIAC₁₂
CARDIAE₁₀
CARDIAS₁₀
CARDIES₁₀
CARDING₁₁
CARDIOS₁₀
CARKING₁₄
CARLINE₉
CARLING₁₀
CARLINS₉
CARLISH₁₂
CARMINE₁₁
CARNIED₁₀
CARNIER₉
CARNIES₉
CARNIFY₁₅
CARPING₁₂
CARRICK₁₅
CARRIED₁₀
CARRIER₉
CARRIES₉
CARRION₉
CARSICK₁₅
CARTING₁₀
CARVIES₁₂
CARVING₁₃
CERNING₁₀
CERRIAL₉
CERTIFY₁₅
CERVIDS₁₃
CERVINE₁₂
CORBIES₁₁
CORBINA₁₁
CORDIAL₁₀
CORDING₁₁
CORDITE₁₀
COREIGN₁₀
CORKIER₁₃
CORKING₁₄
CORKIRS₁₃
CORNICE₁₁
CORNIER₉
CORNIFY₁₅
CORNILY₁₂
CORNING₁₀
CORNIST₉
CORRIDA₁₀
CORRIES₉
CORSIVE₁₂
CORTILE₉
CORTILI₉
CORTINA₉
CORTINS₉
CORVIDS₁₃
CORVINA₁₂
CORVINE₁₂
CURBING₁₂
CURDIER₁₀
CURDING₁₁
CURLIER₉
CURLIES₉
CURLILY₁₂
CURLING₁₀
CURNIER₉
CURRIED₁₀
CURRIER₉
CURRIES₉
CURRING₁₀
CURRISH₁₂
CURSING₁₀
CURSIVE₁₂
CURVIER₁₂
CURVING₁₃
CURVITY₁₅
DARBIES₁₀
DARCIES₁₀
DARKIES₁₂
DARKING₁₃
DARKISH₁₅
DARLING₉
DARNING₉
DARRING₉
DARTING₉
DERAIGN₉
DERAILS₈
DERBIES₁₀
DERNIER₈
DERRICK₁₄
DERRIES₈
DERVISH₁₄
DIRKING₁₃
DIRLING₉
DIRTIED₉
DIRTIER₈
DIRTIES₈
DIRTILY₁₁
DIRTING₉
DORKIER₁₂
DORMICE₁₂
DORMINS₁₀
DORNICK₁₄
DORRING₉
DORTIER₈
DORTING₉
DURGIER₉
DURNING₉
DURRIES₈
EARDING₉
EARLIER₇
EARLIES₇
EARLIKE₁₁
EARNING₈
EARPICK₁₅
EARRING₈
EARWIGS₁₁
ERRHINE₁₀
FARCIED₁₃
FARCIES₁₂
FARCIFY₁₈
FARCING₁₃
FARCINS₁₂
FARDING₁₂
FARMING₁₃
FARRIER₁₀
FARRING₁₁
FARSIDE₁₁
FARSING₁₁
FARTING₁₁
FERLIED₁₁
FERLIER₁₀
FERLIES₁₀
FERMION₁₂
FERMIUM₁₄
FERNIER₁₀
FERNING₁₁
FERRIED₁₁
FERRIES₁₀
FERRITE₁₀
FERTILE₁₀
FIRKING₁₅
FIRKINS₁₄
FIRMING₁₃
FIRRIER₁₀
FIRRING₁₁
FORBIDS₁₃
FORCING₁₃
FORDING₁₂
FOREIGN₁₁
FORGING₁₂
FORGIVE₁₄
FORKIER₁₄
FORKING₁₅
FORMICA₁₄
FORMING₁₃
FORPINE₁₂
FORPITS₁₂
FORTIES₁₀
FORTIFY₁₆
FORTING₁₁
FURBISH₁₅
FURKIDS₁₅
FURLING₁₁
FURMITY₁₅
FURNISH₁₃
FURRIER₁₀
FURRIES₁₀
FURRILY₁₃
FURRING₁₁
FURTIVE₁₃
FURZIER₁₉
GARBING₁₁
GARFISH₁₄
GARLICS₁₀
GARNISH₁₁
GARPIKE₁₄
GARRING₉
GARVIES₁₁
GERBILS₁₀
GERMIER₁₀
GERMINA₁₀
GERMING₁₁
GERMINS₁₀
GERNING₉
GIRDING₁₀
GIRKINS₁₂
GIRLIER₈
GIRLIES₈
GIRLISH₁₁
GIRNIER₈
GIRNING₉
GIRTING₉
GORDITA₉
GORGIAS₉
GORGING₁₀
GORGIOS₉
GORMIER₁₀
GORMING₁₁
GORPING₁₁
GORSIER₈
GURDIES₉
GURGING₁₀
GURLIER₈
GURLING₉
GURNING₉
GURRIER₈
GURRIES₈
GURUISM₁₀
HARDIER₁₁
HARDIES₁₁
HARDILY₁₄
HARDISH₁₄
HARKING₁₅
HARLING₁₁
HARMINE₁₂
HARMING₁₃
HARMINS₁₂
HARPIES₁₂
HARPING₁₃
HARPINS₁₂
HARPIST₁₂
HARRIED₁₁
HARRIER₁₀
HARRIES₁₀
HERBIER₁₂
HERBIST₁₂
HERDICS₁₃
HERDING₁₂
HERLING₁₁
HERMITS₁₂
HERNIAE₁₀
HERNIAL₁₀
HERNIAS₁₀
HEROICS₁₂
HEROINE₁₀
HEROINS₁₀
HEROISE₁₀
HEROISM₁₂
HEROIZE₁₉
HERRIED₁₁
HERRIES₁₀
HERRING₁₁
HERYING₁₄
HIRCINE₁₂
HIRLING₁₁
HORDING₁₂
HORKING₁₅
HORNIER₁₀
HORNILY₁₃
HORNING₁₁
HORNISH₁₃
HORNIST₁₀
HORNITO₁₀
HORRIFY₁₆
HORSIER₁₀
HORSIES₁₀
HORSILY₁₃
HORSING₁₁
HURDIES₁₁
HURLIES₁₀
HURLING₁₁
HURRIED₁₁
HURRIER₁₀
HURRIES₁₀
HURTING₁₁
JARPING₁₇
JARRING₁₅
JARVIES₁₇
JERBILS₁₆
JERKIER₁₈
JERKIES₁₈
JERKILY₂₁
JERKING₁₉
JERKINS₁₈
JERRIDS₁₅
JERRIES₁₄
JURYING₁₈
KARAISM₁₃
KARAITS₁₁
KARKING₁₆
KARSIES₁₁
KARTING₁₂
KARZIES₂₀
KERBING₁₄
KERFING₁₅
KERKIER₁₅
KERNING₁₂
KERNISH₁₄
KERNITE₁₁
KERRIAS₁₁
KERRIES₁₁
KERVING₁₅
KIRKING₁₆
KIRNING₁₂
KORKIRS₁₅
LARDIER₈
LARDING₉
LARGISH₁₁
LARKIER₁₁
LARKING₁₂
LARKISH₁₄
LARMIER₉
LARNIER₇
LARNING₈
LARPING₁₀
LIRKING₁₂
LORDING₉
LORRIES₇
LURGIES₈
LURKING₁₂
LURRIES₇
MARDIED₁₁
MARDIER₁₀
MARDIES₁₀
MARGINS₁₀
MARKING₁₄
MARLIER₉
MARLINE₉
MARLING₁₀
MARLINS₉
MARLITE₉
MARMITE₁₁
MARRIED₁₀
MARRIER₉
MARRIES₉
MARRING₁₀
MARTIAL₉
MARTIAN₉
MARTING₁₀
MARTINI₉
MARTINS₉
MERCIES₁₁
MERCIFY₁₇
MERGING₁₁
MERKINS₁₃
MERLING₁₀
MERLINS₉
MERRIER₉
MERRIES₉
MERRILY₁₂
MERSION₉
MIRKIER₁₃
MIRKILY₁₆
MIRLIER₉
MIRVING₁₃
MORAINE₉
MOREISH₁₂
MORKINS₁₃
MORLING₁₀
MORNING₁₀
MORRICE₁₁
MORRION₉
MORTICE₁₁
MORTIFY₁₅
MORTISE₉
MUREINS₉
MURKIER₁₃
MURKILY₁₆
MURKISH₁₆
MURLIER₉
MURLING₁₀
MURLINS₉
MURRIES₉
MURRINE₉
MURRINS₉
MURRION₉
NARCISM₁₁
NARCIST₉
NARDINE₈
NARDING₉
NARGILE₈
NARGILY₁₁
NARKIER₁₁
NARKING₁₂
NERDIER₈
NERDISH₁₁
NEREIDS₈
NERVIER₁₀
NERVILY₁₃
NERVINE₁₀
NERVING₁₁
NIRLIER₇
NIRLING₈
NURDIER₈
NURDISH₁₁
NURLING₈
NURSING₈
OARFISH₁₃
OARLIKE₁₁
OGREISH₁₁
OGREISM₁₀
PARDINE₁₀
PAREIRA₉
PARGING₁₁
PARKIER₁₃
PARKIES₁₃
PARKING₁₄
PARKINS₁₃
PARKISH₁₆
PARLIES₉
PARLING₁₀
PARPING₁₂
PARRIED₁₀
PARRIER₉
PARRIES₉
PARRING₁₀
PARSING₁₀
PARTIAL₉
PARTIED₁₀
PARTIER₉
PARTIES₉
PARTING₁₀
PARTITA₉
PARTITE₉
PARVISE₁₂
PERCIDS₁₂
PERCINE₁₁
PERCING₁₂
PEREION₉
PEREIRA₉
PERFIDY₁₆
PERFING₁₃
PERFINS₁₂
PERJINK₂₀
PERKIER₁₃
PERKILY₁₆
PERKING₁₄
PERKINS₁₃
PERKISH₁₆
PERLITE₉
PERMIAN₁₁
PERMIES₁₁
PERMING₁₂
PERMITS₁₁
PERRIER₉
PERRIES₉
PERSICO₁₁
PERSING₁₀
PERSIST₉
PERVIER₁₂
PERVING₁₃
PIRNIES₉
PORCINE₁₁
PORCINI₁₁
PORCINO₁₁
PORGIES₁₀
PORGING₁₁
PORKIER₁₃
PORKIES₁₃
PORKING₁₄
PORNIER₉
PORRIGO₁₀
PORTICO₁₁
PORTIER₉
PORTING₁₀
PORTION₉
PURGING₁₁
PURLIEU₉
PURLINE₉
PURLING₁₀
PURLINS₉
PURPIES₁₁
PURRING₁₀
PURSIER₉
PURSILY₁₂
PURSING₁₀
PURTIER₉
PURVIEW₁₅
RARKING₁₂
RERAILS₇
RERAISE₇
RORTIER₇
RORTING₈
SARCINA₉
SARDINE₈
SARDIUS₈
SARKIER₁₁
SARKILY₁₄
SARKING₁₂
SARMIES₉
SARNIES₇
SCRAICH₁₄
SCRAIGH₁₃
SCREICH₁₄
SCREIGH₁₃
SCRYING₁₃
SERAILS₇
SEREINS₇
SERFISH₁₃
SERGING₉
SERPIGO₁₀
SERRIED₈
SERRIES₇
SERRING₈
SERVICE₁₂
SERVILE₁₀
SERVING₁₁
SHREIKS₁₄
SIRRING₈
SKREIGH₁₅
SKRYING₁₅
SORBING₁₀
SORBITE₉
SORDINE₈
SORDINI₈
SORDINO₈
SORNING₈
SORRIER₇
SORRILY₁₀
SORTIED₈
SORTIES₇
SORTING₈
SPRAINS₉
SPRAINT₉
SPRUIKS₁₃
SPRUITS₉
STRAIKS₁₁
STRAINS₇
STRAINT₇
STRAITS₇
SURDITY₁₁
SURFIER₁₀
SURFIES₁₀
SURFING₁₁
SURGIER₈
SURGING₉
SURLIER₇
SURLILY₁₀
SURMISE₉
SURVIEW₁₃
SURVIVE₁₃
TARAIRE₇
TARDIED₉
TARDIER₈
TARDIES₈
TARDILY₁₁
TARDIVE₁₁
TARGING₉
TARNISH₁₀
TARRIED₈
TARRIER₇
TARRIES₇
TARRING₈
TARSIAS₇
TARSIER₇
TARTIER₇
TARTILY₁₀
TARTINE₇
TARTING₈
TARTISH₁₀
TERBIAS₉
TERBIUM₁₁
TERCIOS₉
TERGITE₈
TERMING₁₀
TERMINI₉
TERMITE₉
TERNING₈
TERNION₇
TERRIER₇
TERRIES₇
TERRIFY₁₃
TERRINE₇
TERRITS₇
TERSION₇
TERTIAL₇
TERTIAN₇
TERTIAS₇
TERTIUM₉
TERTIUS₇
TIRLING₈
TIRRING₈
TIRRITS₇
TORDION₈
TORMINA₉
TOROIDS₈
TORPIDS₁₀
TORRIFY₁₃
TORSION₇
TORSIVE₁₀
TORTILE₇
TORTIVE₁₀
TURBINE₉
TURBITH₁₂
TURBITS₉
TURDINE₈
TURDION₈
TURFIER₁₀
TURFING₁₁
TURFITE₁₀
TURGITE₈
TURKIES₁₁
TURNING₈
TURNIPS₉
TURNIPY₁₂
UNREINS₇
UPRAISE₉
VARDIES₁₁
VARMINT₁₂
VARNISH₁₃
VARSITY₁₃
VARYING₁₄
VERBIDS₁₃
VERBIFY₁₈
VERBILE₁₂
VERBING₁₃
VERDICT₁₃
VERDINS₁₁
VERDITE₁₁
VERDITS₁₁
VERGING₁₂
VERMIAN₁₂
VERMILS₁₂
VERMILY₁₅
VERMINS₁₂
VERMINY₁₅
VERNIER₁₀
VERSIFY₁₆
VERSINE₁₀
VERSING₁₁
VERSINS₁₀
VERSION₁₀
VERTIGO₁₁
VERTING₁₁
VIRGINS₁₁
VIROIDS₁₁
VORRING₁₁
WARBIER₁₂
WARBIRD₁₃
WARDIAN₁₁
WARDING₁₂
WARKING₁₅
WARLIKE₁₄
WARLING₁₁
WARMING₁₃
WARMISH₁₅
WARNING₁₁
WARPING₁₃
WARRING₁₁
WARRIOR₁₀
WARTIER₁₀
WARTIME₁₂
WERGILD₁₂
WORDIER₁₁
WORDIES₁₁
WORDILY₁₄
WORDING₁₂
WORDISH₁₄
WORKING₁₅
WORMIER₁₂
WORMILS₁₂
WORMING₁₃
WORMISH₁₅
WORRIED₁₁
WORRIER₁₀
WORRIES₁₀
WORRITS₁₀
WORSING₁₁
WURLIES₁₀
YARDING₁₂
YARKING₁₅
YARNING₁₁
YERDING₁₂
YERKING₁₅
YIRDING₁₂
YIRKING₁₅
YIRRING₁₁
YORKIES₁₄
YORKING₁₅
YORPING₁₃
ZARNICH₂₁
ZEROING₁₇
ZORBING₁₉
ZORGITE₁₇

Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 6th letter is N.

1st letter

C10%
P10%
T9%

2nd letter

A30%
E23%
O19%

4th letter

R15%
D10%
K10%

6th letter

N38%
E27%
S7%

7th letter

G28%
S23%
R13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

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

77 points: 41 words
8 points: 59 words
99 points: 135 words
10 points: 133 words
1111 points: 118 words
12 points: 86 words
1313 points: 69 words
14 points: 36 words
1515 points: 35 words
16 points: 13 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 6 words
1919 points: 4 words
20 points: 2 words
2121 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JERKILY	21	23	All three
ZARNICH	21	22	Collins only
KARZIES	20	20	Collins only
PERJINK	20	24	Collins only
JERKING	19	23	All three
ZORBING	19	22	Collins only
FURZIER	19	20	All three
HEROIZE	19	18	All three
JERKINS	18	21	All three
JERKIES	18	20	All three
JERKIER	18	20	All three
JURYING	18	22	All three

The fixed pattern is __R_I__, with two open tiles before R, one between R and I, and two after I; That shape catches familiar words such as MORNING, FOREIGN, and VERSION, alongside rarer tournament entries; Only 85 matches are classed as common, so recognizable examples are a small slice of the full set.

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

The pattern has 744 tournament-dictionary matches across the supported word lists.
SERVICE, WORKING, and MORNING are recognizable examples that fit every fixed position.
Collins includes 731 matches, compared with 536 in NWL2023 and 490 in ENABLE.
C and P tie as the most frequent first letters, with 77 matches each.
G is the leading final letter with 205 matches; S follows with 169.

Which familiar words fit the pattern?

SERVICE, WORKING, MORNING, FOREIGN, and VERSION are strong starting points when you are scanning the pattern. Each puts R third and I fifth, but their endings vary: SERVICE and FOREIGN finish with E, while WORKING and MORNING finish with G.

The opening is less predictable than the fixed middle. C and P each lead 77 words, while T leads 64; examples such as CARRIED, PARTIES, and TURNING show how different beginnings can reach the same R-I spine.

One limitation matters in play: a match in one tournament list may be absent from another. The 744 total combines words found in at least one supported list, so check your game's word list before challenging an unfamiliar entry.

How should you use these 7-letter words with R and I?

For a rack search, lock R into the third slot and I into the fifth before testing the remaining letters.
Try everyday candidates such as CARRIED, CARRIES, and WARNING before reaching for rare entries.
The top listed tile totals are 21 points for JERKILY and ZARNICH; both are less familiar than SERVICE.
On a seven-tile rack, check whether a full-rack play fits before settling for a shorter word.
Treat the common-word count as a clue to recognition, not as a guarantee that an entry suits your game's dictionary.

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How many seven-letter words have R third and I fifth?

There are 744 matching seven-letter words across the supported tournament dictionaries. Familiar examples include SERVICE, WORKING, and MORNING, while only 85 matches are classed as common.

What are some common words with R third and I fifth?

SERVICE, WORKING, MORNING, FOREIGN, and VERSION all match the pattern. Each has R in the third position and I in the fifth, though their first letters and endings differ.

Which matching words score the most in Scrabble?

JERKILY and ZARNICH lead the listed tile scores at 21 points each. Both are less familiar than examples such as SERVICE, so verify an unusual play against the word list used in your game.

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

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

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