7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter

7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter number 236, including HERSELF, FORMULA, and JERKILY.

236 wordsTop pick HERSELFHighest score JERKILY 21

23 of 236 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
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J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
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X
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Z

6th letter
A
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J
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L
M
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O
P
Q
R
S
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Z

With R in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (786 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 23 · most-used first

HERSELF₁₃
LARGELY₁₁
FORMULA₁₂
MIRACLE₁₁
BARRELS₉
FIRSTLY₁₃
DURABLE₁₀
MORALLY₁₂
FERTILE₁₀
GORILLA₈
SCROLLS₉
PARCELS₁₁
WORLDLY₁₄
EARTHLY₁₃
PORTALS₉
HARSHLY₁₆
CEREALS₉
MORTALS₉
CARTELS₉
THRILLS₁₀
COROLLA₉
FIREFLY₁₆
PARABLE₁₁

All valid words 236

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

ACRIDLY₁₃
AERIALS₇
AIRBALL₉
AIRHOLE₁₀
AURALLY₁₀
AUREOLA₇
AUREOLE₇
AURICLE₉
BARBELL₁₁
BARBELS₁₁
BARBOLA₁₁
BARBULE₁₁
BARILLA₉
BARMILY₁₄
BARRELS₉
BERGYLT₁₃
BORDELS₁₀
BORNYLS₁₂
BORRELL₉
BURHELS₁₂
BURIALS₉
BURLILY₁₂
BURRELL₉
BURRELS₉
CARCELS₁₁
CARFULS₁₂
CARIOLE₉
CARNALS₉
CARPALE₁₁
CARPALS₁₁
CARPELS₁₁
CARRELL₉
CARRELS₉
CARTELS₉
CARVELS₁₂
CEREALS₉
CORACLE₁₁
CORALLA₉
CORBELS₁₁
CORELLA₉
CORMELS₁₁
CORNELS₉
CORNFLY₁₅
CORNILY₁₂
COROLLA₉
CORRALS₉
CORTILE₉
CORTILI₉
CURABLE₁₁
CURABLY₁₄
CURLILY₁₂
CURPELS₁₁
CURTALS₉
DARIOLE₈
DARNELS₈
DERAILS₈
DIRNDLS₉
DIRTILY₁₁
DORSALS₈
DORSELS₈
DURABLE₁₀
DURABLY₁₃
EARBALL₉
EARFULS₁₀
EARHOLE₁₀
EARTHLY₁₃
ENROLLS₇
ERRABLE₉
FARDELS₁₁
FARFALS₁₃
FARFELS₁₃
FERRELS₁₀
FERRULE₁₀
FERTILE₁₀
FIREFLY₁₆
FIRSTLY₁₃
FORMALS₁₂
FORMOLS₁₂
FORMULA₁₂
FORMYLS₁₅
FURBALL₁₂
FURCULA₁₂
FURRILY₁₃
GARIALS₈
GERBILS₁₀
GIRNELS₈
GIROLLE₈
GORILLA₈
GYRALLY₁₄
HARDILY₁₄
HARMALA₁₂
HARMELS₁₂
HARSHLY₁₆
HARTALS₁₀
HARTELY₁₃
HERBALS₁₂
HERSALL₁₀
HERSELF₁₃
HIRABLE₁₂
HIRSELS₁₀
HORNILY₁₃
HORSILY₁₃
JARFULS₁₇
JAROOLS₁₄
JERBILS₁₆
JERKILY₂₁
JURALLY₁₇
KERNELS₁₁
LARGELY₁₁
LORRELL₇
LURIDLY₁₁
MARCELS₁₁
MARRELS₉
MARSALA₉
MARTELS₉
MARVELS₁₂
MERELLS₉
MERFOLK₁₆
MERRILY₁₂
MIRABLE₁₁
MIRACLE₁₁
MIRKILY₁₆
MORALLS₉
MORALLY₁₂
MORELLE₉
MORELLO₉
MORRELL₉
MORSELS₉
MORTALS₉
MURKILY₁₆
NARGILE₈
NARGILY₁₁
NARWALS₁₀
NERVILY₁₃
NERVULE₁₀
NORMALS₉
NORSELS₇
OORIALS₇
OURSELF₁₀
PARABLE₁₁
PARAFLE₁₂
PARCELS₁₁
PARDALE₁₀
PARDALS₁₀
PARELLA₉
PARELLE₉
PARIALS₉
PARRALS₉
PARRELS₉
PERCALE₁₁
PERGOLA₁₀
PERILLA₉
PERKILY₁₆
PERSALT₉
PORTALS₉
PURSILY₁₂
PYRROLE₁₂
PYRROLS₁₂
RERAILS₇
REROLLS₇
RURALLY₁₀
SARDELS₈
SARKILY₁₄
SCRAWLS₁₂
SCRAWLY₁₅
SCROLLS₉
SCROWLE₁₂
SCROWLS₁₂
SCROYLE₁₂
SCRUPLE₁₁
SERAILS₇
SERIALS₇
SERKALI₁₁
SERPULA₉
SERVALS₁₀
SERVILE₁₀
SHRILLS₁₀
SHRILLY₁₃
SORELLS₇
SORRELS₇
SORRILY₁₀
SORTALS₇
SPRAWLS₁₂
SPRAWLY₁₅
STREELS₇
STRODLE₈
STROLLS₇
SURCULI₉
SURLILY₁₀
TARCELS₉
TARDILY₁₁
TARSALS₇
TARSELS₇
TARTILY₁₀
TERCELS₉
TERSELY₁₀
THRALLS₁₀
THRILLS₁₀
THRILLY₁₃
TIREDLY₁₁
TORSELS₇
TORTILE₇
UNREELS₇
UNROLLS₇
UPROLLS₉
UTRICLE₉
VARIOLA₁₀
VARIOLE₁₀
VARVELS₁₃
VERBALS₁₂
VERBILE₁₂
VERMELL₁₂
VERMILS₁₂
VERMILY₁₅
VERRELS₁₀
VERSALS₁₀
VERVELS₁₃
VIRALLY₁₃
VIRGULE₁₁
WARSTLE₁₀
WARWOLF₁₆
WERGELD₁₂
WERGELT₁₁
WERGILD₁₂
WERWOLF₁₆
WIRABLE₁₂
WORDILY₁₄
WORLDLY₁₄
WORMFLY₁₈
WORMILS₁₂
WORRALS₁₀
WORRELS₁₀
WURZELS₁₉
ZORILLA₁₆
ZORILLE₁₆
ZORILLO₁₆

Letters by positionIn 44% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

C12%
S12%
M8%

2nd letter

A28%
O22%
E19%

4th letter

A12%
I10%
R10%

5th letter

E25%
A17%
I17%

7th letter

S44%
Y21%
E17%

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: 22 words
8 points: 12 words
99 points: 51 words
10 points: 36 words
1111 points: 31 words
12 points: 36 words
1313 points: 18 words
14 points: 8 words
1515 points: 5 words
16 points: 12 words
1717 points: 2 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JERKILY	21	23	All three
WURZELS	19	21	All three
WORMFLY	18	19	Collins only
JARFULS	17	21	All three
JURALLY	17	21	All three
HARSHLY	16	14	All three
FIREFLY	16	16	All three
MERFOLK	16	18	Collins only
WARWOLF	16	17	Collins only
WERWOLF	16	17	All three
ZORILLA	16	18	All three
PERKILY	16	17	All three

The pattern is _ _ R _ _ L _: R anchors the third slot, and L sits one space from the end. Familiar matches include HERSELF, LARGELY, FORMULA and MIRACLE, but only 23 entries rank among the 25,000 most common English words. Expect a mix of familiar vocabulary and less common forms.

At a glance for the fixed R-and-L pattern

The tournament-dictionary union contains 236 matches for this exact seven-letter pattern.
Collins includes 231 matches, compared with 172 in NWL2023 and 161 in ENABLE; these sets overlap.
Only 23 are common by frequency, while 172 have definitions.
The average score is 10.8, and JERKILY reaches the top at 21.

Which endings lead?

S is first with 103 words, followed by Y at 49 and E at 41. BARRELS, SCROLLS, and PARCELS show the S group; LARGELY and WORLDLY end in Y, while MIRACLE ends in E.

That skew gives you a clean solving order: test the final square before swapping the middle letters. An S ending is the strongest first branch, but E still leaves 41 candidates, so don't discard it when the crossing clues fit.

Dictionary totals are not separate piles: the same entry can appear in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Collins has 231 of the 236 matches, but 172 appear in NWL2023 and 161 in ENABLE; check your game's list before you commit to an unfamiliar word.

7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter

JERKILY is the top scorer at 21 points, ahead of WURZELS at 19 and WORMFLY at 18. JARFULS and JURALLY score 17, while HARSHLY, FIREFLY, MERFOLK, WARWOLF, and WERWOLF each reach 16.

JERKILY is the counterintuitive standout: HERSELF and FORMULA feel more familiar, yet the J-and-K combination pushes it ahead on base score. Look for its pattern when the board offers room for those valuable tiles, then check whether a premium square changes the play.

Treat 21 as a word score, not a promised turn total: board bonuses and placement change the result. The 23 common entries are a better starting pool for recall, while the high scorers reward checking every crossing.

Questions people ask

Are any of these seven-letter words common?

Yes, 23 matches fall among the 25,000 most common English words. HERSELF, FORMULA, MIRACLE, and DURABLE are recognizable examples; most entries are less familiar, so a pattern fit alone does not guarantee a word will come to mind quickly.

Which word scores highest with R third and L sixth?

JERKILY is the top scorer at 21 points. WURZELS follows at 19 and WORMFLY at 18, with JARFULS and JURALLY tied at 17. The score list favors words with high-value letters, not necessarily the words people use most often.

Which ending should I test first?

S is the strongest ending to test first: 103 matches finish with S, against 49 ending in Y and 41 in E. BARRELS, SCROLLS, and PARCELS demonstrate that ending, though your crossing letters still decide which candidate fits.

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7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter

Common words 23 · most-used first

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Which endings lead?

7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter

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