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

7-letter words with R third and O fifth: 268 matches, including various, serious, and purpose.

268 wordsTop pick VARIOUSHighest score WARZONE 19

30 of 268 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

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 30 · most-used first

VARIOUS₁₀
SERIOUS₇
PURPOSE₁₁
AIRPORT₉
PERFORM₁₄
CURIOUS₉
PERSONS₉
NERVOUS₁₀
PERIODS₁₀
HARMONY₁₅
CARTOON₉
WORKOUT₁₄
FURIOUS₁₀
HARBOUR₁₂
HORMONE₁₂
MIRRORS₉
PERSONA₉
TURNOUT₇
CARROTS₉
PARSONS₉
HORRORS₁₀
TURMOIL₉
KARAOKE₁₅
SERMONS₉
BURROWS₁₂
SORROWS₁₀
BURNOUT₉
PARLOUR₉
NARROWS₁₀
WARLORD₁₁

All valid words 268

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

ABROOKE₁₃
AIRBOAT₉
AIRFOIL₁₀
AIRHOLE₁₀
AIRLOCK₁₃
AIRPORT₉
AIRPOST₉
AIRSOME₉
AUREOLA₇
AUREOLE₇
BARBOLA₁₁
BARBOTS₁₁
BARCODE₁₂
BARGOON₁₀
BARHOPS₁₄
BARLOWS₁₂
BARROOM₁₁
BARROWS₁₂
BARTONS₉
BARWOOD₁₃
BARYONS₁₂
BORROWS₁₂
BORZOIS₁₈
BURBOTS₁₁
BURDOCK₁₆
BURGOOS₁₀
BURGOUT₁₀
BURNOUS₉
BURNOUT₉
BURROWS₁₂
BURTONS₉
BYROOMS₁₄
CARBONS₁₁
CARBORA₁₁
CARBOYS₁₄
CARDONS₁₀
CARDOON₁₀
CARGOED₁₁
CARGOES₁₀
CARHOPS₁₄
CARIOCA₁₁
CARIOLE₉
CARIOSE₉
CARIOUS₉
CARLOAD₁₀
CARLOCK₁₅
CARLOTS₉
CARNOSE₉
CARPOOL₁₁
CARPORT₁₁
CARROCH₁₄
CARROMS₁₁
CARROTS₉
CARROTY₁₂
CARTONS₉
CARTOON₉
CEREOUS₉
CEROONS₉
CIRROSE₉
CIRROUS₉
CIRSOID₁₀
CORDOBA₁₂
CORDONS₁₀
CORIOUS₉
CORMOID₁₂
CORMOUS₁₁
CORPORA₁₁
CORRODE₁₀
CORRODY₁₃
CURIOSA₉
CURIOUS₉
CURSORS₉
CURSORY₁₂
DARIOLE₈
DERMOID₁₁
DORNOCK₁₄
DORTOUR₈
DURIONS₈
EARBOBS₁₁
EARCONS₉
EARHOLE₁₀
EARLOBE₉
EARLOCK₁₃
EARWORM₁₂
EBRIOSE₉
ENROOTS₇
EURYOKY₁₇
FARMOST₁₂
FARROWS₁₃
FERROUS₁₀
FERVORS₁₃
FERVOUR₁₃
FIRLOTS₁₀
FORBODE₁₃
FORBORE₁₂
FORDOES₁₁
FORDONE₁₁
FORGOER₁₁
FORGOES₁₁
FORGONE₁₁
FORHOOS₁₃
FORHOWS₁₆
FORLORE₁₀
FORLORN₁₀
FORMOLS₁₂
FORSOOK₁₄
FORWORN₁₃
FURIOSO₁₀
FURIOUS₁₀
FURLONG₁₁
FURROWS₁₃
FURROWY₁₆
GARBOIL₁₀
GARCONS₁₀
GARRONS₈
GARROTE₈
GARROTS₈
GARVOCK₁₇
GIRLOND₉
GORCOCK₁₆
GORGONS₉
GORSOON₈
HARBORS₁₂
HARBOUR₁₂
HARDOKE₁₅
HARLOTS₁₀
HARMONY₁₅
HARMOST₁₂
HARPOON₁₂
HARROWS₁₃
HERBOSE₁₂
HERBOUS₁₂
HERIOTS₁₀
HEROONS₁₀
HORDOCK₁₇
HORMONE₁₂
HORRORS₁₀
HORSONS₁₀
JARGONS₁₅
JARGONY₁₈
JARGOON₁₅
JAROOLS₁₄
JERBOAS₁₆
KARAOKE₁₅
KARROOS₁₁
KARYONS₁₄
KERMODE₁₄
LARDONS₈
LARDOON₈
LIRIOPE₉
LORDOMA₁₀
LORIOTS₇
MARCONI₁₁
MARGOSA₁₀
MARMOSE₁₁
MARMOTS₁₁
MAROONS₉
MARRONS₉
MARROWS₁₂
MARROWY₁₅
MERFOLK₁₆
MERLONS₉
MERLOTS₉
MIRRORS₉
MORIONS₉
MORROWS₁₂
MORWONG₁₃
NARCOMA₁₁
NARCOSE₉
NARDOOS₈
NARROWS₁₀
NERVOUS₁₀
OARLOCK₁₃
PARBOIL₁₁
PARDONS₁₀
PARKOUR₁₃
PARLORS₉
PARLOUR₉
PARLOUS₉
PARROCK₁₅
PARROTS₉
PARROTY₁₂
PARSONS₉
PARTONS₉
PARTOOK₁₃
PERCOCT₁₃
PERCOID₁₂
PEREONS₉
PERFORM₁₄
PERGOLA₁₀
PERIODS₁₀
PERIOST₉
PERLOUS₉
PERNODS₁₀
PERRONS₉
PERSONA₉
PERSONS₉
PERTOOK₁₃
PORTOUS₉
PURLOIN₉
PURPORT₁₁
PURPOSE₁₁
PYRROLE₁₂
PYRROLS₁₂
REROOFS₁₀
SARCODE₁₀
SARCOID₁₀
SARCOMA₁₁
SARCOUS₉
SARTORS₇
SCROOCH₁₄
SCROOGE₁₀
SCROOPS₁₁
SERIOUS₇
SERMONS₉
SEROONS₇
SHROOMS₁₂
SIRLOIN₇
SORBOSE₉
SORDORS₈
SORROWS₁₀
STROOKE₁₁
SURCOAT₉
SURLOIN₇
SURTOUT₇
TARBOYS₁₂
TARPONS₉
TARROCK₁₃
TARROWS₁₀
TERAOHM₁₂
TERMORS₉
TERROIR₇
TERRORS₇
TORGOCH₁₃
TORPORS₉
TORTONI₇
TURBOND₁₀
TURBOTS₉
TURDOID₉
TURGORS₈
TURIONS₇
TURKOIS₁₁
TURMOIL₉
TURNOFF₁₃
TURNONS₇
TURNOUT₇
UNROOFS₁₀
UNROOST₇
UNROOTS₇
UPROOTS₉
VARIOLA₁₀
VARIOLE₁₀
VARIOUS₁₀
VAROOMS₁₂
VARROAS₁₀
VERBOSE₁₂
VIRIONS₁₀
WARDOGS₁₂
WARLOCK₁₆
WARLORD₁₁
WARWOLF₁₆
WARWORK₁₇
WARWORN₁₃
WARZONE₁₉
WERWOLF₁₆
WORKOUT₁₄
YARROWS₁₃
ZIRCONS₁₈

Letters by positionIn 46% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

C15%
P12%
F9%

2nd letter

A43%
O17%
E15%

4th letter

R15%
L9%
I9%

6th letter

N18%
R10%
U10%

7th letter

S46%
E14%
K6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; WARZONE tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 18 words
8 points: 12 words
99 points: 62 words
10 points: 47 words
1111 points: 34 words
12 points: 33 words
1313 points: 24 words
14 points: 13 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 4 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
WARZONE	19	20	Collins only
ZIRCONS	18	20	All three
JARGONY	18	21	Collins · NWL
BORZOIS	18	19	All three
WARWORK	17	17	All three
EURYOKY	17	16	All three
GARVOCK	17	20	Collins only
HORDOCK	17	17	Collins only
WARLOCK	16	18	All three
BURDOCK	16	19	All three
MERFOLK	16	18	Collins only
WARWOLF	16	17	Collins only

The pattern _ _ R _ O _ _ has 268 tournament-dictionary matches; Familiar entries include various, serious, purpose, and airport, but only 30 are classed as common by frequency; The dictionary totals overlap: Collins lists 263, NWL2023 208, and ENABLE 187; S leads as an ending.

At a glance: the R-and-O pattern

268 words fit the seven-letter pattern with R fixed third and O fifth.
Only 30 rank as common, despite everyday options such as various and serious.
Collins has 263 matches; NWL2023 has 208 and ENABLE has 187.
S is the most frequent final letter, with 123 words ending that way.
WARZONE leads scoring at 19 points; ZIRCONS, JARGONY, and BORZOIS score 18.

How many 7-letter words with R third and O fifth?

There are 268 matches for this exact letter pattern. Only 30 rank as common by frequency, so the set mixes everyday vocabulary with less familiar plays. You may recognize various, serious, purpose, airport, and cartoon at once; workout, harmony, and nervous show the range of familiar entries.

With R still third, changing the fifth letter to I gives 744 matches, E gives 468, and A gives 360. O's 268 matches trail all three. That makes an O clue a narrower filter than those alternatives, though the remaining set is still broad enough to include both common words and unusual choices.

Changing the third letter while keeping O fifth also shifts the count: N has 255 matches and S has 203. The final letter offers another strong clue: 123 of the R-and-O words end in S, far more than the 37 that end in E.

Which matching words score the most?

WARZONE tops the scoring list at 19 points. ZIRCONS, JARGONY, and BORZOIS each score 18, while WARWORK, EURYOKY, GARVOCK, and HORDOCK reach 17. Those high-value plays are less familiar than examples such as serious or various, so check your rack before chasing a score.

For 7-letter words with R third and O fifth, the dictionary split matters: the combined set is not accepted word-for-word in every game. Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE each include a different number of matches, and those counts overlap. Treat the less familiar entries as candidates, then check the word list your game uses.

Questions people ask

How many common words match R third and O fifth?

Only 30 of the 268 matches are classed as common by frequency. Familiar examples include various, serious, purpose, airport, and cartoon; many remaining entries are less likely to appear in everyday writing. The common examples can help you test likely patterns, but the full set is worth checking when the letter positions are fixed.

What is the highest-scoring word with this pattern?

WARZONE is the top scorer at 19 points. ZIRCONS, JARGONY, and BORZOIS follow at 18 each. Those are tile-value totals, not a promise of a 19-point play: board multipliers and rack position change the final score.

Are all 268 words accepted in every word game?

No, acceptance depends on the game’s dictionary. Collins contains 263 matches, NWL2023 contains 208, and ENABLE contains 187, while the combined set has 268. The counts overlap rather than add up, so check the word list your game uses before committing an unfamiliar entry.

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