7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and P as the 7th letter
Nineteen 7-letter words have R third and P seventh, among them WORSHIP, WARSHIP, AIRSHIP, WIRETAP and PARSNIP.
2 of 19 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
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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Best words to play first
- WORSHIP15
- WARSHIP15
- AIRSHIP12
- WIRETAP12
- AIRDROP10
- PARSNIP11
- HARDTOP13
- WORKTOP16
- BARKEEP15
- SCREWUP14
- WARDROP13
- HARELIP12
- FORETOP12
- EARDROP10
- EARFLAP12
- HERSHIP15
- AIRSTOP9
- CIRCLIP13
- PARSNEP11
All valid words 19
- AIRDROP10
- AIRSHIP12
- AIRSTOP9
- BARKEEP15
- CIRCLIP13
- EARDROP10
- EARFLAP12
- FORETOP12
- HARDTOP13
- HARELIP12
- HERSHIP15
- PARSNEP11
- PARSNIP11
- SCREWUP14
- WARDROP13
- WARSHIP15
- WIRETAP12
- WORKTOP16
- WORSHIP15
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORKTOP | 16 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| WORSHIP | 15 | 15 | All three |
| WARSHIP | 15 | 15 | All three |
| BARKEEP | 15 | 17 | All three |
| HERSHIP | 15 | 14 | Collins only |
| SCREWUP | 14 | 17 | All three |
| HARDTOP | 13 | 13 | All three |
| WARDROP | 13 | 14 | Collins only |
| CIRCLIP | 13 | 17 | Collins only |
| AIRSHIP | 12 | 12 | All three |
| WIRETAP | 12 | 13 | All three |
| HARELIP | 12 | 13 | All three |
Every word on this list ends in P, and the shape is close to a compound-word club. Four end in -SHIP, four in -TOP, three in -ROP. Learn the three suffixes and you cover more than half the list before you pick a first letter.
The __R___P frame in brief
- 19 words fit, and only 2 are common English.
- 16 have a definition; the average score is 12.6.
- W starts 5 words, A starts 3 and H starts 3.
- WORKTOP scores 16; WORSHIP, WARSHIP, BARKEEP and HERSHIP score 15.
- Collins lists all 19, NWL2023 lists 14 and ENABLE lists 13.
Which three endings explain the list?
-SHIP gives WORSHIP, WARSHIP, AIRSHIP and hership. -TOP gives HARDTOP, WORKTOP, foretop and airstop. -ROP gives airdrop, eardrop and wardrop.
That is 11 of the 19 words. The rest are one-offs: WIRETAP, PARSNIP, BARKEEP, screwup, harelip, earflap, circlip and parsnep. Most are compounds built from two short words, which is why they are easy to rebuild from memory.
A useful rule: if the clue is a thing you wear, ride or live on, think -TOP, -SHIP or -DROP before anything else.
Why is the average score so high?
The average is 12.6, well above a plain seven-letter word, because the final P is worth 3 and compounds carry K, W and H tiles. WORKTOP gets 5 from its K alone.
The W is the best opening guess. Five words start with it, and A and H follow with three each.
Because most of these are compounds of familiar parts, you can rebuild them from a rack by pairing pieces such as AIR with SHIP or WORK with TOP. That makes the list more approachable than its small size suggests.
Playing it safe
Hership, wardrop and parsnep are the rarities to double-check. Prefer WORSHIP or WARSHIP when a challenge is possible, and look up the rest in your game's word list.
Questions people ask
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