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

The pattern is _ _ R _ _ _ R: both fixed letters are R, while the other five positions can vary; P is the most common first letter, with 26 matches, and the examples range from everyday words such as FURTHER to less familiar ones such as JERQUER; Only 15 entries rank among the most common English words, so expect plenty of tournament-list vocabulary.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 200 seven-letter matches, and every one ends in R.
• P leads as the first letter with 26 words; S follows with 24.
• FURTHER, EARLIER, PARTNER, and FOREVER are recognizable examples.
• The counts are 144 in ENABLE, 197 in Collins, and 158 in NWL2023; lists overlap.
• Only 15 words meet the common-word cutoff, so many answers are obscure.

How many 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter?

There are 200 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter across the tournament dictionaries. The dictionary counts differ: Collins includes 197, NWL2023 includes 158, and ENABLE includes 144. Those figures overlap, rather than adding up to the total.

P and S are the leading first letters, with 26 and 24 matches respectively. F comes next with 19, followed by M with 17 and C with 16. That gives you a practical first-letter filter when your rack or puzzle already fixes the two R positions.

The final R is a narrow constraint. With R in the third position, 1,235 words end in S and 349 end in E, compared with 200 ending in R. If the last letter is uncertain, testing S or E opens a much larger set.

What do 7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and R as the 7th letter score?

• JERQUER leads the listed Scrabble scores at 23 points; FURZIER scores 19.
• JERKIER is worth 18, while MARKHOR and TORQUER each score 16.
• FURTHER scores 13, a more familiar option with a lower listed total.
• A seven-tile Scrabble play earns a 50-point bingo bonus; saving a high-value tile for a fitting word can change the turn.