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7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and S as the 4th letter

A total of 171 7-letter words have R third and S fourth, with VERSION, HERSELF, PERSONS and NURSING the best known.

171 wordsTop pick VERSIONHighest score QURSHES 19

20 of 171 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With R in 3rd place, I is the most common 4th letter (366 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 20 · most-used first

All valid words 171

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

  • AIRSHED11
  • AIRSHIP12
  • AIRSHOT10
  • AIRSHOW13
  • AIRSICK13
  • AIRSIDE8
  • AIRSOME9
  • AIRSTOP9
  • BERSEEM11
  • BERSERK13
  • BIRSIER9
  • BIRSLED10
  • BIRSLES9
  • BORSCHT14
  • BORSHCH17
  • BORSHTS12
  • BORSICS11
  • BORSTAL9
  • BURSARS9
  • BURSARY12
  • BURSATE9
  • BURSEED10
  • BURSERA9
  • BURSTED10
  • BURSTEN9
  • BURSTER9
  • CARSEYS12
  • CARSICK15
  • CIRSOID10
  • CORSACS11
  • CORSAGE10
  • CORSAIR9
  • CORSETS9
  • CORSEYS12
  • CORSIVE12
  • CORSLET9
  • CORSNED10
  • CURSERS9
  • CURSING10
  • CURSIVE12
  • CURSORS9
  • CURSORY12
  • DARSHAN11
  • DORSALS8
  • DORSELS8
  • DORSERS8
  • EARSHOT10
  • FARSIDE11
  • FARSING11
  • FIRSTLY13
  • FORSAID11
  • FORSAKE14
  • FORSAYS13
  • FORSLOE10
  • FORSLOW13
  • FORSOOK14
  • GIRSHES11
  • GORSEDD10
  • GORSIER8
  • GORSOON8
  • GURSHES11
  • HARSHEN13
  • HARSHER13
  • HARSHLY16
  • HARSLET10
  • HERSALL10
  • HERSELF13
  • HERSHIP15
  • HIRSELS10
  • HIRSLED11
  • HIRSLES10
  • HIRSTIE10
  • HIRSUTE10
  • HORSIER10
  • HORSIES10
  • HORSILY13
  • HORSING11
  • HORSONS10
  • HORSTES10
  • JARSFUL17
  • JERSEYS17
  • KARSEYS14
  • KARSIES11
  • KARSTIC13
  • KERSEYS14
  • KURSAAL11
  • MARSALA9
  • MARSHAL12
  • MARSHED13
  • MARSHES12
  • MERSION9
  • MORSELS9
  • MORSURE9
  • NORSELS7
  • NURSERS7
  • NURSERY10
  • NURSING8
  • NURSLED8
  • NURSLES7
  • OARSMAN9
  • OARSMEN9
  • OERSTED8
  • OURSELF10
  • PARSECS11
  • PARSERS9
  • PARSING10
  • PARSLEY12
  • PARSNEP11
  • PARSNIP11
  • PARSONS9
  • PERSALT9
  • PERSANT9
  • PERSICO11
  • PERSING10
  • PERSIST9
  • PERSONA9
  • PERSONS9
  • PERSPEX18
  • PERSUED10
  • PERSUES9
  • PURSERS9
  • PURSEWS12
  • PURSIER9
  • PURSILY12
  • PURSING10
  • PURSUAL9
  • PURSUED10
  • PURSUER9
  • PURSUES9
  • PURSUIT9
  • QURSHES19
  • SARSARS7
  • SARSDEN8
  • SARSENS7
  • SARSNET7
  • TARSALS7
  • TARSEAL7
  • TARSELS7
  • TARSIAS7
  • TARSIER7
  • TERSELY10
  • TERSEST7
  • TERSION7
  • TORSADE8
  • TORSELS7
  • TORSION7
  • TORSIVE10
  • VARSITY13
  • VERSALS10
  • VERSANT10
  • VERSERS10
  • VERSETS10
  • VERSIFY16
  • VERSINE10
  • VERSING11
  • VERSINS10
  • VERSION10
  • VERSTES10
  • VERSUTE10
  • WARSAWS13
  • WARSHIP15
  • WARSLED11
  • WARSLER10
  • WARSLES10
  • WARSTLE10
  • WERSHER13
  • WORSENS10
  • WORSETS10
  • WORSHIP15
  • WORSING11
  • WORSTED11
Letters by positionIn 32% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. P16%
  2. B11%
  3. H11%
2nd letter
  1. O25%
  2. A25%
  3. E20%
5th letter
  1. I22%
  2. E20%
  3. H12%
6th letter
  1. E28%
  2. L12%
  3. N11%
7th letter
  1. S32%
  2. E10%
  3. D9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; QURSHES tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 15 words
  2. 8 points: 11 words
  3. 99 points: 35 words
  4. 10 points: 44 words
  5. 1111 points: 22 words
  6. 12 points: 13 words
  7. 1313 points: 15 words
  8. 14 points: 5 words
  9. 1515 points: 4 words
  10. 16 points: 2 words
  11. 1717 points: 3 words
  12. 18 points: 1 words
  13. 1919 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QURSHES1919All three
PERSPEX1820Collins · NWL
JERSEYS1718All three
BORSHCH1717Collins only
JARSFUL1721All three
HARSHLY1614All three
VERSIFY1616All three
WORSHIP1515All three
WARSHIP1515All three
CARSICK1517All three
HERSHIP1514Collins only
FORSAKE1414All three

The RS pair in the middle is a landmark inside the word. It splits cleanly into RSE, RSO, RSH and RSI sequences, and each leads to its own family. Nursing, cursing and pursuit share a stem, while marshal, harshly and parsley share another.

The __RS___ frame in numbers

  • 171 words fit, and 20 are common English.
  • 130 have a definition; the average score is 10.5.
  • A and O each fill the second slot of 43 words; E fills 34.
  • S ends 54 words, E ends 17, D ends 16.
  • QURSHES scores 19, PERSPEX 18 and JERSEYS 17.
  • The 6-letter version of this frame holds 108 words; the 5-letter one holds 54.

Which three-letter openers lead?

VER- gives 11 words, led by VERSION. PUR- and PER- give 10 each: PURSUIT, pursued and pursues, and PERSONS, persona and persist. COR- and BUR- add 8 each.

The short-vowel route is the other half. HERSELF, MARSHAL, harshly, marshes and warship all pivot on a vowel-R-S frame, with an H or an A in front of it.

What do the endings give you?

-ING closes 9 words, such as NURSING and cursing. -ERS and -ELS close 6 each, and -IER closes 5. A plain S ending is the safest first guess, because 54 of the 171 end that way.

E, D and T come next at 17, 16 and 12, while Y, N and R close 11 each and G closes 9. If the clue is an adjective, try the Y group first.

Berserk is the oddity, a K ending in a list otherwise built from S, E and D. Words that end in a vowel plus a consonant cluster, like cursory and parsley, belong to the Y group.

Dictionaries and scores

Note

Collins holds 168 of the 171, NWL2023 holds 124 and ENABLE holds 114. BORSHCH, JARSFUL and QURSHES deserve a lookup in your game's word list first.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have R third and S fourth?
Among the 171 are VERSION, HERSELF, PERSONS, NURSING and PURSUIT. Collins holds 168, NWL2023 holds 124 and ENABLE holds 114, so the count you can play changes with your game.
What is the highest-scoring word with R third and S fourth?
QURSHES scores 19 points in Scrabble before bonuses. PERSPEX follows at 18, then JERSEYS, BORSHCH and JARSFUL at 17, and HARSHLY at 16. HARSHLY is the best-known of these.
Which first letters start the most of these words?
P opens the most with 27 words, then B and H with 18 each and C with 16. T, V and W open 12 each, so P is the strongest first-letter guess when the clue gives you nothing else.

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