7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and R as the 4th letter

7-letter words with S first and R fourth: 341 matches, including started, stories, and sources.

341 wordsTop pick STARTEDHighest score SHERIFF 16

45 of 341 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

1st 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

4th 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 S in 1st place, R is the most common 4th letter (341 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 45 · most-used first

STARTED₈
STORIES₇
SOURCES₉
SUPREME₁₁
SHARING₁₁
STORAGE₈
SHORTLY₁₃
SCORING₁₀
SECRETS₉
SHORTER₁₀
SHERIFF₁₆
SPIRITS₉
STARING₈
STARTER₇
SMARTER₉
SHARPLY₁₅
STARTUP₉
SUNRISE₇
STARRED₈
SCARLET₉
SURREAL₇
SECRECY₁₄
STORING₈
SPARKED₁₄
SOURCED₁₀
SPARROW₁₂
STARVED₁₁
STIRRED₈
SOARING₈
STERILE₇
SHORTEN₁₀
SPARKLE₁₃
SPARTAN₉
STEROID₈
SOPRANO₉
STORMED₁₀
SCARRED₁₀
SNORING₈
SPURRED₁₀
SCARING₁₀
SHARPER₁₂
SORROWS₁₀
SCORERS₉
SCARVES₁₂
SHARPEN₁₂

All valid words 341

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

SABREUR₉
SABRING₁₀
SACRALS₉
SACRIFY₁₅
SACRING₁₀
SACRIST₉
SACRUMS₁₁
SAFROLE₁₀
SAFROLS₁₀
SAGRADA₉
SAIREST₇
SAIRING₈
SAPROBE₁₁
SATRAPS₉
SATRAPY₁₂
SAURELS₇
SAURIAN₇
SAURIES₇
SAUROID₈
SCARABS₁₁
SCARCER₁₁
SCARERS₉
SCARFED₁₃
SCARFER₁₂
SCARIER₉
SCARIFY₁₅
SCARILY₁₂
SCARING₁₀
SCARLET₉
SCARPAS₁₁
SCARPED₁₂
SCARPER₁₁
SCARPHS₁₄
SCARRED₁₀
SCARRES₉
SCARTED₁₀
SCARTHS₁₂
SCARVED₁₃
SCARVES₁₂
SCERNED₁₀
SCERNES₉
SCHRIKS₁₆
SCHRODS₁₃
SCIROCS₁₁
SCIRRHI₁₂
SCORERS₉
SCORIAC₁₁
SCORIAE₉
SCORIFY₁₅
SCORING₁₀
SCORNED₁₀
SCORNER₉
SCORPER₁₁
SCORSED₁₀
SCORSER₉
SCORSES₉
SCURRED₁₀
SCURRIL₉
SEARATS₇
SEARCED₁₀
SEARCES₉
SEAREST₇
SEARING₈
SECRECY₁₄
SECRETA₉
SECRETE₉
SECRETS₉
SEERESS₇
SENRYUS₁₀
SERRANO₇
SERRANS₇
SERRATE₇
SERRATI₇
SERRIED₈
SERRIES₇
SERRING₈
SEVRUGA₁₁
SFERICS₁₂
SHARDED₁₂
SHARERS₁₀
SHARIAH₁₃
SHARIAS₁₀
SHARIAT₁₀
SHARIFS₁₃
SHARING₁₁
SHARKED₁₅
SHARKER₁₄
SHARPED₁₃
SHARPEN₁₂
SHARPER₁₂
SHARPIE₁₂
SHARPLY₁₅
SHARTED₁₁
SHERANG₁₁
SHERBET₁₂
SHEREEF₁₃
SHERIAS₁₀
SHERIAT₁₀
SHERIFF₁₆
SHERIFS₁₃
SHEROES₁₀
SHEROOT₁₀
SHERPAS₁₂
SHERRIS₁₀
SHIRING₁₁
SHIRKED₁₅
SHIRKER₁₄
SHIRRAS₁₀
SHIRRED₁₁
SHIRTED₁₁
SHORANS₁₀
SHORERS₁₀
SHORING₁₁
SHORTED₁₁
SHORTEN₁₀
SHORTER₁₀
SHORTIA₁₀
SHORTIE₁₀
SHORTLY₁₃
SIERRAN₇
SIERRAS₇
SIRRAHS₁₀
SIRREES₇
SIRRING₈
SITREPS₉
SKARTHS₁₄
SKERRED₁₂
SKIRLED₁₂
SKIRRED₁₂
SKIRRET₁₁
SKIRTED₁₂
SKIRTER₁₁
SKYRING₁₅
SLARTED₈
SLORMED₁₀
SLURBAN₉
SLURPED₁₀
SLURPER₉
SLURRED₈
SLURVES₁₀
SMARAGD₁₁
SMARMED₁₂
SMARTED₁₀
SMARTEN₉
SMARTER₉
SMARTIE₉
SMARTLY₁₂
SMERKED₁₄
SMIRKED₁₄
SMIRKER₁₃
SMIRRED₁₀
SMORING₁₀
SMURRED₁₀
SNARERS₇
SNARFED₁₁
SNARFLE₁₀
SNARIER₇
SNARING₈
SNARKED₁₂
SNARLED₈
SNARLER₇
SNARRED₈
SNIRTLE₇
SNORERS₇
SNORING₈
SNORKEL₁₁
SNORTED₈
SNORTER₇
SOARERS₇
SOARING₈
SOIREES₇
SOPRANI₉
SOPRANO₉
SORRELS₇
SORRIER₇
SORRILY₁₀
SORROWS₁₀
SOURCED₁₀
SOURCES₉
SOUREST₇
SOURGUM₁₀
SOURING₈
SOURISH₁₀
SOUROCK₁₃
SOURSES₇
SOURSOP₉
SOVRANS₁₀
SPARELY₁₂
SPARERS₉
SPAREST₉
SPARGED₁₁
SPARGER₁₀
SPARGES₁₀
SPARIDS₁₀
SPARING₁₀
SPARKED₁₄
SPARKER₁₃
SPARKES₁₃
SPARKIE₁₃
SPARKLE₁₃
SPARKLY₁₆
SPAROID₁₀
SPARRED₁₀
SPARRER₉
SPARRES₉
SPARROW₁₂
SPARSER₉
SPARTAN₉
SPARTHE₁₂
SPARTHS₁₂
SPERMIC₁₃
SPERRED₁₀
SPERRES₉
SPERSED₁₀
SPERSES₉
SPERTHE₁₂
SPIRAEA₉
SPIRALS₉
SPIRANT₉
SPIREAS₉
SPIREME₁₁
SPIREMS₁₁
SPIRICS₁₁
SPIRIER₉
SPIRING₁₀
SPIRITS₉
SPIRITY₁₂
SPIROID₁₀
SPIRTED₁₀
SPIRTLE₉
SPIRULA₉
SPORING₁₀
SPOROID₁₀
SPORRAN₉
SPORTED₁₀
SPORTER₉
SPORTIF₁₂
SPORULE₉
SPURGES₁₀
SPURIAE₉
SPURNED₁₀
SPURNER₉
SPURNES₉
SPURRED₁₀
SPURRER₉
SPURREY₁₂
SPURTED₁₀
SPURTER₉
SPURTLE₉
SPURWAY₁₅
STARCHY₁₅
STARDOM₁₀
STARERS₇
STARETS₇
STARETZ₁₆
STARING₈
STARKED₁₂
STARKEN₁₁
STARKER₁₁
STARKLY₁₄
STARLET₇
STARLIT₇
STARNED₈
STARNIE₇
STARRED₈
STARTED₈
STARTER₇
STARTLE₇
STARTLY₁₀
STARTSY₁₀
STARTUP₉
STARVED₁₁
STARVER₁₀
STARVES₁₀
STERANE₇
STEREOS₇
STERILE₇
STERLET₇
STERNAL₇
STERNED₈
STERNER₇
STERNLY₁₀
STERNUM₉
STEROID₈
STEROLS₇
STERTOR₇
STERVED₁₁
STERVES₁₀
STIRING₈
STIRPES₉
STIRRAH₁₀
STIRRAS₇
STIRRED₈
STIRRER₇
STIRRES₇
STIRRUP₉
STORAGE₈
STORERS₇
STOREYS₁₀
STORGES₈
STORIED₈
STORIES₇
STORING₈
STORMED₁₀
STORMER₉
STURMER₉
STURNUS₇
STURTED₈
STYRENE₁₀
STYRING₁₁
SUBRACE₁₁
SUBRENT₉
SUBRING₁₀
SUBRULE₉
SUCRASE₉
SUCRIER₉
SUCROSE₉
SUNRAYS₁₀
SUNRISE₇
SUNROOF₁₀
SUNROOM₉
SUPREME₁₁
SUPREMO₁₁
SURREAL₇
SURREYS₁₀
SWARDED₁₂
SWARFED₁₄
SWARMED₁₃
SWARMER₁₂
SWARTHS₁₃
SWARTHY₁₆
SWARVED₁₄
SWARVES₁₃
SWERFED₁₄
SWERVED₁₄
SWERVER₁₃
SWERVES₁₃
SWIRLED₁₁
SWORDED₁₂
SWORDER₁₁
SYNROCS₁₂

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 6th letter is E.

2nd letter

P18%
T18%
H12%

3rd letter

A34%
O13%
I13%

5th letter

I18%
T13%
E12%

6th letter

E43%
N11%
L8%

7th letter

S26%
D22%
R12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; SHERIFF tops the list with 16. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 50 words
8 points: 28 words
99 points: 67 words
10 points: 77 words
1111 points: 37 words
12 points: 34 words
1313 points: 21 words
14 points: 13 words
1515 points: 9 words
16 points: 5 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SHERIFF	16	15	All three
SPARKLY	16	17	All three
SWARTHY	16	14	All three
STARETZ	16	16	Collins only
SCHRIKS	16	16	All three
SHARPLY	15	15	All three
STARCHY	15	14	All three
SHIRKED	15	14	All three
SPURWAY	15	16	Collins only
SCARIFY	15	15	All three
SACRIFY	15	15	Collins only
SHARKED	15	14	All three

These matches follow S _ _ R _ _ _, leaving five positions open around the fixed first and fourth letters. Familiar examples include started, stories, sources, sharing, and storage. The pool draws from Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, with uneven coverage: Collins includes 332 matches and ENABLE includes 230; most entries are not everyday vocabulary, so check your game's lexicon before playing an unfamiliar word.

At a glance: common words and top scores

341 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern S _ _ R _ _ _.
45 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
Final S leads the endings with 88 matches; D follows with 74.
R is the final letter in 41 matches.
Sheriff, sparkly, swarthy, staretz, and schriks each score 16 points.

7-letter words with S first and R fourth: how many?

There are 341 matches for S _ _ R _ _ _. That is more than the 313 words with S in the first position and T in the fourth, making R a particularly productive choice for this fixed pattern.

Start with forms you already recognize: started and starter share a familiar opening, while stories and storing place common letter combinations around the fixed R. Sources, storage, and sunrise offer different endings, so use any known final tile before testing the open slots.

Ending patterns can narrow a clue quickly. S closes 88 matches, D closes 74, and R closes 41. If the board shows a final S, try stories, sources, or spirits before considering a less familiar construction.

Which matching words score highest?

Five matches tie at 16 Scrabble points: sheriff, sparkly, swarthy, staretz, and schriks. Sharply, starchy, shirked, spurway, and scarify each score 15. Sheriff is familiar vocabulary; staretz and schriks are less likely to come to mind during a quick solve.

For 7-letter words with S first and R fourth, the main limitation is vocabulary, not pattern fit: only 45 of 341 are common by frequency. Collins covers 332 matches, while ENABLE covers 230, so an unfamiliar entry may not be accepted in every game.

Questions people ask

What are common seven-letter words with S first and R fourth?

Started, stories, sources, sharing, and storage are recognizable examples. The full pattern is S _ _ R _ _ _, and 45 of its 341 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The remaining entries include many less familiar choices.

Which S _ _ R _ _ _ word scores the most in Scrabble?

Sheriff, sparkly, swarthy, staretz, and schriks tie for the top score at 16 points. Sharply, starchy, shirked, spurway, and scarify each score 15. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar high scorer.

How many of these words end in S?

88 matching words end in S, the most frequent final letter in this group. D is next with 74, followed by R with 41. A known ending can sharply reduce the possibilities while you work through the open letter positions.

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