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6-letter words with R as the 4th letter

A curated list of 6-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when R is fixed in the 4th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: aarrgh, aboral, aborts.

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770 words

Word	Length	Syllables
aarrgh	6	1
aboral	6	3
aborts	6	2
acarid	6	3
acarus	6	3
accrue	6	1
acorns	6	2
adored	6	3
adorer	6	3
adores	6	3
adorns	6	2
affray	6	2
agaric	6	3
aggros	6	2
agorae	6	2
agoras	6	3
agorot	6	3
ahorse	6	2
aigret	6	2
alarms	6	2
alarum	6	3
aldrin	6	2
alerts	6	2
amarna	6	3
amerce	6	2
amoral	6	3
amtrac	6	2
anarch	6	2
anergy	6	3
anorak	6	3
antral	6	2
antres	6	2
antrum	6	2
anural	6	3
anuran	6	3
anuria	6	3
anuric	6	3
apercu	6	3
asarum	6	3
ashram	6	2
astral	6	2
astray	6	2
averse	6	2
averts	6	2
awards	6	2
azures	6	3
bairns	6	1
barred	6	2
barrel	6	2
barren	6	2
barres	6	2
barret	6	2
barrio	6	2
barrow	6	2
beards	6	1
bearer	6	2
bedrid	6	2
bedrug	6	2
befret	6	2
begrim	6	2
betray	6	2
bewrap	6	2
bewray	6	2
bharal	6	2
bicron	6	2
birred	6	2
blared	6	2
blares	6	2
blurbs	6	1
blurry	6	2
blurts	6	1
boards	6	1
boarts	6	1
borrow	6	2
bourgs	6	1
bourne	6	1
bourns	6	1
bourse	6	1
burred	6	2
burrer	6	2
burros	6	2
burrow	6	2
cadres	6	2
cairds	6	1
cairns	6	1
cairny	6	2
capric	6	2
capris	6	2
carrel	6	2
carrom	6	2
carrot	6	2
ceorls	6	1
charas	6	2
chards	6	1
chared	6	2
chares	6	2
charge	6	1
charka	6	2
charks	6	1
charms	6	1
charro	6	2
charrs	6	1
charry	6	2
charts	6	1
cherry	6	2
cherts	6	1
cherty	6	2
cherub	6	2
chiral	6	2
chirks	6	1
chirms	6	1
chiros	6	2
chirps	6	1
chirpy	6	2
chirre	6	1
chirrs	6	1
choral	6	2
chords	6	1
chorea	6	2
chored	6	2
chores	6	2
choric	6	2
chorus	6	2
church	6	1
churls	6	1
churns	6	1
churro	6	2
churrs	6	1
cirrus	6	2
citral	6	2
citric	6	2
citrin	6	2
citron	6	2
citrus	6	2
claret	6	2
claros	6	2
clergy	6	2
cleric	6	2
clerid	6	2
clerks	6	1
coarse	6	1
cobras	6	2
coerce	6	1
coprah	6	2
copras	6	2
corral	6	2
corrie	6	1
course	6	1
courts	6	1
cowrie	6	1
crores	6	2
crural	6	2
cupric	6	2
cuprum	6	2
curran	6	2
curred	6	2
currie	6	1
cypres	6	2
cyprus	6	2
dearer	6	2
dearie	6	1
dearly	6	2
dearth	6	1
debris	6	2
decree	6	1
defray	6	2
degree	6	1
derris	6	2
dharma	6	2
dharna	6	2
dhurna	6	2
diuron	6	2
dobras	6	2
dourah	6	2
douras	6	2
dourer	6	2
dourly	6	2
durras	6	2
durrie	6	1
dwarfs	6	1
eagres	6	2
ecarte	6	2
embrue	6	1
embryo	6	2
emerge	6	2
emerod	6	3
endrin	6	2
energy	6	3
engram	6	2
entrap	6	2
entree	6	1
enured	6	3
enures	6	3
enwrap	6	2
eparch	6	2
escrow	6	2
esprit	6	2
estral	6	2
estray	6	2
estrin	6	2
estrum	6	2
estrus	6	2
eterne	6	2
everts	6	2
exarch	6	2
exerts	6	2
extras	6	2
exurbs	6	2
fabric	6	2
faerie	6	1
faired	6	2
fairer	6	2
fairly	6	2
farrow	6	2
feared	6	2
fearer	6	2
feirie	6	1
ferrel	6	2
ferret	6	2
ferric	6	2
ferrum	6	2
fibres	6	2
fibril	6	2
fibrin	6	2
fierce	6	1
fiords	6	1
fjords	6	1
flared	6	2
flares	6	2
flirts	6	1
flirty	6	2
florae	6	1
floral	6	2
floras	6	2
floret	6	2
florid	6	2
florin	6	2
flurry	6	2
forrit	6	2
fourth	6	1
freres	6	2
fuhrer	6	2
furred	6	2
furrow	6	2
garred	6	2
garret	6	2
garron	6	2
geared	6	2
genres	6	2
genros	6	2
gharri	6	2
gharry	6	2
gherao	6	2
glared	6	2
glares	6	2
gloria	6	2
gnarls	6	1
gnarly	6	2
gnarrs	6	1
gooral	6	2
gourde	6	1
gourds	6	1
guards	6	1
guiros	6	2
hadron	6	2
haeres	6	2
hairdo	6	2
haired	6	2
harrow	6	2
hatred	6	2
hearer	6	2
hearse	6	1
hearth	6	1
hearts	6	1
hearty	6	2
heired	6	2
henrys	6	2
hoards	6	1
hoarse	6	1
hoorah	6	2
hooray	6	2
horrid	6	2
horror	6	2
hotrod	6	2
houris	6	2
hourly	6	2
hubris	6	2
hurrah	6	2
hurray	6	2
hybrid	6	2
hybris	6	2
hydrae	6	1
hydras	6	2
hydria	6	2
hydric	6	2
hydrid	6	2
hydros	6	2
iatric	6	2
imaret	6	3
imbrue	6	1
improv	6	2
inarch	6	2
inarms	6	2
inbred	6	2
indris	6	2
inerts	6	2
intron	6	2
intros	6	2
inured	6	3
inures	6	3
inurns	6	2
inwrap	6	2
iterum	6	3
ixoras	6	3
jagras	6	2
jarrah	6	2
jarred	6	2
jeered	6	2
jeerer	6	2
jerrid	6	2
journo	6	2
karroo	6	2
kauris	6	2
kerria	6	2
knarry	6	2
knurls	6	1
knurly	6	2
kouroi	6	2
kouros	6	2
kukris	6	2
labret	6	2
labrum	6	2
ladron	6	2
lairds	6	1
laired	6	2
larrup	6	2
latria	6	2
laurae	6	1
lauras	6	2
laurel	6	2
learns	6	1
learnt	6	1
leered	6	2
liards	6	1
librae	6	1
libras	6	2
lierne	6	1
litres	6	2
livres	6	2
loured	6	2
lubric	6	2
lucres	6	2
macron	6	2
macros	6	2
madras	6	2
madres	6	2
marram	6	2
marred	6	2
marrer	6	2
marron	6	2
marrow	6	2
matres	6	2
matrix	6	2
matron	6	2
mbiras	6	2
megrim	6	2
metred	6	2
metres	6	2
metric	6	2
metros	6	2
micron	6	2
micros	6	2
midrib	6	2
mihrab	6	2
mikron	6	2
mirror	6	2
mitral	6	2
mitred	6	2
mitres	6	2
moirai	6	2
moires	6	2
moored	6	2
morris	6	2
morros	6	2
morrow	6	2
mourns	6	1
mudras	6	2
murras	6	2
murres	6	2
murrey	6	2
murrha	6	2
myrrhs	6	1
nacred	6	2
nacres	6	2
narrow	6	2
natron	6	2
nearby	6	2
neared	6	2
nearer	6	2
nearly	6	2
neural	6	2
neuron	6	2
nimrod	6	2
nitres	6	2
nitric	6	2
nitrid	6	2
nitril	6	2
nitros	6	2
nutria	6	2
ochrea	6	2
ochred	6	2
ochres	6	2
octroi	6	2
odored	6	3
ombres	6	2
operas	6	3
operon	6	3
orfray	6	2
osprey	6	2
outran	6	2
outrow	6	2
outrun	6	2
overdo	6	3
overed	6	3
overly	6	3
padres	6	2
paired	6	2
parral	6	2
parred	6	2
parrel	6	2
parrot	6	2
patrol	6	2
patron	6	2
pearls	6	1
pearly	6	2
pedros	6	2
peered	6	2
peerie	6	1
perron	6	2
petrel	6	2
petrol	6	2
pharos	6	2
picric	6	2
pierce	6	1
plural	6	2
pogrom	6	2
poorer	6	2
pooris	6	2
poorly	6	2
poured	6	2
pourer	6	2
pterin	6	2
pugree	6	1
purred	6	2
putrid	6	2
pyrrol	6	2
pyuria	6	2
quarks	6	1
quarry	6	2
quarte	6	1
quarto	6	2
quarts	6	1
quartz	6	1
querns	6	1
quired	6	2
quires	6	2
quirks	6	1
quirky	6	2
quirts	6	1
quorum	6	2
qwerty	6	2
ramrod	6	2
reared	6	2
rearer	6	2
rearms	6	1
rebred	6	2
redraw	6	2
redrew	6	2
regret	6	2
regrew	6	2
regrow	6	2
repros	6	2
retral	6	2
retrim	6	2
retros	6	2
rewrap	6	2
ricrac	6	2
riprap	6	2
roared	6	2
roarer	6	2
rubric	6	2
sabras	6	2
sabred	6	2
sabres	6	2
sacral	6	2
sacred	6	2
sacrum	6	2
safrol	6	2
satrap	6	2
saurel	6	2
scarab	6	2
scarce	6	1
scared	6	2
scarer	6	2
scares	6	2
scarey	6	2
scarfs	6	1
scarph	6	1
scarps	6	1
scarry	6	2
scarts	6	1
schrik	6	1
schrod	6	1
scorch	6	1
scored	6	2
scorer	6	2
scores	6	2
scoria	6	2
scorns	6	1
scurfs	6	1
scurfy	6	2
scurry	6	2
scurvy	6	2
search	6	1
seared	6	2
searer	6	2
secret	6	2
senryu	6	2
shards	6	1
shared	6	2
sharer	6	2
shares	6	2
sharif	6	2
sharks	6	1
sharns	6	1
sharny	6	2
sharps	6	1
sharpy	6	2
sherds	6	1
sherif	6	2
sherpa	6	2
sherry	6	2
shires	6	2
shirks	6	1
shirrs	6	1
shirts	6	1
shirty	6	2
shoran	6	2
shored	6	2
shores	6	2
shorls	6	1
shorts	6	1
shorty	6	2
sierra	6	2
sirrah	6	2
sirras	6	2
sirree	6	1
skerry	6	2
skirls	6	1
skirrs	6	1
skirts	6	1
skorts	6	1
slurbs	6	1
slurps	6	1
slurry	6	2
smarms	6	1
smarmy	6	2
smarts	6	1
smarty	6	2
smerks	6	1
smirch	6	1
smirks	6	1
smirky	6	2
snared	6	2
snarer	6	2
snares	6	2
snarks	6	1
snarky	6	2
snarls	6	1
snarly	6	2
snored	6	2
snorer	6	2
snores	6	2
snorts	6	1
soared	6	2
soarer	6	2
soiree	6	1
sorrel	6	2
sorrow	6	2
source	6	1
soured	6	2
sourer	6	2
sourly	6	2
sovran	6	2
spared	6	2
sparer	6	2
spares	6	2
sparge	6	1
sparid	6	2
sparks	6	1
sparky	6	2
sparry	6	2
sparse	6	1
sperms	6	1
spiral	6	2
spirea	6	2
spired	6	2
spirem	6	2
spires	6	2
spirit	6	2
spirts	6	1
sporal	6	2
spored	6	2
spores	6	2
sports	6	1
sporty	6	2
spurge	6	1
spurns	6	1
spurry	6	2
spurts	6	1
starch	6	1
stared	6	2
starer	6	2
stares	6	2
starry	6	2
starts	6	1
starve	6	1
stereo	6	2
steres	6	2
steric	6	2
sterna	6	2
sterns	6	1
sterol	6	2
stirks	6	1
stirps	6	1
storax	6	2
stored	6	2
stores	6	2
storey	6	2
storks	6	1
storms	6	1
stormy	6	2
sturdy	6	2
sturts	6	1
styrax	6	2
sucres	6	2
surras	6	2
surrey	6	2
sutras	6	2
svaraj	6	2
swaraj	6	2
swards	6	1
swarfs	6	1
swarms	6	1
swarth	6	1
swarty	6	2
swerve	6	1
swirls	6	1
swirly	6	2
swords	6	1
tagrag	6	2
tanrec	6	2
tarred	6	2
tarres	6	2
teared	6	2
tearer	6	2
tenrec	6	2
terrae	6	1
terras	6	2
terret	6	2
territ	6	2
terror	6	2
tetrad	6	2
tetras	6	2
tetryl	6	2
tharms	6	1
theres	6	2
therme	6	1
therms	6	1
thiram	6	2
thirds	6	1
thirls	6	1
thirst	6	1
thirty	6	2
thorax	6	2
thoria	6	2
thoric	6	2
thorns	6	1
thorny	6	2
thoron	6	2
thorpe	6	1
thorps	6	1
thurls	6	1
thyrse	6	1
thyrsi	6	2
tiaras	6	2
tierce	6	1
tiered	6	2
titres	6	2
torrid	6	2
toured	6	2
tourer	6	2
tsores	6	2
tsoris	6	2
tsuris	6	2
tugrik	6	2
turret	6	2
twerps	6	1
twirls	6	1
twirly	6	2
twirps	6	1
tzuris	6	2
ultras	6	2
umbrae	6	1
umbral	6	2
umbras	6	2
unarms	6	2
unbred	6	2
undraw	6	2
undrew	6	2
unfree	6	1
untrim	6	2
untrod	6	2
untrue	6	1
unwrap	6	2
upgrew	6	2
upgrow	6	2
uphroe	6	1
upprop	6	2
urares	6	3
uraris	6	3
usurer	6	3
usurps	6	2
uterus	6	3
vagrom	6	2
veered	6	2
vibrio	6	2
vitric	6	2
waired	6	2
walrus	6	2
warred	6	2
warren	6	2
wearer	6	2
weirdo	6	2
weirds	6	1
weirdy	6	2
wharfs	6	1
wharve	6	1
wheres	6	2
wherry	6	2
wherve	6	1
whirls	6	1
whirly	6	2
whirrs	6	1
whirry	6	2
whored	6	2
whores	6	2
whorls	6	1
whorts	6	1
worrit	6	2
yairds	6	1
yarrow	6	2
yearly	6	2
yearns	6	1
yirred	6	2
yttria	6	2
yttric	6	2
zaires	6	2
zebras	6	2
zoaria	6	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed R in the 4th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping R locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.