3 letter words with E and R

Our dictionary holds 41 3 letter words with e and r, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is REZ, worth 12 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with R than any other letter — 21 of them, about 51% of the list.

27 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (66%), including are, her, per, red, pre; the remaining 14 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.