5-letter words starting with R

R begins 610 entries, including 105 answer candidates; ritzy leads the scoring data at 17 points, with familiar options throughout the examples.

619 wordsTop pick RIGHTHighest score RITZY 17

122 of 619 are everyday words (20%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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S starts the most 5-letter words (1,547); X starts the fewest (15). R ranks #10 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 122 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 122 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 619

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

RABAT₇
RABBI₉
RABIC₉
RABID₈
RABIS₇
RACED₈
RACER₇
RACES₇
RACHE₁₀
RACKS₁₁
RACON₇
RADAR₆
RADGE₇
RADII₆
RADIO₆
RADIX₁₃
RADON₆
RAFFS₁₁
RAFTS₈
RAGAS₆
RAGDE₇
RAGED₇
RAGEE₆
RAGER₆
RAGES₆
RAGGA₇
RAGGS₇
RAGGY₁₀
RAGIS₆
RAHED₉
RAHUI₈
RAIAS₅
RAIDS₆
RAIKS₉
RAILE₅
RAILS₅
RAINE₅
RAINS₅
RAINY₈
RAIRD₆
RAISE₅
RAITA₅
RAITS₅
RAJAH₁₅
RAJAS₁₂
RAJES₁₂
RAKED₁₀
RAKEE₉
RAKER₉
RAKES₉
RAKIS₉
RAKUS₉
RALES₅
RALLY₈
RALPH₁₀
RAMAL₇
RAMEE₇
RAMEN₇
RAMET₇
RAMIE₇
RAMIN₇
RAMIS₇
RAMMY₁₂
RAMPS₉
RAMUS₇
RANAS₅
RANCE₇
RANCH₁₀
RANDO₆
RANDS₆
RANDY₉
RANEE₅
RANGE₆
RANGI₆
RANGS₆
RANGY₉
RANID₆
RANIS₅
RANKE₉
RANKS₉
RANTS₅
RAPED₈
RAPER₇
RAPES₇
RAPHE₁₀
RAPID₈
RAPPE₉
RARED₆
RAREE₅
RARER₅
RARES₅
RARKS₉
RASED₆
RASER₅
RASES₅
RASPS₇
RASPY₁₀
RASSE₅
RASTA₅
RATAL₅
RATAN₅
RATAS₅
RATCH₁₀
RATED₆
RATEL₅
RATER₅
RATES₅
RATHA₈
RATHE₈
RATHS₈
RATIO₅
RATOO₅
RATOS₅
RATTY₈
RATUS₅
RAUNS₅
RAUPO₇
RAVED₉
RAVEL₈
RAVEN₈
RAVER₈
RAVES₈
RAVEY₁₁
RAVIN₈
RAWER₈
RAWIN₈
RAWLY₁₁
RAWNS₈
RAXED₁₃
RAXES₁₂
RAYAH₁₁
RAYAS₈
RAYED₉
RAYLE₈
RAYNE₈
RAYON₈
RAZED₁₅
RAZEE₁₄
RAZER₁₄
RAZES₁₄
RAZOO₁₄
RAZOR₁₄
REACH₁₀
REACT₇
READD₇
READS₆
READY₉
REAIS₅
REAKS₉
REALM₇
REALO₅
REALS₅
REAME₇
REAMS₇
REAMY₁₀
REANS₅
REAPS₇
REARM₇
REARS₅
REAST₅
REATA₅
REATE₅
REAVE₈
REBAR₇
REBBE₉
REBEC₉
REBEL₇
REBID₈
REBIT₇
REBOP₉
REBUS₇
REBUT₇
REBUY₁₀
RECAL₇
RECAP₉
RECCE₉
RECCO₉
RECCY₁₂
RECIT₇
RECKS₁₁
RECON₇
RECTA₇
RECTI₇
RECTO₇
RECUR₇
RECUT₇
REDAN₆
REDDS₇
REDDY₁₀
REDED₇
REDES₆
REDIA₆
REDID₇
REDIP₈
REDLY₉
REDON₆
REDOS₆
REDOX₁₃
REDRY₉
REDUB₈
REDUX₁₃
REDYE₉
REECH₁₀
REEDE₆
REEDS₆
REEDY₉
REEFS₈
REEFY₁₁
REEKS₉
REEKY₁₂
REELS₅
REENS₅
REEST₅
REEVE₈
REFED₉
REFEL₈
REFER₈
REFFO₁₁
REFIT₈
REFIX₁₅
REFLY₁₁
REFRY₁₁
REGAL₆
REGAR₆
REGES₆
REGGO₇
REGIE₆
REGMA₈
REGNA₆
REGOS₆
REGUR₆
REHAB₁₀
REHEM₁₀
REIFS₈
REIFY₁₁
REIGN₆
REIKI₉
REIKS₉
REINK₉
REINS₅
REIRD₆
REIST₅
REIVE₈
REJIG₁₃
REJON₁₂
REKED₁₀
REKES₉
REKEY₁₂
RELAX₁₂
RELAY₈
RELET₅
RELIC₇
RELIE₅
RELIT₅
REMAN₇
REMAP₉
REMEN₇
REMET₇
REMEX₁₄
REMIT₇
REMIX₁₄
RENAL₅
RENAY₈
RENDS₆
RENEW₈
RENEY₈
RENGA₆
RENIG₆
RENIN₅
RENNE₅
RENOS₅
RENTE₅
RENTS₅
REOIL₅
REORG₆
REPAY₁₀
REPEG₈
REPEL₇
REPIN₇
REPLA₇
REPLY₁₀
REPOS₇
REPOT₇
REPPS₉
REPRO₇
RERAN₅
RERIG₆
RERUN₅
RESAT₅
RESAW₈
RESAY₈
RESEE₅
RESES₅
RESET₅
RESEW₈
RESID₆
RESIN₅
RESIT₅
RESOD₆
RESOW₈
RESTO₅
RESTS₅
RESTY₈
RETAG₆
RETAX₁₂
RETCH₁₀
RETEM₇
RETES₅
RETIA₅
RETIE₅
RETRO₅
RETRY₈
REUSE₅
REVEL₈
REVET₈
REVIE₈
REVUE₈
REWAN₈
REWAX₁₅
REWED₉
REWET₈
REWIN₈
REWON₈
REWTH₁₁
REXES₁₂
REZES₁₄
RHEAS₈
RHEME₁₀
RHEUM₁₀
RHIES₈
RHIME₁₀
RHINE₈
RHINO₈
RHODY₁₂
RHOMB₁₂
RHONE₈
RHUMB₁₂
RHYME₁₃
RHYNE₁₁
RHYTA₁₁
RIALS₅
RIANT₅
RIATA₅
RIBAS₇
RIBBY₁₂
RIBES₇
RICED₈
RICER₇
RICES₇
RICEY₁₀
RICHT₁₀
RICIN₇
RICKS₁₁
RIDER₆
RIDES₆
RIDGE₇
RIDGY₁₀
RIELS₅
RIEMS₇
RIEVE₈
RIFER₈
RIFFS₁₁
RIFLE₈
RIFTE₈
RIFTS₈
RIFTY₁₁
RIGGS₇
RIGHT₉
RIGID₇
RIGOL₆
RIGOR₆
RILED₆
RILES₅
RILEY₈
RILLE₅
RILLS₅
RIMAE₇
RIMED₈
RIMER₇
RIMES₇
RIMUS₇
RINDS₆
RINDY₉
RINES₅
RINGS₆
RINKS₉
RINSE₅
RIOJA₁₂
RIOTS₅
RIPED₈
RIPEN₇
RIPER₇
RIPES₇
RIPPS₉
RISEN₅
RISER₅
RISES₅
RISHI₈
RISKS₉
RISKY₁₂
RISPS₇
RISUS₅
RITES₅
RITTS₅
RITZY₁₇
RIVAL₈
RIVAS₈
RIVED₉
RIVEL₈
RIVEN₈
RIVER₈
RIVES₈
RIVET₈
RIVOS₈
RIYAL₈
RIZAS₁₄
ROACH₁₀
ROADS₆
ROAMS₇
ROANS₅
ROARS₅
ROARY₈
ROAST₅
ROATE₅
ROBED₈
ROBES₇
ROBIN₇
ROBLE₇
ROBOT₇
ROCKS₁₁
ROCKY₁₄
RODED₇
RODEO₆
RODES₆
ROGER₆
ROGUE₆
ROGUY₉
ROIDS₆
ROILS₅
ROILY₈
ROINS₅
ROIST₅
ROJAK₁₆
ROJIS₁₂
ROKED₁₀
ROKER₉
ROKES₉
ROLAG₆
ROLES₅
ROLFS₈
ROLLS₅
ROMAL₇
ROMAN₇
ROMAS₇
ROMEO₇
ROMPS₉
RONDE₆
RONDO₆
RONEO₅
RONES₅
RONIN₅
RONNE₅
RONTE₅
RONTS₅
ROODS₆
ROOFS₈
ROOFY₁₁
ROOKS₉
ROOKY₁₂
ROOMS₇
ROOMY₁₀
ROONS₅
ROOPS₇
ROOPY₁₀
ROOSA₅
ROOSE₅
ROOST₅
ROOTS₅
ROOTY₈
ROPED₈
ROPER₇
ROPES₇
ROPEY₁₀
ROQUE₁₄
RORAL₅
RORES₅
RORIC₇
RORID₆
RORIE₅
RORTS₅
RORTY₈
ROSED₆
ROSES₅
ROSET₅
ROSHI₈
ROSIN₅
ROSIT₅
ROSTI₅
ROSTS₅
ROTAL₅
ROTAN₅
ROTAS₅
ROTCH₁₀
ROTED₆
ROTES₅
ROTIS₅
ROTLS₅
ROTON₅
ROTOR₅
ROTOS₅
ROTTE₅
ROUEN₅
ROUES₅
ROUGE₆
ROUGH₉
ROULE₅
ROULS₅
ROUMS₇
ROUND₆
ROUPS₇
ROUPY₁₀
ROUSE₅
ROUST₅
ROUTE₅
ROUTH₈
ROUTS₅
ROVED₉
ROVEN₈
ROVER₈
ROVES₈
ROWAN₈
ROWDY₁₂
ROWED₉
ROWEL₈
ROWEN₈
ROWER₈
ROWME₁₀
ROWND₉
ROWTH₁₁
ROWTS₈
ROYAL₈
ROYNE₈
ROYST₈
ROZET₁₄
ROZIT₁₄
RUANA₅
RUBAI₇
RUBBY₁₂
RUBEL₇
RUBES₇
RUBIN₇
RUBLE₇
RUBLI₇
RUBUS₇
RUCHE₁₀
RUCKS₁₁
RUDAS₆
RUDDS₇
RUDDY₁₀
RUDER₆
RUDES₆
RUDIE₆
RUERS₅
RUFFE₁₁
RUFFS₁₁
RUGAE₆
RUGAL₆
RUGBY₁₁
RUGGY₁₀
RUING₆
RUINS₅
RUKHS₁₂
RULED₆
RULER₅
RULES₅
RUMAL₇
RUMBA₉
RUMBO₉
RUMEN₇
RUMES₇
RUMLY₁₀
RUMMY₁₂
RUMOR₇
RUMPO₉
RUMPS₉
RUMPY₁₂
RUNCH₁₀
RUNDS₆
RUNED₆
RUNES₅
RUNGS₆
RUNIC₇
RUNNY₈
RUNTS₅
RUNTY₈
RUPEE₇
RUPIA₇
RURAL₅
RURPS₇
RURUS₅
RUSAS₅
RUSES₅
RUSHY₁₁
RUSKS₉
RUSMA₇
RUSSE₅
RUSTS₅
RUSTY₈
RUTHS₈
RUTIN₅
RUTTY₈
RYALS₈
RYBAT₁₀
RYKED₁₃
RYKES₁₂
RYMME₁₂
RYNDS₉
RYOTS₈
RYPER₁₀

Letters by positionIn 30% of these words the 5th letter is S.

2nd letter

E30%
A23%
O21%

3rd letter

4th letter

E26%
I10%
A10%

5th letter

S30%
E12%
Y11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 5 in Scrabble; RITZY tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 147 words
6 points: 78 words
77 points: 110 words
8 points: 107 words
99 points: 60 words
10 points: 40 words
1111 points: 25 words
12 points: 26 words
1313 points: 7 words
14 points: 13 words
1515 points: 4 words
16 points: 1 words
1717 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
RITZY	17	16	All three
ROJAK	16	18	Collins only
RAZED	15	15	All three
RAJAH	15	16	All three
REFIX	15	15	All three
REWAX	15	15	All three
ROCKY	14	14	All three
REMIX	14	15	All three
RAZOR	14	14	All three
RAZER	14	14	All three
ROQUE	14	15	All three
RAZES	14	14	All three

The 610 matches range from right and reply to rates, range and radio. These familiar examples test very different second letters, which makes them useful when R is confirmed but the next position is unknown. Only 122 of the 610 entries count as common, leaving a wide remainder for less routine word-list searches.

Familiar R words with varied starts

Start from right when its known letters match your pattern.
R has 610 listed matches across this five-letter group.
Ritzy 17 is the score leader at 17 points.
The Wordle answer group contains 105 entries for this opening letter.

A broad R list and smaller answer set

The answer set contains 105 R words, including familiar options such as right, reply, river, ready and round. That is a useful candidate pool when the opening tile is fixed, but the 610 total matches show why a general dictionary list can be much broader than a puzzle’s answers. Match every known position before choosing among them.

R’s list is large enough to offer many alternatives, yet the familiar examples cover varied patterns: right, reply, rates, range and radio. Just 122 of the 610 entries count as common, so the complete set reaches far beyond everyday vocabulary. The score leader, ritzy, reaches 17 points, while the average is 7.6.

That modest average makes the high-value examples particularly noticeable. Meanwhile, 105 entries are Wordle answers, a separate collection from the larger dictionary list.

The 7.6 average is lower than the leading 17-point play by a wide margin, making the scoring leaders stand apart from routine choices.

R’s modest average and high scorer

Tip

R has a broad pool of familiar starts, but its average Scrabble score is comparatively low. Its top play still rewards a Z, and 105 entries are Wordle answers.

S is the common R ending

S is the most frequent ending, closing 185 entries. E follows at 77 and Y at 66, with D appearing 46 times. When you have R at the start and an unresolved final square, S is the clearest first possibility in the full list.

Keep the less common endings in view once the obvious pattern stops fitting.

Ritzy is the top scorer at 17 points, while rojak reaches 16. Razed, rajah, refix and rewax each score 15. The average score is 7.6, so these leaders sit well above the typical R entry.

For a practical play, rocky, razor and remix each offer 14 points in the scoring facts.

Questions people ask

Which familiar R words appear in the examples?

Right, reply, rates, range and radio are listed examples. They vary in their second letters, letting you compare several possible openings after R has been confirmed.

What is the leading Scrabble score for R?

Ritzy scores 17 points, with rojak at 16. Razed, rajah, refix and rewax each reach 15, well above the 7.6 average score for this set.

How many R words appear as Wordle answers?

There are 105 R entries in the answer pool, compared with 610 total matches. Right, reply, river, ready and round are familiar examples to check against your known positions.

Which final letter is most common among R entries?

S closes 185 words, ahead of E at 77 and Y at 66. D appears 46 times, so it is another possibility once the more frequent endings have been ruled out.

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5-letter words starting with R

Common words 122 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

Familiar R words with varied starts

A broad R list and smaller answer set

R’s modest average and high scorer

S is the common R ending

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