4-Letter Words Starting with R

All 212 four-letter words that start with R

RA

• raad5n. An assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.
• raag5n. Synonym of raga.
• rabe6n. The budding shoot of a brassica that has bolted.
• rabi6n. Spring.
• race6n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to...
• rach9n. A dog that hunts by scent.
• rack10n. A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
• racy9adj. Mildly risqué.
• rada5n. A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
• rade5n. Raid.
• raff10n. A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity.
• raft7n. A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for...
• raga5n. Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece...
• rage5n. Violent uncontrolled anger.
• ragg6n. Ragstone.
• ragi5n. A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid...
• rago5adj. Wild, out of control.
• raid5n. A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• rail4n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as...
• rain4n. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
• rake8n. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used...
• raki8n. A Turkish liqueur flavored with anise.
• rale4n. An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both...
• rame6n. A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
• ramp8n. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
• rams6n. A French trick-taking card game related to nap and loo.
• rand5n. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
• rang5n. A long strip of rectangular lots of land in Quebec.
• rani4n. The wife of a rajah.
• rank8adj. Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
• rann4n. A stanza of Irish poetry.
• rant4v. To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
• rapt6adj. Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
• rare4adj. Very uncommon; scarce.
• rasa4n. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.
• rase4v. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to...
• rash7adj. Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not...
• rasm6n. The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that...
• rasp6n. A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are...
• rata4n. Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.
• rate4n. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and...
• rath7n. A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime...
• rats4interj. An expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn.
• ratu4n. A Fijian chief or chiefly titleholder.
• rava7n. Semolina.
• rave7n. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
• rawk11n. A thick fog.
• raya7n. A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and...
• raze13v. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to...
• razz22n. A version of seven-card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called...

RE

• read5v. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
• reak8n. A prank.
• real4adj. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• ream6n. Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam...
• rean4n. A deep furrow used for drainage.
• reap6v. To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
• rear4v. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to...
• reck10v. To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to...
• redd6v. To free from entanglement.
• rede5n. Help, advice, counsel.
• redo5v. To do again.
• reeb6n. Beer.
• reed5n. Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing...
• reef7n. A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface...
• reek8n. A strong unpleasant smell.
• reel4n. A shaky or unsteady gait.
• reem6n. A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously...
• reen4n. A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
• reet4adj. Right.
• refs7n. A scheduled meal break during a shift.
• reft7n. A chink; a rift.
• rego5n. Registration for a motor vehicle.
• regs5n. Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.
• regu5n. A standard group of three players in a sepak takraw team.
• reif7n. Robbery.
• reim6n. A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting...
• rein4n. A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse...
• reis4n. The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.
• reit4n. Sedge; seaweed.
• relo4n. A relative.
• rely7v. To trust; to have confidence in.
• rend5v. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to...
• rent4n. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
• repo6v. To repossess.
• reps6n. Rep.
• rere4n. Back portion or area behind (a building, etc.).
• resh7n. The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician...
• resp6adj. Respiratory.
• rest4n. Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
• rete4n. A network of blood vessels or nerves.
• reys7n. A journey or a military expedition.

RH

• rhea7n. A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South...
• rhim9n. The rhim gazelle.

RI

• riad5n. A traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden.
• riah7n. A person's hair.
• rial4n. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• riba6n. Interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.
• rice6n. Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as...
• rich9adj. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
• rick10n. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected...
• ride5v. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a...
• riel4n. The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol...
• rife7adj. Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful...
• riff10n. A repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes...
• rift7n. A chasm or fissure.
• rigg6n. A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").
• rile4v. To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
• rill4n. A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
• rily7adj. Roily; turbulent.
• rima6n. A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the...
• rime6n. Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white...
• rimu6n. A large evergreen conifer native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum.
• rind5n. Tree bark.
• rine4v. To concern; affect.
• ring5n. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an...
• rink8n. A man, especially a warrior or hero.
• riot4n. A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of...
• ripe6adj. Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering...
• rise4v. To move upwards.
• risk8n. The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
• risp6v. To rub together, to rasp or grate.
• rite4n. A religious custom.
• rith7n. A small stream or channel.
• rito4n. The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in...
• ritz13n. A display of ostentatious elegance.
• riva7n. A rift or cleft.
• rive7v. To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
• rivo7interj. A drinking cry.
• riyo7n. A Japanese ounce, especially of silver; a tael.
• rizz22n. Of a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female...

RO

• road5n. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to...
• roam6v. To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
• roan4adj. Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
• roar4v. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong...
• robe6n. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
• robo6n. A robot.
• rock10n. The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that...
• rode5v. Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland...
• roed5adj. Filled with roe.
• rohe7n. A Māori tribal territory or region; (loosely), an area or region.
• roil4v. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
• roji11n. The garden through which one passes to the chashitsu for the Japanese...
• roke8n. Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
• roko8n. A type of protest in which transport is disrupted.
• roky11adj. Misty; foggy; cloudy.
• role4n. A character or part played by a performer or actor.
• rolf7v. To apply the Rolfing massage technique to.
• roll4v. To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal...
• romp8v. To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
• rona4n. COVID-19.
• rond5n. A bank of a river or a canal.
• ronk8v. To stink; to smell very bad.
• rood5n. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
• roof7n. The external covering at the top of a building.
• rook8n. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
• rool4v. To raggle; to ruffle.
• room6n. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
• roon4n. A shred or remnant (usually of cloth).
• roop6v. To cry; shout.
• root4n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports...
• rope6n. Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other...
• ropy9adj. Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles...
• rore4n. Dew.
• rort4n. A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public...
• rory7adj. Covered by dew.
• rosa4v. To hide, vanish, shadow.
• rosc6n. An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and...
• rose4n. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
• ross4n. The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.
• rosy7adj. Rose-coloured.
• rota4n. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely)...
• rote4n. Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course...
• roti4n. A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the...
• roto4n. A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
• rouf7n. The number four.
• roun4n. A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered).
• roup6v. To cry or shout.
• rout4n. A group or assortment of snails.
• roux11n. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and...
• rove7v. To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
• royd8n. A forest clearing.
• roza13n. A garden, especially one at a mausoleum.
• rozz22n. The police.

RU

• ruan4n. A Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute which has...
• rube6n. A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
• ruby9n. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
• ruck10n. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
• rudd6n. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
• rude5adj. Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
• rudy8n. An acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists.
• ruff10n. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted...
• ruga5n. A fold, crease or wrinkle.
• ruin4n. The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house...
• ruki8n. A sound change that took place in the satem branches of the...
• rule4n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• ruly7adj. Pitiable; miserable.
• rump8n. The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs.
• rune4n. A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient...
• rung5n. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
• runn4n. A tract of sandy or boggy land often overflowed by the tide.
• runs4n. Diarrhea/diarrhoea.
• runt4n. The smallest animal of a litter.
• rupa6n. Form, shape, outward appearance.
• ruru4n. The morepork.
• ruse4n. An action intended to deceive; a trick.
• rush7n. A sudden forward motion.
• rusk8n. A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
• rust4n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and...
• rute4n. A beater for drums, consisting of a bundle of thin sticks, typically...
• ruth7n. Sorrow for the misery of another person; compassion, mercy, pity.

RY

• rynd8n. A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the...
• ryot7n. A farmer or tiller of the soil.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with R are there?

Word.ws lists 212 four-letter words that start with R, plus 24 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with R?

real, read, room, road, rest, role, rate and race.

Which of the four-letter words that start with R has the highest letter score?

rozz scores 22 points with the standard letter tile values.

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