5-Letter Words Starting with RU
There are 38 five-letter words that start with RU on Word.ws, from ruach to rutty. The most common are rural, rugby, ruled, ruler and rumor.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 38 five-letter words that start with RU
- ruach10n. One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and...
- ruana5n. An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia...
- ruban7n. A ribbon.
- rubby12n. Rubbing alcohol.
- ruble7n. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100...
- rubus7n. Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and...
- ruche10n. A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
- rudas6adj. Bold; masculine; coarse.
- ruddy10adj. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
- ruden6v. To make rude; make raw, simplified, or more robust; toughen.
- rudge7n. A partridge.
- rudie6n. A juvenile delinquent.
- rueda6n. A kind of salsa round dance.
- ruffe11n. Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.
- rugal6adj. Folded.
- rugby11n. A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball...
- rukia9n. Any bird of the genus Rukia, native to Micronesia.
- ruled6adj. Having printed lines.
- ruler5n. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with...
- rumba9n. A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
- rumbo9n. A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.
- rumen7n. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
- rumex14n. Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.
- rummy12n. A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
- rumor7n. A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable...
- rumpy12n. A Manx cat with virtually no tail, particularly prized among Manx...
- runed6adj. Inscribed with runes.
- runic7adj. Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
- runny8adj. Fluid; readily flowing.
- runty8adj. Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
- runza14n. A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or...
- rupee7n. Any of the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal...
- rupes7n. An escarpment on another planet or a moon.
- rural5adj. Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
- rushy11adj. Abounding in rushes.
- rusty8adj. Marked or corroded by rust.
- rutin5n. A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and...
- rutty8adj. Imprinted with ruts.
19 rare five-letter words that start with RU
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with RU are there?
- Word.ws lists 38 five-letter words that start with RU, plus 19 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with RU?
- rural, rugby, ruled, ruler, rumor, rusty, rupee and ruddy.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with RU has the highest letter score?
- runza scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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