5-Letter Words with R: page 5

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• ratto5n. An affectionate term for a pet rat.
• ratty8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
• ravel8v. To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
• raven8n. Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus...
• raver8n. A person who attends rave parties, or who belongs to that subculture.
• ravey11adj. Characteristic of rave music or culture.
• ravin8n. Property obtained or seized by force or violence; booty, plunder...
• rawly11adv. In a raw manner.
• rayon8n. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
• razed15adj. Slashed or striped in patterns.
• razee14n. An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the...
• razer14n. Someone who razes.
• razor14n. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the...
• reaal5n. An obsolete currency in Curaçao, equivalent to six stuivers.
• reach10v. To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in...
• react7v. To act in response.
• ready9adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• realm7n. A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
• rearm7v. To replace or restore the weapons or arms of a previously defeated, or...
• reata5n. A lariat or lasso.
• reave8v. To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
• rebar7n. A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
• rebbe9n. The spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish community.
• rebec9n. An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only...
• rebel7n. A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
• rebid8v. To bid (command or summon) again.
• rebus7n. An arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or...
• rebut7v. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
• rebuy10v. To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned).
• recap9v. To seal (something) again with a cap.
• recce9n. Reconnaissance.
• recco9n. Reconnaissance.
• recit7n. A short story.
• recon7n. Reconnaissance.
• recte7adv. Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the...
• recto7n. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as...
• recur7v. Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially...
• recut7v. To cut again.
• redan6n. A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
• reddy10adj. Somewhat red in colour.
• redon6v. To don again, to put on again.
• redox13adj. Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur...
• redub8v. To give another name or title to; to dub again.
• redux13adj. Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.
• reedy9adj. Full of, or edged with, reeds.
• reese5n. Synonym of peanut butter cup.
• reeve8n. Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
• refer8v. To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
• refit8n. The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored.
• refix15v. To fix again.
• regal6adj. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
• regas6v. To refill (an appliance such as an air-conditioning unit) with the...
• regen6n. A regenerative radio receiver.
• regie6n. A government monopoly, such as on tobacco, typically used to raise...
• regio6n. Any large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated from...
• rehab10n. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
• rehat8v. To redeploy troops with different hats, uniforms, etc.
• reify11v. To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
• reign6n. The exercise of sovereign power.
• reiki9n. A Japanese form of pseudomedicine that involves transferring chi...
• reins5n. The lower part of the back.
• reist5n. A proponent of reism.
• rejig13v. To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or...
• rekey12v. To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after...
• relax12v. To make something loose.
• relay8n. A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can...
• relet5v. To let a property again.
• relex12n. A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an...
• relic7n. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining...
• reman7v. To supply with new personnel.
• remap9v. To assign differently; to relabel or repurpose.
• remis7n. A draw.
• remit7v. To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
• remix14n. A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various...
• renal5adj. Pertaining to the kidneys.
• renay8v. To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
• renew8v. To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original...
• renga6n. A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together...
• renin5n. A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts...
• renny8n. A non-binary parent.
• reorg6n. A reorganization.
• repay10v. Synonym of pay back in all senses.
• repel7v. To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
• repin7v. To pin again.
• reply10v. To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question...
• repot7v. To move (a growing plant) from one pot to a larger one to allow for...
• repro7n. The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on...
• rerun5n. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
• reset5v. To set back to the initial state.
• resid6n. A residual solvent.
• resin5n. A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or...
• resit5v. To take an examination a second time.
• resto5n. A restaurant.
• resum7v. To perform resummation upon.
• retar5v. To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.
• retch10v. To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or...
• retic7n. Reticulated python.
• retie5v. To tie again; to tie something that has already been tied or was tied...
• retin5v. To coat with tin again.
• retox12v. To resume the consumption of alcohol, drugs, etc.; to reverse a period...
• retro5adj. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
• retry8v. To try or attempt again.
• reuse5n. The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to...
• reval8n. A revalidated ticket.
• revel8n. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
• rever8n. The upper part of some upper garments (such as a shirt or jacket) that...
• revie8v. To vie with, or rival, in return.
• revue8n. A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular...
• rexer12n. A skater who performs rexing.
• rezai14n. A coverlet quilted with cotton.
• rhein8n. An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.
• rhema10n. A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as...
• rheum10n. Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or...
• rhine8n. A watercourse; a ditch for water.
• rhino8n. A rhinoceros.
• rhomb12n. A rhombus.
• rhone8n. A horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.
• rhumb12n. A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.
• rhyme13n. Rhyming verse (poetic form).
• rhyne11n. A kind of Russian hemp.
• riant5adj. Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
• riata5n. A lariat or lasso.
• ribby12adj. Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
• riced8adj. Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice.
• ricer7n. A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests...
• ricey10adj. Containing rice.
• ricin7n. An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
• rider6n. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped...
• ridge7n. The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the...
• ridgy10adj. Rising in a ridge or ridges; having ridges.
• ridic8adj. Ridiculous.
• rifle8n. A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is...
• right9adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one...
• rigid7adj. Stiff, rather than flexible.
• rigol6n. A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from...
• rille5n. A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the...
• rimed8adj. Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.
• rimer7n. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
• rindy9adj. Having a rind or skin.
• ringe6n. A whisk made of heather.
• rings6n. A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended...
• ringy9adj. Having a ringing or reverberating sound.
• rinse5v. To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
• ripen7v. Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
• ripon7n. A spur (goad for a horse etc.).
• rippy12adj. Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
• risen5adj. Having risen.
• riser5n. Someone or something which rises.
• rishi8n. A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with...
• risky12adj. Dangerous; involving risks.
• ritsu5n. An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and...
• ritzy17adj. Elegant and luxurious.
• rival8n. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as...
• riven8adj. Torn apart.
• river8n. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying...
• rivet8n. A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head...
• riyal8n. The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
• riyaz17n. The rigorous practice of Hindustani classical music.
• rizla14n. A rolling paper.
• rizzy26adj. Having or relating to rizz; charming, affectionate, seductive.
• roach10n. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially.
• roads6n. A roadstead.
• roary8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a roaring sound.
• roast5v. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering...
• robed8adj. Wearing a robe.
• rober7n. One who robes.
• robin7n. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
• roble7n. California white oak (Quercus lobata).
• robot7n. A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent...
• roche10n. One of various types of rock or geological strata.
• rocks11n. Money.
• rocky14adj. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
• roddy10adj. Full of rods or twigs.
• rodeo6n. A gathering of cattle to be branded.
• rodge7n. The grey duck.
• roger6interj. Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message...
• rogue6n. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
• rohan8n. An East Indian timber tree.
• rojak16n. A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and...
• roker9n. The thornback ray.
• roled6adj. Having a role.
• rolex12n. An omelette served inside a chapati.
• rolly8adj. Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on...
• roman7adj. Upright, as opposed to italic.
• ronde6n. A kind of script in which the tails of the letters are curly, giving...
• rondo6n. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in...
• ronin5n. A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
• rooky12adj. Full of rooks.
• roomy10adj. Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
• roose5v. To flatter or praise.
• roost5n. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
• roots5n. Ancestry.
• rooty8adj. Full of roots.
• roper7n. A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
• ropes7n. Basic skills of a job.
• roque14n. A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard...
• rorty8adj. Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
• rosen5adj. Made of or consisting of roses.
• roset5n. A red colour or pigment used by painters.
• roshi8n. An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
• rosin5n. A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its...
• rotan5n. A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.
• rothe8n. A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike...
• roton5n. The quantum of rotation in a superfluid.
• rotor5n. A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric...
• rouge6adj. Of a reddish pink colour.
• rough9adj. Not smooth; uneven.
• round6adj. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one...
• rouse5v. To cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to...
• roust5v. To rout out of bed; to rouse.
• route5n. A course or way which is traveled or passed.
• routh8n. Plenty, abundance.
• roval8n. A motor racecourse composed of a road course section and a portion of a...
• rover8n. One who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over...
• rowan8n. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
• rowdy12adj. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
• rowed9adj. Formed into a row, or rows; having a specified number of rows.
• rowel8n. A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
• rowen8n. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it...
• rower8n. One who rows.
• royal8adj. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
• 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.
• ryder9n. A gold coin of Zealand (Netherlands) worth 14 florins.

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• sabar7n. A traditional drum from Senegal, generally played with one hand and one...
• sabir7n. A lingua franca.
• sabre7n. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of...
• sacra7n. Sacral artery.
• sacre7v. To consecrate.
• saker9n. A falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
• saler5n. Salt cellar.
• sapor7n. A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.
• saraf8n. A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia...
• saran5n. A plastic resin used to make packaging films.
• sarge6n. An instance of sarging.
• sarim7n. A powerful faction of literati that dominated Middle and Late Joseon...
• sarin5n. The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical...
• sarki9n. The emir of a Hausa-Fulani emirate.
• sarky12adj. Synonym of sarcastic.
• sarma7n. A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf...
• sarod6n. A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music.
• saron5n. A percussion idiophone with bronze bars, of Indonesian origin, used in...
• saros5n. A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600 years.
• sater5n. That which sates.
• satyr8n. A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus...
• saury8n. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike...
• saver8n. One who saves.
• sawer8n. One who saws; a sawyer.
• sayer8n. One who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.
• scare7n. A minor fright.
• scarf10n. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
• scarp9n. The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
• scart7v. To scratch or scrape.
• scary10adj. Causing fear or anxiety.
• score7n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant...
• scorn7v. To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to...
• scorp9n. A resident of Gibraltar.
• scour7v. To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it...
• scrag8n. A scrog.
• scram9v. To leave in a hurry; to go away.
• scran7n. Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
• scrap9n. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
• scrat7v. To scratch or scrape.
• scray10n. A tern; the sea swallow.
• scree7n. Loose stony debris on a slope.
• screw10n. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
• scrim9n. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork...
• scrip9n. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
• scrod8n. Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.
• scrub9n. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing...
• scrum9n. A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
• scurf10n. A skin disease.
• secor7n. An interval of 116.7 cents.
• seder6n. The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of...
• sefer8n. A book, especially a religious book.
• selar5n. The yellowtail scad.
• serac7n. Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese...
• serai5n. A palace.
• seral5adj. Being dried or withered.
• serge6n. A type of worsted cloth.
• serie5n. Series.
• serif8n. A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces...
• serin5n. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow...
• serow8n. Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
• serra5n. A saw, or saw-like part.
• serry8v. To crowd, press together, or close (rank).
• serum7n. Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood...
• serve8v. To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official...
• servo8n. A servomechanism.
• setar5n. A Persian musical instrument.
• sever8v. To cut free.
• sewer8n. A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human...
• sgurr6n. A rocky peak in Scotland.
• shard9n. A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an...
• share8n. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to...
• shari8n. Dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
• shark12n. Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a...
• sharm10n. Self-harm.
• sharn8n. The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
• sharp10adj. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce...
• shear8v. To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
• sheer8adj. Very thin or transparent.
• sherm10n. The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
• shero8n. A female hero.
• shire8n. An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th...
• shirk12v. To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• shiro8n. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is...
• shirt8n. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body...
• shiur8n. A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
• shorb10n. A shorebird.
• shore8n. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or...
• shorn8adj. Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
• short8adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either...
• shram10v. To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.
• shred9n. A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
• shrew11n. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the...
• shrub10n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from...
• shrug9n. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of...
• shura8n. A body that provides counsel to a leader.
• shyer11n. A horse that shies.
• sider6n. One who takes a side.
• simar7n. A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.
• siree5n. Sir.
• siren5n. One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
• siris5n. Any tree of the genus Albizia.
• sitar5n. A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a...
• siver8v. To simmer.
• sixer12n. A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the...
• sizar14n. An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of...
• sizer14n. An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their...
• skarn9n. Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.
• skier9n. One who skis.
• skirl9v. To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
• skirt9n. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that...
• skort9n. A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a...
• skrrt9interj. The sound of a tire screeching.
• slurp7v. To eat or drink noisily.
• smark11n. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware that the matches are...
• smarm9n. Smarmy language or behavior.
• smart7v. To hurt or sting.
• smear7v. To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across...
• smirk11n. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied...
• smore7v. To smother.
• smurf10n. A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The...
• snare5n. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
• snarf8v. To eat or consume greedily.
• snark9n. An attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
• snarl5v. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• snart5n. The phenomenon where one sneezes and farts at the same time.
• sneer5v. To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
• snore5v. To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration...
• snork9v. To snore.
• snort5n. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
• sober7adj. Not drunk; not intoxicated.
• sofar8n. A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means...
• sofer8n. A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious...
• solar5adj. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
• soler5n. One who fits the soles to shoes.
• sonar5n. Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with...
• soper7n. Methaqualone.
• sopor7n. An unnaturally deep sleep.
• sored6adj. Subjected to soring.
• sorel5n. A young buck (deer) in the third year.
• soror5n. A sorority sister; a fellow member of one's sorority.

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