6-Letter Words Starting with R

All 565 six-letter words that start with R: page 1 of 2

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• rabbet10n. A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face...
• rabbit10n. A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long...
• rabble10v. To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense.
• rabies8n. An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute...
• rabona8n. A kick made with the kicking leg crossed behind the other leg.
• raceme10n. An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along...
• rachel11n. A light tan colour, chiefly with reference to cosmetic powder.
• rachis11n. An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate.
• racial8adj. Of or relating to a race (or a people).
• racing9n. The sport of competing in races.
• racino8n. A combined racetrack and casino.
• racism10n. The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent...
• racist8n. A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that...
• racked13adj. Strained, harassed or oppressed.
• racket12n. An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire...
• raddle8n. A red ochre.
• radial7adj. Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
• radian7n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle...
• radion7n. The radius modulus of an extra dimension in a compactification. Coined...
• radish10n. A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus...
• radium9n. The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a...
• radius7n. The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
• radler7n. German-style shandy (drink of beer mixed with lemonade).
• radome9n. Synonym of radar dome.
• radula7n. The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
• rafale9n. A short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired...
• raffia12n. A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves...
• raffle12n. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are...
• rafter9n. One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to...
• ragbag10n. A bag of rags and scraps.
• ragged9adj. In tatters, having the texture broken.
• raggle8n. A groove or slot, often cut in a masonry wall or other vertical...
• raging8adj. Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
• ragini7n. The feminine counterpart of a raga in Indian music.
• raglan7adj. Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the...
• ragman9n. A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags...
• ragout7n. A stew of meat and vegetables mixed together.
• ragtag8adj. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
• ragtop9n. A convertible (automobile); its convertible top.
• raider7n. One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.
• railed7adj. Furnished with a rail or railing.
• railer6n. One who rails.
• rainer6n. That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
• raised7adj. Embossed, in relief.
• raiser6n. A person or thing that raises.
• raisin6n. A dried grape.
• rakija17n. A strong distilled alcoholic beverage made from various fruits...
• raking11adj. Swiftly moving.
• rakish13adj. Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty...
• rakugo11n. A type of traditional Japanese comedic storytelling.
• rakyat13n. An ordinary citizen.
• ramada9n. A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches.
• ramage9n. Wildness, spirit, courage, ferocity.
• ramble10n. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
• rambly13adj. Tending to ramble, to wander aimlessly or to make meandering...
• ramify14v. To divide into branches or subdivisions.
• ramjet15n. A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet...
• rammed11adj. Filled to capacity, especially with people.
• rammer10n. A device used to ram; a ramrod.
• ramose8adj. Having branches; branching.
• ramped11adj. Fitted with a ramp.
• ramrod9n. Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the...
• ramson8n. A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.
• ramune8n. A type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a...
• rancho11n. A simple hut, such as one with posts, covered with branches or thatch...
• rancid9adj. Rank in taste or smell.
• rancor8n. A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of...
• random9n. A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or...
• ranged8adj. Whose range can be adjusted.
• ranger7n. One who ranges; a rover.
• rangle7n. Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion...
• ranked11adj. That has been arranged or organized in ranks or by rank.
• ranken10v. To make or become rank.
• ranker10n. One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks.
• rankle10v. To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.
• ransom8n. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
• ranter6n. One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.
• rapier8n. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged...
• rapine8n. The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
• raping9n. Rape (sexual violation).
• rapini8n. A vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green...
• rappel10n. Descent by means of a rope.
• rapper10n. The knocker of a door.
• raptly11adv. In a rapt manner.
• raptor8n. A bird of prey.
• raptus8n. A state of rapture.
• rarely9adv. Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
• raring7adj. Eager.
• rarity9n. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
• rascal8n. A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
• rasher9n. A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.
• rashly12adv. In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with...
• rasing7n. In shipbuilding, the act of marking figures upon timber.
• raster6n. A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image...
• ratbag9n. A despicable person.
• rather9adv. Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to....
• ratify12v. To give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
• rating7n. A position on a scale.
• ration6n. A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a...
• ratite6adj. Pertaining to running, flightless birds with no keels on their sternums...
• ratoon6n. A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar...
• rattan6n. Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
• ratted7adj. Synonym of drunk.
• ratten6v. To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute...
• ratter6n. Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
• rattie6n. A rat terrier.
• rattle6v. To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
• rattly9adj. That rattles.
• raunch11n. Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy.
• ravage10v. To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
• ravier9n. A trolley used for food selection in restaurants or cafes.
• ravine9n. A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running...
• raving10n. Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.
• ravish12v. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
• razzed25adj. Full of energy or enthusiasm.
• razzia24n. A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
• razzle24v. To dazzle or disorient.

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• reader7n. A person who reads.
• readme9n. A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with...
• realer6n. A player of real tennis.
• realia6n. Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to...
• realis6n. A category of grammatical moods, the most common of which is the...
• really9adv. In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
• realty9n. Real estate; a piece of real property; land.
• reamer8n. A tool for boring a hole wider.
• reaper8n. One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by...
• reason6n. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
• reaver9n. One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
• rebase8v. To replace the base of a denture.
• rebate8n. A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
• rebind9v. To bind again.
• rebook12v. To book again.
• reboot8n. An instance of rebooting.
• reborn8adj. Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually.
• rebozo17n. A woman's garment of Mexico, a rectangular piece of fabric worn as a...
• rebuff14n. A sudden resistance or refusal.
• rebuke12n. A harsh criticism.
• rebury11v. To bury again.
• recall8v. To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
• recant8v. To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed...
• recast8v. To cast or throw again.
• recede9v. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
• recent8adj. Having happened a short while ago.
• recept10n. An idea that is formed by the repetition of percepts.
• recess8n. A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
• recipe10n. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
• recite8v. To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized...
• reckon12v. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
• recode9v. To reprogram; to refactor; to redevelop.
• recoil8n. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
• recopy13v. To copy again.
• record9n. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical...
• recoup10v. To make back (an investment or similar).
• rectal8adj. Of, via or related to the rectum.
• rector8n. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the...
• rectum10n. The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after...
• rectus8n. Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
• recuse8v. To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
• redact9v. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the...
• redbud10n. Any of several small trees, of the genus Cercis, having purple-pink...
• redcap11n. A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
• redden8v. To become red or redder.
• redeal7v. To deal playing cards again.
• redear7n. Synonym of shellcracker.
• redeco9n. A toy which is cast from the same mould as a previously-released toy...
• redeem9v. To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
• redfin10n. A common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus...
• redgum10n. The American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua.
• redial7v. To dial again.
• redleg8n. A bird, the redshank.
• redner7n. Blush.
• redout7n. The situation where the body experiences a negative g-force sufficient...
• redraw10v. To draw again.
• redrum9v. To place into new drums (barrels).
• redtop9n. A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States...
• reduce9v. To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of...
• reduct9n. A reducing agent.
• redway13n. A kind of path for use by cyclists and pedestrians in Milton Keynes...
• reeded8adj. Covered with reeds; reedy.
• reeder7n. One who thatches with reeds.
• reeeal6adj. Elongated form of real.
• reefed10adj. Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to...
• reefer9n. Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
• reeler6n. The grasshopper warbler.
• reelin6n. A protein that helps to regulate processes of neuronal migration and...
• reeses6n. Synonym of peanut butter cup.
• reface11v. To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer...
• refeed10v. To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of...
• refile9v. To file again or differently.
• refill9n. An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.
• refind10v. To find something again.
• refine9v. To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from...
• refire9v. To fire again.
• reflet9n. Lustre; brilliancy of a surface; used especially in ceramics to denote...
• reflex16n. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require...
• reflow12v. To flow back again; to flow once more.
• reflux16n. The backwards flow of any fluid.
• refold10v. To fold again.
• reform11n. The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or...
• refuel9v. To refill with fuel.
• refuge10n. A state of safety, protection or shelter.
• refund10v. To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
• refurb11v. To refurbish.
• refuse9adj. Discarded, rejected.
• refute9v. To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
• regain7v. To get back; to recover possession of.
• regale7v. To please or entertain (someone), especially with stories, tales or...
• regalo7n. A gift of fine foods and/or wines.
• regard8n. A steady look, a gaze.
• regent7n. One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch...
• reggae8n. A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is...
• reggie8adj. Being regular marijuana, as opposed to good-quality marijuana.
• regift10v. To give something as a gift which the giver previously received as a...
• regime9n. Mode of rule or management.
• region7n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface...
• regius7adj. Of or relating to a king; royal.
• regnal7adj. Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope).
• regnum9n. A rank in the classification of organisms, below dominium and above...
• regram9v. To repost (an image or video) on Instagram.
• regret7v. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink...
• regrow10v. To grow again a part that has been lost, shed or destroyed.
• regula7n. A book of rules for a religious establishment.
• regulo7n. Any of a number of temperatures to which a gas oven may be set. e.g....
• rehang10v. To hang again.
• rehash12v. To hash (chop food into small pieces) again.
• rehear9v. To hear again.
• reheat9n. An afterburner.
• rehire9v. To hire again.
• rehome11v. To find a new home for (especially a pet).
• reishi9n. The bracket fungus (mushroom) (Ganoderma lucidum and sometimes...
• reiter6n. A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
• reject15v. To refuse to accept; to forswear.
• rejoin13v. To join again; to unite after separation.
• relais6n. A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the...
• relate6v. To tell in a descriptive way.
• relent6v. To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show...
• relict8n. A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous...
• relief9n. The removal of stress or discomfort.
• reline6v. To add new lines to.
• relink10v. To link again or anew.
• relish9n. Enjoyment of flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.
• relist6v. To list again.
• relive9v. To experience (something) again; to live over again.
• reload7v. To load (something) again.
• relock12v. To lock again.
• relook10n. An additional look or examination.
• reloop8v. To loop again.
• remade9n. A golf ball made from reclaimed materials.
• remain8n. That which is left; relic; remainder.
• remake12v. To make again.
• remand9n. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting...
• remark12n. An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
• remate8v. To mate again, usually with another partner.
• remedy12n. Something that corrects or counteracts.
• remind9v. To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring...
• remise8v. To send or give back.
• remiss8adj. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
• remold9v. Mold again, apply a new mold to.
• remora8n. Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin...
• remote8adj. At a distance; disconnected.
• remove11v. To delete.
• remuda9n. A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular...
• rename8v. To give a new name to.
• renate6adj. Reborn or reincarnated.
• render7v. To cause to become.
• renege7v. To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
• rennet6n. An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk...
• renown9n. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
• rental6n. Something that is rented.
• renter6n. One who rents property or other goods from another.
• reopen8v. To open (something) again.
• repack14v. To pack again or in a different way.
• repair8v. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to...
• repass8v. To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
• repast8n. A meal.
• repave11v. To pave over again.
• repeal8v. To cancel, invalidate, annul.
• repeat8v. To do or say again (and again).
• repent8v. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do...
• repine8v. To complain; to regret; to fret.
• replan8v. To plan again; to make a different plan.
• replay11v. To play again.
• replug9v. To plug again or anew.
• report8v. To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe...
• repose8v. To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
• repost8v. To post up again; to reset oneself at the post.
• repped11adj. Corded transversely, like the fabric called rep.
• repper10n. A person who represents a company or brand, usually in a positive way.
• repton8n. A single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation.
• repute8n. Reputation, especially a good reputation.
• requin15n. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
• reread7v. To read again.
• reroll6v. To roll, or roll out, again.
• resaca8n. A dry river bed, a former channel of the Rio Grande, found in the...
• resale6n. Sale of something previously bought.
• rescan8v. To scan again.
• rescue8v. To save from any violence, danger or evil.
• reseal6v. To seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to").
• reseat6v. To provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
• resect8v. To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
• reseda7n. Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish...
• reseed7v. To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again.
• resell6v. To sell again.
• resend7v. To send again.
• resent6v. To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
• reship11v. To ship something again.
• reside7v. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled...
• resign7v. To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
• resile6v. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
• resist6v. To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
• resize15v. To alter the size of something.
• reskin10v. To replace or repair the skin of a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc....
• resole6v. To replace or reattach the sole of an article of footwear.
• resorb8v. To absorb (something) again.
• resort6n. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities...
• respec10v. To reallocate the distribution of skill points on a character's skill...
• rested7adj. Recovered.
• rester6n. One who rests.
• result6v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments...
• resume8v. To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the...
• resync11n. Resynchronization.
• retail6n. The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the...
• retain6v. Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check...
• retake10v. To take something again.
• retama8n. Any of the genus Retama of flowering bushes.
• retcon8n. A fictional setting in which a new storyline explains or changes a...
• reteam8v. To team (two or more people) together again.
• retell6v. To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to...
• retest6n. A repeat test.
• retina6n. The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods...
• retire6v. To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or...
• retool6v. To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.
• retort6n. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its...
• retour6n. A returning.
• retron6n. A sequence of DNA associated with reverse transcription.
• retter6n. One who rets.
• retune6v. To tune again.
• return6v. To come or go back (to a place or person).
• retype11v. To re-enter (text) using a keyboard.
• revamp13v. To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
• reveal9n. The outer side of a window or door frame.
• reverb11n. An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the...
• revere9v. To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
• revers9n. A lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side.
• revert9n. One who, or that which, reverts.
• review12n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to...
• revile9v. To attack (someone) with abusive language.
• revise9v. To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
• revive12v. To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a...
• revoke13v. To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
• revolt9v. To rebel, particularly against authority.
• revote9n. An act of voting again.
• rewalk13v. To walk again, specifically to walk where one has already walked.
• reward10n. Something of value given in return for an act.
• rewari9n. A small, round sweet made of jaggery and sesame seeds.
• rewash12n. The act of washing something again.
• rewild10v. To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it...
• rewind10v. To wind (something) again.
• rewire9v. To replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.
• reword10v. To change the wording of; to restate using different words.
• rework13n. The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
• rewrap11v. To wrap again.
• rezone15v. To change the zoning assigned to a piece of property by the planning...

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• rhabdo12n. Rhabdomyolysis.
• rhesus9n. A macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca...
• rhetor9n. A rhetorician.
• rheumy14adj. Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus...
• rhotic11adj. That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ to be followed by a vowel, as in bar...
• rhymer14n. One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.
• rhythm17n. The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of...
• rhyton12n. A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one...

RI

• rialto6n. A marketplace, literally or figuratively.
• ribald9adj. Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a...
• riband9n. A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet.
• ribbed11adj. Having ribs.
• ribbit10interj. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
• ribbon10n. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the...
• ribeye11n. Synonym of ribsteak (an unfilleted ribsteak, with the bone-in).
• riblet8n. Boneless processed pork or beef rib meat, served at restaurants and...
• ribose8n. A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the...
• richen11v. To make or render rich or richer.
• riches11n. Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
• richly14adv. In an attractive or manner; full of colour or detail.
• ricing9n. (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.
• ricker12n. A thick pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
• ricket12v. To move rapidly and uncertainly, often in a noisy, clamorous, or...
• rictus8n. A bird’s gaping mouth.
• ridden8adj. Full of.
• ridder8n. A sieve.
• riddim10n. An instrumental version of a song in Jamaican or Caribbean music...
• riddle8n. A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
• rideau7n. A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a...
• ridged9adj. Having ridges.
• riding8n. A path cut through woodland.
• ridley10n. Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the...
• riegel7n. A transverse ridge of bedrock that has been exposed by glacial erosion.
• riffed13adj. Who has lost a job due to a RIF (reduction in force).
• riffle12n. A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
• rifled10adj. Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet...
• rigged9adj. Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in...

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 565 six-letter words that start with R, plus 671 rare ones.

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

really, rather, reason, report, record, return, result and review.

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

razzed scores 25 points with the standard letter tile values.

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