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6-Letter Words Starting with R: page 2

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

RI

  • rigger8n. One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a...
  • riggle8n. The European lancefish.
  • righto10interj. Okay; all right.
  • righty13n. A right-handed person.
  • rigour7n. Severity or strictness.
  • riichi11n. A yaku (scoring condition) and 1000-point bet made by declaring the...
  • rimmed11adj. Having a rim.
  • rimmer10n. An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything...
  • ringed8adj. Marked with rings, circles, or loops.
  • ringer7n. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
  • ringle7n. A CD single which includes a shortened ringtone version.
  • rinker10n. One who skates at a rink.
  • rinser6n. One who, or that which, rinses.
  • rioter6n. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
  • ripely11adv. In a ripe way.
  • ripped11adj. Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.
  • ripper10n. Something that rips something else.
  • ripple10n. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
  • riprap10n. An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
  • ripsaw11n. A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to...
  • rishon9n. A hypothetical fundamental particle in an early preon model.
  • rising7n. Rebellion.
  • ritten6n. A young rat.
  • ritter6n. Knight.
  • ritual6adj. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
  • rivage10n. A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
  • riving10n. A strip of a townfield.
  • rizzle24v. To creep, as ivy.

RO

  • roaded8adj. Containing roads.
  • roader7n. A vessel sheltering in a roadstead.
  • roadie7n. One of the crew for a musical group or other travelling stage...
  • roamer8n. One who roams.
  • roarer6n. One who roars.
  • roasty9adj. Having a taste that suggests roasted ingredients.
  • robalo8n. European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax).
  • robber10n. A person who robs.
  • robbin10n. The spring of a carriage.
  • robing9n. The act of putting on ceremonial clothing.
  • robust8adj. Able to withstand adverse conditions.
  • rocher11n. A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made...
  • rochet11n. A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with...
  • rocker12n. A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or...
  • rocket12n. A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through...
  • rococo10n. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century...
  • rodded9adj. Reinforced by a rodding process.
  • rodder8n. A hot rod enthusiast.
  • rodent7n. A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that...
  • rodham12n. A bank of silt on the bed of a dried-up river.
  • roding8n. The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling...
  • rodman9n. Synonym of rodsman.
  • rodney10n. A small Newfoundland wooden boat typically used by one person.
  • rolled7adj. Rolled dough.
  • roller6n. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially...
  • rolley9n. A horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used in a mine.
  • rollie6n. A cigarette rolled by hand.
  • rollup8n. That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.
  • romaji15n. A representation of Japanese in Latin script.
  • romano8n. A hard, sharp cheese served grated as a garnish.
  • romcom12n. Syllabic abbreviation of romantic comedy.
  • romero8n. Pilot fish.
  • romper10n. Someone who romps or frolics.
  • rondel7n. A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to...
  • ronson6n. M4 Sherman tank - due to the proclivity of Shermans to burst into...
  • roofed10adj. Having a roof, or a particular kind of roof.
  • roofer9n. A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs.
  • roofie9n. Synonym of rohypnol: flunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill)...
  • rooker10n. A person who rooks (cheats or swindles).
  • rookie10n. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • roomba10n. A robotic vacuum cleaner.
  • roomer8n. A person who rents a room.
  • roomie8n. A roommate.
  • rooted7adj. Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
  • rooter6n. One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
  • rootsy9adj. Unadorned; suggestive of earlier times.
  • roping9n. The act of catching an animal with a rope.
  • roquet15n. In croquet, the act of hitting another live ball with the striker's...
  • rosado7n. A Spanish rosé wine.
  • rosary9n. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in...
  • roscoe8n. A handgun, particularly a revolver.
  • rosier6n. Synonym of rosebush.
  • rosily9adv. In a rosy manner; optimistically.
  • rosing7n. The process of imparting a pink tint to raw white silk.
  • rossel6n. Light land; rosland.
  • roster6n. A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some...
  • rotary9adj. Capable of rotation.
  • rotate6v. To spin, turn, or revolve.
  • rotgut7n. Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.
  • rother9n. A rudder.
  • rotini6n. A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli.
  • rotolo6n. A kind of roll.
  • rotted7adj. Destroyed or damaged by rot.
  • rotten6adj. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious...
  • rotter6n. A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
  • rotund7adj. Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
  • rouget7n. A porcine infectuous disease.
  • roughy13n. The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
  • rounds7n. The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in...
  • rouser6n. Something very exciting or stimulating.
  • routed7adj. Assigned a route.
  • router6n. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
  • roving10adj. Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place...
  • rowing10n. The action of the verb to row.
  • rowney12n. A carthorse, load horse, or sumpter horse; a packhorse.
  • royale9n. A garnish of a consommé made with unsweetened cooked custard, usually...

RU

  • rubato8n. A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near...
  • rubbed11adj. Having had a substance applied through rubbing.
  • rubber10n. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon...
  • rubble10n. The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
  • rubish11adj. Like a rube.
  • rubric10n. A heading in a book highlighted in red.
  • ruched12adj. With tight elastic folds.
  • ruckle12v. To crease or wrinkle.
  • ruckus12n. A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
  • rudder8n. An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by...
  • ruddle8n. A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep.
  • rudely10adv. In a rude manner.
  • rueful9adj. Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry...
  • ruelle6n. The space between the bed and the wall.
  • ruffed13adj. Having a ruff.
  • ruffer12n. One who ruffs.
  • ruffin12n. A ruffian.
  • ruffle12n. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
  • ruffly15adj. Having many ruffles.
  • rufous9adj. Of a reddish colour.
  • rugged9adj. Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
  • rugger8n. Rugby.
  • rugosa7n. Any of the species Rosa rugosa of roses, or of any hybrid developed...
  • rugose7adj. Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
  • ruined7adj. In a state of ruin; dilapidated.
  • ruiner6n. Someone who ruins.
  • ruling7adj. That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
  • rumble10n. A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry...
  • rumbly13adj. Making a rumbling noise.
  • rummer10n. A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically...
  • rumney11n. A form of Greek wine popular in England and Europe during the 14th to...
  • rumour8n. UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
  • rumped11adj. Having the specified form of rump.
  • rumple10v. To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
  • rumpus10n. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy...
  • rundel7n. A moat with water in it.
  • rundle7n. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
  • runkle10n. A wrinkle or crease.
  • runnel6n. A small stream, a rivulet.
  • runner6n. A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
  • runoff12n. That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not...
  • runout6n. Something that has been run out.
  • runrig7n. A system of land tenure in which farmland was divided into irregular...
  • runway12n. A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for...
  • rupiah11n. The unit of currency in Indonesia.
  • ruscus8n. Any of the genus Ruscus of butcher's broom and related plants.
  • rushed10adj. Very busy.
  • rushen9adj. Made of rushes (the plant).
  • rusher9n. A person who rushes.
  • rushes9n. Unedited footage; film material as recorded to tape etc.
  • russel6n. A twilled woolen material.
  • russet6n. A reddish-brown color.
  • rusted7adj. Corroded; having been oxidized or covered in rust.
  • rustic8adj. Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
  • rustle6n. A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
  • ruther9adv. Rather.
  • rutile6n. The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide...
  • rutted7adj. Marked or grooved with ruts.
  • rutter6n. A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the...

RV

  • rvalue9n. Any value that is not an lvalue.

RY

  • ryokan13n. A traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas.

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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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