8-Letter Words Starting with R

All 532 eight-letter words that start with R: page 1 of 2

RA

• rabbinic14adj. Relating to rabbis.
• racebook16n. A booklet serving the same purpose as a race card.
• racemate12n. A mixture which is racemic (“containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory...
• racemose12adj. Having flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme...
• racially13adv. Relating to race.
• raclette10n. A dish, of Swiss origin, similar to a fondue, consisting of melted...
• racquets19n. A game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a...
• radialis9n. A radial muscle, artery, or nerve.
• radially12adv. In a radial manner, outward from a center.
• radiance11n. The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
• radiated10adj. Synonym of radiate.
• radiator9n. Anything which radiates or emits rays.
• radioman11n. A person who operates a radio transceiver, especially when a title or...
• radiused10adj. Having a specified type of radius.
• ragequit18n. The act of quitting an online video game in anger.
• raggedly14adv. In a ragged manner, unevenly, especially not in unison.
• ragingly13adv. In a raging manner.
• ragstone9n. Stone that is quarried in thin pieces.
• railcard11n. A card allowing reduced fares for travelling by train.
• railhead12n. A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded...
• railings9n. Railing (a horizontal rail with vertical supports).
• raillery11n. Good-natured banter, jest, or ridicule.
• railroad9n. A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or...
• rainband11n. A dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium...
• rainbird11n. Any of the coucal species Centropus supercilliosus, Centropus...
• raincoat10n. A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket...
• raindrop11n. A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from...
• rainfall11n. The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion.
• rainless8adj. Without rain.
• rainwear11n. Clothing worn as protection from rain.
• rakeback20n. A rebate on the rake paid by a poker player.
• rakishly18adv. In a rakish manner.
• rakshasa15n. A member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and...
• rallying12n. The act of one who rallies.
• rambling13adj. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
• rambutan12n. A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
• ramipril12n. A drug commonly used to treat hypertension.
• ramshorn13n. A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch.
• ranchera13n. A traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.
• ranchero13n. A ranch or rancho worker.
• ranching14n. The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising...
• ranchman15n. An owner or occupant of a ranch.
• randomer11n. A stranger; anybody; any old person.
• randomly14adv. In a random manner.
• rankling13n. A sensation that rankles.
• rantings9n. Loud and angry comments that continue for a long time.
• rapacity15n. The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
• rapeseed11n. The seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal...
• rapidity14n. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid.
• rapunzel19n. A plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads...
• rarefied12adj. Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people...
• rareness8n. The property of being rare; rarity.
• rascally13adj. Like a rascal.
• rascasse10n. Scorpaena scrofa, the red scorpionfish.
• rasgulla9n. A South Asian dessert made from chhena dumplings in a sugar syrup.
• rashness11n. The quality of state of being rash; inconsiderate or presumptuous haste.
• rataplan10n. A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping...
• rateable10adj. Liable to incur the payment of rates.
• rational8adj. Capable of reasoning.
• rattling9adj. Lively, quick (speech, pace).
• ravaging13n. The act by which something is ravaged.
• ravening12adj. Voracious and greedy.
• ravenous11adj. Very hungry.
• ravished15adj. Delighted; ecstatic.
• rawboned14adj. Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
• rayleigh15n. A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per...

RE

• reabsorb12v. To absorb again.
• reaching14n. The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by...
• reactant10n. Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction...
• reaction10n. An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
• reactive13adj. That reacts or responds to a stimulus.
• readable11adj. Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
• readback17n. The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
• readerly12adj. Characteristic of readers.
• readjust16v. To adjust again.
• reaffirm16v. To affirm again.
• realness8n. The state of being real; reality.
• reappear12v. To appear again.
• rearming11n. The process of arming something again.
• rearmost10adj. Furthest to the rear.
• rearrest8v. To arrest again.
• rearview14adj. That provides a view from or to the rear.
• rearward12n. The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion...
• reasoned9adj. Based on reasoning; being the result of logical thought.
• reasoner8n. One who reasons.
• reassert8v. To assert again.
• reassess8v. To assess again; to revise an earlier assessment; to reevaluate.
• reassign9v. To assign again or anew.
• reassume10v. To resume, to carry on (a practice, thought, occupation etc.) again.
• reassure8v. To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or...
• reawaken15v. To wake after an extended period of sleep.
• rebadged13adj. Having a new badge and/or name; rebranded.
• rebasing11n. The act or process of something being rebased.
• rebuking15n. The act of giving a rebuke.
• reburial10n. The act of reburying; a second or subsequent burial.
• rebuttal10n. The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or...
• receding12adj. Going or moving back or further away from a previous position...
• received14adj. Generally accepted as correct or true.
• receiver13n. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax...
• recenter10v. To center (something) again.
• recently13adv. A short while ago.
• receptor12n. A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that...
• recessed11adj. Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.
• recharge14v. To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
• reciting11n. A recitation.
• reckless14adj. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
• reckoner14n. One who reckons.
• reclined11adj. In a reclining posture.
• recliner10n. One who, or that which, reclines.
• recoding12n. The act or result of coding again or differently.
• recommit14v. To commit again.
• recorded12adj. That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book...
• recorder11n. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
• recourse10n. The act of seeking assistance or advice.
• recovery16n. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
• recreant10adj. Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
• recreate10v. To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
• rectally13adv. Through the rectum.
• rectenna10n. A special type of antenna that converts microwave energy into direct...
• recurved14adj. Curved or bent, either in two different directions, or back on itself.
• recusant10n. Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th...
• recycled16adj. That has been through a recycling process.
• recycler15n. A person who recycles, or a machine used to recycle.
• redacted12adj. Edited or censored.
• redactor11n. A person who redacts: one who edits or compiles texts; one who censors...
• redbrick17adj. Of, or relating to a red brick university.
• reddened11adj. Made red.
• redeemed12adj. Granted redemption or salvation.
• redeemer11n. One who redeems; one who provides redemption.
• redefine12v. To define again or differently.
• redeploy14v. To deploy again.
• redesign10n. A plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an...
• redhorse12n. Any of various ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.
• redirect11v. To give new direction to; to change the course, direction or...
• redlight13v. To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding.
• redlined10adj. Marked with a red line to denote that it is unfit or unsafe for flight.
• redolent9adj. Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
• redouble11v. To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to...
• redpoint11v. To free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced...
• redshank16n. Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that...
• redshift15n. An increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light while in transit...
• redshirt12n. A supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi...
• redstart9n. Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus...
• redstone9n. A type of versatile material used to create electrical circuits and...
• reducing12adj. That causes reduction.
• reedbuck17n. Any of several African antelopes of the genus Redunca.
• reemerge11v. To emerge again; to come into view after having hidden.
• reenlist8v. To enlist again.
• reexport17v. To export again; to export something that has been imported.
• refactor13v. To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability...
• refereed12adj. Said of articles or books that have undergone peer review.
• referent11n. The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or...
• referral11n. The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of...
• referrer11n. A person who refers another.
• refigure12v. To figure again or anew.
• refiling12n. The act of filing (a legal case, etc.) again.
• refinery14n. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products...
• refining12n. Refinement (process of refining).
• refinish14v. To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of...
• reflexed19adj. Turned or bent backwards.
• reforest11v. To replant a forest, especially after clearcutting.
• reforger12n. Someone who reforges.
• reformat13v. To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
• reformed14adj. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said...
• reformer13n. One who reforms, or who works for reform.
• refreeze20v. To freeze again.
• refrozen20adj. Having been frozen again.
• refueler11n. One who refuels.
• refugium14n. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and...
• regality12n. Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
• regarder10n. A person who regards something or someone.
• regather12v. Gather again, gather back together.
• regicide12n. The killing of a king.
• regiment11n. A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting...
• regional9adj. Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
• register9n. A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
• registry12n. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
• regolith12n. The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock...
• reground10v. To ground again.
• regrowth15n. That which has been regrown after removal.
• regulars9n. A thief's share in the stolen money or goods.
• regulate9v. To dictate policy.
• rehearse11v. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
• rehiring12n. The act of hiring somebody again.
• rehoming14n. The process of finding a new home for somebody.
• reigning10adj. Currently ruling or holding a position.
• reignite9v. To ignite again.
• reimpose12v. To impose again, a further time.
• reindeer9n. Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer...
• reinette8n. Any of various kinds of apple, mostly of French origin, characterized...
• reinfect13v. Infect again.
• reinjury18n. Injury appearing for a second or subsequent time.
• reinking13n. The act of restoring ink to a device that prints or stamps.
• reinsert8v. To insert again.
• reinsure8v. To insure again (extending or replacing prior insurance).
• reinvent11v. To invent again something that has already been invented.
• reinvest11v. To invest again, give another investment.
• rejigger17v. To rejig.
• rejoiced18adj. Joyful, delighted.
• rekeying16n. The process of entering information into a device again, by means of a...
• rekindle13v. To kindle again.
• relating9n. The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
• relation8n. The manner in which two things may be associated.
• relative11adj. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
• relaunch13v. To launch again.
• relaxant15n. A drug or other agent that promotes relaxation.
• relaxing16adj. Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.
• relaying12n. An instance of something being relayed.
• releaser8n. Anything that releases something.
• relegate9v. Exile or banish to a particular place.
• relevant11adj. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
• reliable10adj. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or...
• reliably13adv. In a reliable manner.
• reliance10n. The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust.
• relieved12adj. Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.
• reliever11n. Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
• religion9n. Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least...
• relisten8v. To listen again.
• reliving12n. The process by which something is relived.
• reloader9n. One who reloads.
• relocate10v. To move (something) from one place to another.
• remainer10n. One who remains.
• remaking15n. Re-creation; reconstruction.
• remanent10adj. Remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic...
• remarked15adj. Conspicuous; marked.
• remarque19n. A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be...
• remaster10v. To produce a new version of a recording by remixing the original master...
• remedial11adj. Curative; providing a remedy.
• remember14v. To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
• remender11n. One who remends.
• reminder11n. Someone or something that reminds.
• remotely13adv. At a distance, far away.
• remoting11n. A technology that allows a program to interact with the internals of...
• removing14n. Removal.
• renderer9n. One who, or that which, renders.
• renegade10n. An outlaw or rebel.
• renewing12n. A renewal.
• reniform13adj. Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or...
• renminbi12n. The official currency of the People's Republic of China.
• renounce10n. An act of renouncing.
• renovate11v. To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
• renowned12adj. Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.
• rentable10adj. Suitable for, or capable of being, rented.
• renumber12v. To number again, to assign new numbers to.
• reoccupy17v. To occupy again.
• reoffend15v. To offend again; especially after receiving punishment or treatment.
• reorient8v. To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or...
• reovirus11n. Any of a group of RNA viruses, of the family Reoviridae, that infect...
• repairer10n. A person who repairs things.
• repartee10n. A swift, witty reply, especially one that is amusing.
• repaving14n. The process of replacing paving.
• repeated11adj. Having been said or done again.
• repeater10n. One who or that which repeats.
• repeller10n. Something that repels; that which causes repulsion.
• rephrase13v. To say or write something with different wording.
• repining11n. The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.
• replacer12n. A replacement or substitute.
• replevin13n. An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially...
• replicon12n. A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual...
• reporter10n. Someone or something that reports.
• reposado11n. A tequila that has been aged in oak barrels for between two months and...
• reposter10n. One who reposts.
• reprieve13v. To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an...
• reprisal10n. An act of retaliation.
• reproach15n. A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
• republic14n. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their...
• repulsor10n. A device used to deflect or repel other objects, or for flight...
• required18adj. Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
• requital17n. Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
• resample12v. To sample again; to repeat sampling.
• rescript12n. An epistle from the pope responding to some specific question of canon...
• rescuing11n. The act of effecting a rescue.
• research13n. Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles...
• reselect10v. To select again.
• reseller8n. A company or individual that purchases goods or services with the...
• resemble12v. To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
• reserved12adj. Self-restrained in the expression of emotions or opinions.
• resettle8v. To settle in a different place.
• resident9n. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain...
• residual9adj. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
• residuum11n. The residue, remainder or rest of something.
• resigned10adj. Characterized by resignation or acceptance.
• resinate8v. To treat a container with resin, e.g. by impregnation in order to...
• resinous8adj. Of or relating to resin.
• resistin8n. A hormone secreted by adipose tissue.
• resistor8n. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying...
• resolute8adj. Firm, unyielding, determined.
• resolved12adj. Determined; fixed in one's purpose.
• resolver11n. One who or that which resolves.
• resonant8adj. Resounding, echoing.
• resonate8v. To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
• resource10n. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or...
• respects12n. Regards or respect expressed for a deceased person, usually at the same...
• responsa10n. A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in...
• response10n. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
• restless8adj. Not allowing or affording rest.
• restored9adj. Pertaining to something or someone renewed or rebuilt.
• restorer8n. Something or someone that restores.
• restrain8v. To control or keep in check.
• restream10v. To stream again or differently (in various senses).
• restrict10v. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine.
• restring9v. To string again; to replace old strings with new strings.
• restroom10n. A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.
• resubmit12v. To submit again.
• resultat8n. Synonym of result.
• resupply15v. To supply again.
• resurvey14v. To survey again; to perform another survey on.
• retailer8n. A retail sales company or salesman.
• retainer8n. Any thing or person that retains.
• retaking13n. The act of taking again.
• retarget9v. To target again.
• retching14n. The act of one who retches.
• reticent10adj. Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to...
• reticule10n. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
• retinoic10adj. Derived from retinol; relating to retinoic acid or its derivatives.
• retinoid9n. Any of a class of compounds whose structure or effects on the body...
• retiring9adj. Introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
• retrench13v. To cut down or reduce.
• retrieve11v. To regain or get back something.
• retrofit11v. To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that...
• retromer10n. A complex of proteins, first identified in yeast, which plays an...
• retrying12n. The act of something being retried.
• retuning9n. The act by which something is retuned; a subsequent tuning.
• returned9adj. Bent back; angled.
• returnee8n. Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or...
• returner8n. One who returns from another place.
• reunited9adj. United again after being separated.
• reupload11v. To upload again.
• reuptake14n. Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after...
• reusable10adj. Able to be used again; especially after salvaging or special treatment...
• revanche16n. Revenge or retaliation.
• revealed12adj. Of or pertaining to the revelations of a divinity to humankind.
• revealer11n. A person or thing that reveals.
• reveille11n. The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
• reveling12n. A revel.
• reveller11n. One who attends revels; a partygoer.
• revenant11n. Someone who returns from a long absence.
• revenger12n. One who revenges.
• reverbed14adj. Having had a reverb effect added.
• reverend12adj. Worthy of reverence or respect.
• reverent11adj. Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.
• reversal11n. The state of being reversed.
• reversed12adj. Turned or exchanged to the contrary; inside out or inverted.
• reverser11n. Something which reverses a particular action or condition.
• reverted12adj. That has gone back (to an earlier place, state etc.).
• reviewer14n. A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a...
• reviling12n. Reproach; abuse; vilification.
• revision11n. The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
• revivify20v. To reanimate, bring back to life.
• reviving15n. A revival; a bringing back to life.
• revoking16n. A revocation.
• revolute11adj. Rolled or recurved on itself.
• revolver14n. A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired...
• rewarder12n. One who rewards.
• rewinder12n. One who, or that which, rewinds.
• rewiring12n. A new wiring.
• reworked16adj. Worked again.
• rewriter11n. One who, or that which, rewrites.
• rezident18n. The head spy in a rezidentura.
• rezoning18n. The act, process or result of being rezoned.

RH

• rhabdoid15adj. Shaped like a rod.
• rhamnose13n. A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and...
• rhapsody17n. An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
• rheology15n. The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.
• rheostat11n. An electrical resistor with two terminals, the resistance of which can...
• rhetoric13n. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to...
• rhinitis11n. Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose.
• rhizopus22n. Any fungus of the genus Rhizopus.
• rhomboid16n. A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle.
• rhyolite14n. An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with...
• rhythmic21adj. Of or relating to rhythm.

RI

• ribaldry14n. Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd...
• ribboned13adj. Adorned or ornamented with ribbons.
• riboside11n. Any glycoside of ribose.
• ribosome12n. A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of...
• ribozyme24n. A fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme.
• ribulose10n. A ketopentose whose phosphate derivatives participate in photosynthesis.
• richesse13n. A group of martens.
• richness13n. The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
• rickroll14v. To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or...
• rickshaw20n. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
• ricochet15n. A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
• riddance12n. An act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
• riddling11n. The posing or solving of a riddle.
• rideable11adj. Fit to be ridden.
• ridgetop12n. The crest that extends along the highest contours of a ridge.
• ridgeway16n. A track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.
• ridicule11v. To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful...
• riffling15n. Sampling by use of a riffler.
• riffraff20n. Sweepings; refuse.
• rifleman13n. A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon.
• rigatoni9n. A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut...
• rightful15adj. By right; by law.
• righting13n. The act of putting something right.
• rightist12n. One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
• rigidity13n. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of...
• rigorous9adj. Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or...
• riluzole17n. A drug used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• rimworld14n. A planet located near the edge or rim of a galaxy.
• ringback17n. The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone...

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

Word.ws lists 532 eight-letter words that start with R, plus 1,614 rare ones.

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

research, remember, received, response, recently, required, returned and religion.

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

ribozyme scores 24 points with the standard letter tile values.

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