Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with RO

There are 470 words that start with RO on Word.ws, from 3 to 15 letters. The most common length is 7 letters (89 words). The words used most often are room, road, role, round and rock.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

3-letter words that start with RO

  • rob5v. To steal from, especially using force or violence.
  • roc5n. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
  • rod4n. A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
  • roe3n. Eggs of fish.
  • rog4n. Intoxication through freebasing.
  • ron3n. Heroin.
  • roo3n. Rest; stillness.
  • rot3v. To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi...
  • row6n. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre...
  • roy6n. A king.

4-letter words that start with RO

  • road5n. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to...
  • roam6v. To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
  • roan4adj. Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  • roar4v. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong...
  • robe6n. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
  • robo6n. A robot.
  • rock10n. The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that...
  • rode5v. Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland...
  • rohe7n. A Māori tribal territory or region; (loosely), an area or region.
  • roil4v. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  • roke8n. Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
  • roko8n. A type of protest in which transport is disrupted.
  • roky11adj. Misty; foggy; cloudy.
  • role4n. A character or part played by a performer or actor.
  • rolf7v. To apply the Rolfing massage technique to.
  • roll4v. To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal...
  • romp8v. To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
  • rona4n. COVID-19.
  • rond5n. A bank of a river or a canal.
  • ronk8v. To stink; to smell very bad.
  • rood5n. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  • roof7n. The external covering at the top of a building.
  • rook8n. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
  • rool4v. To raggle; to ruffle.
  • room6n. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
  • roon4n. A shred or remnant (usually of cloth).
  • roop6v. To cry; shout.
  • root4n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports...
  • rope6n. Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other...
  • ropy9adj. Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles...
  • rort4n. A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public...
  • rory7adj. Covered by dew.
  • rosa4v. To hide, vanish, shadow.
  • rosc6n. An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and...
  • rose4n. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
  • ross4n. The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.
  • rosy7adj. Rose-coloured.
  • rota4n. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely)...
  • rote4n. Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course...
  • roti4n. A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the...
  • roto4n. A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
  • roun4n. A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered).
  • rout4n. A group or assortment of snails.
  • roux11n. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and...
  • rove7v. To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
  • royd8n. A forest clearing.
  • roza13n. A garden, especially one at a mausoleum.
  • rozz22n. The police.

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5-letter words that start with RO

  • roach10n. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially.
  • roads6n. A roadstead.
  • roast5v. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering...
  • robed8adj. Wearing a robe.
  • robin7n. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rolex12n. An omelette served inside a chapati.
  • roman7adj. Upright, as opposed to italic.
  • rondo6n. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in...
  • ronin5n. A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
  • roomy10adj. Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
  • roose5v. To flatter or praise.
  • roost5n. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
  • roots5n. Ancestry.
  • 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...
  • rosen5adj. Made of or consisting of roses.
  • roshi8n. An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
  • rosin5n. A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its...
  • 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...
  • route5n. A course or way which is traveled or passed.
  • 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.
  • rower8n. One who rows.
  • royal8adj. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

All 61 5-letter words that start with RO

6-letter words that start with RO

  • roadie7n. One of the crew for a musical group or other travelling stage...
  • robber10n. A person who robs.
  • robbin10n. The spring of a carriage.
  • robust8adj. Able to withstand adverse conditions.
  • rocher11n. A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • rollie6n. A cigarette rolled by hand.
  • rollup8n. That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rooker10n. A person who rooks (cheats or swindles).
  • rookie10n. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • roomba10n. A robotic vacuum cleaner.
  • 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.
  • roping9n. The act of catching an animal with a rope.
  • 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.
  • roster6n. A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some...
  • rotary9adj. Capable of rotation.
  • rotate6v. To spin, turn, or revolve.
  • rother9n. A rudder.
  • 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.
  • rounds7n. The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in...
  • 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.
  • royale9n. A garnish of a consommé made with unsweetened cooked custard, usually...

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7-letter words that start with RO

  • roading9n. The construction of roads.
  • roadmap12v. To construct a plan of action regarding (something).
  • roadway14n. A way used as a road.
  • roaming10n. An instance of wandering.
  • roanoke11n. White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments...
  • roaring8adj. Intensive; extreme.
  • roasted8adj. Cooked by roasting.
  • roaster7n. Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that...
  • robbery14n. The act or practice of robbing.
  • robbing12n. Robbery.
  • robocop13n. A cyborg police officer.
  • robotic11adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or...
  • robusta9n. Any plant of the species Coffea canephora of coffee plants, native to...
  • rocking14adj. Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth.
  • roebuck15n. A male roe deer.
  • rolling8adj. Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
  • rollout7n. An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
  • romance11n. An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
  • roofing11n. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
  • rooftop12n. The area atop a roof.
  • rookery14n. A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
  • roomful12n. The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that...
  • rooster7n. A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other...
  • rooting8n. A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
  • rosacea9n. A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
  • rosalia7n. A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated...
  • rosebud10n. The bud of a rose.
  • roselle7n. Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to...
  • rosetta7n. A floral pattern in latte art.
  • rosette7n. An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other...
  • rostral7adj. Relating to the rostrum.
  • rostrum9n. A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other...
  • rotated8adj. Having undergone rotation about an axis.
  • rotator7n. One who or that which rotates.
  • rotting8n. The process by which something rots.
  • rotunda8n. A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
  • rougher11n. A worker who shapes something to prepare it for a finishing operation.
  • roughly14adv. In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
  • rounded9adj. Made into a circle or sphere.
  • rounder8n. A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit...
  • roundly11adv. Circularly.
  • roundup10n. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be...
  • rousing8adj. That rouses or excites.
  • routine7n. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  • routing8n. The assignment of a route to anything.
  • rowboat12n. A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).
  • royally13adv. In a royal manner; in a manner having to do with royalty.
  • royalty13n. The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

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8-letter words that start with RO

  • roadkill13n. The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.
  • roadless9adj. Lacking roads.
  • roadshow15n. A show that travels from place to place.
  • roadside10adj. Located beside a road (or railway).
  • roadster9n. A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the...
  • roadwork16n. The construction or maintenance done to roads.
  • roastery11n. A place where meat, coffee, etc. is roasted.
  • roasting9adj. Very hot.
  • robocall12n. An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses...
  • robotics12n. The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and...
  • robustly13adv. In a robust manner.
  • rockabye19v. To rock soothingly.
  • rockaway20n. A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the...
  • rockband17n. A rock formation that encircles a hill or mountain, separating other...
  • rocketry17n. The making and launching of rockets, its science and practice.
  • rockfall17n. A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.
  • rockfish20n. A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans...
  • rockland15n. A rocky landscape.
  • rockpool16n. A tidepool.
  • rockstar14n. A member of a rock band, or a solo artist in the genre, especially one...
  • rockwood18n. Ligniform asbestos.
  • rockwool17n. Inorganic material resembling fiber, used primarily for insulation and...
  • rohypnol16n. Flunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill), sometimes used as a...
  • roleplay13v. To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people.
  • rollback16n. A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of...
  • rollover11n. The process of incrementing, especially back to an initial value.
  • romantic12adj. Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the...
  • roofless11adj. Without a roof, open to the sky.
  • roofline11n. The profile of a roof or a series of roofs.
  • roommate12n. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks...
  • roosting9n. The place or period where a creature roosts.
  • rootless8adj. Of a plant or another thing, having no roots.
  • roquette17n. A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored...
  • rosaline8n. A type of needlepoint.
  • rosebush13n. The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.
  • rosehill11n. Synonym of rosella (“type of parrot”).
  • rosemary13n. A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that...
  • rosewood12n. The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume...
  • rotating9adj. Undergoing physical rotation.
  • rotation8n. The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
  • rotenone8n. A toxic crystalline substance obtained from the roots of derris and...
  • roughage13n. Originally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture)...
  • roulette8n. A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on...
  • rounders9n. A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one...
  • rounding10adj. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
  • roundish12adj. Somewhat round.
  • rowhouse14n. One of a row of houses situated side by side and sharing a common wall.
  • royalist11adj. Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.

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9-letter words that start with RO

  • roadblock18n. Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
  • roadhouse13n. An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the...
  • roadstead11n. A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where...
  • roadstone10n. Any type of stone or stone product, such as shingle, flints, crushed...
  • robotized21adj. Like or having characteristics of a robot; automated.
  • rockbound18adj. Surrounded by rocks.
  • rocketeer15n. Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.
  • rocketman17n. A rocketeer or rocket scientist.
  • rockslide16n. A type of landslide characterized by falling rocks.
  • rockstone15n. A pebble.
  • roguelike14n. Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by...
  • roguishly16adv. In a roguish manner.
  • romancing14n. The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
  • romanized21adj. That is written in the Latin alphabet.
  • romantica13n. Erotic romance.
  • roominess11n. The quality of being roomy.
  • rootstock15n. A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most...
  • roseberry14n. A rosehip.
  • rosewater12n. A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring...
  • rostering10n. The process of forming a roster.
  • rotatable11adj. Having the ability to rotate.
  • rotatably14adv. So as to be movable by rotation.
  • rotavirus12n. Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that...
  • rotoscope13n. A technique in which animators trace live-action movement frame by...
  • rotundity13n. The quality of being rotund.
  • roughcast15n. A crude model.
  • roughneck19n. A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or...
  • roughness13n. The property of being rough, coarseness.
  • roughshod17adj. Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or...
  • roundball12n. The sport of basketball.
  • roundelay13n. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
  • roundhead14adj. Having a dome-shaped head.
  • roundness10n. The degree of accuracy to which a manufactured object intended to be...
  • roundtrip12v. To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without...
  • roundwood14n. Timber as it is cut from the tree, including the bark and without any...
  • roundworm15n. An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla....
  • routinely12adv. In a routine manner, in a way that has become common or expected.
  • rowdiness13n. The state of being rowdy.

10-letter words that start with RO

  • roadmaster13n. One who is in charge of a railroad track.
  • roadrunner11n. Either of two species of fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx of...
  • roadworthy20adj. Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.
  • roboticist14n. One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with...
  • robustness12n. The quality of being robust.
  • rockabilly21n. A genre of music originating from the South (United States) and mixing...
  • rocketship21n. A rocket-powered spacecraft.
  • rockhopper23n. A rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes spp.).
  • rocksteady20n. A genre of Jamaican music somewhat slower than ska.
  • rocuronium14n. An aminosteroid nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker used in...
  • roistering11n. Noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.
  • roleplayer15n. A person who plays roleplaying games.
  • rollerball12n. A kind of ballpoint pen with a spherical nib that uses water-based...
  • rollergirl11n. A woman who plays roller derby.
  • rollicking17n. A scolding, a bollocking.
  • romantical14adj. Of or pertaining to a romantic tendency or character.
  • romidepsin15n. An anticancer agent obtained from the bacterium Chromobacterium...
  • rootedness11n. The state or quality of being rooted.
  • ropinirole12n. A particular dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's...
  • rotational10adj. Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
  • rotisserie10n. A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.
  • rotorcraft15n. Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors (usually either a...
  • rototiller10n. A motorized cultivator having rotating blades.
  • rottenness10n. The quality of being rotten.
  • roughhouse17adj. Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
  • roughrider15n. A horsebreaker.
  • roundabout13adj. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
  • roundhouse14n. A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
  • roundstone11n. Small stones used for paving.
  • roundtable13n. Round table (a conference at which participants of similar status...
  • roustabout12n. An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a...
  • routinized20adj. Carried out as part of a routine.

11-letter words that start with RO

  • roastmaster13n. One who leads a roast (comedy routine that criticizes its human...
  • robotically18adv. In a robotic (or robotical) fashion.
  • robusticity18n. Synonym of robustness.
  • rodenticide15n. Any toxic substance used to kill rodent pests.
  • roleplaying17n. Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts...
  • rollerblade14n. A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole...
  • romanticism17n. A romantic quality, spirit or action.
  • romanticist15n. An advocate or follower of romanticism.
  • romanticize24v. To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic...
  • ropivacaine18n. A local anesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group.
  • rotogravure15n. A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio...
  • rotoscoping16n. Synonym of rotoscope (“technique”).
  • roundedness13n. The quality of being rounded.

12-letter words that start with RO

13-letter words that start with RO

  • rollerblading17n. The pastime or sport of skating on rollerblades.
  • rollercoaster15n. An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls...
  • romanticizing27n. The act of one who romanticizes; a making romantic.
  • rosiglitazone23n. A thiazolidinedione derivative (trademark Avandia) taken orally in the...
  • routinization22n. The process of making something routine.
  • roxithromycin30n. A semisynthetic derivative of erythromycin.

14-letter words that start with RO

15-letter words that start with RO

1,141 rare words that start with RO

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Questions about these words

How many words that start with RO are there?
Word.ws lists 470 words that start with RO, plus 1,141 rare ones.
What are common words that start with RO?
room, road, role, round, rock, royal, rose and roll.
Which of the words that start with RO has the highest letter score?
roxithromycin scores 30 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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