Five-letter words starting with R
There are 419 five-letter words that start with R in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 4.9% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is ritzy, worth 17 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 419 five-letter words starting with R
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Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with R
- ritzy 17 points
- rajah 15 points
- razed 15 points
- refix 15 points
- rewax 15 points
- razee 14 points
- razer 14 points
- razes 14 points
- razor 14 points
- remex 14 points
- remix 14 points
- rocky 14 points
- roque 14 points
- radix 13 points
- raxed 13 points
- redox 13 points
- redux 13 points
- rhyme 13 points
- ryked 13 points
- rajas 12 points
- rajes 12 points
- rammy 12 points
- raxes 12 points
- reeky 12 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are re (135), ra (100), ro (76), ri (56), ru (41). 37 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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