4 letter words starting with R

182 valid 4 letter words beginning with R, grouped by their first two letters. Use the filter to narrow them down with the letters you know.

182 words

Common 4 letter words starting with R

  • race
  • rage
  • raid
  • rain
  • rang
  • rank
  • rare
  • rate
  • rats
  • read
  • real
  • rear
  • reed
  • rely
  • rent
  • rest
  • ribs
  • rice
  • rich
  • rick
  • ride
  • ring
  • rise
  • risk
  • road
  • rock
  • role
  • roll
  • roof
  • room
  • root
  • rope
  • rose
  • ruby
  • rude
  • ruin
  • rule
  • runs
  • rush
  • ruth

All 4 letter words starting with R

Starting with RA (43)

  • race
  • rack
  • racy
  • rads
  • raff
  • raft
  • raga
  • rage
  • ragi
  • rags
  • raia
  • raid
  • rail
  • rain
  • raja
  • rake
  • raki
  • rale
  • rami
  • ramp
  • rams
  • rand
  • rang
  • rani
  • rank
  • rant
  • rape
  • raps
  • rapt
  • rare
  • rase
  • rash
  • rasp
  • rate
  • rath
  • rato
  • rats
  • rave
  • raws
  • raya
  • rays
  • raze
  • razz

Starting with RE (35)

  • read
  • real
  • ream
  • reap
  • rear
  • rebs
  • reck
  • recs
  • redd
  • rede
  • redo
  • reds
  • reed
  • reef
  • reek
  • reel
  • rees
  • refs
  • reft
  • regs
  • reif
  • rein
  • reis
  • rely
  • rems
  • rend
  • rent
  • repo
  • repp
  • reps
  • resh
  • rest
  • rete
  • rets
  • revs

Starting with RH (3)

  • rhea
  • rhos
  • rhus

Starting with RI (31)

  • rial
  • rias
  • ribs
  • rice
  • rich
  • rick
  • ride
  • rids
  • riel
  • rife
  • riff
  • rifs
  • rift
  • rigs
  • rile
  • rill
  • rime
  • rims
  • rimy
  • rind
  • ring
  • rink
  • rins
  • riot
  • ripe
  • rips
  • rise
  • risk
  • rite
  • ritz
  • rive

Starting with RO (38)

  • road
  • roam
  • roan
  • roar
  • robe
  • robs
  • rock
  • rocs
  • rode
  • rods
  • roes
  • roil
  • role
  • rolf
  • roll
  • romp
  • roms
  • rood
  • roof
  • rook
  • room
  • root
  • rope
  • ropy
  • rose
  • rosy
  • rota
  • rote
  • roti
  • rotl
  • roto
  • rots
  • roue
  • roup
  • rout
  • roux
  • rove
  • rows

Starting with RU (27)

  • rube
  • rubs
  • ruby
  • ruck
  • rudd
  • rude
  • rued
  • ruer
  • rues
  • ruff
  • ruga
  • rugs
  • ruin
  • rule
  • ruly
  • rump
  • rums
  • rune
  • rung
  • runs
  • runt
  • ruse
  • rush
  • rusk
  • rust
  • ruth
  • ruts

Starting with RY (5)

  • ryas
  • ryes
  • ryke
  • rynd
  • ryot

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Questions and answers

How many 4 letter words start with R?

Our list has 182 of them, for example race, rage, raid, rain, rang, rank.

Which of these words score the most points?

By Scrabble tile values (without bonus squares), the highest-scoring ones are razz (22), raze (13), ritz (13), raja (11), roux (11).

Which ones are good first guesses in Wordle-style games?

Words with many different common letters, especially vowels, rule out the most letters in one guess. Good picks from this list: rise, rose, rate, rest, read.

Which words are in these lists?

They come from the public-domain ENABLE word list (168,551 words), which is widely used for Scrabble-style games. Abbreviations and proper nouns are not included; some rare words are.