6 Letter Words That Start With R
1,215 words in this list, every one checked against the YAWL dictionary.
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6 Letter Words 1,215
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The highest scoring words from this list, ranked by Scrabble letter values.
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This page holds all 1,215 six letter words that start with R, one of the deeper first letter lists at this length thanks to the many RE prefixes English builds on. The words run from everyday picks like RATHER, RESULT, and REMAIN to the point heavy RAZZED at the far end. Enter your tiles in the filter above and only the plays you can actually make stay on screen.
A deep list built on prefixes
R is a crowded opener at six letters, and most of the crowd sits behind two beginnings. RE words fill the largest share, RECAST, REVISE, REAPER, REELED, and REMAIN among them, so if you are hunting for a play that reuses a verb you already know, start there. A smaller RA group gives you RAFTER, RANGER, RAPPER, RATTLE, and RAIDED, and the RH cluster hides RHYMES and RHYTHM. Scan those groups first and you will have covered a large part of the list before you meet anything unusual.
Playing six letter R words
When an R anchors the front of your rack or grid, this is the page to browse. RATHER, RESULT, and ROBOTS give you common follow up letters for a steady play, while RAKISH, RUCKUS, and ROTORS push into different vowel and consonant territory when you need to break a jam. REACTS and ROAMED are handy when you want to shed a spare S or a trailing vowel. Filter by anything you have already confirmed and the candidates shrink to a readable handful you can weigh at a glance.
Where the points sit
The R tile is worth one point, so scores depend on the company it keeps. RAZZED tops the list at 25 points, carrying a double Z behind the R, with RAZZES and ROZZER right behind at 24. A middle tier of REBOZO and RHYTHM lands at 17, and REFLEX and REFLUX each make 16 by pairing an X with the opener. RAJAHS rounds out the high scorers at 16. These are the words to reach for when a triple square is open and a plain word will not do.
How the count is made
Every number on this page is recomputed from a single pinned dictionary on each build, the same file the search tool reads, so the count and the filtered results can never disagree. If a total looks smaller than a rival site, that is the honest YAWL figure, and the dictionary page explains the source list, its license, and its full tables. To rearrange a whole rack instead of browsing, hand your letters to the six letter word finder.