Browse 7-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 7-Letter Words Starting With R

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 1,389 7-Letter Words Starting With R (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (23,109 seven-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with RA (221)

Starting with RE (753)

Starting with RH (25)

Starting with RI (123)

Starting with RO (156)

Starting with RU (110)

Starting with RY (1)

About 7-Letter Words Starting With R

1,389
Total words
344
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of R

There are 1,389 seven-letter words that start with R. The words come from the ENABLE word list (23,109 seven-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow R are E (753), A (221), O (156), I (123) and U (110). The biggest groups are words beginning with RE-, RA- and RO-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are RHYTHMS (18 points), REQUIEM (18 points), REALIZE (16 points), REQUIRE (16 points), REQUEST (16 points). R itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 1,389 seven-letter words that start with R in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are RESULTS, RUNNING, READING, RELATED, RELEASE, RESPECT, REGULAR, REASONS.
With standard Scrabble tile values: RHYTHMS (18), REQUIEM (18), REALIZE (16), REQUIRE (16), REQUEST (16). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
344 of the 1,389 words use 7 different letters.