Five-letter words starting with R

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RABBI Likely RABID Very unlikely used RACER Very unlikely used RADAR Likely RADII Likely RADIO Possible used RAINY Very unlikely used RAISE Very unlikely used RAJAH Likely RALLY Likely RALPH Likely RAMEN Very unlikely used RANCH Very unlikely used RANDY Likely RANGE Very unlikely used RAPID Very unlikely used RARER Likely RASPY Likely RATIO Very unlikely used RATTY Very unlikely used RAVEN Likely RAYON Very unlikely used RAZOR Likely REACH Very unlikely used REACT Possible used READY Very unlikely used REALM Very unlikely used REARM Likely REBAR Likely REBEL Very unlikely used REBUS Very unlikely used REBUT Possible used RECAP Very unlikely used RECUR Very unlikely used RECUT Likely REEDY Likely REFER Very unlikely used REFIT Likely REGAL Very unlikely used REHAB Very unlikely used REIGN Likely RELAX Very unlikely used RELAY Very unlikely used RELIC Very unlikely used REMIT Very unlikely used REMIX Very unlikely used RENAL Likely RENEW Very unlikely used REPAY Possible used REPEL Very unlikely used REPLY Very unlikely used RERUN Very unlikely used RESET Very unlikely used RESIN Very unlikely used RETCH Possible used RETRO Very unlikely used RETRY Very unlikely used REUSE Very unlikely used REVEL Very unlikely used REVUE Very unlikely used RHINO Possible used RHYME Very unlikely used RIDER Very unlikely used RIDGE Very unlikely used RIFLE Likely RIGHT Very unlikely used RIGID Very unlikely used RIGOR Likely RINSE Very unlikely used RIPEN Likely RIPER Very unlikely used RISEN Very unlikely used RISER Very unlikely used RISKY Likely RITZY Very unlikely used RIVAL Very unlikely used RIVER Very unlikely used RIVET Very unlikely used ROACH Very unlikely used ROAST Likely ROBIN Very unlikely used ROBOT Very unlikely used ROCKY Very unlikely used RODEO Very unlikely used ROGER Likely ROGUE Possible used ROOMY Very unlikely used ROOST Very unlikely used ROTOR Likely ROUGE Possible used ROUGH Very unlikely used ROUND Possible used ROUSE Very unlikely used ROUTE Very unlikely used ROVER Very unlikely used ROWDY Very unlikely used ROWER Very unlikely used ROYAL Very unlikely used RUDDY Very unlikely used RUDER Very unlikely used RUGBY Very unlikely used RULER Very unlikely used RUMBA Very unlikely used RUMOR Likely RUNNY Very unlikely used RUPEE Very unlikely used RURAL Very unlikely used RUSTY Very unlikely used RACED Possible RACES Very unlikely RACKS Very unlikely RAGED Possible RAGES Very unlikely RAIDS Very unlikely RAILS Very unlikely RAINS Very unlikely RAMON Very unlikely RAMPS Very unlikely RANKS Very unlikely RANTS Very unlikely RAPED Very unlikely RAPES Very unlikely RATED Possible RATES Very unlikely READS Very unlikely RECON Possible REDDY Very unlikely REEDS Very unlikely REEFS Very unlikely REELS Very unlikely REINS Very unlikely RENTS Very unlikely RESTS Very unlikely RHINE Very unlikely RIDES Very unlikely RIFFS Very unlikely RIGGS Very unlikely RILEY Very unlikely RINGS Very unlikely RIOTS Very unlikely RISES Very unlikely RISKS Very unlikely RITES Very unlikely ROADS Very unlikely ROBES Very unlikely ROCHE Very unlikely ROCKS Very unlikely ROHAN Very unlikely ROLES Very unlikely ROLLS Very unlikely ROMAN Possible ROMEO Very unlikely RONDO Very unlikely ROOFS Very unlikely ROOMS Very unlikely ROOTS Very unlikely ROPER Possible ROPES Very unlikely ROSES Very unlikely ROWAN Very unlikely RUBIN Very unlikely RUBIO Very unlikely RUFUS Very unlikely RUINS Very unlikely RULED Possible RULES Very unlikely RAADS Very unlikely RAAKE Very unlikely RABAT Very unlikely RABIC Very unlikely RABIS Very unlikely RACHE Very unlikely RACON Very unlikely RADDI Very unlikely RADDY Very unlikely RADGE Very unlikely RADGY Very unlikely RADIF Very unlikely RADIX Very unlikely RADON Possible RAFEE Very unlikely RAFFS Very unlikely RAFFY Very unlikely RAFIK Very unlikely RAFIQ Very unlikely RAFTS Very unlikely RAFTY Very unlikely RAGAS Very unlikely RAGDE Very unlikely RAGEE Very unlikely RAGER Possible RAGGA Very unlikely RAGGS Very unlikely RAGGY Very unlikely RAGIS Very unlikely RAGUS Very unlikely RAHED Very unlikely RAHUI Very unlikely RAIAH Very unlikely RAIAS Very unlikely

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AIDER leaves 40.7377 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 795 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, RABBI has a 2.5% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 155.6942 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with R?
There are 795 five-letter words that start with R in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 108 words are possible answers.