6 Letter Words Starting With R

Playing 6 letter words starting with R

Six-letter words are some of the most valuable plays in Scrabble and Words With Friends — long enough to rack up points and open the board, short enough to fit almost anywhere. This page lists every valid six-letter word beginning with the letter R, so you can scan for the highest-scoring option that fits your rack and the tiles already down.

Each word shows its base Scrabble tile value. Remember that premium squares (double/triple letter and word bonuses) can change which play is actually best, so a lower-value word on the right square often beats a higher-value one played flat. If you have a full rack, check whether any seven-letter extension of these words earns you the 50-point bingo bonus.

Need to work from the letters you already hold instead? Use our anagram solver or Scrabble word finder to unscramble any set of tiles into every word they can spell.