4 Letter Words Starting with R

Common four-letter words that start with R

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• real 4/5 being or occurring in fact or actuality
• room 6/7 an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• read 5/5 interpret something that is written or printed
• rest 4/4 not move
• ride 5/5 sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
• road 5/5 an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
• ring 5/7 sound loudly and sonorously
• rock 10/11 a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• rich 9/9 possessing material wealth
• roll 4/6 move by turning over or rotating
• race 6/7 any competition
• rose 4/4 any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
• risk 8/8 a source of danger
• rain 4/5 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
• rule 4/6 a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• roof 7/7 a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
• rent 4/5 let for money
• runs 4/6 (form of run) move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• rush 7/7 move hurridly
• ruin 4/6 an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
• rise 4/4 move upward
• rick 10/11 a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
• rate 4/4 a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• rope 6/7 a strong line
• rude 5/6 socially incorrect in behavior
• rare 4/4 not widely known
• ruth 7/7 United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
• role 4/5 the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
• rats 4/4 (form of rat) any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• rice 6/7 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• rear 4/4 the back of a military formation or procession
• ruby 9/10 a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
• rage 5/6 a feeling of intense anger
• root 4/4 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
• rode 5/5
• reed 5/5 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
• raid 5/5 search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
• rank 8/9 a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
• robe 6/7 any loose flowing garment
• ribs 6/7 (form of rib) support resembling the rib of an animal
• rash 7/6 any red eruption of the skin
• rack 10/11 go at a rack
• rely 7/7 have faith or confidence in
• riot 4/4 a public act of violence by an unruly mob
• rang 5/7
• raft 7/7 a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
• rail 4/5 a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
• rays 7/6 (form of ray) a column of light (as from a beacon)
• rube 6/8 a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
• ripe 6/7 fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

All 181 four-letter words that start with R

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