5 Letter Words Starting with RE
Found 179 5-letter words starting with RE. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.
Quick answers
How many 5-letter words starting with RE are there?
There are 179 5-letter words starting with RE in our list right now.
What's the highest-scoring 5-letter word starting with RE?
"refix" tops the list starting with RE at 15 points in Scrabble.
What's a common 5-letter word starting with RE?
"reach" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 5-letter words starting with RE.
Will these words hold up in Scrabble or Words With Friends?
They're drawn from a broad English word list, not a single tournament dictionary. If you're playing competitively, double-check against your game's official list (TWL or SOWPODS) before you commit to a play.
Keep exploring
Want 5-letter words starting with RE? There are 179 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Five-letter words carry extra weight thanks to Wordle — one puzzle, six guesses — so this list moonlights as a solver whenever you're stuck. Top of the scoreboard: "refix", worth 15 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: reach, ready, refer, reply. Common words like these show up in most game dictionaries, so they're safe, low-risk plays. Want something sneakier — harder to guess, less likely to get challenged — use the filters below to narrow by extra letters.
R, E, A, S, T show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. V, H, J turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.