216 words start with RA, few enough to read in one pass. 23 of them are possible answers.
All 216 are here, ordered by what each one rules out rather than alphabetically.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 216 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- RAISE: takes 216 down to 52 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- RATES: down to 71.
- RACES: down to 84.
What These Words Have in Common
The last square lands on S more than any other letter: 54 words, about a quarter of the set. The company these words keep: E (78), S (70) and I (55). Only 15 of the 216 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.
Best 5 Letter Words Starting with RA
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- RABBI
- RABID
- RACER
- RADAR
- RADII
- RADIO
- RAINY
- RAISE
- RAJAH
- RALLY
- RALPH
- RAMEN
- RANCH
- RANDY
- RANGE
- RAPID
- RARER
- RASPY
- RATIO
- RATTY
- RAVEN
- RAYON
- RAZOR
- RACES
- RACKS
- RANKS
- RATED
- RATES
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in A
- RAGGA
- RAITA
- RAKIA
- RAMTA
- RANGA
- RASTA
- RATHA
- RATWA
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in D
- RABID
- RAPID
- RATED
- RACED
- RAGED
- RAHED
- RAIRD
- RAKED
- RAMED
- RANED
- RANID
- RAPED
- RARED
- RASED
- RAVED
- RAXED
- RAYED
- RAZED
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in E
- RAISE
- RANGE
- RAAKE
- RACHE
- RADGE
- RAFEE
- RAFFE
- RAGDE
- RAGEE
- RAIAE
- RAIKE
- RAILE
- RAINE
- RAKEE
- RAMEE
- RAMIE
- RAMSE
- RANCE
- RANEE
- RANKE
- RANSE
- RAPEE
- RAPHE
- RAPPE
- RAREE
- RASSE
- RATHE
- RAYLE
- RAYNE
- RAZEE
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in H
- RAJAH
- RALPH
- RANCH
- RAASH
- RAIAH
- RAITH
- RAMSH
- RATCH
- RAYAH
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in I
- RABBI
- RADII
- RADDI
- RAHUI
- RAKHI
- RAKKI
- RAKSI
- RALLI
- RAMMI
- RANGI
- RANLI
- RATTI
- RAULI
- RAZAI
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in N
- RAMEN
- RAVEN
- RAYON
- RABIN
- RACON
- RADON
- RAKAN
- RAMAN
- RAMIN
- RAMON
- RANDN
- RAPIN
- RASEN
- RASON
- RATAN
- RAVIN
- RAWIN
- RAYAN
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in O
- RADIO
- RATIO
- RAMBO
- RANDO
- RAPSO
- RATOO
- RAUPO
- RAZOO
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in R
- RACER
- RADAR
- RARER
- RAZOR
- RAGER
- RAKER
- RAPER
- RASER
- RATER
- RAVER
- RAWER
- RAZER
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in S
- RACES
- RACKS
- RANKS
- RATES
- RAADS
- RABIS
- RAFFS
- RAFTS
- RAGAS
- RAGES
- RAGGS
- RAGIS
- RAGUS
- RAIAS
- RAIDS
- RAIKS
- RAILS
- RAINS
- RAITS
- RAJAS
- RAJES
- RAKES
- RAKIS
- RAKUS
- RALES
- RAMES
- RAMIS
- RAMPS
- RAMUS
- RANAS
- RANDS
- RANES
- RANGS
- RANIS
- RANNS
- RANTS
- RAPES
- RARES
- RARKS
- RASAS
- RASES
- RASPS
- RATAS
- RATHS
- RATOS
- RATUS
- RAUNS
- RAVES
- RAWKS
- RAWNS
- RAXES
- RAYAS
- RAYLS
- RAZES
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in Y
- RAINY
- RALLY
- RANDY
- RASPY
- RATTY
- RADDY
- RADGY
- RADLY
- RAFFY
- RAFTY
- RAGGY
- RAMMY
- RANGY
- RANNY
- RANTY
- RASTY
- RAVEY
- RAWDY
- RAWKY
- RAWLY
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in B, C, F and other letters
- RAJAB
- RABIC
- RAPIC
- RADIF
- RADEK
- RAFIK
- RABAL
- RAHUL
- RAMAL
- RANAL
- RATAL
- RATEL
- RAVEL
- RASAM
- RAFIQ
- RABAT
- RABOT
- RAKIT
- RAMET
- RAYAT
- RAZET
- RAGHU
- RAJIV
- RADIX
- RAMEX
Part of: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
- RAPHE: A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
- RANGY: Adapted to wandering or roaming.
- RAITA: An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
- RAMUS: The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
- RAVER: A participant in a rave dancing party.
- RAPER: Someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse.
- RATAN: A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
- RATTY: Of or characteristic of rats. It is on the answer list.
- RASPY: Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. It is on the answer list.
- RAJAH: A prince or king in India. It is on the answer list.
- RAVEL: Disentangle.
- RAZED: Torn down and broken up.
- RAFTS: A large number or amount.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer start with RA?
Yes. RANGE, RADIO and RAISE all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. RALLY and RADAR are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is RAGEE really a word?
Yes. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
RANGE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. RAZOO and RAZET are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.