4 Letter Words That Start With RU
All 27 four-letter words beginning with RU, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.
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4 letter words beginning RU
There are 27 4 letter words beginning with RU in our dictionary — about 15% of the 185 4 letter words that start with R.
Not every game takes every word. Of these 27:27 are valid in Scrabble US, 27 are valid in Scrabble UK and 27 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.
Highest scoring
The best Scrabble play on this list is ruff at 10 points. The top of the table:
- ruff · 10 pts
- ruck · 10 pts
- ruby · 9 pts
- rusk · 8 pts
- rump · 8 pts
- rush · 7 pts
How the rest of the word behaves
6 of them end with S, 5 of them end with E and 2 of them end with Y.3of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.
Using this list
Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.