5 Letter Words That Start With RI

All 77 five-letter words beginning with RI, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.

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All words · 77
riads6
rials5
riant5
riata5
ribas7
ribby12
ribes7
riced8
ricer7
rices7
ricey10
richt10
ricin7
ricks11
rider6
rides6
ridge7
ridgy10
ridic8
riels5
riems7
rieve8
rifer8
riffs11
rifle8
rifte8
rifts8
rifty11
riggs7
right9
rigid7
rigol6
rigor6
riled6
riles5
riley8
rille5
rills5
rimae7
rimed8
rimer7
rimes7
rimus7
rinds6
rindy9
rines5
rings6
rinks9
rinse5
rioja12
riots5
riped8
ripen7
riper7
ripes7
ripps9
risen5
riser5
rises5
rishi8
risks9
risky12
risps7
risus5
rites5
ritts5
ritzy17
rival8
rivas8
rived9
rivel8
riven8

5 letter words beginning RI

There are 77 5 letter words beginning with RI in our dictionary — about 12% of the 629 5 letter words that start with R.

Not every game takes every word. Of these 77:57 are valid in Scrabble US, 75 are valid in Scrabble UK and 76 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 ritzy at 17 points. The top of the table:

  • ritzy · 17 pts
  • rizas · 14 pts
  • ribby · 12 pts
  • rioja · 12 pts
  • risky · 12 pts
  • ricks · 11 pts

How the rest of the word behaves

32 of them end with S, 8 of them end with Y and 8 of them end with R.25of 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.