Words containing R

Our dictionary holds 144,753 words containing r, ranging from 2 to 28 letters. The highest-scoring of them is RAZZAMATAZZES, worth 51 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with R than any other letter — 14,807 of them, about 10% of the list.

7,195 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (5%), including for, or, are, from, your; the remaining 137,558 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.