180 total words
29 common words
151 rare & valid words
29 words

Everyday English that regularly appears in daily word puzzles like Word Equation and Wordle. If you're stuck, start here.

REACH
REACT
READY
REALM
REARM
REBEL
REBUT
RECAP
RECUR
RECUT
REEDY
REFER
REFIT
REGAL
REHAB
REIGN
RELAX
RELAY
RENEW
REPAY
REPEL
REPLY
RERUN
RESET
RETCH
RETRO
RETRY
REUSE
REVEL

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151 additional words

Valid in word games but less commonly known — archaic, technical, or regional English. Useful to know when stuck, but unlikely in a curated daily puzzle.

READD
READS
REAKS
REALO
REALS
REAME
REAMS
REAMY
REANS
REAPS
REARS
REAST
REATA
REATE
REAVE
REBAR
REBBE
REBEC
REBID
REBIT
REBOP
REBUS
REBUY
RECAL
RECCE
RECCO
RECCY
RECIT
RECKS
RECON
RECTA
RECTI
RECTO
REDAN
REDDS
REDDY
REDED
REDES
REDIA
REDID
REDIP
REDLY
REDON
REDOS
REDOX
REDRY
REDUB
REDUX
REDYE
REECH
REEDE
REEDS
REEFS
REEFY
REEKS
REEKY
REELS
REENS
REEST
REEVE
REFED
REFEL
REFFO
REFIX
REFLY
REFRY
REGAR
REGES
REGGO
REGIE
REGMA
REGNA
REGOS
REGUR
REHEM
REIFS
REIFY
REIKI
REIKS
REINK
REINS
REIRD
REIST
REIVE
REJIG
REJON
REKED
REKES
REKEY
RELET
RELIC
RELIE
RELIT
REMAN
REMAP
REMEN
REMET
REMEX
REMIT
REMIX
RENAL
RENAY
RENDS
RENEY
RENGA
RENIG
RENIN
RENNE
RENTE
RENTS
REOIL
REPEG
REPIN
REPLA
REPOS
REPOT
REPPS
REPRO
RERAN
RERIG
RESAT
RESAW
RESAY
RESEE
RESES
RESEW
RESID
RESIN
RESIT
RESOD
RESOW
RESTO
RESTS
RESTY
RETAG
RETAX
RETEM
RETES
RETIA
RETIE
REVET
REVIE
REVUE
REWAN
REWAX
REWED
REWET
REWIN
REWON
REWTH
REXES

Using RE__ Words in Word Puzzles

There are 180 valid five-letter words starting with RE in our dictionary. 29 of these are common, everyday words that regularly appear in curated daily puzzles like Word Equation. The remaining 151 are valid but less familiar — useful to know when you're stuck, but unlikely to appear in a standard daily puzzle.

If you've confirmed RE at the start of a puzzle, your next move is to nail down the third letter. Try a guess that places different vowels and common consonants in position 3 to eliminate large groups at once. In Word Equation, every number you receive tells you exactly how many letters are in the right spot — use that to rule out entire clusters of RE__ words in a single guess.

About This Word List

The common words on this page come from the same curated 2,078-word pool used in Word Equation's daily puzzles. The extended list includes all additional valid words from our 12,452-word full dictionary, which powers Word Equation's Hard Mode. All words are exactly 5 letters and start with RE.

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