5-Letter Words Starting With RU
There are 85 five-letter words starting with RU, including 10 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Starting With RU
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- RURAL Relating to or characteristic of the countryside rather than the city
- RUGBY A form of football played with an oval ball
- RULER A straight-edged strip used for drawing lines and measuring lengths
- RUMOR Unverified information or gossip passed from person to person
- RUSTY Covered with rust or deteriorated from lack of use
- RUPEE The basic unit of money in India and several other South Asian countries
- RUDDY Having a healthy reddish color, often from being outdoors
- RUNNY Having a thin, flowing consistency like liquid
- RUMBA A lively ballroom dance of Cuban origin with rhythmic hip movements
- RUDER More impolite or discourteous
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (33%), Y (19%), E (12%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 29% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, E, N, Y, A
- Most have 2 vowels (54%)
- 35% contain a repeated letter
- 10 of the 85 are common puzzle answers (12%)
Other Valid Words
75 additional dictionary words start with RU — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- RULES
- RULED
- RUINS
- RUBIO
- RUBIN
- RUFUS
- RUNES
- RUBLE
- RUNGS
- RUNIC
- RUMMY
- RUMEN
- RUSSE
- RUBES
- RUSTS
- RUEDA
- RUBUS
- RUBEL
- RUNUP
- RUCKS
- RUSES
- RUNTS
- RUFFS
- RUMPS
- RUACH
- RUING
- RUBAN
- RUDIE
- RUTIN
- RUGAE
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- RUBBY
- RUTTY
- RUSKS
- RUSHY
- RUDIS
- RUFFY
- RUTHS
- RUMBO
- RUNTY
- RUGAL
- RUCHE
- RUDES
- RUDAS
- RUMPY
- RULLY
- RUDDS
- RUFFE
- RUNED
- RUMAL
- RUSKY
- RUANA
- RUMES
- RUNER
- RURUS
- RUERS
- RUNDS
- RUSAS
- RUCHY
- RUNOS
- RUNCH
- RUGAS
- RUBOR
- RUNCE
- RUICE
- RUMPO
- RURPS
- RUSMA
- RUGGY
- RUPIA
- RUBLI
- RUMLY
- RUVID
- RUOTE
- RUBAI
- RUKHS
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.