7-letter words starting with RE
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter RE. This section showcases how RE at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with RE, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| respect | 11 | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | it differs in that respect |
| realize | 16 | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | - |
| reading | 9 | written material intended to be read | the teacher assigned new readings |
| reality | 10 | all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you | for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were |
| release | 7 | part with a possession or right | - |
| revenge | 11 | take revenge for a perceived wrong | - |
| request | 16 | express the need or desire for | She requested an extra bed in her room |
| regular | 8 | often used as intensifiers | a regular morass of details |
| receive | 12 | experience as a reaction | - |
| remains | 9 | the dead body of a human being | - |
| related | 8 | being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics | painting and the related arts |
| refused | 11 | - | - |
| removed | 13 | separate or apart in time | - |
| replace | 11 | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt |
| realise | 7 | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | - |
| respond | 10 | react verbally | - |
| recover | 12 | get or find back; recover the use of | - |
| retired | 8 | no longer active in your work or profession | - |
| reserve | 10 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | - |
| reverse | 10 | the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | - |
| retreat | 7 | move back | - |
| relaxed | 15 | without strain or anxiety | gave the impression of being quite relaxed |
| require | 16 | have need of | - |
| receipt | 11 | report the receipt of | - |
| resting | 8 | - | - |
| regrets | 8 | a polite refusal of an invitation | - |
| rescued | 10 | delivered from danger | - |
| reduced | 11 | well below normal (especially in price) | - |
| resolve | 10 | find the solution | - |
| restore | 7 | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | - |
| reunion | 7 | the act of coming together again | - |
| reflect | 12 | be bright by reflecting or casting light | Drive carefully--the wet road reflects |
| recruit | 9 | cause to assemble or enlist in the military | recruit new soldiers |
| referee | 10 | (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play | - |
| relieve | 10 | provide relief for | - |
| rebuild | 10 | build again | The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb |
| refugee | 11 | an exile who flees for safety | - |
| remorse | 9 | a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | - |
| refined | 11 | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | - |
| renting | 8 | the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | - |
| redneck | 14 | a poor White person in the southern United States | - |
| reactor | 9 | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements | - |
| revenue | 10 | government income due to taxation | - |
| rewrite | 10 | something that has been written again | the rewrite was much better |
| redhead | 12 | someone who has red hair | - |
| recital | 9 | a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | - |
| rejoice | 16 | feel happiness or joy | - |
| removal | 12 | the act of removing | he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy |
| refresh | 13 | make fresh again | - |
| rebirth | 12 | the revival of learning and culture | - |
| revving | 14 | - | - |
| refrain | 10 | resist doing something | He refrained from hitting him back |
| reclaim | 11 | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | - |
| refusal | 10 | a message refusing to accept something that is offered | - |
| relying | 11 | - | - |
| recount | 9 | narrate or give a detailed account of | - |
| renewed | 11 | restored to a new condition | felt renewed strength |
| residue | 8 | something left after other parts have been taken away | - |
| restart | 7 | take up or begin anew | - |
| rethink | 14 | thinking again about a choice previously made | - |
| rebound | 10 | a movement back from an impact | - |
| replica | 11 | copy that is not the original; something that has been copied | - |
| realtor | 7 | a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors | - |
| revered | 11 | profoundly honored | revered holy men |
| revised | 11 | altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting material | - |
| revival | 13 | bringing again into activity and prominence | the revival of trade |
| reptile | 9 | any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | - |
| revived | 14 | given fresh life or vigor or spirit | stirred by revived hopes |
| revoked | 15 | - | - |
| regroup | 10 | organize anew, as after a setback | - |
| rematch | 14 | something (especially a game) that is played again | - |
| readily | 11 | in a punctual manner | - |
| recycle | 14 | use again after processing | We must recycle the cardboard boxes |
| relapse | 9 | deteriorate in health | he relapsed |
| reunite | 7 | unify again, as of a country | - |
| realism | 9 | the state of being actual or real | - |
| renewal | 10 | filling again by supplying what has been used up | - |
| revolve | 13 | cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis | - |
| recluse | 9 | one who lives in solitude | - |
| remarry | 12 | marry, not for the first time | - |
| recited | 10 | - | - |
| remover | 12 | a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface) | paint remover |
| retract | 9 | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | - |
| redding | 10 | a town in north central California on the Sacramento River | - |
| repress | 9 | put down by force or intimidation | - |
| respite | 9 | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | - |
| reputed | 10 | - | - |
| realist | 7 | a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style | - |
| repaint | 9 | paint again | He repainted the same scenery many times during his life |
| resumed | 10 | - | - |
| rectify | 15 | make right or correct | rectify the calculation |
| revisit | 10 | visit again | We revisited Rome after 25 years |
| redwood | 12 | either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae | - |
| regimen | 10 | (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) | - |
| rectory | 12 | an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | - |
| renamed | 10 | - | - |
| retinal | 7 | either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | - |
| redoing | 9 | - | - |
| remnant | 9 | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | - |
| rearing | 8 | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | - |
| reddish | 12 | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | - |
| reprise | 9 | repeat an earlier theme of a composition | - |
| relaxer | 14 | any agent that produces relaxation | music is a good relaxer |
| redress | 8 | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | - |
| remodel | 10 | cast or model anew | - |
| regency | 13 | the office of a regent | - |
| reliant | 7 | relying on another for support | - |
| requiem | 18 | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | - |
| reeking | 12 | wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears | wiped his reeking neck |
| reroute | 7 | - | - |
| rescuer | 9 | a person who rescues you from harm or danger | - |
| reshoot | 10 | shoot again | We had to reshoot that scene 24 times |
| retrial | 7 | a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors | - |
| rewrote | 10 | - | - |
| recheck | 18 | - | - |
| repulse | 9 | force or drive back | - |
| retrace | 9 | to go back over again | we retraced the route we took last summer |
| redness | 8 | red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood | - |
| regress | 8 | go back to a previous state | - |
| rehired | 11 | - | - |
| restful | 10 | affording physical or mental rest | she spent a restful night at home |
| restock | 13 | stock again | He restocked his land with pheasants |
| revelry | 13 | unrestrained merrymaking | - |
| replete | 9 | (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated | it is replete with misery |
| rescind | 10 | cancel officially | - |
| retiree | 7 | someone who has retired from active working | - |
| redskin | 12 | (slang) offensive term for Native Americans | - |
| reenact | 9 | act out; represent or perform as if in a play | She reenacted what had happened earlier that day |
| regatta | 8 | a meeting for boat races | - |
| reapply | 14 | - | - |
| reprint | 9 | print anew | They never reprinted the famous treatise |
| reverie | 10 | absentminded dreaming while awake | - |
| rewound | 11 | - | - |
| rebuked | 14 | - | - |
| recline | 9 | lean in a comfortable resting position | - |
| reshape | 12 | shape again or shape differently | - |
| restive | 10 | being in a tense state | - |
| retinas | 7 | - | - |
| retrain | 7 | teach new skills | We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment |
| rewired | 11 | - | - |
| receded | 11 | - | - |
| refocus | 12 | focus anew | The group needs to refocus its goals |
| resided | 9 | - | - |
| reviled | 11 | - | - |
| reentry | 10 | the act of entering again | - |
| retinue | 7 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
| readout | 8 | the output of a computer in readable form | - |
| reenter | 7 | - | - |
| refuted | 11 | - | - |
| relearn | 7 | learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it | After the accident, he could not walk for months and had to relearn how to walk down stairs |
| rending | 9 | resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward |
| readied | 9 | - | - |
| realign | 8 | align anew or better | The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident |
| refried | 11 | - | - |
| reynard | 11 | a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' | - |
| reagent | 8 | a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions | - |
| redraft | 11 | a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again | - |
| relived | 11 | - | - |
| reposed | 10 | - | - |
| retouch | 12 | alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance | This photograph has been retouched! |
| relight | 11 | - | - |
| reorder | 8 | a repeated order for the same merchandise | he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders |
| requite | 16 | make repayment for or return something | - |
| resound | 8 | ring or echo with sound | the hall resounded with laughter |
| regalia | 8 | especially fine or decorative clothing | - |
| relaxin | 14 | hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor | - |
| remount | 9 | a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle | - |
| replant | 9 | plant again or anew | They replanted the land |
| retuned | 8 | - | - |
| reusing | 8 | - | - |
| reveled | 11 | - | - |
| readier | 8 | - | - |
| reddest | 9 | - | - |
| redfish | 14 | large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico | - |
| redline | 8 | discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood | - |
| redrawn | 11 | - | - |
| reducer | 10 | a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver | - |
| reelect | 9 | elect again | - |
| regaled | 9 | - | - |
| redoubt | 10 | an entrenched stronghold or refuge | - |
| rehouse | 10 | put up in a new or different housing | - |
| reprove | 12 | take to task | - |
| restage | 8 | - | - |
| restate | 7 | to say, state, or perform again | - |
| reunify | 13 | unify again, as of a country | Will Korea reunify? |
| recoded | 11 | - | - |
| reffing | 14 | - | - |
| refract | 12 | determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
| reframe | 12 | - | - |
| reissue | 7 | print anew | - |
| respray | 12 | - | - |
| resurge | 8 | rise again | His need for a meal resurged |
| readapt | 10 | adjust anew | - |
| readmit | 10 | admit again or anew | After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted |
| reciter | 9 | someone who recites from memory | - |
| reclimb | 13 | - | - |
| redcoat | 10 | British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | - |
| refloat | 10 | set afloat again | refloat a grounded boat |
| regally | 11 | in a regal manner | a regally appropriate representative |
| remould | 10 | cast again | - |
| reproof | 12 | take to task | - |
| retimed | 10 | - | - |
| retread | 8 | use again in altered form | retread an old plot |
| revalue | 10 | gain in value | - |
| reviver | 13 | - | - |
| rezoned | 17 | - | - |
| reached | 13 | - | - |
| reacher | 12 | - | - |
| reaches | 12 | - | - |
| reacted | 10 | - | - |
| readded | 10 | - | - |
| readers | 8 | - | - |
| readies | 8 | - | - |
| readmes | 10 | - | - |
| readopt | 10 | - | - |
| readorn | 8 | - | - |
| reaffix | 20 | - | - |
| reagins | 8 | - | - |
| reaking | 12 | - | - |
| realest | 7 | - | - |
| realgar | 8 | a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic | - |
| reallie | 7 | - | - |
| reallot | 7 | allot again | They were realloted additional farm land |
| realter | 7 | - | - |
| realtie | 7 | - | - |
| reamend | 10 | - | - |
| reamers | 9 | - | - |
| reamier | 9 | - | - |
| reaming | 10 | - | - |
| reannex | 14 | - | - |
| reapers | 9 | - | - |
| reaping | 10 | - | - |
| rearers | 7 | - | - |
| reargue | 8 | - | - |
| rearise | 7 | - | - |
| rearmed | 10 | - | - |
| rearose | 7 | - | - |
| reasons | 7 | - | - |
| reasted | 8 | - | - |
| reavail | 10 | - | - |
| reavers | 10 | - | - |
| reaving | 11 | - | - |
| reavows | 13 | - | - |
| reawake | 14 | - | - |
| reawoke | 14 | - | - |
| rebacks | 15 | - | - |
| rebadge | 11 | - | - |
| rebaits | 9 | - | - |
| rebased | 10 | - | - |
| rebases | 9 | - | - |
| rebated | 10 | - | - |
| rebater | 9 | - | - |
| rebates | 9 | - | - |
| rebatos | 9 | - | - |
| rebecks | 15 | - | - |
| rebegan | 10 | - | - |
| rebegin | 10 | - | - |
| rebegun | 10 | - | - |
| rebills | 9 | - | - |
| rebinds | 10 | - | - |
| rebites | 9 | - | - |
| reblend | 10 | - | - |
| reblent | 9 | - | - |
| rebloom | 11 | - | - |
| reboant | 9 | - | - |
| reboard | 10 | - | - |
| reboils | 9 | - | - |
| rebooks | 13 | - | - |
| reboots | 9 | - | - |
| rebored | 10 | - | - |
| rebores | 9 | - | - |
| rebozos | 18 | - | - |
| rebrace | 11 | - | - |
| rebrand | 10 | - | - |
| rebreed | 10 | - | - |
| rebuffs | 15 | - | - |
| rebuilt | 9 | - | - |
| rebuker | 13 | someone who finds fault or imputes blame | - |
| rebukes | 13 | - | - |
| rebuses | 9 | - | - |
| recalls | 9 | - | - |
| recaned | 10 | - | - |
| recanes | 9 | - | - |
| recants | 9 | - | - |
| recarry | 12 | - | - |
| recasts | 9 | - | - |
| recatch | 14 | - | - |
| recceed | 12 | - | - |
| reccied | 12 | - | - |
| reccies | 11 | - | - |
| recedes | 10 | - | - |
| recency | 14 | the property of having happened or appeared not long ago | - |
| recense | 9 | - | - |
| recepts | 11 | - | - |
| rechart | 12 | - | - |
| rechate | 12 | - | - |
| recheat | 12 | - | - |
| rechews | 15 | - | - |
| rechips | 14 | - | - |
| rechose | 12 | - | - |
| recipes | 11 | - | - |
| recites | 9 | - | - |
| reckans | 13 | - | - |
| recking | 14 | - | - |
| reckons | 13 | - | - |
| reclads | 10 | - | - |
| reclame | 11 | - | - |
| reclasp | 11 | - | - |
| reclean | 9 | - | - |
| reclose | 9 | - | - |
| recoals | 9 | - | - |
| recoats | 9 | - | - |
| recocks | 15 | - | - |
| recodes | 10 | - | - |
| recoils | 9 | - | - |
| recoins | 9 | - | - |
| recolor | 9 | - | - |
| recombs | 13 | - | - |
| recooks | 13 | - | - |
| records | 10 | - | - |
| recorks | 13 | - | - |
| recoupe | 11 | - | - |
| recoups | 11 | - | - |
| recoure | 9 | - | - |
| recower | 12 | - | - |
| recoyle | 12 | - | - |
| recrate | 9 | - | - |
| recross | 9 | - | - |
| recrown | 12 | - | - |
| rection | 9 | - | - |
| rectors | 9 | - | - |
| rectrix | 16 | - | - |
| rectums | 11 | - | - |
| recuile | 9 | - | - |
| reculed | 10 | - | - |
| recules | 9 | - | - |
| recured | 10 | - | - |
| recures | 9 | - | - |
| recurve | 12 | curve or bend (something) back or down | - |
| recusal | 9 | (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves | - |
| recused | 10 | - | - |
| recuses | 9 | - | - |
| redacts | 10 | - | - |
| redated | 9 | - | - |
| redates | 8 | - | - |
| redback | 16 | - | - |
| redbait | 10 | - | - |
| redbays | 13 | - | - |
| redbird | 11 | crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | - |
| redbone | 10 | a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound | - |
| redbuds | 11 | - | - |
| redbugs | 11 | - | - |
| redcaps | 12 | - | - |
| reddens | 9 | - | - |
| redders | 9 | - | - |
| reddier | 9 | - | - |
| reddled | 10 | - | - |
| reddles | 9 | - | - |
| redeals | 8 | - | - |
| redealt | 8 | - | - |
| redears | 8 | - | - |
| redeems | 10 | - | - |
| redeyes | 11 | - | - |
| redfins | 11 | - | - |
| redfoot | 11 | - | - |
| redials | 8 | - | - |
| redlegs | 9 | - | - |
| redocks | 14 | - | - |
| redound | 9 | contribute | Everything redounded to his glory |
| redouts | 8 | - | - |
| redowas | 11 | - | - |
| redoxes | 15 | - | - |
| redpoll | 10 | small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump | - |
| redraws | 11 | - | - |
| redream | 10 | - | - |
| redried | 9 | - | - |
| redries | 8 | - | - |
| redrill | 8 | - | - |
| redrive | 11 | - | - |
| redroot | 8 | perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | - |
| redrove | 11 | - | - |
| redsear | 8 | - | - |
| redtail | 8 | European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins | - |
| redtops | 10 | - | - |
| reduces | 10 | - | - |
| reduits | 8 | - | - |
| redware | 11 | - | - |
| redwing | 12 | North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings | - |
| reearns | 7 | - | - |
| reeboks | 13 | - | - |
| reeched | 13 | - | - |
| reeches | 12 | - | - |
| reechie | 12 | - | - |
| reedbed | 11 | - | - |
| reeders | 8 | - | - |
| reedier | 8 | - | - |
| reedify | 14 | - | - |
| reedily | 11 | - | - |
| reeding | 9 | - | - |
| reedits | 8 | - | - |
| reedman | 10 | - | - |
| reedmen | 10 | - | - |
| reefers | 10 | - | - |
| reefier | 10 | - | - |
| reefing | 11 | - | - |
| reeject | 16 | - | - |
| reekers | 11 | - | - |
| reekier | 11 | - | - |
| reelers | 7 | - | - |
| reeling | 8 | - | - |
| reelman | 9 | - | - |
| reelmen | 9 | - | - |
| reemits | 9 | - | - |
| reendow | 11 | - | - |
| reenjoy | 17 | - | - |
| reequip | 18 | - | - |
| reerect | 9 | - | - |
| reested | 8 | - | - |
| reeving | 11 | - | - |
| reevoke | 14 | - | - |
| reexpel | 16 | - | - |
| refaced | 13 | - | - |
| refaces | 12 | - | - |
| refalls | 10 | - | - |
| refects | 12 | - | - |
| refeeds | 11 | - | - |
| refeels | 10 | - | - |
| refence | 12 | - | - |
| refight | 14 | - | - |
| refiled | 11 | - | - |
| refiles | 10 | - | - |
| refills | 10 | - | - |
| refilms | 12 | - | - |
| refinds | 11 | - | - |
| refiner | 10 | one whose work is to refine a specific thing | he was a sugar refiner |
| refines | 10 | - | - |
| refired | 11 | - | - |
| refires | 10 | - | - |
| refixed | 18 | - | - |
| refixes | 17 | - | - |
| reflags | 11 | - | - |
| reflate | 10 | become inflated again | - |
| reflets | 10 | - | - |
| reflies | 10 | - | - |
| reflood | 11 | - | - |
| reflown | 13 | - | - |
| reflows | 13 | - | - |
| refolds | 11 | - | - |
| refoots | 10 | - | - |
| reforge | 11 | cast or model anew | - |
| reforms | 12 | - | - |
| refound | 11 | - | - |
| refries | 10 | - | - |
| refront | 10 | - | - |
| refroze | 19 | - | - |
| refuels | 10 | - | - |
| refuged | 12 | - | - |
| refuges | 11 | - | - |
| refugia | 11 | - | - |
| refunds | 11 | - | - |
| refurbs | 12 | - | - |
| refuser | 10 | - | - |
| refuses | 10 | - | - |
| refutal | 10 | the act of determining that something is false | - |
| refuter | 10 | a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | - |
| refutes | 10 | - | - |
| regains | 8 | - | - |
| regaler | 8 | - | - |
| regales | 8 | - | - |
| regards | 9 | - | - |
| regauge | 9 | - | - |
| regears | 8 | - | - |
| regence | 10 | - | - |
| regents | 8 | - | - |
| regests | 8 | - | - |
| reggaes | 9 | - | - |
| regifts | 11 | - | - |
| regilds | 9 | - | - |
| regimes | 10 | - | - |
| reginae | 8 | - | - |
| reginal | 8 | - | - |
| reginas | 8 | - | - |
| regions | 8 | - | - |
| regiven | 11 | - | - |
| regives | 11 | - | - |
| reglaze | 17 | - | - |
| reglets | 8 | - | - |
| regloss | 8 | - | - |
| reglows | 11 | - | - |
| reglued | 9 | - | - |
| reglues | 8 | - | - |
| regmata | 10 | - | - |
| regnant | 8 | exercising power or authority | - |
| regorge | 9 | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
| regosol | 8 | a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand | - |
| regrade | 9 | - | - |
| regraft | 11 | - | - |
| regrant | 8 | - | - |
| regrate | 8 | - | - |
| regrede | 9 | - | - |
