8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| remember | 14 | keep in mind for attention or consideration | - |
| research | 13 | inquire into | the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project |
| realized | 18 | successfully completed or brought to an end | the joy of a realized ambition overcame him |
| received | 14 | conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | received standard English is sometimes called the King's English |
| recently | 13 | in the recent past | he was in Paris recently |
| released | 9 | - | - |
| religion | 9 | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | - |
| reporter | 10 | a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | - |
| reaction | 10 | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water |
| reported | 11 | made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account | his reported opinion |
| response | 10 | the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange | - |
| recorded | 12 | (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register | recorded holders of a stock |
| register | 9 | an official written record of names or events or transactions | - |
| required | 18 | required by rule | required reading |
| relative | 11 | an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | - |
| republic | 14 | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | - |
| reverend | 12 | worthy of adoration or reverence | - |
| replaced | 13 | - | - |
| reaching | 14 | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | - |
| realised | 9 | successfully completed or brought to an end | - |
| relation | 8 | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed |
| rejected | 18 | rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | - |
| retarded | 10 | people collectively who are mentally retarded | he started a school for the retarded |
| relieved | 12 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | - |
| recovery | 16 | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | - |
| respects | 12 | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | he paid his respects to the mayor |
| reliable | 10 | conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief | reliable information |
| restless | 8 | lacking or not affording physical or mental rest | a restless night |
| reserved | 12 | marked by self-restraint and reticence | was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion |
| rehearse | 11 | engage in a rehearsal (of) | - |
| relevant | 11 | having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research |
| reindeer | 9 | Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | - |
| recorder | 11 | someone responsible for keeping records | - |
| resolved | 12 | explained or answered | mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved |
| resident | 9 | used of animals that do not migrate | - |
| reckless | 14 | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans |
| repeated | 11 | recurring again and again | - |
| restroom | 10 | a toilet that is available to the public | - |
| regional | 9 | related or limited to a particular region | a regional dialect |
| referred | 12 | - | - |
| relaxing | 16 | affording physical or mental rest | - |
| regiment | 11 | army unit smaller than a division | - |
| restored | 9 | - | - |
| retrieve | 11 | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | - |
| refusing | 12 | - | - |
| resigned | 10 | - | - |
| removing | 14 | - | - |
| reminder | 11 | someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | - |
| resemble | 12 | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to | She resembles her mother very much |
| reserves | 11 | civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | - |
| receiver | 13 | a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass | - |
| retiring | 9 | not arrogant or presuming | a shy retiring girl |
| receipts | 12 | the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | - |
| remotely | 13 | to a remote degree | it is remotely possible |
| renowned | 12 | widely known and esteemed | a renowned painter |
| revolver | 14 | a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings | - |
| resource | 10 | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | a man of resource |
| reversed | 12 | turned about in order or relation | - |
| restrain | 8 | prevent the action or expression of | she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays |
| rescuing | 11 | - | - |
| renounce | 10 | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | - |
| recreate | 10 | give encouragement to | - |
| reassure | 8 | cause to feel sure; give reassurance to | The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe |
| reunited | 9 | - | - |
| registry | 12 | an official written record of names or events or transactions | - |
| reducing | 12 | any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent | - |
| recharge | 14 | load anew | - |
| regulate | 9 | restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.) | - |
| redeemed | 12 | saved from the bondage of sin | - |
| relating | 9 | - | - |
| retainer | 8 | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | - |
| relocate | 10 | become established in a new location | Our company relocated to the Midwest |
| reciting | 11 | - | - |
| retained | 9 | continued in your keeping or use or memory | in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered |
| reproach | 15 | express criticism towards | The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior |
| reformed | 14 | caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one | a reformed drunkard |
| reversal | 11 | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view | - |
| renegade | 10 | having deserted a cause or principle | renegade supporters of the usurper |
| resolute | 8 | characterized by quickness and firmness | - |
| revision | 11 | the act of rewriting something | - |
| residual | 9 | something left after other parts have been taken away | - |
| renovate | 11 | make brighter and prettier | My wife wants us to renovate |
| redeemer | 11 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) | - |
| reappear | 12 | appear again | The sores reappeared on her body |
| reigning | 10 | exercising power or authority | - |
| receptor | 12 | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | - |
| rephrase | 13 | express the same message in different words | - |
| redirect | 11 | channel into a new direction | redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists |
| reasoned | 9 | logically valid | - |
| reliance | 10 | certainty based on past experience | he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists |
| restrict | 10 | place under restrictions; limit access to by law | that area is restricted to security personnel only |
| reactive | 13 | reacting to a stimulus | the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons |
| reinvent | 11 | bring back into existence | The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected |
| refinery | 14 | an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance | - |
| reprieve | 13 | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | - |
| receding | 12 | a slow or gradual disappearance | - |
| revising | 12 | editing that involves writing something again | - |
| referral | 11 | a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group | the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones |
| rebuttal | 10 | (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder | - |
| recourse | 10 | something or someone turned to for assistance or security | his only recourse was the police |
| redesign | 10 | design anew, make a new design for | - |
| repulsed | 11 | - | - |
| reassess | 8 | revise or renew one's assessment | - |
| renewing | 12 | tending to impart new life and vigor to | the renewing warmth of the sunshine |
| resonate | 8 | sound with resonance | The sound resonates well in this theater |
| residing | 10 | - | - |
| revolved | 15 | turned in a circle around an axis | - |
| resupply | 15 | - | - |
| redefine | 12 | give a new or different definition of (a word) | - |
| reviving | 15 | tending to impart new life and vigor to | - |
| reliving | 12 | a recurrence of a prior experience | the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic |
| repelled | 11 | - | - |
| reliably | 13 | in a faithful manner | - |
| rekindle | 13 | arouse again | rekindle hopes |
| rejoiced | 18 | - | - |
| resuming | 11 | - | - |
| restorer | 8 | a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | - |
| reprisal | 10 | a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime | - |
| remedial | 11 | tending to cure or restore to health | remedial surgery |
| reviewer | 14 | a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | - |
| rewiring | 12 | - | - |
| revenged | 13 | - | - |
| resonant | 8 | characterized by resonance | a resonant voice |
| rerouted | 9 | - | - |
| remotest | 10 | - | - |
| relaying | 12 | - | - |
| retailer | 8 | a merchant who sells goods at retail | - |
| refining | 12 | the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) | - |
| readable | 11 | easily deciphered | - |
| reliever | 11 | a pitcher who does not start the game | - |
| remedied | 12 | - | - |
| reattach | 13 | - | - |
| relaunch | 13 | - | - |
| reticent | 10 | temperamentally disinclined to talk | - |
| reassign | 9 | transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | - |
| reveille | 11 | (military) signal to wake up | - |
| redouble | 11 | double again | The noise doubled and redoubled |
| reworked | 16 | - | - |
| reaffirm | 16 | affirm once again | He reaffirmed his faith in the church |
| remaking | 15 | creation that is created again or anew | - |
| repartee | 10 | adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
| repeater | 10 | someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) | - |
| regrowth | 15 | - | - |
| requited | 18 | - | - |
| revoking | 16 | - | - |
| relaxant | 15 | a drug that relaxes and relieves tension | - |
| readjust | 16 | adjust again after an initial failure | - |
| reinvest | 11 | - | - |
| readying | 13 | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | - |
| reawaken | 15 | awaken once again | - |
| recessed | 11 | having a sunken area | - |
| repairer | 10 | a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | - |
| resettle | 8 | settle in a new place | The immigrants had to resettle |
| reformer | 13 | a disputant who advocates reform | - |
| realness | 8 | the state of being actual or real | - |
| reassert | 8 | strengthen or make more firm | - |
| reusable | 10 | capable of being used again | - |
| refueled | 12 | - | - |
| referent | 11 | having reference | judgments referent to the indictment |
| reverent | 11 | showing great reverence for god | - |
| retrofit | 11 | a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured | - |
| reignite | 9 | ignite anew, as of something burning | The strong winds reignited the cooling embers |
| reddened | 11 | lighted with red light as if with flames | reddened faces around the campfire |
| remixing | 18 | - | - |
| revelled | 12 | - | - |
| reveling | 12 | - | - |
| retraced | 11 | - | - |
| recliner | 10 | an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it | - |
| reinsert | 8 | - | - |
| reproved | 14 | - | - |
| regicide | 12 | someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king | - |
| regather | 12 | - | - |
| rezoning | 18 | - | - |
| renaming | 11 | - | - |
| revenant | 11 | coming back | a revenant ghost |
| reorient | 8 | orient once again, after a disorientation | - |
| reburied | 11 | - | - |
| rebutted | 11 | - | - |
| repaving | 14 | - | - |
| recommit | 14 | commit again | It was recommitted into her custody |
| rehiring | 12 | - | - |
| resistor | 8 | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | - |
| refinish | 14 | give a new surface | refinish the dining room furniture |
| reformat | 13 | - | - |
| renderer | 9 | - | - |
| remitted | 11 | - | - |
| reviling | 12 | - | - |
| revalued | 12 | - | - |
| returnee | 8 | - | - |
| retuning | 9 | - | - |
| reclined | 11 | - | - |
| retaking | 13 | the act of taking something back | - |
| resubmit | 12 | submit (information) again to a program or automatic system | - |
| redolent | 9 | (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous | the hall was redolent of floor wax |
| reemerge | 11 | - | - |
| reengage | 10 | - | - |
| reframed | 14 | - | - |
| remaster | 10 | - | - |
| reassume | 10 | - | - |
| reabsorb | 12 | undergo resorption | - |
| reoccupy | 17 | - | - |
| reoffend | 15 | - | - |
| rebuking | 15 | - | - |
| reissued | 9 | - | - |
| reinsure | 8 | insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk | - |
| reinfect | 13 | - | - |
| resurged | 10 | - | - |
| redeploy | 14 | deploy anew | The U.S. must redeploy their troops in the Middle East |
| restaged | 10 | - | - |
| refugium | 14 | - | - |
| refreeze | 20 | - | - |
| removers | 13 | - | - |
| reluming | 11 | - | - |
| remuages | 11 | - | - |
| remueurs | 10 | - | - |
| remurmur | 12 | - | - |
| renagued | 10 | - | - |
| renagues | 9 | - | - |
| renailed | 9 | - | - |
| renature | 8 | - | - |
| renaying | 12 | - | - |
| rendangs | 10 | - | - |
| rendered | 10 | - | - |
| rendible | 11 | - | - |
| rendzina | 18 | - | - |
| reneague | 9 | - | - |
| renegado | 10 | - | - |
| renegate | 9 | - | - |
| renegers | 9 | - | - |
| reneging | 10 | - | - |
| renegued | 10 | - | - |
| reneguer | 9 | - | - |
| renegues | 9 | - | - |
| renested | 9 | - | - |
| renewals | 11 | - | - |
| renewers | 11 | - | - |
| reneying | 12 | - | - |
| renforce | 13 | - | - |
| renforst | 11 | - | - |
| reniform | 13 | (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney | - |
| renigged | 11 | - | - |
| renitent | 8 | - | - |
| renminbi | 12 | - | - |
| rennases | 8 | - | - |
| rennings | 9 | - | - |
| renogram | 11 | - | - |
| renotify | 14 | - | - |
| renowner | 11 | - | - |
| rentable | 10 | that is able or fit be rented | - |
| rentiers | 8 | - | - |
| rentings | 9 | - | - |
| renumber | 12 | - | - |
| renverse | 11 | - | - |
| renverst | 11 | - | - |
| reobject | 19 | - | - |
| reobtain | 10 | - | - |
| reoccurs | 12 | - | - |
| reoffers | 14 | - | - |
| reoiling | 9 | - | - |
| reopened | 11 | - | - |
| reopener | 10 | - | - |
| reoppose | 12 | - | - |
| reordain | 9 | - | - |
| reorders | 9 | - | - |
| reorging | 10 | - | - |
| reoutfit | 11 | - | - |
| reovirus | 11 | any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis | - |
| repacify | 18 | - | - |
| repacked | 17 | - | - |
| repaints | 10 | - | - |
| repaired | 11 | - | - |
| repandly | 14 | - | - |
| repanels | 10 | - | - |
| repapers | 12 | - | - |
| reparked | 15 | - | - |
| repassed | 11 | - | - |
| repasses | 10 | - | - |
| repasted | 11 | - | - |
| repaying | 14 | - | - |
| repealed | 11 | - | - |
| repealer | 10 | - | - |
| repegged | 13 | - | - |
| repeller | 10 | - | - |
| repented | 11 | - | - |
| repenter | 10 | - | - |
| repeople | 12 | - | - |
| reperepe | 12 | - | - |
| reperked | 15 | - | - |
| reperuse | 10 | - | - |
| repetend | 11 | - | - |
| repiners | 10 | - | - |
| repining | 11 | - | - |
| repinned | 11 | - | - |
| repiqued | 20 | - | - |
| repiques | 19 | - | - |
| replacer | 12 | - | - |
| replaces | 12 | - | - |
| replants | 10 | - | - |
| replated | 11 | - | - |
| replates | 10 | - | - |
| replayed | 14 | - | - |
| repleads | 11 | - | - |
| repledge | 12 | - | - |
| repleted | 11 | - | - |
| repletes | 10 | - | - |
| replevin | 13 | - | - |
| replicas | 12 | - | - |
| replicon | 12 | - | - |
| repliers | 10 | - | - |
| replough | 14 | - | - |
| replowed | 14 | - | - |
| replumbs | 14 | - | - |
| replunge | 11 | - | - |
| replying | 14 | - | - |
| repoints | 10 | - | - |
| repolish | 13 | - | - |
| repolled | 11 | - | - |
| reponing | 11 | - | - |
| reposall | 10 | - | - |
| reposals | 10 | - | - |
| reposers | 10 | - | - |
| reposing | 11 | - | - |
| reposits | 10 | - | - |
| reposted | 11 | - | - |
| reposure | 10 | - | - |
| repotted | 11 | - | - |
| repoured | 11 | - | - |
| repousse | 10 | - | - |
| repowers | 13 | - | - |
| reppings | 13 | - | - |
| repreeve | 13 | - | - |
| repriced | 13 | - | - |
| reprices | 12 | - | - |
| repriefe | 13 | - | - |
| reprimed | 13 | - | - |
| reprimes | 12 | - | - |
| reprints | 10 | - | - |
| reprised | 11 | - | - |
| reprises | 10 | - | - |
| reprived | 14 | - | - |
| reprives | 13 | - | - |
| reprized | 20 | - | - |
| reprizes | 19 | - | - |
| reprobed | 13 | - | - |
| reprobes | 12 | - | - |
| reproofs | 13 | - | - |
| reproval | 13 | an act or expression of criticism and censure | - |
| reprover | 13 | someone who finds fault or imputes blame | - |
| reproves | 13 | - | - |
| repryved | 17 | - | - |
| repryves | 16 | - | - |
| reptiles | 10 | - | - |
| reptilia | 10 | class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals | - |
| repugned | 12 | - | - |
| repulped | 13 | - | - |
| repulser | 10 | - | - |
| repulses | 10 | - | - |
| repumped | 15 | - | - |
| repunits | 10 | - | - |
| repurify | 16 | - | - |
| repuring | 11 | - | - |
| repursue | 10 | - | - |
| reputing | 11 | - | - |
| requered | 18 | - | - |
| requeres | 17 | - | - |
| requests | 17 | - | - |
| requiems | 19 | - | - |
| requight | 21 | - | - |
| requinto | 17 | - | - |
| requirer | 17 | - | - |
| requires | 17 | - | - |
| requital | 17 | a justly deserved penalty | - |
| requiter | 17 | - | - |
| requites | 17 | - | - |
| requoted | 18 | - | - |
| requotes | 17 | - | - |
| requoyle | 20 | - | - |
| reracked | 15 | - | - |
| rerailed | 9 | - | - |
| reraised | 9 | - | - |
| reraises | 8 | - | - |
| rerecord | 11 | - | - |
| reremais | 10 | - | - |
| reremice | 12 | - | - |
| reremind | 11 | - | - |
| rerented | 9 | - | - |
| rerepeat | 10 | - | - |
| rereview | 14 | - | - |
| rerevise | 11 | - | - |
| rereward | 12 | - | - |
| rerigged | 11 | - | - |
| rerising | 9 | - | - |
| rerolled | 9 | - | - |
| reroller | 8 | - | - |
| reroofed | 12 | - | - |
| reroutes | 8 | - | - |
| resaddle | 10 | - | - |
| resailed | 9 | - | - |
| resalgar | 9 | - | - |
| resalute | 8 | - | - |
| resample | 12 | - | - |
| resawing | 12 | - | - |
| resaying | 12 | - | - |
| rescaled | 11 | - | - |
| rescales | 10 | - | - |
| reschool | 13 | - | - |
| rescinds | 11 | - | - |
| rescored | 11 | - | - |
| rescores | 10 | - | - |
| rescreen | 10 | - | - |
| rescript | 12 | a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | - |
| rescuees | 10 | - | - |
| rescuers | 10 | - | - |
| resculpt | 12 | - | - |
| resealed | 9 | - | - |
| reseason | 8 | - | - |
| reseated | 9 | - | - |
| resected | 11 | - | - |
| revealer | 11 | - | - |
| rethinks | 15 | - | - |
| rethread | 12 | - | - |
| retiarii | 8 | - | - |
| reticles | 10 | - | - |
| reticula | 10 | - | - |
| reticule | 10 | a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | - |
| retieing | 9 | - | - |
| retiform | 13 | - | - |
| retiling | 9 | - | - |
| retiming | 11 | - | - |
| retinals | 8 | - | - |
| retinene | 8 | either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | - |
| retinite | 8 | - | - |
| retinoic | 10 | - | - |
| retinoid | 9 | - | - |
| retinols | 8 | - | - |
| retinted | 9 | - | - |
| retinued | 9 | - | - |
| retinues | 8 | - | - |
| retinula | 8 | - | - |
| retiracy | 13 | - | - |
| retirals | 8 | - | - |
| retirant | 8 | - | - |
| retirees | 8 | - | - |
| retirers | 8 | - | - |
| retitled | 9 | - | - |
| retitles | 8 | - | - |
| retooled | 9 | - | - |
| retorted | 9 | - | - |
| retorter | 8 | - | - |
| retotals | 8 | - | - |
| retoured | 9 | - | - |
| retoxing | 16 | - | - |
| retracer | 10 | - | - |
| retraces | 10 | - | - |
| retracks | 14 | - | - |
| retracts | 10 | - | - |
| retraict | 10 | - | - |
| retrains | 8 | - | - |
| retraite | 8 | - | - |
| retraits | 8 | - | - |
| retraitt | 8 | - | - |
| retrally | 11 | - | - |
| retrated | 9 | - | - |
| retrates | 8 | - | - |
| retreads | 9 | - | - |
| retreats | 8 | - | - |
| retrench | 13 | make a reduction, as in one's workforce | The company had to retrench |
| retrials | 8 | - | - |
| retroact | 10 | - | - |
| retronym | 13 | a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate | Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym |
| retrorse | 8 | bent or curved backward or downward | leaves with retrorse barbs |
| retrying | 12 | - | - |
| retsinas | 8 | - | - |
| retunded | 10 | - | - |
| returfed | 12 | - | - |
| returned | 9 | - | - |
| returner | 8 | - | - |
| returnik | 12 | - | - |
| retweets | 11 | - | - |
| retwists | 11 | - | - |
| retyping | 14 | - | - |
| reunions | 8 | - | - |
| reuniter | 8 | - | - |
| reunites | 8 | - | - |
| reuptake | 14 | a process of using up or consuming again | psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters |
| reuptook | 14 | - | - |
| reurging | 10 | - | - |
| reutters | 8 | - | - |
| revalues | 11 | - | - |
| revamped | 16 | - | - |
| revamper | 15 | - | - |
| revanche | 16 | - | - |
| revealed | 12 | - | - |
| rewarder | 12 | - | - |
| revulsed | 12 | - | - |
| rewakens | 15 | - | - |
| rewaking | 16 | - | - |
| rewarded | 13 | - | - |
| rewarmed | 14 | - | - |
| rewashes | 14 | - | - |
