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5-Letter Words Starting: RU

There are 73 5-letter words, 3 5-letter phrases and 0 5-letter abbr's that start with RU.

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WordSaveLengthUsagePointsType
rummy5
12 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a chronic drinker

• a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

adjective satellite

• beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

rubby5
12 adjectiveadj
Valid word for Scrabble US
rugby5
11 nounn
noun

• a form of football played with an oval ball

ruffs5
11 nounn
noun

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a high tight collar

• common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

• (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

verb

• play a trump

rucks5
11 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

• an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

verb

• become wrinkled or drawn together

rushy5
11
adjective satellite

• abounding in rushes

ruffe5
11 nounn
noun

• Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.

• Other species in the same genus.

ruddy5
10 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

ruche5
10 nounn
noun

• A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

• A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

• A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

verb

• To flute or pleat (fabric).

• To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.

rumba5
9 verb, nounv, n
noun

• syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba

• a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement

• a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

verb

• dance the rhumba

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