5 Letter Words Starting With RU

• rules★5a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• rural★5pertaining to a nonurban land region
• rugby★11a form of football
• ruled★6to exercise control over
• ruins★5an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
• rupee★7a monetary unit of India
• rusty★8covered with rust
• ruler★5one that rules
• rumor★7gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

About these words

• 68 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with RU (1%).
• 46 are good in NWL2023, 68 in Collins Scrabble Words, 46 in WOW24 and 41 in the Words With Friends list. 9 are everyday words.
• In Scrabble points, rummy, rubby, rukhs and rumpy share the top score (12), then five words on 11.

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