Words starting with R, then G, then E, ending in S
288 words fit this spine. The 240 most recognizable are listed below, longest and commonest first. They start with R, end with S, and contain G then E in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.
- rabbi doesn't fit: it starts with R but ends with I, not S.
- rabbits doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no G in the middle.
- readings doesn't fit: it has every letter of RGES but they don't appear in order inside it.
5-letter words
rages, reges
6-letter words
ragees, ranges, ridges, rogers, rogues
7-letter words
raggees, raggies, raggles, rangers, ravages, refuges, regales, regears, regents, reggaes, regimes, regives, reglets, reglues, regress, regrets, remiges, reneges, ridgels, riggers, ringers
8-letter words
ragtimes, ragweeds, rampages, ravagers, reagents, reargues, reforges, refugees, regalers, regauges, regimens, reglazes, regorges, regrades, regrates, regreens, regreets, rehinges, reimages, rejudges, remerges, renegers, restages, resurges, revenges, righters, righties
9-letter words
rampagers, ranginess, ravigotes, rechanges, recharges, redamages, redargues, redigests, reemerges, reengages, refigures, regainers, regathers, regelates, regencies, regicides, regiments, registers, reglosses, regresses, regrooves, regulates, reguluses, reignites, rejiggers, rejuggles, relegates, renegades, repledges, replunges, resigners, retargets, revengers, righteous, rightness, rigidness
10-letter words
raggedness, ragpickers, rampageous, rangelands, raygrasses, rearranges, rechargers, recognises, recognizes, recoinages, rectangles, redingotes, reengraves, regalities, regardless, regisseurs, registries, regnancies, regressors, regretters, reimagines, renegadoes, repackages, repassages, repechages, reportages, reshingles, retightens, retrogress, rheologies, ribgrasses, ridgelines, ridgelings, ridgepoles, rigidifies, rigidities, rigmaroles, roughnecks
11-letter words
radiologies, ranginesses, ravagements, rearguments, recognizers, reenergizes, reengineers, refugeeisms, refulgences, regenerates, regimentals, regressions, regularizes, remarriages, remortgages, reorganizes, repackagers, repugnances, reregisters, reregulates, resurgences, retrogrades, revegetates, rigamaroles, rightnesses, rigidnesses, roughriders
12-letter words
raggednesses, reaggregates, realignments, rechallenges, reconfigures, redigestions, reemergences, refrigerants, refrigerates, regeneracies, regenerators, regionalizes, regularities, regurgitates, reintegrates, religionless, renegotiates, renographies, reorganizers, repugnancies, resegregates, resignedness, retiringness, retrogresses, rightfulness, rigorousness
13-letter words
radiographies, reassemblages, reassignments, recentrifuges, recognizances, redintegrates, reengagements, reflexologies, refrigerators, regardfulness, regenerations, regretfulness, reinvigorates, religiosities, religiousness, reprographers, reprographies, restrengthens, revegetations, righteousness
14-letter words
radiobiologies, radioecologies, rampageousness, reaggregations, rearrangements, refrigerations, regardlessness, regenerateness, regimentations, regressiveness, regressivities, reinvestigates, remythologizes, resegregations, resignednesses, retiringnesses, retrogressions, revengefulness, rheumatologies, rightfulnesses
15-letter words
reeligibilities, refrangibleness, regardfulnesses, regretfulnesses, religiousnesses, righteousnesses
16-letter words
rampageousnesses, rectangularities, refrangibilities, regardlessnesses, regeneratenesses, regressivenesses, revengefulnesses
17-letter words
radioautographies, radiotelegraphies, recognizabilities, refrangiblenesses
18-letter words
rechromatographies
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