6-letter words containing w, r, a
- rahway — a city in NE New Jersey.
- rawest — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- reavow — to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
- redowa — a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- redraw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- resawn — to saw again.
- rewake — to awaken again
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rewarm — to warm again
- rewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- rewear — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- rewrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- rowena — a female given name.
- runway — a way along which something runs.
- rwanda — a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- sawder — flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder)
- sawyer — a person who saws wood, especially as an occupation.
- scrawl — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrawm — to scratch
- scrawp — to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
- seward — William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.
- sowcar — a Hindu banker.
- sprawl — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- strawy — of, containing, or resembling straw.
- swager — a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
- swaraj — (in India) self-government.
- swardy — covered by sward
- swarth — sward; greensward.
- sweary — characterized by or involving the use of swearwords
- tarawa — a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Capital: Tarawa.
- tarnow — a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- tarrow — to linger; to exhibit reluctance
- tawdry — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- tawery — a place where the tawing of skins is carried out
- thrawn — twisted; crooked; distorted.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- toward — in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
- towbar — a metal bar for attaching a vehicle to a load to be towed.
- tulwar — any of several Indian sabers.
- undraw — to draw open or aside: to undraw a curtain.
- unware — unwary or incautious; careless
- unwary — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwrap — to remove or open the wrapping of.
- updraw — to draw up
- upward — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- upwarp — a geologic structure, usually of relatively large dimensions, whose flanks slope gradually away from the center.
- upwrap — a fold with downward sloping layers; an anticline
- usward — toward us.
- vaward — vanguard.