1. [n]  act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
2. [n]  something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
3. [n]  an area where many people go for recreation
4. [n]  a frequently visited place
5. [v]  have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

RESORT is a 6 letter word that starts with R.

1. \Re*sort"\ (r?*z?rt"), n. [F. ressort.]
   Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
   
         Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that
         can not sink into the main of it.        --Bacon.
   
   

2. \Re*sort"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resorted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Resorting}.] [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F.
   ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re-
   re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot.
   See {Sort}. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then
   to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to
   appeal, go for protection or refuge.]
   1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
   
            What men name resort to him?          --Shak.
   
   2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.]
   
            The inheritance of the son never resorted to the
            mother, or to any of her ancestors.   --Sir M. Hale.
   
   
   
   3. To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help,
      relief, or advantage.
   
            The king thought it time to resort to other
            counsels.                             --Clarendon.
   
   

3. \Re*sort"\ (r?*z?rt"), n. [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction.
   See {Resort}, v.]
   1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking
      one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as,
      a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to
      have resort to force.
   
            Join with me to forbid him her resort. --Shak.
   
   2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place
      of frequent assembly; a haunt.
   
            Far from all resort of mirth.         --Milton.
   
   3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource;
      refuge.
   
   {Last resort}, ultimate means of relief; also, final
      tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.