Reylo

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UK/ˈɹeɪləʊ/US/ˈɹeɪloʊ/

proper noun

The ship of characters Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun
  1. slanglifestyleThe ship of characters Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars.

    In The Force Awakens fandom, for example, there is a vocal contingent of anti-Reylo fans, […]

    2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217
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    It has now been a month since my last letter to you, and Reylo is closer to becoming canon than ever.

    2018, anonymous author, “Letters to Editors”, in Lot's Wife, Monash University, Edition 2 (2018), page 3

    The final instalment of this Star Wars trilogy will be in our cinemas in December to answer all our burning questions: will Reylo ever happen?

    2019, Emily Webb-Mortimer, "2019: year of the remake?", InQuire (University of Kent), 25 January 2019, page 15
nounReylo (plural Reylos)

plural Reylos

  1. slanglifestyleA shipper of Rey and Kylo Ren.

    And with the Reylos, rose the Anti-Reylos who argued that the ship was indicative of racism and perpetuated abusive relationship tropes.

    2020, Victoria Song, "How Fandom Destroyed and Protected Me", Gizmodo Australia, 3 February 2021
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    When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the fandom found itself dividing across one really hard, bright line: the Reylos and the anti-Reylos.

    2017 December 15, Ani Bundel, “More Than The Force Connects Kylo Ren & Rey In 'The Last Jedi' & It's Intense”, in Elite Daily

    She goes onto state that Reylos experienced harassment over the death of Kylo Ren, as well as inherently political harassment that included sexist and racist taunts.

    2020, Alexandria P. Sutherland, "Star Wars, Parasocial Relationships and Breakups, and The Force...of Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Tennessee, pages 29-30

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APA

Reylo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reylo

MLA

“Reylo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reylo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Reylo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reylo.

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