5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAADS

RAADS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Raad

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How RAADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAADS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,090 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE CONTE TUILE STOPE THALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAADS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,090 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAADS ranks #8,090 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
290
245
124
123
115
92
81
73
61
60
57
56
43
40
30
26
25
21
19
19
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14
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAADS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

20.3% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
12.3% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 5.43 bits
5.3% →
CLONE 5.28 bits
5.2% →
CONTE 4.79 bits
4.9% →
TUILE 5.21 bits
3.9% →
STOPE 4.76 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.28 bits
3.1% →
CLINE 4.94 bits
2.6% →
TRICE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for RAADS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

R1A1A1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.