5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RABIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or pertaining to rabies.

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 RABIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RABIC 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,699 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___C R in the 1st position and C in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE SIENT SENTE TRADE
Words starting with R Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RABIC 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,699 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RABIC ranks #2,699 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
9
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
234
222
218
122
121
102
87
62
60
57
51
48
43
36
34
33
33
27
25
23
18
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14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RABIC:

16% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
STOLE 5.98 bits
9.9% →
TOUSE 5.47 bits
9.4% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
9.2% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
5.2% →
SENTE 4.46 bits
5.1% →
TRADE 4.68 bits
4.3% →
CLONE 5.30 bits
3.7% →
STILE 4.38 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.71 bits
2.5% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1B3I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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