5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RABID

Yes, RABID was the Wordle answer on November 2, 2025 (Wordle #1597).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæbɪd//ˈɹeɪbɪd/

Adjective

Affected with rabies.

“a rabid dog or fox”

Adjective

Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

“a rabid virus”

Noun

A human or animal infected with rabies.

Noun

Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 2, 2025 (#1597).

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

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How RABID performs as a guess

RABID is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,484 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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

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Useful pattern pages

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

R___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

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STOLE TOUSE SLATE SIENT CONTE TRACE
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RABID 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
0.70 Volatility
#2,484 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RABID ranks #2,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
7

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R A B I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RABID in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
249
247
220
138
128
81
61
60
55
47
38
36
32
31
26
26
23
21
18
18
17
16
16
14
14
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RABID:

16% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
STOLE 5.99 bits
10.6% →
TOUSE 5.58 bits
10.5% →
SLATE 5.72 bits
9.3% →
SIENT 5.39 bits
5.8% →
CONTE 4.67 bits
5.4% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
3.4% →
SPITE 4.44 bits
2.6% →
TODDY 4.50 bits
2.5% →
MATEY 3.73 bits
2.3% →
STOLE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1B3I1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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