5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RADIF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal.

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 RADIF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RADIF 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,636 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__F A in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE SIENT CLOTE TRACE
Words starting with R Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RADIF 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,636 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RADIF ranks #3,636 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
201
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)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
251
250
211
151
135
78
69
61
49
38
38
37
37
36
35
27
26
23
22
21
18
17
17
16
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RADIF:

17% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
STOLE 5.99 bits
10.6% →
TOUSE 5.63 bits
10.6% →
SLATE 5.79 bits
8.9% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
6.4% →
CLOTE 4.66 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.75 bits
3.3% →
SPITE 4.36 bits
2.9% →
DONUT 4.77 bits
2.6% →
CLOTE 3.85 bits
2.1% →
CONTE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1D2I1F4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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