5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAFIK

RAFIK 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RAFIK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAFIK 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,795 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__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE SIENT CLOTE CRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAFIK 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,795 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAFIK ranks #7,795 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
8
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)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
279
250
233
163
148
85
65
58
40
38
38
29
28
26
26
26
26
19
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAFIK:

19% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
11.8% →
TOUSE 5.59 bits
10.6% →
SLATE 5.80 bits
9.9% →
SIENT 5.33 bits
6.9% →
CLOTE 4.56 bits
6.3% →
CRATE 4.66 bits
3.6% →
SPITE 4.33 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 3.96 bits
1.7% →
SUETE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1F4I1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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