5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAFIQ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 RAFIQ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAFIQ 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,793 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE SIENT TONEY CRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with Q

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAFIQ 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,793 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAFIQ ranks #11,793 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
18
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)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

487
293
286
252
173
162
97
63
63
43
41
39
30
29
25
24
18
18
17
16
15
15
14
13
12
11
9
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAFIQ:

21% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
STOLE 5.91 bits
12.4% →
TOUSE 5.53 bits
12.1% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
10.7% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
7.3% →
TONEY 4.52 bits
6.9% →
CRATE 4.70 bits
4.1% →
SPITE 4.39 bits
2.7% →
CONTE 4.89 bits
2.7% →
CLOTE 3.86 bits
1.8% →
CLOSE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1F4I1Q10
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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