5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RAGDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% 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 RAGDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAGDE 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,223 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT SLEET COURT SONLY COAST
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAGDE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,223 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAGDE ranks #2,223 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
12
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
172
159
156
131
122
110
94
63
59
59
56
51
48
36
32
31
28
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23
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAGDE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.19 bits
6.7% →
SLEET 5.35 bits
6.6% →
COURT 5.32 bits
5.6% →
SLEET 4.26 bits
5.2% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
4.7% →
SONLY 4.63 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.63 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1G2D2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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