5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɚ/

Noun

One who rages.

Noun

A boisterous and out of control party.

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 RAGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAGER 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,275 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position RA_ER R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% 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 RAGER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,275 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAGER ranks #10,275 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
250
195
158
142
130
104
99
96
85
62
52
43
37
25
23
21
21
21
20
20
17
15
15
14
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAGER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
10.6% →
STILE 5.34 bits
8.3% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
6.7% →
COURT 5.17 bits
6.0% →
SLATE 4.99 bits
5.5% →
SONLY 4.60 bits
4.4% →
SCOTE 4.62 bits
4.2% →
SIENT 4.30 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.20 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 3.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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