5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RAGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Raglike; like a rag.

Adjective

Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.

Noun

Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).

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 RAGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAGGY 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE TRACE SIDLE SLICE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAGGY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAGGY ranks #12,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
332
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
32%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
361
309
167
163
131
51
47
47
43
42
35
34
32
24
23
20
16
15
14
14
13
12
11
10
9
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAGGY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TOILE 6.16 bits
15.3% →
TOISE 5.64 bits
13.1% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
7.1% →
TRACE 4.76 bits
6.9% →
SIDLE 4.66 bits
5.6% →
SLICE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 3.61 bits
2.0% →
SLICE 4.93 bits
2.0% →
TORSE 3.73 bits
1.8% →
SEINE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1G2G2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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