5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAIAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of raia

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 RAIAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAIAS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,150 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_AS R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE TONEY TILDE STOLE TRACE CLONE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAIAS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,150 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAIAS ranks #8,150 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
247
175
172
134
123
100
89
89
73
60
59
55
55
53
36
36
35
29
28
24
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAIAS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONEY
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
CLOTE 5.76 bits
10.5% →
TONEY 5.13 bits
7.4% →
TILDE 5.09 bits
7.3% →
STOLE 5.24 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 5.28 bits
5.2% →
CLOTE 4.69 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.52 bits
3.8% →
CLONE 4.90 bits
3.8% →
THALE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
STOPE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1I1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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