5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer S tier opener

RAILE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 97.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of rail.

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.

Why this solver ranks RAILE highly

This solver ranks RAILE highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 92.5% of games, misses completely in 7.5%, and leaves about 63 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #89 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #832 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MONTH COURT SORER ONSET PINTO COAST
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.86 Entropy (bits)
63 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
97.3% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
Within 0.1 bits of the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAILE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAILE ranks #832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,081
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
44%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

178
119
115
104
104
92
86
80
66
66
65
58
54
51
49
44
32
32
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24

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAILE:

8% chance
Suggested:
MONTH
5% chance
Suggested:
COURT
5% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.5% →
MONTH 5.48 bits
5.0% →
COURT 5.01 bits
4.9% →
SORER 4.09 bits
4.4% →
ONSET 5.16 bits
4.4% →
PINTO 4.66 bits
3.9% →
COAST 4.36 bits
3.6% →
TANGY 4.05 bits
3.4% →
CHANT 4.88 bits
2.8% →
STONE 4.30 bits
2.8% →
SLUNK 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1I1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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