5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RAILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪlz/

Noun

plural of rail

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

How RAILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAILS 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 91.0% of games, misses completely in 9.0%, and leaves about 89 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #620 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CONTE SPENT TRODE CLONE TONEY CLOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
89 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAILS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#620 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAILS ranks #620 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,022
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
170
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
34%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
212
128
123
116
104
97
95
92
77
70
56
50
48
45
44
40
39
35
31
29
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25
23
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAILS:

9% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
5% chance
Suggested:
SPENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
CONTE 5.33 bits
9.0% →
CONTE 5.70 bits
5.4% →
SPENT 5.30 bits
5.2% →
CONTE 5.26 bits
4.9% →
TRODE 4.72 bits
4.4% →
CLONE 4.80 bits
4.1% →
TONEY 4.62 bits
4.0% →
CONTE 5.11 bits
3.9% →
CLOTE 4.45 bits
3.3% →
SHUTE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1I1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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