5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

RAINY

Yes, RAINY was the Wordle answer on November 9, 2022 (Wordle #508).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪni/

Adjective

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

“Due to the rainy weather, we decided not to play in the park.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 9, 2022 (#508).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RAINY performs as a guess

RAINY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,799 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__N_ R in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE TRACE SOLDE CLOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAINY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,799 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAINY ranks #1,799 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
987
4 guesses
1,104
5 guesses
183
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:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
42%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R A I N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RAINY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
231
220
140
108
108
88
84
79
61
56
49
43
42
39
37
36
33
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
18
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAINY:

12% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
STOLE 5.99 bits
9.8% →
TOUSE 5.59 bits
9.3% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.79 bits
4.6% →
SOLDE 4.63 bits
4.6% →
CLOTE 5.01 bits
3.7% →
STOLE 5.06 bits
3.6% →
STOLE 4.52 bits
3.4% →
SOCLE 4.87 bits
2.6% →
TROPE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1I1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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