5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAIRD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of reird.

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 RAIRD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAIRD 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,508 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__R_ R in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE SIENT CLOTE SCOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAIRD 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,508 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAIRD ranks #7,508 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
276
221
166
162
128
95
66
59
47
47
43
41
38
30
30
28
28
25
21
18
18
17
17
15
14
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAIRD:

19% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
STOLE 5.98 bits
11.7% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
9.4% →
TOUSE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
SIENT 4.93 bits
6.9% →
CLOTE 4.66 bits
5.4% →
STOLE 4.88 bits
4.0% →
SCOTE 4.47 bits
2.8% →
TODDY 4.48 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 3.79 bits
2.0% →
LEAST 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1I1R1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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