5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAKIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of raki

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 RAKIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAKIS 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,965 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE TONEY LITHE ALATE STOLE CONTE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAKIS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,965 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAKIS ranks #5,965 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
24%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
231
187
177
147
131
124
89
88
72
72
61
54
43
35
34
32
32
28
25
23
19
17
15
15
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAKIS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONEY
8% chance
Suggested:
LITHE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
CLOTE 5.67 bits
9.8% →
TONEY 5.17 bits
7.9% →
LITHE 5.15 bits
7.5% →
ALATE 5.44 bits
6.2% →
STOLE 5.31 bits
5.6% →
CONTE 4.66 bits
5.3% →
TRODE 4.69 bits
3.8% →
TRIED 4.32 bits
3.7% →
THALE 4.90 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1K5I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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