5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

RALPH

RALPH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹælf/

Verb

To vomit.

Noun

A raven.

Alternative forms: rauf, rolf

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

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 RALPH performs as a guess

RALPH 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,681 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___H R in the 1st position and H in the 5th position R__P_ R in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

NOISE TOISE TOILE STONE TRACE FLANE
Words starting with R Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RALPH 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,681 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RALPH ranks #1,681 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
984
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
27%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R A L P H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RALPH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

362
283
178
142
141
117
113
84
76
56
48
48
46
46
40
39
36
31
27
26
24
18
18
17
16
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RALPH:

15% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
NOISE 6.04 bits
12.0% →
TOISE 5.49 bits
7.5% →
TOILE 5.03 bits
6.0% →
STONE 5.39 bits
6.0% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
5.0% →
FLANE 4.49 bits
4.8% →
TONEY 4.63 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 5.45 bits
3.2% →
SIENT 5.43 bits
2.4% →
SOUCE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1L1P3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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