Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAMAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪməl/

Adjective

Relating to a branch.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching

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 RAMAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAMAL 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,121 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAMAL 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,121 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAMAL ranks #8,121 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
20
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:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
359
218
135
119
115
91
65
52
47
46
42
39
38
34
28
28
26
26
23
18
18
17
16
13
12
12
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAMAL:

22% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7%
SIENT 6.24 bits
15.2%
TOISE 5.62 bits
9.2%
NOISE 5.17 bits
5.7%
STANE 5.41 bits
5.0%
TRACE 4.59 bits
4.9%
CONTE 4.68 bits
3.9%
STANE 4.64 bits
2.8%
TOISE 5.10 bits
2.2%
SUITE 4.50 bits
2.0%
SEINE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1M3A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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