5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RANCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹæns//ɹɑːns/

Noun

A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.

Noun

A prop or shore.

Verb

To prop or shore up.

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 RANCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANCE 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 85 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #327 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__C_ R in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT GROUT SLEET SOLED PLAIT SOILY
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.61 Entropy (bits)
85 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANCE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#327 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANCE ranks #327 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
1,009
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
166
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
2 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
40%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

130 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

271
130
128
123
117
103
87
82
73
61
57
57
56
44
42
39
35
33
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANCE:

11% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
6% chance
Suggested:
GROUT
5% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
MOULT 5.58 bits
5.5% →
GROUT 4.99 bits
5.4% →
SLEET 5.34 bits
5.2% →
SOLED 3.97 bits
5.0% →
PLAIT 5.11 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 4.82 bits
3.7% →
SNOUT 4.81 bits
3.5% →
SLART 4.36 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.38 bits
2.6% →
SHALT 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1C3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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