5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RANES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Rane

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 RANES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANES 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 77 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #920 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_ES R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TOILE COURT SPILT ATOLL DEALT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.58 Entropy (bits)
77 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#920 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANES ranks #920 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
982
4 guesses
1,104
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
16
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:
AENRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
32%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
141
119
116
96
91
89
82
80
72
69
68
54
53
49
44
43
41
40
35
34
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29
26
25
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25
23
23
23

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANES:

10% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
6% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
5% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
MOULT 5.44 bits
6.0% →
TOILE 5.41 bits
5.0% →
COURT 5.02 bits
4.9% →
SPILT 5.08 bits
4.1% →
ATOLL 5.00 bits
3.9% →
DEALT 4.91 bits
3.8% →
TOILE 3.59 bits
3.5% →
PORTE 4.23 bits
3.4% →
TRAIL 4.36 bits
3.1% →
COLEY 3.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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