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RANGE

Yes, RANGE was the Wordle answer on May 1, 2023 (Wordle #681).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ//ˈɹɛjnd͡ʒ//ˈɾend͡ʒ/

Noun

A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

Noun

A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).

Verb

To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.

Verb

To rove over or through.

“to range the fields”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 1, 2023 (#681).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RANGE performs as a guess

RANGE 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,368 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

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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__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STALL COURT SLEET SOLED COAST
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANGE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,368 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANGE ranks #2,368 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
13
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)
87%
Green tile
37%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R A I S E
R A N G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RANGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
151
150
147
140
97
97
88
74
66
59
58
50
38
36
36
34
34
32
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28
27
27
25
24
24
18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANGE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
6% chance
Suggested:
STALL
6% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
6.4% →
STALL 5.01 bits
6.4% →
COURT 5.27 bits
6.2% →
SLEET 5.41 bits
5.9% →
SOLED 4.01 bits
4.1% →
SOILY 4.85 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.58 bits
3.7% →
SALTY 4.32 bits
3.1% →
SNOUT 4.85 bits
2.8% →
DEALT 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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