5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RANGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/

Adjective

Slender and long of limb; lanky.

“For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.”

Adjective

Prone to roaming around.

“rangy cattle”

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 RANGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANGY 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,976 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE TRACE SIDLE STILE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANGY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,976 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANGY ranks #2,976 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
11
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
302
244
144
130
129
89
56
49
46
42
42
38
34
34
31
28
28
25
21
21
20
19
19
15
15
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANGY:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
TOILE 6.21 bits
12.8% →
TOISE 5.66 bits
10.3% →
SLATE 5.78 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
5.5% →
TOILE 5.37 bits
5.5% →
SIDLE 4.72 bits
3.8% →
STILE 4.75 bits
2.4% →
SLICE 4.69 bits
2.1% →
TOISE 4.69 bits
2.0% →
SPICE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1G2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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