5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RANID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the true frogs.

Noun

A true frog of the family Ranidae.

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 RANID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANID 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE STILE TRACE CLOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANID 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANID ranks #290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
1,034
4 guesses
1,060
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
233
216
153
125
116
86
74
62
62
54
50
42
35
35
34
30
28
27
26
26
22
20
20
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANID:

14% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
STOLE 6.02 bits
9.9% →
TOUSE 5.60 bits
9.2% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
6.5% →
STILE 5.41 bits
5.3% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
4.9% →
CLOTE 4.56 bits
3.6% →
STOLE 5.13 bits
3.1% →
SPITE 4.49 bits
2.6% →
STONE 4.32 bits
2.6% →
CLOTE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1I1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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