5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RANKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹæŋks/

Noun

plural of rank

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rank

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 RANKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANKS 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,923 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__K_ R in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STILE ALATE TRACE BLITE STALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANKS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,923 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANKS ranks #3,923 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
196
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:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
269
172
168
127
117
103
86
77
62
56
53
51
48
44
40
33
26
25
22
19
18
17
17
16
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANKS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
11.4% →
TOILE 5.33 bits
7.3% →
STILE 5.48 bits
7.1% →
ALATE 5.44 bits
5.4% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
5.0% →
TOILE 5.33 bits
4.4% →
BLITE 4.71 bits
3.6% →
STALE 4.95 bits
3.3% →
SOUCE 4.73 bits
2.6% →
CLOTE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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