5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RANTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹænts/

Noun

plural of rant

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rant

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 RANTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANTS 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #186 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE CRIED CLAME SPILE BRACE TOILE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANTS 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
0.66 Volatility
#186 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANTS ranks #186 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,057
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
129
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:
ANRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

281
212
131
123
103
100
99
69
62
61
61
59
56
48
46
45
43
40
38
33
33
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26
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24
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANTS:

12% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRIED
6% chance
Suggested:
CLAME

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
MOILE 5.87 bits
9.0% →
CRIED 5.21 bits
5.6% →
CLAME 5.33 bits
5.2% →
SPILE 5.37 bits
4.4% →
MOILE 5.08 bits
4.2% →
BRACE 4.70 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
2.9% →
COLEY 4.23 bits
2.6% →
SHULE 4.81 bits
2.6% →
STIPE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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