5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAPPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from German.

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 RAPPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAPPE 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 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,988 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__P_ R in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY INLET SLANT COURT TENOR SONLY
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAPPE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,988 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAPPE ranks #9,988 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
192
185
177
153
149
131
119
79
67
60
59
39
36
33
31
30
29
29
25
25
20
18
16
16
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAPPE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
INLET
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
8.1% →
INLET 5.06 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
7.5% →
COURT 5.10 bits
6.5% →
TENOR 3.98 bits
6.3% →
SOILY 4.70 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 4.55 bits
5.0% →
TRAIN 4.28 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.56 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1P3P3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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