5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RAPSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.səʊ/

Noun

A form of Trinidadian music that grew out of the social unrest of the 1970s, with elements of soca, calypso, and hip-hop.

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 RAPSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAPSO 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,417 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___O R in the 1st position and O in the 5th position R__S_ R in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

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TILDE CLONE TRIED ALATE CLINE TRIDE
Words starting with R Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAPSO 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,417 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAPSO ranks #1,417 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
183
180
160
129
125
116
114
70
62
49
48
41
34
34
31
30
29
29
28
28
28
27
22
22
20
20
20
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAPSO:

14% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TILDE 5.93 bits
7.8% →
CLONE 4.95 bits
7.6% →
TRIED 5.30 bits
6.8% →
ALATE 5.36 bits
5.5% →
CLINE 4.60 bits
5.3% →
TRIDE 4.74 bits
4.9% →
CONTE 4.64 bits
4.8% →
STILE 5.16 bits
3.0% →
LEANT 4.63 bits
2.6% →
GLOAT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1P3S1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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