5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

RARER

RARER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɹɚ/

Adjective

comparative form of rare: more rare

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 RARER performs as a guess

RARER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,961 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position RA_ER R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLANT SLATE SONLY PRINT
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RARER 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,961 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RARER ranks #13,961 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
635
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
392
6 guesses
34

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L Y N C H
R A R E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RARER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
301
218
161
149
134
103
93
89
79
60
49
44
37
27
23
21
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
11
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RARER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
13% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
12.8% →
SEINE 5.38 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
6.8% →
SLATE 4.94 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 4.52 bits
5.7% →
PRINT 4.77 bits
4.4% →
SIENT 4.27 bits
3.9% →
GRANT 4.04 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.52 bits
3.3% →
TROPE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1R1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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