5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

RASPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑː.spɪ//ˈɹæs.pi/

Adjective

Rough, raw.

“His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy.”

Adjective

Irritable.

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 RASPY performs as a guess

RASPY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,728 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__P_ R in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE TRACE CLINE STALE TORSE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RASPY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,728 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RASPY ranks #3,728 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
15
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R A S P Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RASPY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
257
198
168
142
111
104
96
77
50
43
42
40
39
39
39
31
31
23
20
19
18
17
17
16
16
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RASPY:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
TOILE 6.19 bits
10.9% →
TOILE 5.33 bits
8.4% →
CLONE 5.47 bits
7.1% →
TOILE 5.38 bits
6.0% →
TRACE 4.78 bits
4.7% →
TOILE 4.29 bits
4.4% →
CLINE 4.72 bits
4.1% →
STALE 4.86 bits
3.3% →
TORSE 4.64 bits
2.1% →
CLOTE 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1S1P3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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