5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RASTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæs.tə/

Noun

Rastafarian

Noun

Diminutive of rastaquouère

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 RASTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RASTA 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,255 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___A R in the 1st position and A in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CLONE CRIED CLINE TOILE CRANE TONER
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RASTA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,255 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RASTA ranks #6,255 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
18
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
266
161
151
133
110
88
75
73
73
70
55
47
47
45
40
36
31
29
28
25
19
18
18
17
16
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RASTA:

19% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRIED
7% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
CLONE 5.92 bits
11.3% →
CRIED 5.18 bits
6.8% →
CLINE 5.26 bits
6.4% →
CLONE 5.46 bits
5.6% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
4.7% →
CRANE 4.56 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 4.56 bits
3.2% →
TONER 4.51 bits
3.1% →
SIENT 4.31 bits
3.1% →
SHULE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1S1T1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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