5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RATAL

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.

Adjective

Pertaining to a rate of taxation.

Noun

The amount on which a tax rate is assessed.

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 RATAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RATAL 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,965 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

NOISE SIENT SHINE TOISE CRANE SLANE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% 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 RATAL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,965 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RATAL ranks #4,965 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
216
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:
ALRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
290
201
186
105
103
96
82
75
59
44
44
43
41
41
37
36
31
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28
20
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17
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RATAL:

16% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
NOISE 6.00 bits
12.3% →
NOISE 5.30 bits
8.5% →
NOISE 5.12 bits
7.9% →
SIENT 5.55 bits
4.5% →
SHINE 5.33 bits
4.4% →
TOISE 5.01 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 4.40 bits
3.5% →
SLANE 4.46 bits
3.2% →
SONCE 4.58 bits
2.5% →
SHONE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1T1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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