5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RATAS

RATAS 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

Noun

plural of rata

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 RATAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RATAS 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 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,352 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_AS R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLONE CRIED SPILE TOILE SIENT CLINE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RATAS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,352 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RATAS ranks #5,352 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
204
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
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
266
171
138
130
95
88
87
80
67
64
47
45
42
40
40
36
35
30
27
26
25
21
19
17
16
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RATAS:

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

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
7.3% →
SPILE 5.29 bits
5.9% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
5.5% →
CLONE 5.36 bits
4.0% →
SIENT 4.55 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 4.56 bits
3.7% →
DRONE 4.44 bits
3.4% →
TRIBE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
SOUCE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1T1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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