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RATES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪts/

Noun

plural of rate

Noun

Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rate

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 RATES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RATES 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 75 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #878 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_ES R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD CLINE CRONY PLAIN SLINK DROLE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.66 Entropy (bits)
75 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RATES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#878 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RATES ranks #878 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
31%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

234
150
109
100
95
84
81
78
78
73
67
62
57
56
46
44
44
43
34
31
28
28
27
27
26
25
24
24
23
23

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RATES:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
6% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
5% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COULD 5.50 bits
6.4% →
CLINE 5.17 bits
4.6% →
CRONY 4.73 bits
4.2% →
PLAIN 4.86 bits
4.0% →
SLINK 4.80 bits
3.6% →
DROLE 3.27 bits
3.4% →
CLADE 4.59 bits
3.3% →
COUNT 4.86 bits
3.3% →
DRAIN 4.33 bits
3.1% →
POIRE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1T1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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