5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RATHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪð/

Adjective

Ripening or blooming early.

Adverb

Early in the morning.

Adverb

Quickly.

Alternative forms: rath

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 RATHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RATHE 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 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #767 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__H_ R in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOLID SOILY SLAIN OLDEN CRONY SNOUT
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.51 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RATHE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#767 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RATHE ranks #767 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,102
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
7
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
36%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

268
125
122
120
120
119
94
89
86
67
59
58
52
52
49
45
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RATHE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SOLID
5% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
5% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
SOLID 5.58 bits
5.3% →
SOILY 3.92 bits
5.2% →
SLAIN 5.03 bits
5.1% →
OLDEN 5.13 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.70 bits
5.0% →
CRONY 4.61 bits
4.0% →
SNOUT 5.08 bits
3.8% →
SONLY 4.66 bits
3.6% →
GROAN 4.22 bits
2.8% →
POUCH 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1T1H4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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