5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RAULI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Nothofagus alpina, a deciduous tree of Chile and Argentina.

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 RAULI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAULI 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 91.4% of games, misses completely in 8.6%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,851 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___I R in the 1st position and I in the 5th position R__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT SONCE STONE STANE TRACE SPITE
Words starting with R Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAULI 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,851 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAULI ranks #4,851 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
220
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AILRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
28%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

215
210
202
154
144
108
105
100
95
91
66
55
52
51
41
39
35
34
30
28
27
26
26
23
22
22
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAULI:

9% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
9% chance
Suggested:
SONCE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
SIENT 5.38 bits
8.9% →
SONCE 5.16 bits
8.6% →
STONE 5.61 bits
6.5% →
STANE 5.31 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 4.78 bits
4.6% →
SPITE 4.57 bits
4.5% →
CONTE 4.48 bits
4.2% →
TONEY 4.49 bits
4.0% →
SONDE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
SOWCE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1U1L1I1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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