5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

RAVEN

RAVEN is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪvn̩//ˈɹeɪvən//ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/

Noun

Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).

Adjective

Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1).

“raven curls raven darkness”

Noun

Alternative spelling of ravin.

Verb

Alternative spelling of ravin.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 RAVEN performs as a guess

RAVEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.4% of games, misses completely in 14.6%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,931 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

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SOULY STILE COURT SLATY COUNT SLATE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAVEN 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
0.72 Volatility
#5,931 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAVEN ranks #5,931 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L Y N C H
R A M E N
R A V E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RAVEN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
201
161
146
128
122
103
97
95
91
71
60
59
47
37
32
28
28
27
20
19
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14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAVEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOULY
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
SOULY 5.58 bits
8.5% →
STILE 5.38 bits
6.8% →
COURT 5.24 bits
6.2% →
SLATY 5.01 bits
5.4% →
COUNT 4.99 bits
5.2% →
SLATE 4.99 bits
4.4% →
COAST 4.49 bits
4.1% →
TOISE 3.56 bits
4.0% →
SPICE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1V4E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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