5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAVIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n//ˈɹæv(ə)n/

Noun

Property obtained or seized by force or violence; booty, plunder, spoils.

Noun

Of a (predatory) animal: seizing or devouring of food or prey; predation.

Adjective

Ravenous.

Verb

Sometimes followed by away or from: to obtain or seize (something, especially property) by force or violence; to plunder.

Alternative forms: raven, ravine

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 RAVIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAVIN 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,556 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE STILE TRACE SUETY
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAVIN 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,556 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAVIN ranks #4,556 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
15
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:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
252
236
184
145
118
114
85
83
57
57
41
36
35
35
25
22
20
18
17
17
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAVIN:

16% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
STOLE 5.98 bits
10.7% →
TOUSE 5.51 bits
10.0% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
7.8% →
STILE 5.42 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
5.0% →
SUETY 4.48 bits
4.8% →
SOUCE 5.12 bits
3.6% →
SHITE 4.52 bits
3.5% →
SPITE 4.41 bits
2.4% →
STONE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1V4I1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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