5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAWLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

In a raw manner.

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 RAWLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAWLY 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,751 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE STANE TRACE POISE CONTE SUITE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAWLY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,751 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAWLY ranks #6,751 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
324
175
171
148
126
123
93
46
44
42
42
41
41
32
31
30
30
27
27
19
18
18
16
14
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAWLY:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
14% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
7% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
TOISE 6.18 bits
13.7% →
TOISE 5.66 bits
7.4% →
STANE 5.43 bits
7.3% →
TOISE 5.22 bits
6.3% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
5.3% →
POISE 4.57 bits
5.2% →
CONTE 4.43 bits
3.9% →
CONTE 4.73 bits
2.0% →
SUITE 4.62 bits
1.9% →
TOISE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1W4L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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