5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAYAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.

Alternative forms: raya

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 RAYAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAYAH 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___H R in the 1st position and H in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLANE SIDLE TRACE STILE
Words starting with R Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAYAH 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAYAH ranks #11,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

532
349
204
176
117
104
91
72
66
56
48
45
45
44
38
32
23
23
19
18
18
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAYAH:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
14.8% →
TOISE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
7.5% →
SIDLE 4.77 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.47 bits
4.4% →
STILE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
TOISE 5.53 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
CLEAT 4.54 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1Y4A1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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