5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RAYNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of rain.

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 RAYNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAYNE 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 90.5% of games, misses completely in 9.5%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,700 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__N_ R in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT STALL COURT SLEET SOLED SIDLE
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
86 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAYNE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,700 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAYNE ranks #3,700 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
19
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:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
39%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

224
138
136
131
130
125
120
97
69
69
62
57
53
51
49
43
38
34
34
33
30
28
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26
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23
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAYNE:

9% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
6% chance
Suggested:
STALL
6% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.5% →
CLOUT 5.79 bits
5.9% →
STALL 5.00 bits
5.8% →
COURT 5.13 bits
5.6% →
SLEET 5.44 bits
5.5% →
SOLED 4.00 bits
5.3% →
SIDLE 4.16 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.75 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.50 bits
2.9% →
SHALT 4.20 bits
2.9% →
POISE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1Y4N1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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