5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAZES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of raze

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 RAZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAZES 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,217 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_ES R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE DROIT SPILT TONAL DEALT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAZES 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,217 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAZES ranks #10,217 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
18
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

327
204
155
152
137
112
109
105
101
96
88
76
70
53
46
46
35
33
28
28
26
25
25
22
21
20
17
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAZES:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
COUNT 5.66 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
6.6% →
DROIT 4.77 bits
6.4% →
SPILT 4.95 bits
5.8% →
TONAL 4.99 bits
4.7% →
DEALT 4.86 bits
4.6% →
TANGY 4.00 bits
4.5% →
TOILE 3.56 bits
4.3% →
TRAIN 4.25 bits
4.1% →
PORTE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1Z10E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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