5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

RAZOR

RAZOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzə//ˈɹeɪzɚ/

Noun

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

Noun

Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

Verb

To shave with a razor.

Alternative forms: razour, rasor

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 RAZOR performs as a guess

RAZOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE CONTE TRICE TRONE SEINE
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAZOR 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAZOR ranks #13,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
644
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
361
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R A Y O N
R A Z O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RAZOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

564
309
273
202
186
142
110
66
60
53
33
32
29
24
23
22
16
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
8
8
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAZOR:

24% chance
Suggested:
STILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
STILE 6.09 bits
13.1% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
11.6% →
CONTE 5.13 bits
8.6% →
TRICE 5.36 bits
7.9% →
STILE 4.67 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 4.59 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 4.48 bits
2.8% →
SEINE 3.67 bits
2.5% →
GLOAT 4.35 bits
2.2% →
SPINE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1Z10O1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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