5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REFLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

to fly again

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 REFLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REFLY 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,212 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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 _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST STOAE SAUNT OLATE SATIN
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% 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 REFLY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,212 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REFLY ranks #7,212 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
212
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
273
238
238
159
144
116
69
45
41
40
39
37
34
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29
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REFLY:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAINT 6.20 bits
11.6% →
SAINT 5.65 bits
10.1% →
COAST 5.55 bits
10.1% →
STOAE 4.57 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.28 bits
6.1% →
SAUNT 4.74 bits
4.9% →
OLATE 4.34 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.68 bits
1.9% →
SAINT 4.18 bits
1.7% →
COAST 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1F4L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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