5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REIFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ//ˈɹeɪ.ə.faɪ/

Verb

To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

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 REIFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REIFY 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,069 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__F_ R in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SLANT SAULT SHALT TINGE TONAL
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REIFY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,069 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REIFY ranks #7,069 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
215
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
318
211
204
154
144
89
79
58
58
42
39
36
36
35
28
25
24
24
24
21
20
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REIFY:

14% chance
Suggested:
COAST
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
COAST 6.02 bits
13.5% →
SLANT 5.74 bits
8.9% →
COAST 4.82 bits
8.7% →
COAST 5.47 bits
6.5% →
SAULT 4.78 bits
6.1% →
COAST 5.22 bits
3.8% →
SHALT 4.70 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
2.5% →
TINGE 4.21 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1I1F4Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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