5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

REINK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To ink 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 REINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REINK 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,205 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__N_ R in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__K E in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SPLIT SHALT TONAL
Words starting with R Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REINK 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,205 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REINK ranks #4,205 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
21
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:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
32%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
253
209
203
138
92
73
56
54
52
52
44
43
42
39
33
32
31
30
29
28
26
23
22
21
19
19
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REINK:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
10.7% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.50 bits
8.6% →
COAST 4.82 bits
5.9% →
SPLIT 4.87 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.82 bits
3.1% →
TONAL 4.83 bits
2.4% →
OLDEN 4.22 bits
2.3% →
COAST 4.43 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1I1N1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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